After a string of four wins, the Unicoi County Blue Devils's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a 63-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of University. Unicoi County was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as University apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in February.
Jackson Simmons and Kolby Jones certainly did their best on Thursday to try and avoid the loss. Simmons scored 18 points along with 7 rebounds, while Jones scored 20 points. Simmons scored a full 32.1% of Unicoi County's points, the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Koda Cutlip, who dropped a double-double on 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Unicoi County's loss dropped their record down to 9-3. As for University, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-2.
Unicoi County will be playing in front of their home fans against Mitchell at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. As for University, they will head out on the road to face off against Elizabethton at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Elizabethton will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Tennessee Rankings (they are ranked 304th, while University is ranked 131st).
