Basketball Preview: West Memphis Blue Devils vs. Jonesboro Hurricane
West Memphis and Jonesboro are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. The West Memphis Blue Devils will take on the Jonesboro Hurricane at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with West Memphis sitting on three straight wins and Jonesboro on six.
West Memphis is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Parkview 81-58 on Tuesday. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Patriots are ranked 152nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Jonesboro sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 56-53 victory over De Smet Jesuit on Saturday. The 56-point effort marked the Hurricane's lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
West Memphis' win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-2. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.3 points per game. As for Jonesboro, their victory bumped their record up to 6-0.
West Memphis didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Jonesboro in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 37-33 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Memphis since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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