Basketball Game Preview: Cumby Trojans vs. Clarksville Tigers

The Cumby Trojans will head out on the road to face off against the Clarksville Tigers at 11:10 a.m. on Thursday. Cumby is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.3 points per game this season.

Cumby is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Trenton: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Cumby blew Trenton out of the water with a 59-32 final score. The Trojans pushed the score to 51-25 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers had little chance of recovering from.

Cumby relied on the efforts of Chett Vaughan, who went 7 for 11 on his way to 20 points and eight rebounds, and Chayton Vaughan, who went 5 of 10 on his way to 15 points and three steals. Chett's evening made it ten games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of MontgoMery BENTON, who posted three points and six assists.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Clarksville, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They came out on top against Cooper by a score of 45-37 on Tuesday.

Clarksville's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.2 points per game. As for Cumby, with the victory, they broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 4-6.

Cumby came up short against Clarksville when the teams last played back in November, falling 60-52. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Clarksville's Braden Rosser, who went 6 of 13 on his way to 22 points along with 19 rebounds and 11 steals. Now that Cumby knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.