Basketball Game Preview: Berea Pirates vs. Jackson City Tigers

The Berea Pirates will take on the Jackson City Tigers in a holiday battle at at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses dating back to last season for Berea and seven for Jackson City dating back to last season.

Berea is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell to Corbin 78-73. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (56), the Pirates still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, Jackson City ended up a good deal behind Wolfe County last Tuesday and lost 75-58.

Jackson City's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Berea, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.

Berea skirted past Jackson City 80-78 when the teams last played back in January of 2020. Does Berea have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jackson City turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.