Basketball Game Preview: Shoals Jug Rox vs. Northeast Dubois Jeeps

By Team Reports Dec 17, 2023, 5:23am

Preview: Shoals Jug Rox vs. Northeast Dubois Jeeps

Shoals is 0-9 against Northeast Dubois since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Shoals Jug Rox will be home for the holidays to greet the Northeast Dubois Jeeps at 6:30 p.m. Shoals will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings (they are ranked 339th, while Northeast Dubois is ranked 136th).

Shoals' six-game losing streak came to an end on Tuesday. They came out on top against Mitchell by a score of 40-29. For those curious, yes, that was the biggest win Shoals has managed all season.

Meanwhile, Northeast Dubois lost to Jasper at home by a decisive 40-23 margin on Thursday. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Northeast Dubois has scored all season.

Despite the defeat, Northeast Dubois got a solid performance out of Lyllee Schnell, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds.

Shoals' win bumped their record up to 2-7. As for Northeast Dubois, they now have a losing record at 5-6.

Shoals took a serious blow against Northeast Dubois in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, falling 61-34. Thankfully for Shoals, Rhylan Kalb (who scored 26 points along with five rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.