The Powell Panthers will take on the Jellico Blue Devils in a tournament on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Saturday, Powell was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 63-59 to McMinn County. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 209th, while the Cherokees are ranked 100th).
Meanwhile, Jellico fought the good fight in their overtime game against Midway on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell to the Green Wave 83-79. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (63), the Blue Devils still had to take the loss.
Powell will have to contain Trey Vann as he made an impact in Jellico's last game. He dropped a double-double on 27 points and ten rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Vann a new career-high in assists (five). Gavin Dabney was another key player, putting up 15 points and six rebounds.
Jellico moved to 6-5 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Powell, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-7.
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