As long as they’re playing in an NBA arena on Saturday, the Jackson County Central boys basketball team decided to try its hand at playing an NBA-type schedule.
With an early Saturday morning departure for Target Center and an early afternoon game vs. Iowa opponent Sergeant Bluff-Luton ahead of them, the Huskies first picked up a 61-56 Big South Conference Medium School Division win at Fairmont Friday night.
JCC is 7-2 overall and 2-1 in division play while the Cardinals are 1-8 and 0-3.
On Saturday, the Huskies will be playing Sergeant Bluff-Luton at 12:40 p.m. in downtown Minneapolis. The Warriors also played Friday night, beating Council Bluffs Jefferson 56-46 to put their record at 6-4.
The Huskies led 39-22 at halftime Friday night in Fairmont.
Roman Voss led Jackson County Central in scoring with 17 points, with Travis Rogotzke scoring 14 and Erik Hesebeck 11. Ben Gallagher and Christian Benda each scored six, Weston Rowe four and Tyler Hendricks three.
Voss also posted seven assists, five rebounds and three steals. Hesebeck had five rebounds and four steals.
Three players scored in double figures for the Cardinals, with Levi Pooley scoring 19 points, David Maakestad 15 and Sawyer Tordsen 10.
After Saturday’s game at Target Center, JCC has a stretch of three games in four nights ahead next week as it hosts Luverne Tuesday and then has road games at Estherville Lincoln Central Thursday and Pipestone Friday.
JCC boys basketball schedule
Sat., Dec. 3: Blue Earth Area, L 65-63
Mon., Dec. 5: Martin County West, W 66-59
Thurs., Dec. 8: at Windom, W 99-91
Tues., Dec. 20: at Luverne, W 77-67
Thurs., Dec. 22: Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey, ppd.
Fri., Dec. 30: Canby at Marshall, W 76-51
Sat., Dec. 31: Montevideo at Marshall, W 69-60
Fri., Jan. 6: Redwood Valley, L 103-99
Sat., Jan. 7: at Waseca, W 88-85
Fri., Jan. 13: at Fairmont, W 61-56
Sat., Jan. 14: Sergeant Bluff-Luton at Target Center, 12:40 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 17: Luverne, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 19: at Estherville Lincoln Central, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 20: at Pipestone, 7:30 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 24: at Blue Earth Area, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 27: Waseca, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 31: at Worthington, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 3: Windom, 7:15 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 6: St. James Area, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 7: Fairmont, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 10: at Marshall, 7:30 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 13: at Southwest Minnesota Christian, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 14: at Redwood Valley, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 16: Pipestone, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 23: New Ulm, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 24: Big South Conference championship
Sat., Feb. 25: Big South Conference Showcase, Waseca