The Montgomery Central Indians will head out on the road to take on the Jackson South Side Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Montgomery Central is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Last Tuesday, Montgomery Central took a serious blow against Sycamore, falling 71-19. Montgomery Central has not had much luck with Sycamore recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, Jackson South Side had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34.5 points), and they went ahead and made it seven on Monday. They walked away with a 46-35 victory over Chester County. Jackson South Side pushed the score to 37-16 by the end of the third, a deficit Chester County cut but never quite recovered from.
Jackson South Side's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kimora Currie, who scored 15 points along with five rebounds, and Jaidynn Askins, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds. Another player making a difference was Akira Lacy, who scored eight points.
Montgomery Central has not been sharp recently as the team has lost four of their last five contests, which is still a better percentage than their 3-16 record this season. As for Jackson South Side, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season.
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