Basketball Recap: Big Sandy Falls Short Against Ranked Chester-Joplin-Inverness

Pioneers

Previous 5 Games

01/31/25 @ Chester-Joplin-Inverness	63-71
01/25/25 vs Turner	41-38
01/24/25 vs Cascade	76-47
01/18/25 vs Box Elder	69-44
01/17/25 @ Fort Benton	40-37

On Friday, Big Sandy faced Chester-Joplin-Inverness in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Big Sandy Pioneers took a 71-63 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks. The Pioneers' defeat signaled the end of their eight-game winning streak.

Big Sandy's loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 8-2. As for Chester-Joplin-Inverness, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.

Big Sandy will head out to challenge North Star at 3:00 p.m. on February 8th. Chester-Joplin-Inverness has already played their next game, a 58-40 victory against Shelby on the 1st.