Jackson County Central remained one game out of first place in the Blue Pod of the Big South Conference girls basketball standings with a 64-44 win at Waseca Friday.
The Huskies have won five straight and are 12-4 overall and 4-1 within their pod.
They have one pod game remaining, at home vs. Fairmont on Monday, Feb. 5. The Cardinals are 5-0 in the pod and won the first meeting between the teams earlier this month in Fairmont.
JCC outscored Waseca by 10 points in each half of Friday’s game, leading 31-21 at halftime and then outscoring the Bluejays 33-23 in the second 18 minutes.
Rylie Cother scored 23 points and Kylee Wenzel 18 for Jackson County Central.
The Huskies have two road games this week prior to the showdown with Fairmont, playing at Worthington Tuesday and Windom Friday.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
Girls basketball standings
Blue Pod
Fairmont 5-0
Jackson County Central 4-1
Waseca 1-4
Blue Earth Area 0-5
Red Pod
Windom 6-0
Redwood Valley 3-2
St. James Area 1-2
Luverne 1-3
Pipestone 0-4
White Pod
St. Peter 4-0
Marshall 3-1
New Ulm 2-3
Worthington 0-5
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, 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, 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.