The Coldwater Cardinals will head out on the road to challenge the Marshall Redhawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
It was a proper cat-fight when Coldwater duked it out with Western on Tuesday. Coldwater took a 52-41 hit to the loss column at the hands of Western. The Cardinals have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Marshall came tearing into Tuesday's contest with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17 points), and they left with even more momentum. They breezed past the Mounties to the tune of 61-25. Given the Redhawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Mounties are ranked 465th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Marshall pushed their record up to 15-6 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.8 points over those games. As for Coldwater, their loss dropped their record down to 11-11.
Coldwater came out on top in a nail-biter against Marshall in their previous matchup back in January, sneaking past 44-41. The rematch might be a little tougher for Coldwater since the team 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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