Jonesboro is on a four-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while West Memphis is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Jonesboro Hurricane will welcome the West Memphis Blue Devils at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Jonesboro knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matchups -- so hopefully West Memphis likes a good challenge.
Jonesboro will head into Saturday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 22) but on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past De Smet Jesuit 56-53. The 56-point effort marked the Hurricane's lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Memphis). Everything went their way against Parkview on Tuesday as West Memphis made off with an 81-58 victory. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Patriots are ranked 152nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jonesboro's win bumped their record up to 6-0. As for West Memphis, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
Jonesboro came up short against West Memphis when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 37-33. Will Jonesboro have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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