Two dominant guards in Zack Turner and Jackson Simmons are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Gibbs Eagles and the Unicoi County Blue Devils will round out the year against one another at at 10:30 a.m. on Friday. Gibbs is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.4 points per game this season.
Gibbs is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Cumberland Gap: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Gibbs blew Cumberland Gap out of the water with an 86-42 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Eagles had established a 33 point advantage.
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Turner was his usual excellent self, going 10 of 16 en route to 24 points along with seven assists and six steals. He has been hot, having posted three or more steals the last six times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Reid Daniel, who went 6 of 9 en route to 12 points.
Meanwhile, Unicoi County entered their tilt with Virginia High on Saturday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They pulled ahead with a 62-61 photo finish over the Bearcats.
Gibbs better focus on containing Kaden Cutlip and Koda Cutlip as the pair were huge in Unicoi County's win. Kaden went 6 of 11 from beyond the arc on his way to 22 points along with five assists and five boards, while Koda went 7 of 15 on his way to 20 points and eight rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Simmons, who posted nine points.
Unicoi County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.7 points per game. As for Gibbs, the victory got them back to even at 6-6.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as Gibbs and Unicoi County are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Gibbs hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 63.4 points per game. However, it's not like Unicoi County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 66.9 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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