Basketball Game Preview: Salem Quakers vs. Minerva Lions

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Previous Games

01/08/25 - Away	41-37 W
01/10/24 - Away	50-29 W
12/02/23 - Home	64-26 W
01/11/23 - Home	67-18 W
12/03/22 - Away	60-15 W
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Salem is 10-0 against Minerva since January of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Salem Quakers will welcome the Minerva Lions at 1:15 p.m. Salem is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.

Last Wednesday, Salem ended up a good deal behind Carrollton and lost 56-39. While losing is never fun, the Quakers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 427th, while the Warriors are ranked 110th).

Meanwhile, Minerva came up short against Marlington on Wednesday and fell 44-34.

Salem's loss dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Minerva, they dropped their record down to 6-9 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight at home.

Salem didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Minerva when the teams last played last Wednesday, but they still walked away with a 41-37 win. Does Salem have another victory up their sleeve, or will Minerva turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.