The Marlington Dukes ran past the visiting Alliance Aviators basketball team by a final score of 70-60 in Saturday's league game.

In their next game, the Dukes face the Louisville Leopards (Louisville, OH) in a non-league game, on Tuesday, January 30. Marlington will attempt to move on its 7-8 season record. The Leopards enter the game with a 14-2 record after their 62-55 league loss to St. Edward (Lakewood, OH).

With the defeat, Alliance moves to 6-9 on the year. The Aviators travel to Minerva (Minerva, OH) to face the Lions in a Eastern Buckeye game on Friday, February 2. The Lions enter the game with a record of 11-6. Minerva won 82-54 in their recent non-league game against Beaver (Lisbon, OH)