Basketball Game Preview: Marion Swamp Foxes vs. Lake City Panthers

The Marion Swamp Foxes will head out on the road to challenge the Lake City Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Marion will be strutting in after a victory while Lake City will be coming in after a defeat.

Last Tuesday, Marion didn't have too much trouble with East Clarendon as they won 57-39.

Jaeda Davis was her usual excellent self, putting up 35 points. That makes it 13 consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Marion's points.

Meanwhile, Lake City played a tough contest on Wednesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Kingstree, falling 50-29.

Lake City's loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 10-1 and their overall record down to 14-6. As for Marion, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season.

Marion and Lake City were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup last Tuesday, but Marion came up empty-handed after a 50-49 defeat. Can Marion avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.