Mavericks open 2017-2018 basketball season
The Anderson County Mavericks beat visiting Loudon by a score of 58-39 on Thursday to open the 2017-2018 basketball season.
The Mavericks jumped out to a 19-11 lead in the first quarter as Spencer Chandler, Braden Irwin, and Harrison Ogburn paced Anderson County, who was playing shorthanded because several key players were still playing football.
Anderson County extended its lead to 36-22 at halftime as Grant Hayes and Jordan Hembree got into the scoring column for the Mavericks.
The Redskins narrowed the Anderson County lead to 44-33 in the third quarter but that was as close as they could get. The Mavericks pulled away in the fourth quarter, outscoring Loudon 15-6.
Chandler led Anderson County with 25 points.
LHS 11 11 11 6 39
AC 19 17 7 15 58
LHS — Joiner (12), Blankenship (10), Small (6), Dutton (4), Thaxton (4), Parks (2)
AC — Spencer Chandler (25), Harrison Ogburn (11), Braden Irwin (10), Jordan Hembree (8), Grant Hayes (2)
The Mavericks hosted three Hall of Fame games on Saturday and won all three.
They beat the Knoxville Ambassadors 80-50 and defeated Union County 68-57. They also topped Greenback 72-32.
Stats for those games were not available at press time.
Anderson County opens district play on Tuesday (Nov. 28) at Campbell County.
Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.