Kyle Farless of CHS basketball
Returning to district play on Friday night, the Coffee County CHS basketball teams traveled to Fayetteville to take on Lincoln County. A pair of strong 2nd halves by Coffee County led the Raiders and Lady Raiders to their second straight sweep. The Lady Raiders outscored Lincoln County 31 to 13 in the second half to win 47 to 29. The Red Raiders rallied from a 4 point deficit to beat the Falcons 54 to 51.
The Red Raiders led by 5 entering the final minute only to see Lincoln County rally to tie the game at 51 with 17 seconds remaining. But Kyle Farless drained a 3 point basket from the left corner with 4 seconds to go to lift the Raiders to the huge district road win. Farless finished with a game high 16 points as he was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game. Shawn Anderson and Darius Rozier each added 11 points as Coffee County improved to 10 and 4 on the year and 2 and 1 in district play.
Ellie Graham of Coffee County CHS basketball
The Lady Raiders struggled in the first half offensively but a strong defensive effort by Coffee County sent the game into the half tied at 16. In the second half, Coffee County held Lincoln County to 2 points in a crucial 6 minute stretch to expand a 27 to 20 lead into a 37 to 22 cushion with less than 5 minutes to play. Bella Vinson led the Lady Raiders in scoring with 18 points as the sophomore had 11 of Coffee County’s 16 first half points to earn the Crazy Daisies player of the game award. Abby Morgan finished with 7 points, all in the 4th quarter. Kiya Ferrell added 6 points and Ellie Graham, who was strong on defense all night, added 4. The win lifts the Lady Raiders record to 17 and 3 and 3 and 0 in district play.
Coffee County returns to the court on Tuesday when they travel to Tullahoma to take on the rival Wildcats. Tip-off for the girls’ game is set for 6 PM and Thunder Radio will bring you live coverage beginning with the Powers Storage pregame show at 5:50.
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