The Jackson County Central girls basketball team split a pair of games played at the RA Facility at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall this past week.
JCC lost to Marshall 64-34 on Wednesday and held off MACCRAY 54-48 on Thursday. The Class 3A seventh-ranked Tigers are 8-1 after a win over Hamlin, S.D. Thursday and the Wolverines are 6-4.
Kylee Wenzel scored 16 points and Rylie Cother 11 for the Huskies vs. Marshall.
In the MACCRAY game, Wenzel scored 25 points.
To open the 2024 portion of its schedule, Jackson County Central has a key Big South Conference Blue Pod game at Class 2A No. 17 Fairmont Tuesday. Tipoff is at 6 p.m. in the front end of a girl-boy doubleheader.
Both teams are 2-0 within the pod. The Huskies are 7-3 overall, while the Cardinals are 7-2 after losing at Windom in the championship game of the Windom tournament.
JCC and Fairmont are also both in the South Sub-Section of Section 3AA.
Jackson County Central then hosts Redwood Valley (6-3) Friday.
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, L 64-34
Thurs., Dec. 28: MACCRAY at SMSU, W 54-48
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.