Brookhaven entered their matchup against South Jones on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Brookhaven Panthers received a blow as they fell 57-41 to the South Jones Braves. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 81st, while the Braves are ranked 16th).
Despite the loss, Brookhaven still got an impressive performance from Jamarion Cooper, who went 9 of 17 en route to 18 points and eight rebounds. Another player making a difference was Tristian Thomas, who posted seven points.
Brookhaven's defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 8-5. As for South Jones, they pushed their record up to 14-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road.
Brookhaven and Tylertown will round out the year against one another at at 2:30 p.m. on December 27th. As for South Jones, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 68-58 loss against Canton on the 21st.
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