Madison is 2-8 against Jennings County since December of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Madison Cubs will take on the Jennings County Panthers in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. Madison is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.2 points per game this season.
Last Saturday, Madison was able to grind out a solid victory over Seymour, taking the game 60-50. Given the Cubs' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 73rd, while the Owls are ranked 249th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Madison relied on the efforts of Mylee Mcqueary, who went 8 of 15 on her way to 24 points and six rebounds, and Juliana Davis, who went 7 of 13 on her way to 20 points and four steals. Mcqueary continues to improve, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kylie Montgomery, who posted six points and six steals.
Meanwhile, Jennings County had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They took down the Tigers 52-37.
Jennings County has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.7 points per game. As for Madison, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-1.
Madison took a serious blow against Jennings County when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 64-23. Can Madison avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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