Basketball Preview: Jimtown Jimmies vs. New Prairie Cougars
Jimtown and New Prairie are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2016, but not for long. The Jimtown Jimmies will challenge the New Prairie Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Jimtown has three straight wins, New Prairie has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Jimtown is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing LaVille: they outscored them in every quarter. Jimtown enjoyed a cozy 50-34 victory over LaVille on Friday.
Dylan Fey went supernova for Jimtown, going 9 for 15 en route to 22 points plus five steals. Branden King was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 12 points and nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, a win for New Prairie just wasn't in the cards on Saturday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 55-33 to La Porte.
New Prairie's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Jimtown, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
Jimtown beat New Prairie 58-50 in their previous meeting back in February. Will Jimtown repeat their success, or does New Prairie have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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