A win for Jefferson City just wasn't in the cards on Wednesday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 102-74 loss at the hands of the Battle Spartans. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (61), the Jays still had to take the loss.
Battle found their leader in sophomore Brandon Rooks, who went 10 for 20 en route to 29 points. The dominant performance also gave Rooks a new career-high in threes (six). Another player making a difference was Jakobi Laboy, who went 6 for 10 en route to 16 points plus two steals.
Having lost for the first time this season, Jefferson City fell to 2-1. As for Battle, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Jefferson City will face off against Warrensburg at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Battle, they will challenge Hickman at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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