The Jimtown Jimmies won against the Argos Dragons last Tuesday with 57 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Thursday. Jimtown enjoyed a cozy 57-39 victory over Argos. Given Jimtown's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 149th, while Argos is ranked 362nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leading Jimtown to victory were Javen Jackson and Brandon King. Jackson scored 11 points along with six assists and four steals, while King dropped a double-double on 20 points and ten rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which King has scored at least a third of Jimtown's points. Will Spurgeon was another key contributor, scoring nine points.
When it comes to explaining why Argos lost, one person who can't be blamed is Luke Stults. Despite the final result, he scored 24 points along with eight rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Hayden Hensler, who scored ten points.
Jimtown has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-10 record this season. As for Argos, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-12.
Jimtown's road trip will continue as they head out to face New Prairie at 8:00 p.m. on February 27th. Hopefully New Prairie focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 last Friday. As for Argos, they won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Elkhart Christian Academy at 7:30 p.m. on February 23rd.
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