The Poplar Bluff Mules will look to defend their home court on Monday against the Jackson Fighting Indians at 1:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Thursday, Poplar Bluff earned a 74-66 win over Charleston. The win made it back-to-back wins for Poplar Bluff.
Meanwhile, Jackson suffered their closest loss since December 19, 2023 on Friday. They fell just short of Sikeston by a score of 71-68. While losing is never fun, Jackson can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 56th, while Sikeston is ranked third).
Poplar Bluff's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 12-8. As for Jackson, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 16-8.
Poplar Bluff didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Jackson when the teams last played back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 49-45 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Jackson's Kole Deck, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Poplar Bluff still be able to contain Deck? There's only one way to find out.
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