A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Forest Park Panthers take on the Jackson Jaguars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday... Forest Park has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with five straight defeats, while Jackson will come in with seven straight victories.
Forest Park is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Mays on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Forest Park took a blow against Mays, falling 99-52. The Panthers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 58-26.
Meanwhile, Jackson earned a 76-63 win over Midtown on Tuesday. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Knights are ranked 89th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jackson pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 79.7 points per game. As for Forest Park, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
Forest Park was able to grind out a solid win over Jackson when the teams last played back in November of 2020, winning 68-61. Will Forest Park repeat their success, or does Jackson have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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