Katie Cotten of CCMS(in white) battles for a loose ball on Thursday night against White County.
The Coffee County Middle School 6th grade Raider and Lady Raider basketball teams suffered a home doubleheader loss to White County on Thursday night at the CCMS gym. After grabbing an early lead, the girls dropped a 33 to 19 decision to the Warriorettes. The boys suffered their first defeat of the year to the Warriors 44 to 25.
In the girls’ game, Coffee County raced out to a 6 to nothing lead in the first 4 minutes of the game only to see White County force several Lady Raiders turnovers and fouls as they outscored the Lady Raiders 17 to 2 over the last 8 minutes of the first half to capture the win. Coffee County was led in scoring by Maggie Crouch who scored 7 points, Ellie Fann and Nikki Graham each added 4 points for the Lady Raiders.
Jacob Holder of CCMS basketball
For the Red Raiders, it was the hot outside shooting of White County that dropped Coffee County to their first loss. The visiting Warriors nailed 8 three pointers in the game as they broke open a tie game in the first period to win going away. Dayne Crosslin led the Raiders in scoring with 14 points. Jacob Holder added 5 points for Coffee County.
The Coffee County Middle School 6th grade teams will be back at home on Monday when they play host to Harris in a rematch from last Monday. The girls’ game will tip off at 6 PM.
