The York Institute Dragons will venture away from home to take on the Jackson County Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
York Institute is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Gatlinburg-Pittman on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. York Institute was dealt an 80-52 defeat at the hands of Gatlinburg-Pittman. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 367th, while the Highlanders are ranked 42nd).
Meanwhile, Jackson County had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.4 points) and they went ahead and made it ten on Tuesday. They enjoyed a cozy 69-54 win over the Tigers.
Jackson County pushed their record up to 19-2 with the victory, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.5 points per game. As for York Institute, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-15.
York Institute was dealt a bruising 70-19 loss at the hands of Jackson County when the teams last played back in January. Can York Institute avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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