Basketball Recap: Saturday's Victory Is Marlington's Fourth in Last Five Outings

Dukes

Previous 2 Games

02/01/25 vs Tuscarawas Valley	64-53
01/31/25 @ Salem	70-37

Marlington won the last time they faced Tuscarawas Valley and things went their way on Saturday too. The Marlington Dukes walked away with a 64-53 victory over the Tuscarawas Valley Trojans. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Dukes.

When it comes to explaining why Tuscarawas Valley lost, don't look at Brody May. Despite the final result, he went 8 of 13 en route to 22 points. Peyton Lake also deserves some recognition as he grabbed his first steal of the season.

Marlington is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.2 points per game. As for Tuscarawas Valley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-13.

Marlington will welcome Alliance at 6:45 p.m. on Friday. Tuscarawas Valley has already played their next game (against Garaway), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.