Raiders, Lady Raiders down Jets

Written by Derek Harryman | 26 January 2010

The Coffee County boys and girls basketball teams picked up two big wins Tuesday night at home against district 6-3A foe Cumberland County.
In the girls game the Lady Jets led at the half 26-24 and then came out hot in the third quarter. CCHS trailed 37-29 at the start of the final period but didn't give up. A 13 point fourth quarter from Emily Morgan spurred the Lady Raider's 54-50 comeback victory.

The CCHS men were winless in district 6-3A going into Tuesday night's game after close losses to White County and Warren County and a one-sided loss in Cookeville. But double digit efforts from Cory Keeling, Krys "Slim" Renfrow and Tyler Clayborne snapped the Raiders losing streak.
Coffee County got the lead with 3:34 left in the third period and didn't give it up until the 3:40 mark in the fourth. Less than a minute later however Keeling tied the the game back at 53-53 with a jumper. After that Cumberland County only led one more time 57-56 at the 0:50 mark but Renfrow made sure that lead didn't last long. Renfrow scored four points in the next 37 seconds to make the score 60-57 CCHS.
With just 0:03 second left in the game Clayborne hit two free-throws to make the score 62-58 Raiders which would be the final.
"We lost two tough district games that we could have won but the kids are getting better," said first-year CCHS head coach Scott Givens. "We have told them to keep working and sooner or later those close games will start going our way."