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The Motlow Lady Bucks have now won three of their previous five games and are playing their best basketball of the season after beating Dyersburg State 73-57 Wednesday night at Copperweld Arena.
The Lady Bucks (5-18, 3-12) will host their final home game of the year, and recognize eight sophomore players in a special ceremony, when Southwest Tennessee visits on Saturday for a 2 p.m. tipoff. The Lady Saluqis edged the Lady Bucks 80-75 earlier this season.
Alexis Smith led the Lady Bucks with 13 points.

In the men’s game Motlow picked up their 20th win of the year (20-4/12-3) by knocking off Dyersburg St 113-93.
Jaylen Barford led the Bucks with 27 points followed by Terry Holt with 25 and DeQuan Miller with 24. Miller needed 11 points going into the game to become the 6th player in Motlow history to score 1,000 points or more over their two years at the school. Miller now has 1,013. The all-time career scoring leader is Tim Fant, who accumulated 1,551 points from 1988-90. Miller needs just 10 more made 3-pointers to break the career mark in that category.
The Motlow basketball teams will host Southwest TN on Saturday beginning at 4pm.

After opening the season with two of their first four games ending with tied scores due to darkness, the Motlow Lady Bucks will begin a two-week, 10-game home stretch when they host Gadsden State on Saturday, Feb. 14, at Lady Bucks Field on the Moore County campus. The first pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for 1 p.m. The Lady Bucks (1-1-2) took their first road trip on Tuesday, playing a doubleheader in Boaz, Ala., against non-conference opponent Snead State. Motlow dropped the opener 6-5 as Snead scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning. Although the official Motlow softball record book shows no ties in the schools’ 20-year softball history, the Lady Bucks recorded their second tie in the last week in game two at Snead. The Lady Bucks scored the tying run in the top of the sixth inning (3-3), and after holding Snead scoreless in the bottom of the sixth the game was called due to darkness.

Tullahoma used a 45 point second half explosion to erase a 7 point halftime lead for Coffee County as they dropped the Red Raiders 69 to 57.  The Red Raiders erased a 6 point Tullahoma lead in the 2nd period, could not get any 4th quarter traction as the visiting Wildcats hit their free throws down the stretch.  The loss ended the season for Coffee County as the Red Raiders finished with a record of 5 and 23.  Coffee County was led in scoring by their 4 seniors, who played their final game of the year on their home floor at the Joe Frank Patch Gym.  Peyton Talley led the Raiders in scoring with 13 points while Addison Carter finished with 12 points, J.P. Duncan had 10 points and Zack Taylor finished with 8 points.  Talley was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the Game

 

The Lady Raider basketball season ended on Monday night at the hands of Columbia in the first round of the District 8AAA basketball tournament. The Lady Raiders, playing host to Columbia in the play-in game, got eight 3 pointers on the night but fell by a final score of 52 to 35. The Lady Lions opened up a 6 to 3 lead in the first 4 minutes of the game and never trailed Coffee County. The Lady Raiders made a few rallies in the second half but could never get the deficit below 4 points. Senior Cameron Davis finished with 9 points for the Lady Raiders while senior Sydney Pearson and sophomore Bailey Morgan each dropped in 8 points. Morgan earned the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game honors for Coffee County. The loss ended the Lady Raiders season as they finished with a final record of 12 and 16. The Red Raiders open district tournament play on Tuesday night at home as they play host to Tullahoma. That game will tip off at 6 PM and you can hear the broadcast on Thunder Radio.

Sophomore Dequon Miller could become only the sixth player in Motlow Bucks basketball history to score 1,000 career points when the Bucks host Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) rival Dyersburg State Wednesday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Copperweld Arena.
The Bucks (19-4, 11-3) split a pair of games over the weekend, beating Roane State 90-88 Friday night in Harriman and dropping a 101-91 decision to Walters State Saturday afternoon in Morristown. Motlow’s final home game of the 2014-15 season will be Saturday when Southwest Tennessee visits for sophomore recognition day.

Motlow’s Lady Bucks lost both of their weekend games.

Playing before a packed and partisan crowd on Friday night at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym, the Raiders and Lady Raiders earned a hard fought split with their cross county rivals Tullahoma. Al White Ford/Lincoln paid the admission cost for every student from Coffee County CHS and the Raider Academy on the night as both fan bases combined to tally the biggest attendance night of the year on Senior Night.

The Lady Raiders opened the basketball doubleheader as they dropped a hard fought 61 to 47 decision to the Lady Cats. Coffee County, which cut the 9 point halftime deficit to 3 points in the first 2 minutes of the second half, saw a string of turnovers and missed shots help Tullahoma to go on a 9-0 run over the next 3 minutes. From there, the Lady Raiders could never get any closer than 8 points. Senior Tyger Fenton led Coffee County with 14 points while senior Cameron Davis added 11 points. The 4 CHS seniors, Fenton, Davis, Sydney Pearson and Sara Brown, were named the Gateway Tire and Service Center Co-players of the game for the Lady Raiders.

In the boys game, the Red Raiders roared out to an 8 to 0 lead in the 1st 2 minutes of the game and never trailed as they turned back the Wildcats 61 to 49. The win, the first career win for Red Raider interim coach Ben Holl, snapped a 10 game losing streak for the Raiders and handed them their first district win of the year. Senior Peyton Talley led Coffee County in scoring with 18 points while senior J.P. Duncan tallied 13. The 4 Red Raider seniors, Talley, Duncan, Addison Carter and Zack Taylor, were named the Gateway Tire and Service Center Co-players of the game for Coffee County.

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Both teams finished the regular season as the 6th place team in the district and each will host a playoff game next week. The Lady Raiders will open district tournament play on Monday night at 6 as they play host to Columbia. A win for Coffee County on Monday would set up a rematch with Tullahoma on Thursday night at Tullahoma. The Red Raiders will play host to Tullahoma on Tuesday night in a 6 PM game. A 2nd win over Tullahoma would send Coffee County to Shelbyville on Friday night for a 2nd round game with the Eagles. Thunder Radio will have the broadcast of all of Coffee County’s playoff games

This Friday night at Coffee County High School will be the last scheduled home basketball game for this season. Al White Ford-Lincoln has graciously partnered with the school to make it Al White Ford-Lincoln “Student Night”. The Raiders will be playing Tullahoma and Al White has agreed to cover the admission for all Coffee County Raider Academy and Coffee County High School students. When they check in, they will get a ticket and be entered into a drawing for 2 – $250 drawings. One at each halftime. Thanks to Al White Ford-Lincoln for their commitment to Coffee County students. Friday is also Senior Night.

The Motlow Bucks played and won their third game in the last four days when they hosted and beat the Bryan College junior varsity squad 118-55 Monday night at Copperweld Arena. The Bucks, ranked No. 20 in the latest national poll, have not lost at home this season, winning all 12 of their contests in Lynchburg.
The contest against visiting Bryan College was no contest at all as the Bucks ran away from the Lions early and never looked back. The 118 points scored by the Bucks tied the school record for the ninth-most points ever scored by a Bucks team. It had been done three other times, with the last coming in 2009 against Hiwassee. The school record for points in a game is 138, scored in 1994 against Chattanooga State.
Everybody got into the scoring column against Bryan, with DeQuan Miller leading the way with 22 points and Clint Nwosuh added 18.

The Coffee County Lady Raiders’ basketball team started slowly on Tuesday night, falling behind 14-3 in the 1st quarter before closing the gap to 14-10 after the 1st. Columbia held the lead throughout the 2nd quarter as they took a 27-21 advantage into the dressing room. In the 2^nd half the Lady Lions controlled the play on their home floor picking up the District 8-AAA win, 56-44.
Coffee County Senior Tyger Fenton was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game. Cameron Davis led the Lady Raiders in scoring with 12.
Coffee County dropped to 12 and 14 on the season and 2 and 9 in district play.
The Coffee County boys were looking to pull off an upset of the Lions but those plans did not work out. Coffee County kept the game close in the first half, trailing by only 6 but the Raiders could not slow down Columbia in the second half, falling 63-40.
Addison Carter led Coffee County with 9 points and was named the player of the game.
Coffee County falls to 4-21 overall and 0-10 in district play.
Friday night the Raiders will host the Wildcats of Tullahoma. Airtime is set for 5:50pm with Dennis Weaver.