The Wayne County Wildcats came tearing into Saturday's game with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Hughes and snuck past 48-46. This was payback for Wayne County, who suffered a 67-57 loss the last time these two teams met.
Wayne County was led to victory by Justice Bell and Cayman Camfield. Bell scored 11 points along with seven rebounds, while Camfield dropped a double-double on 11 points and 11 rebounds. Camfield hasn't dropped below eight rebounds for six straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Will Robertson, who scored eight points.
Wayne County is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-8 record this season. As for Hughes, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-7.
Wayne County will look to defend their home court on Saturday against Big Sandy at 7:00 p.m. Big Sandy 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 402nd, while Wayne County is ranked 160th). Hughes does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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