The Ripley Tigers will look to defend their home court on Saturday against the Jackson Central Merry Cougars. Ripley will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak alive.
On February 8th, everything went Ripley's way against Milan as Ripley made off with a 51-28 win. Given Ripley's advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 80th, while Milan is ranked 302nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Jackson Central Merry pushed their score all the way to 62 on Monday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 70-62 to Riverside.
Ripley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. As for Jackson Central Merry, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.
Everything came up roses for Ripley against Jackson Central Merry when the teams last played back in January of 2015 as the squad secured a 87-56 victory. Does Ripley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jackson Central Merry turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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