Marion was the 65-46 winner over Mt. Vernon when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. The Marion Wolves fell just short of the Mt. Vernon Mustangs by a score of 65-63 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (62), the Wolves still had to take the loss.
Marion dropped their record down to 7-11 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Mt. Vernon, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which somehow still isn't as good as their 14-4 record this season.
Coming up, Marion will take on South Tama County at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Marion's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last five matchups. Mt. Vernon has already played their next contest (against Marion/Newton Christian Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
