Football Preview: Marshall Barristers vs. View Park Knights
The Marshall Barristers have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the View Park Knights at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Marshall will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
Marshall is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Mendez at home to the tune of 54-7 on Friday. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 38-7.
It was another big night for Joaquin Means, who rushed for 177 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also picked up 31 receiving yards and a touchdown. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 71-yard run. Nathaniel Cadet was another key player, throwing for 145 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Marshall was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 271 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 259 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Marshall wouldn't let Mendez keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Marshall can thank Andres Sandoval and George Saens for forcing all of them.
Meanwhile, after only 12 points in their last game, View Park made sure to put some points up on the board against Torres on Friday. View Park claimed a resounding 47-16 victory over Torres on the road.
Marshall's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for View Park, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Marshall suffered a grim 26-0 defeat to View Park when the teams last played back in September of 2021. Will Marshall have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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