Kingston, TN –The Greenback School girls basketball team fell to Midway 66-36 on Friday night at Midway High School, but the Cherokees’ loss had an individual performance worth remembering. While the Greenback took their last matchup earlier this season 46-34, Midway prevailed in round two.
The Lady Cherokees (5-14, 2-4 District 4-1A) won the opening tip-off, but The Midway Lady Wave (14-7, 4-1 in District 4-1A) opened the game with a 13-0 run where they ran a furious full-court trap and turned up pressure that did not allow Greenback to take a shot until after a timeout called to regroup the Cherokees’ offense.
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