After flying high against Harriman on Monday, Knoxville Central came back down to earth. The Knoxville Central Bobcats took a 63-54 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Carter Green Hornets on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Bobcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 214th, while the Green Hornets are ranked 66th).
Carter's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Greyson Watson led the charge by putting up 12 points in addition to six assists and five rebounds. Those six assists gave Watson a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Zion Oliver, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine boards.
Knoxville Central's defeat dropped their record down to 8-18. As for Carter, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season.
Knoxville Central is taking a road trip to challenge South-Doyle at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Carter has already played their next match (against Fulton), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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