After jumping to a halftime lead of 43-17, Coffee County went on to defeat the Lady Cherokees on Saturday afternoon at Bradley Central in Cleveland, 82-29. A majority of the second half was played under the mercy rule (running clock).
Sophomores Olivia Vinson and Channah Gannon led the Lady Raiders (7-0) in scoring with Vinson putting in 19 and Gannon added 13 points.
Both Coffee County teams will travel to Murfreesboro on Monday for games against Blackman.
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The Coffee County boys picked up two wins on Saturday as they hosted Siegel and Marshall County in the Dusty Elam Foundation Classic.
The Raiders were up 34-19 at halftime, but saw the Stars make a 3rd quarter comeback cutting the deficit to one, 43-42. In the 4th quarter both teams scored 11 each and Coffee County pulled out the exciting 54-53 victory.
Dayne Crosslin led the Raiders with 18, Deion Subaran added 12 and Cooper Reed 11. Coffee County hit eight 3-pointers in game one.
Up next the for the Raiders were the Tigers from Marshall County.
Coffee County led by 8 at halftime 39-31 and after a tightly fought 2nd half the Raiders got their second win of the day, 76-67.
Crosslin played huge second half, scoring all of his 17 points. He also went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line in the 4th quarter. Reed had another solid game with 15 points and Jahlin Osborne added a season-high 13.
Free-throw shooting was a huge part of the win, as the Raiders hit 17 of 20. The Tigers hit on 9 of their 13.
With the two homecourt wins, Coffee County improved to 4-3 on the season. After the games on Monday at Blackman the Lady Raiders and Red Raiders will host their county rival Tullahoma on Friday and you can hear the Dec. 2 games on the Rooster 101.5, www.rooster1015.com or on the Rooster 101.5 app.