Basketball Recap: Jennings County Takes a Loss

By Team Reports Feb 7, 2025, 12:29pm

Basketball Recap: Jennings County Panthers vs. New Albany Bulldogs

Jennings County lost against New Albany back in March of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Jennings County Panthers took an 86-73 hit to the loss column at the hands of the New Albany Bulldogs. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (62), the Panthers still had to take the loss.

Carter Kent

Points

02/06/25 @ New Albany37
02/01/25 @ Cooper29
01/24/25 vs Floyd Central42
01/18/25 @ Bedford North Lawrence27
01/03/25 vs Franklin County20
+ 2 more games

Despite the loss, Jennings County still got an impressive performance from Carter Kent, who went 14 for 22 to rack up 37 points in addition to seven assists and six boards. The match was Kent's seventh in a row with at least 20 points. Another player making a difference was Jeremiah Davis, who posted nine points along with five assists and five rebounds.

Jennings County has traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-8 record this season. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.3 points over those games. As for New Albany, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 13-2.

Coming up, Jennings County will square off against Providence at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for New Albany, they will take on Columbus East at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.

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