The Marian Crusaders will be defending their home-court for the first time this season they go up against the Norfolk Panthers at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Marian focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 12 on Thursday.
Marian is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Papillion-LaVista. Marian walked away with a 67-58 victory over Papillion-LaVista.
Marian found their leader in freshman Alivia Kuhn, who went 6 for 10 from beyond the arc en route to 33 points plus five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Paige Miller, who scored 11 points plus four steals.
Meanwhile, Norfolk didn't have quite enough to beat North Platte on Saturday and fell 52-49. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by exactly three points.
Despite the loss, Norfolk had strong showings from Skylar Indra, who earned 13 points, and Harper Fossum, who had nine points.
Marian strolled past Norfolk in their previous meeting back in November of 2018 by a score of 46-30. Will Marian repeat their success, or does Norfolk have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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