Raider Basketball Sweeps Community on Friday

Two in a row!  The Red Raider and Lady Raider basketball teams have opened the regular season with identical 2 and 0 records after a pair of wins on Friday afternoon at Tullahoma against Community in the Russell Barnett Hall of Champions Classic.  The Lady Raiders got a 44 to 32 win while the Red Raiders edged the Vikings 46 to 40.

After a hard fought first quarter, Coffee County used a 14 point 2^nd quarter to open up an 11 point halftime lead as they coasted to the non-district win.  Aerial Williams led Coffee County in scoring as she had 13 points.  Holli Smithson added 9 points and Bailey Morgan and Abby Morgan each added 6 points.

The Red Raiders were able to open up a lead in the first quarter and held off a late Community charge to grab their 2^nd win on the season.  Garrett Booth led the Raiders n scoring with 11 points as he drained three 3 pointers on the night.  Garrett Eldridge finished with 9 points and DeAaron Rozier finished with 8 points.

Coffee County has a pair of road games next week as Raider basketball returns to Thunder Radio.  On Monday, Coffee County visits Huntland to take on the Hornets while on Tuesday night; the Raiders will head up to Coalmont to take on Grundy County.  Both doubleheaders begin at 6 PM; Thunder Radio begins live coverage with the Powers Storage Pregame Show at 5:50 each night.