The Jacksonville Golden Eagles will be playing at home against the Cherokee County Warriors at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Jacksonville has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 682 points over their last 11 matchups.
Even though Ashville scored an imposing 58 points on Tuesday, Jacksonville still came out on top. Jacksonville secured a 64-58 W over Ashville. Given Jacksonville's advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 49th, while Ashville is ranked 269th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jaquan Ervin and Devin Barksdale were among the main playmakers for Jacksonville as the former scored 13 points and the latter scored 16 points along with five assists. Another player making a difference was Quinn Weaver, who scored nine points.
Meanwhile, Cherokee County pushed their score all the way to 63 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to White Plains 67-63. Cherokee County has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Jacksonville is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. As for Cherokee County, their loss dropped their record down to 1-16.
Jacksonville strolled past Cherokee County in their previous meeting on January 11th by a score of 59-44. Will Jacksonville repeat their success, or does Cherokee County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
