The Alcoa Tornadoes will take on the Knoxville Central Bobcats in a holiday battle at at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. Alcoa knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Knoxville Central likes a good challenge.
Last Tuesday, Alcoa was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 71-65 to Maryville. While losing is never fun, the Tornadoes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 64th, while the Red Rebels are ranked 16th).
Meanwhile, Knoxville Central was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Monday as they fell 53-49 to Harriman. The Bobcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Knoxville Central's loss dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Alcoa, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-3.
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