It took overtime, but the Cannon County Lions survived Tuesday night and live to play at least one more game. The Lions met their rivals Dekalb County at the Hooper Eblen Center at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville for one final time with each team’s basketball future on the line. Win and you move on to meet Smith County. Lose and your season is finished. The game went back and forth the entire night with 23 lead changes and ten ties. Neither team led by any more than 5 points at any point in the game. The game went into overtime tied at 40. Anton Knox stepped up and scored all five of his points in the extra frame including what would be the game winning free throws. Austin Martin scored a team high 23 points as Cannon County advanced with a thrilling 50-48 win over Dekalb County. Cannon will meet Smith County Thursday night at 7:30 at Tennessee Tech.
