The Sweetwater Wildcats will face off against the Roane County Yellowjackets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Sweetwater has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Last Wednesday, Sweetwater was fully in charge, breezing past Polk County 72-37 on the road.
Chris Alford was his usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double on 25 points and nine rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Sweetwater's points. Bryson Burgess was another key contributor, scoring 11 points.
Meanwhile, Roane County had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.8 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They came out on top against Farragut by a score of 82-72. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Sweetwater's win bumped their record up to 10-14. As for Roane County, their victory was their ninth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 21-5.
Sweetwater came up short against Roane County in their previous meeting last Thursday, falling 69-57. Can Sweetwater avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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