It will be a sneak peek of the opening round of the Section 3AA South Sub-Section girls basketball tournament when Jackson County Central and St. James Area tip off Saturday’s seven-game schedule at the Big South Conference Showcase in Blue Earth.
The Huskies and Saints will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The teams have already met once this season, with JCC winning 81-53 on Dec. 5 in Jackson.
And the teams will meet again in Jackson on Saturday, Feb. 24 in the first round of the sub-section tourney as it was announced Friday that the Huskies are the No. 3 seed and the Saints are the No. 6 seed.
JCC has a 15-8 record after a 74-63 nonconference win at St. Clair Thursday.
Rylie Cother scored 45 points for the Huskies, Kylee Wenzel netted 10 and Brylee Anderson scored nine.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE SHOWCASE
Saturday
At Blue Earth
Jackson County Central vs. St. James, 10 a.m.
Redwood Valley vs. New Ulm, 11:30 a.m.
Worthington vs. Waseca, 1 p.m.
Luverne vs. Tri-City United, 3 p.m.
Blue Earth Area vs. Pipestone, 4:30 p.m.
Fairmont vs. Marshall, 6 p.m.
St. Peter vs. Windom, 7:30 p.m.
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, W 63-53
Fri., Dec. 15: at Waseca, W 57-40
Thurs., Dec. 21: Worthington, L 80-79
Wed., Dec. 27: Marshall at SMSU, L 64-34
Thurs., Dec. 28: MACCRAY at SMSU, W 54-48
Tues., Jan. 2: at Fairmont, L 81-70
Fri., Jan. 5: Redwood Valley, W 58-46
Tues., Jan. 16: Luverne, W 69-59
Fri., Jan. 19: at Pipestone, W 81-53
Tues., Jan. 23: at Blue Earth Area, W 77-33
Fri., Jan. 26: Waseca, W 64-44
Tues., Jan. 30: at Worthington, L 77-60
Fri., Feb. 2: at Windom, W 79-64
Mon, Feb. 5: Fairmont, L 67-58
Fri., Feb. 9: at Marshall, L 77-42
Sat., Feb. 10: Caledonia, L 78-55
Tues., Feb. 13: at Redwood Valley, W 71-69
Fri., Feb. 15: at St. Clair, W 74-63
Sat., Feb. 17: St. James Area at Blue Earth, 10 a.m.
Tues., Feb. 20: Tri-City United, 7:15 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 24: St. James Area, 7 p.m.