The Unicoi County Blue Devils will head out to challenge the Sullivan East Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Unicoi County was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 49-43 to Tri-Cities Christian. The Blue Devils have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Sullivan East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 14th straight defeat. They took a blow against David Crockett, falling 80-50. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 331st, while the Pioneers are ranked 16th).
Sullivan East's loss dropped their record down to 1-16. As for Unicoi County, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-16.
Unicoi County didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Sullivan East in their previous meeting back in January, but they still walked away with a 72-66 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Unicoi County since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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