February 12, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS Tigers will be facing the Cannon County Lions for the fourth time this season tonight in the District 8AA basketball tournament at Tennessee Tech.
The game tips off at 5 p.m. from Hooper Eblen Center and WJLE will have LIVE coverage with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor. Listen for Tiger Talk at 4:40 p.m. as John Pryor interviews Tiger Coach John Sanders and Lady Tiger Coach Danny Fish along with Tiger player Tanner Poss and Lady Tiger player Joni Robinson.
The Tigers have lost all three meetings with Cannon County this season including a 48 to 33 defeat at Woodbury on December 11, a 52 to 46 loss in the Watertown Christmas Tournament on December 21, and a 66 to 50 loss in Smithville on January 28.
The Tigers enter the district tournament as the 7th seed with a record of 5-22 (4-10) in district play while Cannon County is seeded 6th with a 12-16 record and a district finish of 5-9.
“We definitely know who we have to guard and limit their scoring opportunities. We’re going to try to change up our defense a little bit and hopefully put more pressure on them. Hopefully that will translate into a win. We feel like that is the best route to go. It will be a little different than what we have done against them in the last three games,” said Tiger Coach John Sanders.
In Monday night’s District Tournament games, the Cannon County girls eliminated Livingston Academy 54 to 39, the Smith County girls ended Watertown’s season with a 57 to 52 win, and the Macon County boys eliminated Smith County 48 to 31.
In tonight’s games (Tuesday, February 12):
#7 DeKalb County vs #6 Cannon County (boys): 5 p.m. (TTU)
#5Cannon County vs #4 York Institute (girls): 6:30 p.m. (TTU)
#5 Macon County vs #4 Watertown (boys): 8 p.m. (TTU)