The Central Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the New Madrid County Central Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the pair posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
On Tuesday, Central strolled past Charleston with points to spare, taking the game 75-58. Given Central's advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 46th, while Charleston is ranked 138th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after a string of 17 wins, New Madrid County Central's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a hard 90-76 fall against Sikeston. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (64), New Madrid County Central still had to take the loss.
Central's win bumped their record up to 14-8. As for New Madrid County Central, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-2.
Central came up short against New Madrid County Central when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 64-51. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of New Madrid County Central's Jadis Jones, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 13 rebounds. Now that Central knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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