The Unicoi County Blue Devils lost against the Tennessee Vikings back in January of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Unicoi County took a 65-54 hit to the loss column at the hands of Tennessee. Unicoi County has not had much luck with Tennessee recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Despite the loss, Unicoi County still got an impressive performance from Jackson Simmons, who scored 26 points along with eight rebounds. Simmons scored a full 48.1% of Unicoi County's points, the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Kolby Jones, who scored ten points along with six rebounds.
Unicoi County's defeat dropped their record down to 17-5. As for Tennessee, their win bumped their record up to 8-11.
Unicoi County will look to defend their home court on Friday against Elizabethton at 8:00 p.m. Elizabethton will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Tennessee Rankings (they are ranked 267th, while Unicoi County is ranked 97th). As for Tennessee, they will head out on the road to face off against Sullivan East at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Sullivan East focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Tuesday.
