February 22, 2025
By: Dwayne Page
After pulling off a big upset of White County Friday night, the DeKalb County Tigers came close but fell short of pulling off the same feat Saturday night and lost 57 to 47 to Stone Memorial in the semi-finals of the District 7 AAA boys basketball tournament at Crossville.
The Tigers (10-20) will play for third place in the tournament Tuesday night, February 25 at 6 p.m. in the consolation game at Cumberland County High School in Crossville. WJLE will have LIVE coverage. By winning Friday night, the Tigers have earned a berth in the Region Basketball Tournament at a date, time, and location to be announced.
On Friday night, DC (#6 seed), eliminated White County (3rd seed) 55 to 50 and advanced to the semi-finals Saturday night and a meeting with the Stone Memorial Panthers (#2 seed)
The Tigers kept it close most of the way, trailing 13 to 7 after the 1st period and 26 to 16 by halftime. The Tigers cut the Panthers lead to 38 to 36 by the end of the 3rd period and trailed by only one point 42 to 41 with 4:40 left in the 4th period but the Panthers pulled away down the stretch and won 57 to 47.
For DC, Dalllas Kirby scored 20, Jon Hendrix 14, Jordan Parker 7, Porter Hancock 4, and Seth Fuson 2.