Basketball Game Preview: Central Jaguars vs. Jay Royals

Central and Jay are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2021, but not for long. The Central Jaguars will head out to square off against the Jay Royals at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

On Tuesday, Central was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 69-64 to West Florida Baptist Academy. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (56), the Jaguars still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Jay's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Milton by a score of 41-38.

Jay's defeat dropped their record down to 16-3. As for Central, their loss dropped their record down to 13-9.

Central suffered a grim 73-48 defeat to Jay in their previous meeting on January 9th. Can Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.