Larue County is 5-0 against Marion County since February of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Larue County Hawks will head out on the road to square off against the Marion County Knights at 7:30 p.m. One thing working in Larue County's favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the court this season.
Elizabethtown typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Larue County proved too difficult a challenge. They took down the Panthers 72-54. Larue County pushed the score to 55-25 by the end of the third, a deficit Elizabethtown cut but never quite recovered from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Larue County to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jagger Mardis, who scored 23 points along with three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Blakey, who scored 23 points along with two blocks.
Meanwhile, Marion County pushed their score all the way to 59 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 68-59 to Edmonson County.
Larue County is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Marion County, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost 15 of their last 16 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-20 record this season.
Larue County strolled past Marion County in their previous meeting back in December of 2023 by a score of 63-48. The rematch might be a little tougher for Larue County since the squad 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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