January 16, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
In their first meeting this basketball season Friday night, the DeKalb County Tigers edged out Macon County 64 to 62 in overtime at Lafayette while the Lady Tigers were outmatched in their game with the highly ranked Tigerettes 71 to 57.
For the girls, Macon County led 14 to 13 after the 1st period, 35 to 21 at halftime, and 49 to 32 after the 3rd period before defeating the DC Lady Tigers 71 to 57.
Kadee Ferrell scored 19, Megan Cantrell 13, Ella Van Vranken 12, Cadee Griffith 9, and Summer Crook and Madison Martin each with 2.
In the boys game DeKalb County trailed 16 to 15 after the 1st period but DC grabbed a 36 to 30 halftime lead and held a 48 to 41 advantage after the 3rd period. Macon County rallied in the 4th to tie the game at 57 by the end of regulation. DeKalb County then outscored Macon County 7 to 5 in the overtime period to win 64 to 62.
Evan Jones scored 28 followed by Stetson Agee with 15, Elishah Ramos 6, Luke Jenkins 5, Conner Close 4, Brayden Antoniak 3, and Jordan Young with 3.
The Tigers improve to 5-7 (2-4) while Macon County drops to 2-9 (0-5). The Lady Tigers slip to 5-8 (1-5) as Macon County goes to 10-1 (4-1).
DeKalb County will host Sequatchie County today (Saturday, January 16) in Smithville starting with the girls game at 3:00 p.m. followed by the boys game. WJLE will have LIVE radio coverage and also plans to carry the games via Facebook LIVE.