Exeter is 2-8 against Jefferson Independent Day since November of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Exeter Tigers will challenge the Jefferson Independent Day Cavaliers at 4:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Exeter is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their tenth straight game on Friday. They were dealt a 63-36 defeat at the hands of McAuley Catholic. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 565th, while the Warriors are ranked 211th).
Meanwhile, Jefferson Independent Day was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 65-46 bruising from New Heights Christian Academy.
Exeter will have to contain Kohl Thurman as he made an impact in Jefferson Independent Day's last game. He dropped a double-double on 21 points and ten rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Twiss, who posted 11 points and three steals.
Jefferson Independent Day's defeat dropped their record down to 10-9. As for Exeter, their loss dropped their record down to 1-14.
Exeter took a serious blow against Jefferson Independent Day in their previous meeting back in November of 2024, falling 75-26. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Exeter was down 48-15.
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