The Mexico Tigers will square off against the Marcellus Mustangs at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Mexico will be strutting in after a victory while Marcellus will be coming in after a defeat.
Mexico is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Hannibal to the tune of 70-35 on Friday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 258th, while the Warriors are ranked 564th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Marcellus unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Monday. They fell to Holy Cross 58-52.
Mexico has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.5 points per game. As for Marcellus, their loss dropped their record down to 6-2.
Mexico was dealt a bruising 78-39 defeat at the hands of Marcellus in their previous meeting back in February of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Mexico was down 44-15.
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