Jonesboro typically have all the answers at home, but on Friday Evant proved too difficult a challenge. Evant took their game against Jonesboro 52-40. Jonesboro can consider this payback for the 8-54 loss they dealt Evant the last time the teams encountered one another.
Evant's offense rushed out of the gates and came up with 22 first-half points. Jonesboro wasn't quite able to keep up, scoring 8 to make it 22-8 heading into the break. Although Evant wound up losing the second-half battle, they still had enough in reserve to win the war.
Evant's victory brought them up to 6-3. The defeat dropped Jonesboro's record to 6-4.
After their action against one another, the teams are leaving the conference to test themselves against outside opponents. Evant will square off against Nueces Canyon at 7:30 PM next week. Nueces Canyon have averaged 54 points over the course of their past six games, so Evant might be in for a challenge. As for Jonesboro, they and Leakey go head to head at 7:00 PM in their first playoff contest of the year. Leakey have averaged 56 points over the course of their past four games, so Jonesboro might be in for a challenge.
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