The New Underwood Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Jones County Coyotes at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. New Underwood is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Last Friday, New Underwood lost to White River at home by a decisive 52-38 margin. While losing is never fun, New Underwood can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 86th, while White River is ranked 12th).
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Jones County at home against Bennett County on Friday as the squad secured a 75-37 victory. 75 seems to be a good number for Jones County as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Cooper Feddersen continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 22 points and 12 rebounds. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last seven times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jett Nix, who scored 17 points along with three steals.
New Underwood's loss dropped their record down to 10-7. As for Jones County, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-7.
New Underwood came out on top in a nail-biter against Jones County in their previous matchup back in February of 2023, sneaking past 48-46. The rematch might be a little tougher for New Underwood since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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