After closing out the regular season with a pair of wins, the Jackson County Central girls basketball will have had a week off by the time in faces Fairmont in the Section 3AA South Sub-Section tournament Saturday.
The Cardinals have had the same amount of time between games. Both teams last played in the Big South Conference Showcase last Saturday in Windom.
One thing neither team has had as much of as it would like this week is practice time. Winter weather curtailed school time and court time as a result but both teams will be ready for their quarterfinal game at 7 p.m. at Cardinal Gym in Fairmont.
Sixth-seeded JCC defeated Redwood Valley 72-63 and Tri-City United 77-40 in its final two regular-season games. Fairmont lost its last game, falling to St. James Area 73-65.
The Huskies have an 11-12 record and the Cardinals are 13-10.
Fairmont won both regular-season games between the teams, 67-63 in Jackson on Jan. 12 and 72-50 in Fairmont on Feb. 7.
The winner between the Huskies and Cardinals advances to play either seventh-seeded Redwood Valley or second-seeded Pipestone at a neutral site to be determined on Tuesday.
Luverne is seeded first in the South Sub-Section. In the North Sub-Section, New London-Spicer is seeded first and Montevideo second.
SECTION 3AA SOUTH SUB-SECTION GIRLS BASKETBALL
Saturday, Feb. 25
Quarterfinals
Upper bracket
Minnesota Valley Lutheran (1-23) at Luverne (22-3), 7 p.m.
Windom (16-10) at St. James Area (15-11), 7 p.m.
Lower bracket
Redwood Valley (9-16) at Pipestone (16-7), 7 p.m.
Jackson County Central (11-12) at Fairmont (13-10), 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 28
At TBA
Semifinals
Upper-bracket winners, 6 p.m.
Lower-bracket winners, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 2
At SMSU
Championship
Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.
SECTION 3AA NORTH SUB-SECTION GIRLS BASKETBALL
Saturday, Feb. 25
Quarterfinals
Upper bracket
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (5-19) at New London-Spicer (24-1), 7 p.m.
Paynesville (11-13) at Litchfield (13-12), 7 p.m.
Lower bracket
Morris/Chokio-Alberta (5-19) at Montevideo (20-3), 7:30 p.m.
West Central Area (9-13) at Minnewaska Area (12-12), 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 28
At Willmar
Semifinals
Upper-bracket winners, 6 p.m.
Lower-bracket winners, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 2
At SMSU
Championship
Semifinal winners, 8 p.m.
SECTION 3AA
Friday, March 10
At SMSU
Championship
South Sub-Section champion vs. North Sub-Section champion, 5 p.m.