Two dominant guards in Amaree Burries and Donovan Coates are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Jacksonville Crimsons will be playing at home against the Collinsville Kahoks at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Jacksonville has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Jacksonville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their matchup last Saturday with ease, bagging a 69-41 victory over Comer. The win was some much needed relief for the Crimsons as it spelled an end to their six-game losing streak.
Burries continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 8 of 12 en route to 24 points. The team also got some help courtesy of LaMarion Williams, who posted ten points.
Meanwhile, Collinsville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They opened the new year with a less-than-successful 67-59 loss to Lanphier. While the Kahoks didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Lions 14-8 in the first quarter.
Jacksonville will have to contain Coates as he made an impact in Collinsville's last game. He dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 boards. That was a full 39% of Collinsville's points, marking the third time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Evan Wilkinson, who put up ten points.
Jacksonville's victory bumped their record up to 4-9. As for Collinsville, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Jacksonville hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 55 points per game. However, it's not like Collinsville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 55.6 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Jacksonville was dealt a bruising 63-33 defeat at the hands of Collinsville when the teams last played back in January of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Jacksonville was down 42-14.
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