The Emporia Spartans lost against the Junction City Bluejays back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. Emporia received a tough blow as they fell 56-41 to Junction City. While losing is never fun, Emporia can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 76th, while Junction City is ranked 12th).
When it comes to explaining why Emporia lost, one person who can't be blamed is River Peters. Despite the final result, he scored 21 points along with five rebounds and two steals. Another player making a difference was Nolan Jacob, who scored six points.
This is the second loss in a row for Emporia and nudges their season record down to 11-7. As for Junction City, the win (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 17-2.
Emporia will head out on the road to take on Paola at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Junction City does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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