Wells and Jones are an even 4-4 against one another since December of 2017, but not for long. The Wells Raiders will be playing at home against the Jones Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Jones will be up against a hot Wells team: the squad just extended their winning streak to six. Everything went Wells' way against Raby on Thursday as Wells made off with a 73-47 victory. Given Wells' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 295th, while Raby is ranked 666th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
| 01/23/25 vs Raby | 23 |
| 01/21/25 vs Clemente | 16 |
| 01/09/25 @ Orr | 19 |
Wells found their leader in sophomore Cornell Barrow, who posted 23 points. The match was Barrow's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Chris Tyus, who put up ten points.
Meanwhile, Jones blew past Latin, posting a 68-30 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Wells is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.9 points per game. As for Jones, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.
Things could have been worse for Wells, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 60-44 loss to Jones when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Will Wells have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
