The Jimtown Jimmies will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the LaVille Lancers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Jimtown focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 11 on Tuesday.
Jimtown is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing South Bend Career Academy: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Jimtown blew South Bend Career Academy out of the water with a 76-36 final score. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-16.
Branden King had an outrageously good game as he dropped a double-double on 28 points and 14 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Javen Jackson, who went 7 for 12 en route to 16 points plus five assists and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, LaVille and Westview met for a duel on Tuesday where LaVille had to take the L. LaVille lost 67-41 to Westview. The defeat continues a trend for the Lancers in their matchups with the Warriors: they've now lost four in a row.
LaVille's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Jimtown, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Jimtown skirted past LaVille 66-64 when the teams last played back in February of 2015. Does Jimtown have another victory up their sleeve, or will LaVille turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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