The Mendenhall Tigers will challenge the Northeast Jones Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Mendenhall and 13 for Northeast Jones.
It was a proper cat-fight when Mendenhall challenged Morton on Friday. Mendenhall fell 43-33 to Morton. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 125th, while the Panthers are ranked 19th).
Meanwhile, Northeast Jones was beaten by West Jones 47-20 on Thursday.
Northeast Jones' loss dropped their record down to 2-21. As for Mendenhall, they now have a losing record at 11-12.
Mendenhall was able to grind out a solid victory over Northeast Jones in their previous matchup back in January, winning 34-22. Will Mendenhall repeat their success, or does Northeast Jones have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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