Abby Morgan of CHS basketball
Continuing their longest home stand of the year on Tuesday, the Coffee County CHS basketball teams welcomed Shelbyville to the Patch for a district doubleheader. The Lady Raiders rallied from an 8 point deficit to beat the Eaglettes 57 to 52. The Red Raiders built a double digit lead in the 1st half and fought their way to an 80 to 64 win.
After missing shots at the rim and the free throw line all night, the Lady Raiders found their scoring touch in the 4th quarter. Trailing by 5 points with 5 minutes remaining, Coffee County went on a 10 to 0 run to take the lead and hold on for the win. Abby Morgan had 6 straight points in that stretch to push the Lady Raiders in front by 5 with 1:12 left in the game. Morgan finished with 19 points as she was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game. Bella Vinson added 17 points and Jacey Vaughn netted 14 as Coffee County improved to 20 and 3 on the season and 6 and 0 in district play.
Kyle Farless of CHS basketball
The Red Raiders got their own 10 to 0 run at the midway point of the first half to take a 9 point lead over Shelbyville with 6:29 to go in the half. Coffee County stretched the lead to 17 at the half and led by as many as 25 in the second half to improve to 13 and 4 on the season and 5 and 1 in district play. Kyle Farless led the Raiders in scoring as he had 22 points to earn the Crazy Daisies player of the game award. Darius Rozier added 16 points and Shawn Anderson chipped in 10.
The Raider and Lady Raider basketball teams will be back at home on Friday as they open the second half of the district season against Lawrence County. 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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