Basketball Game Preview: West Marion Trojans vs. Mendenhall Tigers

By Team Reports Jan 15, 2024, 2:33am

Preview: West Marion Trojans vs. Mendenhall Tigers

West Marion has been on the road for seven straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Mendenhall Tigers at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. West Marion will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Mississippi Rankings (they are ranked 278th, while Mendenhall is ranked 45th).

West Marion suffered their biggest defeat yet this season on Tuesday. They took a serious blow against St. Patrick, falling 77-41.

Meanwhile, Mendenhall had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.8 points), and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 48-30 win over Forest.

West Marion bumped their record down to 2-13 with that defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Mendenhall, their win bumped their record up to 16-3.