Clarkrange hasn't had much luck against White County recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Clarkrange Buffaloes will take on the White County Warriors in a tournament on Thursday. Clarkrange is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.9 points per game this season.
While Clarkrange didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-21), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They enjoyed a cozy 65-49 win over Cumberland County on Monday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Buffaloes.
Bryton Swallows and Noah Gunter were among the main playmakers for Clarkrange as the former dropped a double-double on 18 points and 13 boards and the latter went 6 of 8 on his way to 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason McWhirter, who posted ten points.
Meanwhile, White County didn't have quite enough to beat Soddy Daisy on Friday and fell 48-46. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 299th, while the Trojans are ranked 148th).
Clarkrange's victory ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 7-4. As for White County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-6.
Clarkrange was dealt a bruising 101-74 defeat at the hands of White County when the teams last played back in January of 2016. Can Clarkrange avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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