Clarksville and LaVergne Clash in Nashville
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PICTURED: LaVergne team. Xialin Lenoir Xialin Lenoir 5'11" | PG Lavergne | 2024 State TN broke a couple of ankles, flipped the rock to Daunte White Daunte White 6'6" | PF LaVergne | 2024 State TN , who reversed it…
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Xialin Lenoir Xialin Lenoir 5'11" | PG Lavergne | 2024 State TN broke a couple of ankles, flipped the rock to Daunte White Daunte White 6'6" | PF LaVergne | 2024 State TN , who reversed it back to an open Steven Sherman Steven Sherman 6'1" | SG LaVergne | 2026 State TN . Sherman buried a three-pointer to give LaVergne a 59-44 lead late. Turned to his teammates and peacocked.
LaVergne defeated Clarksville, 61-47, with the Wildcats mounting their only true comeback in the second quarter.
Clarksville falls to 4-7 and LaVergne improves to 11-6.
The Opening
The Wolverines surged out quickly, 8-2, behind quick and hungry guards Landon Bryant Landon Bryant 6'4" | SG LaVergne | 2025 State TN (PrepHoopsTN Combine Co-MVP) and Xialin Lenoir Xialin Lenoir 5'11" | PG Lavergne | 2024 State TN . Lenoir’s jumper at 5:29 made the black and blue look like world-beaters, then up 10-4. With Bryant’s three-pointer LHS opened it up to 15-7.
After 1Q, 23-14 LaVergne made everything. CHS was swapping lineups, searching.
Personnel
Daunte White Daunte White 6'6" | PF LaVergne | 2024 State TN did not start for LaVergne. He came in with just over 4 minutes to play in the first quarter.
Clarksville Head Coach Ted Young reached deep into his bench early and played all ten guys throughout. The seemingly erratic sub pattern solved the languishing Wildcats in the second quarter though. The comeback does not happen without the involvement of all 10.
Clarksville
#2
Sheldon Huber
Sheldon
Huber
6'3" | SG
Clarksville | 2025
State
TN
* (2025) 6’3″
#3 Joseph Kifle*
#10 Stefan Losich* (2025)
#12
Kellen Howard
Kellen
Howard
6'3" | SG
Clarksville | 2024
State
TN
#21
Kirk Weatherford
Kirk
Weatherford
6'1" | PG
Clarksville | 2025
State
TN
#23 Jonah Green
LaVergne
#1
Landon Bryant
Landon
Bryant
6'4" | SG
LaVergne | 2025
State
TN
* (2025)
#12
Xialin Lenoir
Xialin
Lenoir
5'11" | PG
Lavergne | 2024
State
TN
*
#20
#24 Jason Amill* (2025)
#25
Daunte White
Daunte
White
6'6" | PF
LaVergne | 2024
State
TN
The first half ended 32-28. LaVergne slowed slightly with apparent fatigue and CHS elected to take more mid-range shots in their profitable second quarter.
Second Half
LaVergne played hungrier coming out of the locker room to start the third quarter.
Daunte White Daunte White 6'6" | PF LaVergne | 2024 State TN looked wildly off from the free throw line. Still, he was aggressive around the rim in pursuit of buckets and rebounds. Teammate Xialin Lenoir Xialin Lenoir 5'11" | PG Lavergne | 2024 State TN appeared to sarcastically give White a firm handshake after he finally made a free throw, after missing many. White smiled and made another right after.
White’s best play of the day was a designed slash off of a baseline inbounds. He dribbled to the heart of a collapsing defense and dropped off a lovely pass to a slashing teammate. LHS led 38-30 with 4:40 left in the third quarter. The Wolverines operated a little two-man game with Bryant and White for a stretch.