Mavericks’ season ends in East Knoxville
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Anderson County’s Cam Lawson pushes the pace in transition Saturday night against Austin-East in East Knoxville. The Mavericks dropped a 69-61 decision to the Roadrunners on the road. - Tony Cox
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Colton Lawson drives into the paint from beyond the 3-point arc during Anderson County’s region quarterfinal matchup against Austin-East on Saturday night. - Tony Cox
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Anderson County’s Reese Russell goes up strong through contact as he’s fouled during Saturday’s Region 2-AAA quarterfinal game against Austin-East. - Tony Cox
The 2025-26 season came to a close Saturday night for Anderson County High School’s boys basketball team in East Knoxville.
The Mavericks, who finished third in District 4-AAA, saw their campaign end with a 69-61 loss to Austin-East on newly christened Elston Turner Court.
Despite the setback, which left Anderson County at 14-14, Mavs Coach Jordan Jeffers said his team followed its game plan against the Roadrunners.
“We wanted to make them shoot a lot of threes and hope that we could rebound with them,” Jeffers said. “But they were locked in and ready to play. They took those threes and they made them. They made some big shots.
“They got off to a fast start and they made six 3-pointers in the first half. They didn’t make any in the second half. We didn’t start well in the first quarter and we didn’t start well in the third quarter.”
Austin-East (18-12) got a game-high 19 points from Spencer Moore. Larrione Winton added 12, and Julius Young finished with nine.
Anderson County had two players score in double figures as Cam Lawson and Justin Bunch tallied 14 points each.
Jeffers said the small details ultimately proved costly.
“It’s just disappointing; we thought we could scrap and have a chance, and we did,” he said. “We just don’t do enough of the little things well. We didn’t make enough shots and we left a lot of points out there.
“We did a good job in the second half, but then, they get you where they get you,” he said.
“They assaulted the offensive glass and they punished us on the boards, and any time you have a live-ball turnover against them, it’s points.”
