The Johnson County Longhorns will head out to challenge the Alcoa Tornadoes on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Tuesday, Johnson County came up short against Hampton and fell 73-62. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 290th in Tennessee, while the Bulldogs are ranked 142nd in Tennessee).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Alcoa). Everything went their way against Austin-East on Tuesday as Alcoa made off with a 100-80 win. The Tornadoes have beaten the Roadrunners the last six times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Roadrunners has come to flipping the script.
This is the second loss in a row for Johnson County and nudges their season record down to 14-19. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.5 points over those games. As for Alcoa, their victory bumped their record up to 20-5.
Johnson County was taken down by Alcoa 81-42 when the teams last played back in February of 2023. Can Johnson County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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