Basketball Preview: Boardman Spartans vs. Marlington Dukes
The Boardman Spartans are taking a road trip to challenge the Marlington Dukes at 6:45 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Boardman focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 21 on Saturday.
Boardman can't be to happy about their upcoming road game considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home. They fell 57-47 to Tallmadge.
The losing side was boosted by Victoria Strines, who had ten points along with seven rebounds and three steals. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in threes (two). Janessa Prisby was another key player, earning eight points in addition to five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Marlington also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to Lake by a score of 44-33.
Everything came up roses for Boardman against Marlington when the teams last played back in December of 2023, as the team secured a 54-22 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Boardman since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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