The St. Joseph Catholic Bruins will venture away from home to square off against the Jackson Prep Patriots at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday.
St. Joseph Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Hartfield Academy, who was ranked 11th at the time (St. Joseph Catholic was ranked 18th). St. Joseph Catholic fell 55-48 to Hartfield Academy on Tuesday. The Bruins have been going strong on the season, but this is now their second loss in a row.
Meanwhile, Jackson Prep hadn't done well against Madison-Ridgeland Academy recently (they were 1-6 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Jackson Prep came out on top against Madison-Ridgeland Academy by a score of 50-43. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Jackson Prep.
Jackson Prep's victory bumped their record up to 19-4. As for St. Joseph Catholic, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 21-4.
St. Joseph Catholic might still be hurting after the 62-42 loss they got from Jackson Prep when the teams last played on January 7th. Can St. Joseph Catholic avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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