The Lee County Trojans will face off against the Jonesboro Cardinals at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Lee County will head into Tuesday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 27) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Houston County, sneaking past 64-61. The win was familiar territory for the Trojans who have now won three contests in a row.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Jonesboro faced off against Starr's Mill on Friday. Jonesboro came out on top against Starr's Mill by a score of 60-50. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Panthers are ranked 249th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jonesboro is also on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.6 points per game. As for Lee County, they pushed their record up to 15-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
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