Mason and Johnson City are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2017, but not for long. The Mason Punchers will host the Johnson City Eagles at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Mason and three for Johnson City.
Last Tuesday, Mason took a blow against Goldthwaite, falling 91-44. While losing is never fun, the Punchers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1488th, while the Eagles are ranked 637th).
Meanwhile, Johnson City played a tough match on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Harper, falling 66-45.
Johnson City's loss dropped their record down to 9-13. As for Mason, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-15.
Mason was able to grind out a solid win over Johnson City in their previous meeting on January 7th, winning 52-42. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Johnson City's Jadyn Jenkins, who went 9 for 20 on his way to 26 points and three steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Mason still be able to contain Jenkins? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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