Preview: Marine City Mariners vs. Madison Eagles
Marine City is 0-10 against Madison since February of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Marine City Mariners will head out on the road to face off against the Madison Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Tuesday, Marine City was the victim of a rough 60-40 loss at the hands of Yale. While losing is never fun, Marine City can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 535th, while Yale is ranked 58th).
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Jonathan Hand, who scored 16 points. Those 16 points set a new season-high mark for him. Another player making a difference was Liam Adams, who scored four points along with 14 rebounds.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 58-19, which was the final score in Madison's tilt against Lamphere last Thursday.
Marine City's loss was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which bumped their record down to 1-4. As for Madison, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-2.
Marine City took a serious blow against Madison in their previous meeting back in January, falling 79-43. Can Marine City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
