Basketball Recap: Jackson Beats Kennett for Their Ninth Straight Victory

Fighting Indians

Previous Games

01/09/25 @ Kennett	50-46
01/04/25 vs Farmington	54-48
12/30/24 vs Central	50-41
12/28/24 vs Scott City	57-47
12/27/24 vs Chaffee	49-38
+ 4 more games

Jackson came tearing into Thursday's match with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.6 points) and they left with even more momentum. They managed a 50-46 win over the Kennett Indians. Given the Fighting Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Indians are ranked 294th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Jackson's victory bumped their record up to 13-2. As for Kennett, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-7.

Jackson will have a chance to go back-to-back against Kennett: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.