The St. James Academy Thunder will head out on the road to take on the Joplin Eagles at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with nine consecutive losses for St. James Academy and eight for Joplin.
Last Saturday, St. James Academy came up short against Bishop Carroll and fell 61-51.
Joplin lost a heartbreaker when they last took the court, but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed on on Tuesday was a bit more commanding. They ended up on the wrong side of a rough 74-50 walloping at the hands of Central. While losing is never fun, Joplin can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 326th, while Central is ranked seventh).
St. James Academy dropped their record down to 1-10 with that defeat, which was their third straight at home. As for Joplin, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-16.
St. James Academy came up short against Joplin in their previous meeting back in January of 2023, falling 67-56. Can St. James Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
