Bloomington South is 7-2 against Jennings County since January of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Bloomington South Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Jennings County Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Last Saturday, Bloomington South came up short against Bloomfield and fell 49-42. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Bloomington South has scored all season.
Meanwhile, Jennings County pushed their score all the way to 77 on Wednesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a hard 92-77 fall against Floyd Central. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (61), Jennings County still had to take the loss.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Carter Kent, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten assists. He is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 15 or more in the last 17 games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Dorian Hacker, who almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds.
Bloomington South's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-9. As for Jennings County, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
Bloomington South might still be hurting after the 76-50 loss they got from Jennings County in their previous matchup back in February of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Bloomington South was down 43-20.
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