On Thursday, Knoxville Catholic faced Webb in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Knoxville Catholic Fighting Irish fell 61-54 to the Webb Spartans. The contest marked the Fighting Irish's lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Despite the loss, Knoxville Catholic still got an impressive performance from Carson Asbaty, who almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds. Asbaty continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last four games he's played. Another player making a difference was Cade Murphy, who went 6 of 10 on his way to 15 points and five boards.
Knoxville Catholic's loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 15-5. As for Webb, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-2 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Knoxville Catholic will venture away from home to take on York Institute at 1:00 p.m. on February 1st. As for Webb, they are taking a road trip to square off against McCallie at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Webb will be looking to extend their current nine-game winning streak.
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