After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Sevier County, South-Doyle was happy to have turned things around on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Whitley County Colonels 45-43. The win was all the more spectacular given the Cherokees' disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 246th in Tennessee, while the Colonels are ranked 38th in Kentucky).
South-Doyle found their leader in sophomore Payton Rollins, who went 6 of 15 en route to 24 points and three steals. That makes it six consecutive games in which Rollins has scored at least a third of South-Doyle's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Bailey Conkin, who posted seven points.
South-Doyle's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-10. As for Whitley County, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-2.
South-Doyle will take on Powell at 6:00 p.m. on January 6, 2025. Whitley County and Warren County will round out the year against one another at at 11:30 a.m. on Monday.
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