The Jackson-Milton Bluejays will be playing at home against the St. John Fighting Herald at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Wednesday, Jackson-Milton came up short against Lowellville and fell 55-47.
Despite the defeat, Jackson-Milton had strong showings from Amani Yasin, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten steals, and Macayle Thornhill, who scored nine points along with five steals. Thornhill has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last 21 times she's played.
Meanwhile, St. John unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Wednesday. They took a 52-39 hit to the loss column at the hands of Grand Valley. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for St. John in their matchups with Grand Valley: they've now lost seven in a row.
St. John might have lost, but man, Mickey Zheng was a machine: she scored 20 points along with five rebounds and five steals. That was a full 51.3% of St. John's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was alyssa cevera, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten rebounds.
St. John struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.
Jackson-Milton has traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-12 record this season. As for St. John, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-10.
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