Northeast Jones hasn't had much luck against Morton recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Northeast Jones Tigers just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the Morton Panthers at 6:00 p.m.
Northeast Jones is headed into Tuesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 12th straight game on Monday. They were dealt a 53-15 defeat at the hands of Quitman. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 253rd, while the Panthers are ranked 54th).
Meanwhile, Morton waltzed into their game on Thursday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They beat the Bearcats by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 38-27.
Northeast Jones' loss dropped their record down to 2-20. As for Morton, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
Northeast Jones was dealt a bruising 55-12 defeat at the hands of Morton in their previous matchup on January 10th. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Northeast Jones was down 37-6.
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