Lady Knights Win, while the Boys Team Comes Up Just Short
Sports, Team FYN Sports, TeamFYNSports December 11, 2021
The Robbinsville boys and girls basketball teams are finally off and running now that the football season has come to an end. On Friday night they played their second game of the year and this time against pretty good competition. They hosted a 3A opponent, the Smoky Mountain Mustangs. The girls game looked like it was going to be very competitive. It was the Lady Knights though that dominated, winning 56-38. While in the boys game, Robbinsville’s big fourth quarter comeback came up a little short losing 70-64
Girls Recap:
The Robbinsville girls team is supposed to be all that and a bag of chips this year. Well early this season they are living up to the high expectations. Smoky Mountain is a very strong girls team, in fact they beat Swain this year by 33. That margin had us expecting this to be a very tight game. It simply was not though as the Lady Knights were in control, building their lead quarter by quarter. In fact, Robbinsville outscored Smoky Mountain in each of the four quarters. By the time the fourth quarter started the Lady Knights were leading by 16 points. Desta Trammell looked to be in mid-season form, leading Robbinsville in scoring with 24 points. Yeika Jimenez also chipped in 10 points as part of the Lady Knights’ 56 to 38 win.
Boys Recap:
You can tell that the Black Knights boys team is still working through some early season rust that is to be expected after a long football playoff run. This showed as the shots just weren’t falling and the Mustangs took advantage throughout the first three quarters. Coming into the fourth quarter it looked like the Mustangs would cruise to victory up 18. That was not the case though as the Black Knights had a furious comeback. Xander Wachacha led the way with 20 points in the game and Kamdyn Jordan wasn’t far behind with 15 points of his own. The Mustang lead was just too much, even with Robbinsville outscoring them by 12 in the fourth quarter. Smoky Mountain would win 70-64 but with the late game run the Black Knights showed plenty of promise.
Lady Knights hand Bulldogs first loss since 2019
TeamFYNSports January 27, 2021
Robbinsville, NC- Head Coach Lucas Ford had the Robbinsville Lady Knights in the gym getting shots up hours before their game against conference rival Murphy.
He and his team knew that this game meant a little more, as do all games across all sports between Robbinsville and Murphy.
The Lady Bulldogs came into the game riding an unbeaten streak that stretched across 36 games.
Robbinsville came into the game with a chip on their shoulder; Remembering last year and how they came closer to beating the Dogs than any team did: Murphy needed a buzzer beater 3 to force overtime in 2019, where they eventually secured the win and were on their way to a state championship.
History would not repeat itself however, as Robbinsville jumped out to an early lead and never looked back.
Thanks to 2 threes from Kennedy Phillips, the Lady Knights a 19-11 lead over the Lady Bulldogs heading into the second quarter.
Desta Trammell poured it on in the second, finishing the half with 13 points and 2 boards and giving the Black Knights a 36-26 lead at the break.
Trammell wasn’t finished there, adding 9 second half points to take her final stat line to 22 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds. Most impressively though,, she led the Lady Knights to an 67-53 win!
Halee Anderson also added 14 points and 5 rebounds.
Robbinsville, Murphy and Cherokee are now tied for first place in the Big Smoky Mountain Conference.
The Lady Knights next two games are both away against Conference foes Rosman and Hayesville, on 1/29 and 2/2.
Murphy will look to get back on track at home against Andrews on Friday, 1/29.