Basketball Recap: King Beats Dunbar for Their Fifth Straight Win

Jaguars

Previous 5 Games

01/21/25 vs Dunbar	70-67
01/18/25 @ Prosser	46-42
01/11/25 vs Bogan	63-48
01/09/25 @ Hubbard	83-12
01/07/25 @ Brooks	40-38

King entered their tilt with Dunbar on Tuesday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Dunbar Mightymen, sneaking past 70-67. This was payback for the Jaguars, who suffered a 56-46 loss the last time these two teams met.

King's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Matthew Chatman led the charge by as he made all 6 shots he took racking up 13 points. The dominant performance gave Chatman a new career-high in points. Jaden Thomas was another key player, going 6 of 7 en route to 12 points.

King's win bumped their record up to 11-7. As for Dunbar, they moved to 14-6 with that defeat, which also ended their four-game winning streak.

King and Dunbar should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings. King (ranked 274th) will meet Longwood (ranked 566th) at 5:00 p.m. on January 28th. Meanwhile, Dunbar will face off against Hubbard at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday up 367 places (355 vs. 722).