Walker Valley is 0-10 against Cleveland since December of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Walker Valley Mustangs are on the road again and plays the Cleveland Blue Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on February 26th. Walker Valley 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 102nd, while Cleveland is ranked 22nd).
Walker Valley pushed their score all the way to 58 last Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Rhea County 62-58.
In what's become a running theme this season, Cleveland gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. They really took it to Howard Tech for the full four quarters, racking up a 78-21 victory at home. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 52-14.
Cleveland got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Tamiah Tanner out in front who scored 20 points along with four steals and two blocks. It was the first time this season that Tanner posted two or more blocks. Another player making a difference was Emma Smith, who scored 19 points along with two steals.
Walker Valley's loss dropped their record down to 14-13. As for Cleveland, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-8 record this season.
Walker Valley was taken down by Cleveland 73-44 in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cleveland's Lauren Hurst, who shot 4-for-8 from long range and almost dropped a double-double on 32 points and nine rebounds. Now that Walker Valley knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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