The Jay Mustangs have been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They lost to O'Connor on the road by a decisive 76-62 margin on Wednesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their last game last Friday (59), Jay still had to take the loss.
Jay lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Elijah Baldwin, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 15 rebounds. Baldwin has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last 12 times he's played. Jarrius Jackson Jr was another key contributor, scoring 21 points.
Jay's defeat was their third straight on the road, which bumped their record down to 17-6. As for O'Connor, the win makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-10.
Jay will be playing at home against Warren at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Warren will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 592nd, while Jay is ranked 151st). As for O'Connor, they will head out on the road to face off against Harlan at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Harlan's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 13 contests.
