The Martins Ferry Purple Riders will challenge the Garaway Pirates at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday. Martins Ferry is coming into the contest on a six-game losing streak.
Martins Ferry is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Steubenville on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Martins Ferry lost 71-46 to Steubenville. While losing is never fun, the Purple Riders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 480th, while the Big Red are ranked 66th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Garaway). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Newcomerstown 85-49. The Pirates pushed the score to 64-36 by the end of the third, a deficit the Trojans had little chance of recovering from.
Martins Ferry's defeat dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Garaway, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season.
Martins Ferry came up short against Garaway when the teams last played back in January of 2024, falling 56-48. Can Martins Ferry avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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