A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Central Lions face off against the Jonesboro Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday... Central will be strutting in after a win while Jonesboro will be coming in after a defeat.
On Saturday, Central escaped with a win against Griffin by the margin of a single free throw, 24-23. The 24-point effort marked the Lions' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Jonesboro was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They were a single point away from ending the streak, but they lost a 48-47 heartbreaker at the hands of Mundy's Mill.
Central has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-9 record this season. As for Jonesboro, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-9.
Central strolled past Jonesboro in their previous matchup on January 7th by a score of 55-36. Does Central have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jonesboro turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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