Two road games against Cardinals are ahead of the Jackson County Central boys basketball team this week.
The Huskies are at Fairmont Tuesday and at Redwood Valley Friday. Actually, JCC’s next three games are on the road vs. Cardinals teams as the Huskies have a break before playing at Luvene on Jan. 16.
Jackson County Central split a pair of games at Southwest Minnesota State last weekend, winning 71-70 over Montevideo and losing 73-58 to Marshall.
JCC is 5-3 overall, 2-0 in the Big South Conference’s Blue Pod.
Fairmont is 3-5 on the season, 0-2 in the pod. The Cardinals own wins over Tri-City United, Marshall and New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva.
Tuesday’s game is scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff at Cardinal Gym following the B-squad girls game at 4:30 p.m. and varsity girls game at 6 p.m.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
Boys basketball standings
Blue Pod
Jackson County Central 2-0
Blue Earth Area 1-1
Waseca 1-1
Fairmont 0-2
Red Pod
Redwood Valley 3-0
Pipestone 2-0
Windom 0-1
Luverne 0-2
St. James Area 0-2
White Pod
New Ulm 2-0
Marshall 1-1
Worthington 1-1
St. Peter 0-2
Pod games only
JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Fri., Dec. 1: at Blue Earth Area, W 67-65
Mon., Dec. 4: at Martin County West, W 81-48
Fri., Dec. 8: at Estherville Lincoln Central, L 65-54
Tues., Dec. 12: Luverne, L 68-47
Fri., Dec. 15: Waseca, W 87-71
Thurs., Dec. 21: at Windom, W 97-80
Fri., Dec. 29: Montevideo at SMSU, W 71-70
Sat., Dec. 30: Marshall at SMSU, L 73-58
Tues., Jan. 2: at Fairmont, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 5: at Redwood Valley, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 16: at Luverne, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 19: Pipestone, 7:30 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 23: Blue Earth Area, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 26: at Waseca, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 27: Windom, 7:30 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 30: Worthington, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 1: Maple River, 7:15 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 3: at St. James Area, 7:15 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 5: Fairmont, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 9: Marshall, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 13: Redwood Valley, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 16: at Pipestone, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 22: at New Ulm, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 24: BSC Crossover, Redwood Falls
Mon., Feb. 26: BSC Championship