Jefferson Independent Day lost against New Heights Christian Academy back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Jefferson Independent Day Cavaliers took a hard 65-46 fall against the New Heights Christian Academy Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Cavaliers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 402nd, while the Cougars are ranked 179th).
Despite the loss, Jefferson Independent Day still got an impressive performance from Kohl Thurman, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and ten rebounds. Another player making a difference was Jack Twiss, who posted 11 points and three steals.
Jefferson Independent Day is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-9. As for New Heights Christian Academy, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 15-4.
Jefferson Independent Day will take on Exeter in a tournament on Thursday. Jefferson Independent Day is facing Exeter at the right time seeing as Exeter is stuck on a ten-game losing streak. As for New Heights Christian Academy, they will be taking part in a tournament against Greenwood at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. New Heights Christian Academy knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 14 games -- so hopefully Greenwood likes a good challenge.
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