Junior guard Jakobi Gillespie (3), Reid Satterfield (5) and the Greeneville Greene Devils defeated Jackson South Side in the TSSAA Class AA state championship game at Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on Saturday, March 20, 2021. (Photo by Danny Parker)
By JESSE SMITHEY
Not many onlookers Wednesday night at the Arby’s Classic likely gave the Greeneville boys’ basketball team much of a chance against Dr. Phillips High from Orlando, Fla.
It wasn’t that no one respected Greeneville, which won a Class AA state championship in March.
It was more that Dr. Phillips won Class 7A in Florida last season and brought three high-major prospects to Bristol, Tenn., to win this tournament.
Greeneville sent the Panthers off the court disappointed, though, Wednesday night, pulling off the shock of the prestigious bracket in a 76-72 win.
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