Marshall waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They were the clear victor by an 84-62 margin over the San Fernando Tigers. While the Barristers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-19), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Despite the loss, San Fernando still got an impressive performance from Omar Chavez, who posted 28 points. That was a full 45.2% of San Fernando's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaiah Cabrera, who posted 14 points.
Marshall is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.8 points per game. As for San Fernando, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-5.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Marshall will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on Roosevelt at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Marshall has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. San Fernando has already played their next contest (against Marshall), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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