Valley View is 1-8 against Marion since January of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Valley View Blazers will head out to challenge the Marion Patriots at 6:00 p.m.
Valley View is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Greene County Tech, who was ranked fourth at the time (Valley View was ranked 19th). Valley View took a 48-40 hit to the loss column at the hands of Greene County Tech on Friday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Marion). Everything went their way against Batesville on Saturday as Marion made off with an 86-66 win. The victory was nothing new for the Patriots as they're now sitting on three straight.
Valley View's defeat dropped their record down to 5-3. As for Marion, their win bumped their record up to 19-9.
Valley View skirted past Marion 60-58 when the teams last played back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Valley View 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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