MONTEVIDEO – Jackson County Central’s boys basketball team will get one more home game this season as the Huskies are seeded fourth and will be at home vs. fifth-seeded Montevideo in the quarterfinals of the Section 3AA South Sub-Section boys basketball tournament at 7 p.m. Saturday.
The Huskies have an 11-15 record after closing out the regular season with a 77-75 win at Class 3A No. 17 New Ulm Thursday. The Thunderbirds are 10-11 with a game vs. BOLD remaining on Monday.
JCC and Montevideo have not met this season.
The schools played in recent years in three consecutive seasons with each game played at Southwest Minnesota State and the Huskies winning all each time.
Jackson County Central defeated Montevideo 70-65 in overtime in the championship game of the 2016 Section 3AA tourney as the Thunderhawks were in the North Sub-Section at that time.
The next two years the teams played during the holiday break at SMSU.
JCC won 66-48 in the 2016-17 season and 94-69 during the 2017-18 campaign.
The Jackson County Central-Montevideo winner advances to the semifinals to play either top-seeded Pipestone or Windom in the sub-section semifinals at a site to be determined on Thursday, March 10.
Morris/Chokio-Alberta is seeded first and New London-Spicer second in the North Sub-Section.
The sub-section championship game is at SMSU at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12 and the section title game is at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 17 in Marshall.
SECTION 3AA SOUTH SUB-SECTION
Number in parenthesis indicates seed number
Saturday, March 5
Quarterfinals
Upper bracket
Windom (8) at Pipestone (1), 7 p.m.
Montevideo (5) at Jackson County Central (4), 7 p.m.
Lower bracket
St. James Area (7) at Redwood Valley (2), 7 p.m.
Luverne (6) at Fairmont (3), 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 10
Semifinals
Site TBA
Upper bracket winners, 6 p.m.
Lower bracket winners, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 12
Championship
At SMSU
Semifinal winners, 2:30 p.m.
SECTION 3AA NORTH SUB-SECTION
Number in parenthesis indicates seed number
Saturday, March 5
Quarterfinals
Upper bracket
Minnewaska Area (8) at Morris/Chokio-Alberta (1), 7 p.m.
Litchfield (5) at Paynesville (4), 7 p.m.
Lower bracket
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (7) at New London-Spicer (2), 7 p.m.
Eden Valley-Watkins (6) at West Central Area (3), 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 10
Semifinals
At SMSU
Upper bracket winners, 6 p.m.
Lower bracket winners, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 12
Championship
At SMSU
Semifinal winners, 12:30 p.m.
SECTION 3AA
Thursday, March 17
Championship
At SMSU
South Sub-Section vs. North Sub-Section, 8 p.m.