Jets Lift Off Against Lions

The up and down roller coaster of the basketball  season continued Tuesday night for the Cannon County Lions during the second night of action at the Sundrop Romp Basketball Tournament at Boyd Christian School.  The Cumberland County Jets connected on 8 of 18 three point attempts as three Jet players landed in double figures and Cumberland County dropped the Lions 68-47.  Even though Cannon County had more shot attempts than the Jets did, the Lions fell out of the game early and never could catch up.  Jarrett Melton had 9 points in the loss while Brad Hutchins contributed 8.  Cannon County will fall to the silver bracket semifinal Thrusday afternoon at 4:00