January 9, 2015
Crossville, TN — The Rhea County Basketball teams split two Varsity games with Cumberland County on Friday night. In the girls game it was the 13th ranked Lady Jets with the 66-50 win. In the Boy’s game it was the Eagles with the 67-58 win.
Box Score: Eagles
Rhea County 10 13 21 23 67
CCHS 10 14 20 14 58
Eagles Scoring: Hill 23, Hunter 16, Patterson 11, K. Hall 8, Ray 2, Pugh 2, Loden 1.
Hill 8 of 16 from the field with 12 rebounds. Hunter 6/9 from field with 8 rebounds.
Coach Mike Phillips said, “It was good to see 4 days of preparation pay off Friday night.”
Lady Eagles Box Score:
Rhea County 12 13 11 14 50
CCHS 19 21 14 12 66
Lady Eagle Scoring: Wallis 32, Levi 9, Thurman 4, Baker 3, Revis 2. Wallis 3 of 7 from 3 point range and 11/11 from the Free Throw line.
The Eagles pushed their overall record to 8-7 for the year overall and 1-2 in District play(4th). The Lady Eagles record goes to 16-6 overall and 1-2 in District(4th).
Rhea County will next be in action at East Hamilton on Monday, January 12, 2015. Junior Varsity games are at 3:00 pm and 4:30 pm Varsity games will be Girls at 6:00 pm and Boys at 7:30 pm.