Basketball Game Preview: Greene Trojans vs. Marathon Olympians

By Team Reports Feb 21, 2024, 4:07am

Preview: Greene Trojans vs. Marathon Olympians

The Greene Trojans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Marathon Olympians at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Greene is coming into the game hot, having won their last seven games.

Last Saturday, Greene beat Unatego 43-32. Given Greene's advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 125th, while Unatego is ranked 267th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Marathon had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Warriors by a score of 49-42. That's two games straight that Marathon has won by exactly seven points.

Greene's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-1. As for Marathon, they now have a winning record of 4-3.

Greene came up short against Marathon in their previous meeting back in January of 2016, falling 46-40. Can Greene avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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