Blue Devils
| 01/24/25 vs Sullivan East | 90 |
| 12/18/24 vs Northwood | 82 |
| 12/07/24 vs Mitchell | 75 |
| 12/20/24 vs Marion | 72 |
| 12/10/24 @ Volunteer | 68 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Unicoi County). They blew past the Sullivan East Patriots 90-66 on Friday. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 50-30.
Leading Unicoi County to victory were Jackson Simmons and Kaden Cutlip. Simmons went 10 for 17 en route to 34 points and three steals, while Cutlip went 8 of 13 from beyond the arc on his way to 31 points. Those 31 points gave Cutlip a new career-high. Alex Laningham also deserves some recognition as he scored his first points of the season.
Unicoi County was working as a unit and finished the game with 23 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Sullivan East's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Thomas Ridlehuber, who went 6 for 13 en route to 15 points and three steals. Eli Hubbard was another key player, putting up 14 points and seven rebounds.
Unicoi County's win was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 12-9. As for Sullivan East, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-17.
Unicoi County will square off against David Crockett at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Unicoi County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.4 points per game this season. As for Sullivan East, they are taking a road trip to challenge Elizabethton at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Elizabethton's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last five contests.
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