The Jonesboro Cardinals will head out on the road to challenge the St. Pius X Catholic Golden Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Jonesboro knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past six games -- so hopefully St. Pius X Catholic likes a good challenge.
With a playoff game on the line, Jonesboro rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They walked away with a 61-52 victory over the Terrors.
Jonesboro got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Montez Redding out in front who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 12 rebounds. Redding has been hot recently, having posted 18 or more points the last six times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Chris Jones, who scored 19 points along with eight rebounds.
Meanwhile, St. Pius X Catholic had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.4 points), and they went ahead and made it nine on Wednesday. They enjoyed a cozy 79-65 victory over Veterans. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Jonesboro's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-10. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.0 points per game. As for St. Pius X Catholic, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season.
Jonesboro won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer in their previous meeting back in February of 2022, slipping by St. Pius X Catholic 65-64. Will Jonesboro repeat their success, or does St. Pius X Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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