Unicoi County lost against Tennessee back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Unicoi County Blue Devils fell 73-64 to the Tennessee Vikings. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (61), the Blue Devils still had to take the loss.
01/14/25 vs Tennessee | 28 |
01/09/25 @ David Crockett | 26 |
01/04/25 vs Hampton | 15 |
12/30/24 vs Carter | 18 |
12/28/24 vs Heritage | 27 |
12/27/24 vs Gibbs | 21 |
Despite the loss, Unicoi County still got an impressive performance from Jackson Simmons, who went 8 for 18 on his way to 28 points. The game was Simmons' sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Koda Cutlip, who went 5 of 11 en route to 17 points and seven boards.
It was another big night for Colin Brown, who went 12 for 23 on his way to 31 points and five rebounds for Tennessee. Another player making a difference was Reed Miller, who posted nine points in addition to seven boards and four blocks.
Unicoi County has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-7 record this season. As for Tennessee, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-5.
Unicoi County will face off against Milton at 9:00 p.m. on Friday. Unicoi County knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Milton likes a good challenge. As for Tennessee, they will take on Sullivan East at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Tennessee is facing Sullivan East at the right time seeing as Sullivan East is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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