The Twin Valley South Panthers will square off against the Jackson Center Tigers at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Twin Valley South has struggled recently with seven losses in a row, while Jackson Center will arrive with three straight wins.
Twin Valley South pushed their score all the way to 64 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Bradford 68-64. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (63), Twin Valley South still had to take the loss.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Jace Thuma, who scored 21 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Chandler Ulrich, who scored 13 points along with six assists.
Meanwhile, Jackson Center put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Houston 53-26 at home. Given Jackson Center's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 320th, while Houston is ranked 728th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Twin Valley South has not been sharp recently as the team has lost 13 of their last 14 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-18 record this season. As for Jackson Center, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season.
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