One down and two to go for the Jackson County Central girls basketball team in a hectic stretch this week.
The Huskies were 71-61 winners at Luverne on Tuesday, and now have games on back-to-back nights.
JCC hosts Windom Thursday and then has an important Big South Conference Blue Pod game Friday at Waseca.
In Tuesday’s win, Rylie Cother led the Huskies in scoring with 36 points and went over the 1,000-point mark for her career.
Paylin Sether scored 13 points and Kylee Wenzel scored nine for Jackson County Central, now 4-1 overall.
Windom is also 4-1 as the Eagles come to town Thursday. They own two wins over Worthington and one each over Adrian/Ellsworth and Redwood Valley. Windom’s loss was to Fairmont.
Waseca is 2-4 and hosts Waterville-Elysian-Morristown on Thursday before JCC visits on Friday.
The Bluejays have defeated Medford and Cannon Falls and lost to Blooming Prairie, New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, Fairmont and Glencoe-Silver Lake.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
Girls basketball standings
Blue Pod
Jackson County Central 1-0
Fairmont 1-0
Blue Earth Area 0-1
Waseca 0-1
Red Pod
Luverne 1-0
Windom 1-0
St. James Area 0-0
Pipestone 0-1
Redwood Valley 0-1
White Pod
Marshall 1-0
St. Peter 1-0
New Ulm 0-1
Worthington 0-1
Pod games only
JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Tues., Nov. 28: Blue Earth Area, W 77-56
Fri., Dec. 1: Pipestone, W 71-46
Tues., Dec. 5: St. James Area, W 81-53
Fri., Dec. 8: at Estherville Lincoln Central, L 63-34
Tues., Dec. 12: at Luverne, W 71-61
Thurs., Dec. 14: Windom, 7 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 15: at Waseca, 7:30 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 21: Worthington, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 29: at MACCRAY, TBA
Tues., Jan. 2: at Fairmont, 6 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 5: Redwood Valley, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 12: Belle Plaine, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 16: Luverne, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 19: at Pipestone, 7:30 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 23: at Blue Earth Area, 7 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 26: Waseca, 7:30 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 30: at Worthington, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 2: at Windom, 7:15 p.m.
Mon, Feb. 5: Fairmont, 6 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 9: at Marshall, 7:15 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 10: Caledonia, 4 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 13: at Redwood Valley, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 15: at St. Clair, 5:45 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 17: at BSC Crossover, Blue Earth
Mon., Feb. 19: BSC Championship
Tues., Feb. 20: Tri-City United, 7:15 p.m.