The Christian Academy of Knoxville Warriors fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back wins it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They rang in the new year with a 48-41 victory over Cocke County on Saturday. That's another feather in the cap for Christian Academy of Knoxville, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Christian Academy of Knoxville was led to victory by Bryson White and Caden Owens. White scored 12 points along with six rebounds, while Owens scored 19 points along with six rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points White has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Will Kelley, who scored two points along with five rebounds and two blocks.
Several Fighting Cocks players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Ethan Fine, who scored nine points along with seven rebounds and two steals. Another player making a difference was Jerome Cofield, who scored 11 points along with two steals.
Christian Academy of Knoxville has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-11 record this season. As for Cocke County, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-13.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Christian Academy of Knoxville will take on First Baptist Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. First Baptist Academy is hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses. Cocke County will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Morristown-Hamblen East at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Morristown-Hamblen East focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up six on Monday.
