Basketball Game Preview: Marathon Red Raiders vs. Rib Lake Redmen

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Previous Games

12/07/23 - Away	76-57 W
12/09/22 - Home	80-51 W
12/09/21 - Neutral	82-44 W
12/10/20 - Home	63-38 W
12/20/19 - Away	42-58 L
+ 2 more games

Marathon has gone 6-1 against Rib Lake recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Marathon Red Raiders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Rib Lake Redmen at 5:30 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Marathon will head into Tuesday's contest out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Tuesday. They were outmatched by Wausau East and fell 89-48.

Meanwhile, Rib Lake suffered their biggest loss since November 30, 2023 on Tuesday. They lost 72-51 to Stanley-Boyd.

Rib Lake's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-2. As for Marathon, their loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 1-2.

Marathon strolled past Rib Lake in their previous meeting back in December of 2023 by a score of 76-57. Will Marathon repeat their success, or does Rib Lake have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.