Basketball Game Preview: Meigs Marauders vs. River Valley Raiders

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Previous Games

01/25/25 - Home	84-31 W
02/16/24 - Home	79-43 W
01/12/24 - Away	78-44 W
01/27/23 - Home	71-49 W
12/16/22 - Away	53-47 W
+ 5 more games

Meigs has gone 9-1 against River Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Meigs Marauders will take on the River Valley Raiders at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.

River Valley will be up against a hot Meigs team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Meigs put the hurt on Alexander with a sharp 70-49 win on Tuesday. Given the Marauders' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Spartans are ranked 695th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, River Valley can bid farewell to their 17-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They secured a 60-56 W over Wellston.

Meigs better keep an eye on Gary Truance. He was instrumental in River Valley's win, going 9 of 11 on his way to 24 points and four steals. The dominant performance gave Truance a new career-high in steals. Braden Bennett was another key player, putting up 12 points.

River Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Meigs' victory was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.6 points per game. As for River Valley, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-9 and their overall record up to 2-18.

Everything came up roses for Meigs against River Valley when the teams last played two weeks ago, as the team secured an 84-31 victory. In that matchup, Meigs amassed a halftime lead of 52-15, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.