Jefferson has gone 7-2 against Ennis recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Jefferson Panthers will challenge the Ennis Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Ennis will be up against a hot Jefferson squad: the team just extended their winning streak to seven. Jefferson claimed a resounding 68-39 win over East Helena. The Panthers pushed the score to 52-27 by the end of the third, a deficit the Vigilantes had little chance of recovering from.
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It was another big night for Ryian Eveland, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 12 boards. She is also on a roll when it comes to blocks, as she's now posted two or more in the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Cameron Toney, who went 5 for 9 on her way to 17 points.
Jefferson smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Ennis had already won 13 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.5 points) and they went ahead and made it 14 on Friday. They blew past the Tigers 65-33. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Montana basketball rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Tigers are ranked 112th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ennis' victory was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-1. As for Jefferson, their win bumped their record up to 12-2.
Jefferson couldn't quite finish off Ennis in their previous matchup back in January and fell 55-52. Can Jefferson avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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