The Oakville Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Jackson Fighting Indians at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Oakville will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Missouri Rankings (they are ranked 330th, while the Fighting Indians are ranked 55th).
Oakville pushed their score all the way to 55 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They lost to Ladue Horton Watkins on the road by a decisive 69-55 margin. Oakville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Jackson waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with four straight wins but they left with five. They came out on top against Charleston by a score of 52-40.
Oakville's loss dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Jackson, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-6.
Oakville took a serious blow against the Fighting Indians in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, falling 77-39. Can Oakville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
