File Photo – CHS junior Holli Smithson
Trailing by as many as 12 points in the 2nd half, a late Coffee County rally came up short at Grundy County on Saturday as the Lady Raider basketball team dropped a 62 to 56 decision to open the 2016 portion of their schedule. Playing their first game since December 21st, the Lady Raiders seemed to struggle to find their rhythm on both ends of the floor as they committed 23 fouls and suffered at least 10 second half turnovers. The loss spoiled a splendid 2nd half performance by junior Holli Smithson as she has 16 of her team high 18 points after the halftime break. For her play, Smithson was named the Coffee Coaches Show Player of the Game. Alliyah Wiliams finished the game with 15 points and Abby Morgan added 11 points as the Lady Raiders saw their record fall to 6 and 6 on the year.
Kohl Young of CHS Basketball
The Red Raiders got off to a fast start as they dispatched the Yellow Jackets 57 to 38. Coffee County held Grundy County to 4 points in the 2nd quarter which boosted them to a 17 point lead at intermission. Coach Micah Williams was able to get plenty of minutes for his reserves as 10 different Red Raiders got in the scoring column to improve Coffee County’s record to 7 and 6 on the season. Sophomore DeAaron Rozier came off the bench to earn the Coffee Coaches Show Player of the Game.award as he finished with 10 to tie himself for team high honors. Kohl Young also finished with 10 points as the senior continues to play the best basketball of his career. Stephen Sullivan finished with 9 points and Grant Sadler added 7 points in the non district win.
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Coffee County returns to district play on Tuesday night as they visit Fayetteville to take on Lincoln County. The girls’ game is set to tip off at 6 PM. As always, Thunder Radio will be there to bring you call. We begin our broadcast with the Powers Storage Pregame Show at 5:50 on Tuesday night and you can hear the game, at home OR away at 107.9 FM.
