Fairbury is 2-8 against Tri County since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Fairbury Jeffs will head out to face off against the Tri County Trojans at 7:30 p.m. Fairbury will be strutting in after a victory while Tri County will be coming in after a loss.
Fairbury is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest win since December 5, 2023 on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Diller-Odell with a sharp 46-26 victory. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Jeffs just coasted through the last quarter.
| 01/07/25 vs Diller-Odell | 15 |
| 01/02/25 vs Nebraska Christian | 13 |
| 12/19/23 @ Diller-Odell | 10 |
| 12/05/23 @ Superior | 8 |
| 12/07/24 @ Fillmore Central | 8 |
Fairbury's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Brodie Prellwitz, who went 9 of 13 on his way to 20 points and four steals, and Drew Watson, who went 7 of 11 on his way to 15 points in addition to six rebounds and three steals. Those 15 points gave Watson a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Korey Nippert, who posted two points along with seven rebounds and four steals.
Meanwhile, Tri County opened the new year with a less-than-successful 58-47 defeat to Exeter-Milligan/Friend. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 185th, while the Bobcats are ranked 37th).
Tri County has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-7 record this season. As for Fairbury, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-5.
Fairbury suffered a grim 41-16 defeat to Tri County in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. Can Fairbury avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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