Worthington’s Janessa Hamann made two free throws with less 0.9 seconds remaining to give the Trojans an 80-79 girls basketball win over Jackson County Central Thursday in Jackson.
The Huskies slip to 6-2 with the loss, while Worthington improves to 2-6.
Rylie Cother had another big game for JCC with 44 points. Kylee Wenzel also reached double figures with 16 points.
New Gora led the Trojans in scoring with 38 points, with Madison Beckmann scoring 21 points and Pham Gora 10.
Jackson County Central plays a pair of games at the RA Facility at Southwest Minnesota State next week, meeting Marshall Wednesday and MACCRAY Thursday.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
Girls basketball standings
Blue Pod
Jackson County Central 2-0
Fairmont 2-0
Blue Earth Area 0-2
Waseca 0-2
Red Pod
Windom 1-0
Redwood Valley 2-1
Luverne 1-1
St. James Area 1-1
Pipestone 0-2
White Pod
Marshall 2-0
St. Peter 2-0
New Ulm 0-2
Worthington 0-2
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, W 63-53
Fri., Dec. 15: at Waseca, W 57-40
Thurs., Dec. 21: Worthington, L 80-79
Wed., Dec. 27: Marshall at SMSU, 8 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 28: MACCRAY at SMSU, 3:30 p.m.
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.