The White House Blue Devils will venture away from home to challenge the Hume-Fogg Blue Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
White House took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They walked away with a 69-60 victory over Lawson.
Meanwhile, Hume-Fogg entered their tilt with Portland on Saturday with 14 consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with 15. They strolled past the Panthers with points to spare, taking the game 59-40. Given the Blue Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Panthers are ranked 227th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hume-Fogg's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 25-3. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.0 points over those games. As for White House, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-17 record this season.
White House won a match that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in December of 2023, slipping by Hume-Fogg 63-62. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Hume-Fogg's Michael Nwoye, who dropped a double-double with 25 points and 15 boards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will White House still be able to contain Nwoye? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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