FEB. 3, 2017 JEFFERSON HOSTS CRYSTAL CITY IN CONFERENCE BATTLE TONIGHT ON KJFF (Audio)
February 3, 2017 1:54PM CST
(Festus) Boys basketball will dominate the KJFF airwaves tonight as the Jefferson Blue Jays will welcome in the Crystal City Hornets in a JCAA small conference battle.
The Blue Jays (8-11, 1-2) have won their last two games with victories over St. Paul Lutheran and most recently, a thrilling overtime win over the Grandview Eagles behind a game winning three from sophomore guard Easton Null. Crystal City (5-15, 0-3) is also coming off of a win with their most recent game ending in a win over St. Paul. The two teams played earlier this season with the Hornets coming away with a 47-42 win in early December.
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Blue Jays head coach Nic Zenker believes his team needs to keep doing what they’ve done in recent games…
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Jefferson is led by Null who is averaging 21.6 points per game this season and is threatening to break the school’s single season scoring record. Junior guard Zach Rarick is second on the team in scoring with 9.3 points per game.
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Crystal City head coach Sean Breeze knows you can only try to limit Null…
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Junior Brady DeGeare continues to lead the Hornets attack averaging 19.1 points per game and 7.7 rebounds a game. Fellow junior Chris Eisenbeis as emerged as Crystal City’s next scoring threat averaging 8.4 points per game. The Hornets and Blue Jays battle in a boys basketball match-up of JCAA small conference schools tonight on 1400 AM KJFF and online at mymoinfo.com.
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Catch pregame coverage beginning at 7:20 with tipoff slated for 7:30.
