Basketball Recap: Marion Takes a Loss

Marion suffered their biggest defeat since February 16th on Friday. They lost 72-48 to the Unicoi County Blue Devils. While losing is never fun, the Scarlet Hurricanes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 269th in Virginia, while the Blue Devils are ranked 92nd in Tennessee).

Unicoi County was led to victory by Jackson Simmons and Kaden Cutlip. Simmons went 8 of 15 on his way to 21 points and five assists, while Cutlip almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine assists. Simmons' afternoon made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady Simmons, who posted eight points and six rebounds.

Scarlet Hurricanes

Previous 5 Games

12/20/24 vs Unicoi County	48-72
12/18/24 @ Honaker	84-35
12/13/24 vs Chilhowie	53-43
12/10/24 vs Northwood	56-50
12/07/24 @ East Ridge	62-70

With the loss, Marion broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 4-3. As for Unicoi County, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-3.

Marion wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 69-51 defeat against Patrick Henry on the 21st. As for Unicoi County, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 62-61 win against Virginia High on the 21st.