Basketball Recap: Jackson Academy Comes Up Short in High-Profile Game with Madison-Ridgeland Academy

On Saturday, Jackson Academy faced Madison-Ridgeland Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Jackson Academy Raiders lost 56-31 to the Madison-Ridgeland Academy Patriots. The defeat continues a trend for the Raiders in their matchups with the Patriots: they've now lost eight in a row.

Jackson Academy's loss dropped their record down to 20-9. As for Madison-Ridgeland Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 28-7 record this season.

As of now, neither Jackson Academy nor Madison-Ridgeland Academy have any future games scheduled.