After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Coffee County Central, Cumberland County was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They walked away with a 58-46 win over the Elizabethtown Panthers. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Jets' disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 106th in Tennessee, while the Panthers are ranked 23rd in Kentucky).
Cumberland County has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.0 points per game. As for Elizabethtown, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-3.
Cumberland County didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 50-42 win against Gatlinburg-Pittman on the 27th. Elizabethtown has also already played their next contest, a 59-55 victory against Newport Central Catholic on the 27th.
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