Two dominant forwards in Jimeto Orji and Clayton Jones are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Jefferson Academy Jaguars will welcome the Thornton Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Jefferson Academy is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering The Academy just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Wednesday. They took a hard 79-61 fall against the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, Thornton waltzed into their contest on Thursday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Everything went their way against the Olympians as they made off with an 81-55 victory.
Thornton has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Jefferson Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-3.
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