Having just played yesterday, the McMinn Central Chargers will head out on the road to face off against the Tellico Plains Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
McMinn Central will bounce into Friday's game after beating Sweetwater, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. McMinn Central snuck past Sweetwater with a 59-54 win on Thursday. The Chargers didn't have much to brag about two games back, but this victory makes it their second in a row.
Meanwhile, Tellico Plains had already won 14 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.5 points) and they went ahead and made it 15 on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Fighting Irish by a score of 64-54. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Fighting Irish are ranked 188th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tellico Plains' win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 15-1. As for McMinn Central, their victory bumped their record up to 5-11.
McMinn Central was dealt a bruising 76-42 defeat at the hands of Tellico Plains in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can McMinn Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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