Madison-Grant and Marion are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2014, but not for long. The Madison-Grant Argylls are taking a road trip to square off against the Marion Giants at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Madison-Grant focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 16 on Saturday.
Last Saturday, Madison-Grant ended up a good deal behind Cowan and lost 35-18.
Despite their defeat, Madison-Grant saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Jasmyn Rainey, who scored four points in addition to eight rebounds and two steals, was perhaps the best of all. The dominant performance also gave Rainey a new career-high in offensive rebounds (seven).
Meanwhile, Marion entered their contest against Wabash on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Marion took a 68-61 hit to the loss column at the hands of Wabash. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (58), the Giants still had to take the loss.
This is the second loss in a row for Marion and nudges their season record down to 1-3. As for Madison-Grant, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Everything came up roses for Madison-Grant against Marion in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, as the team secured a 50-23 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Madison-Grant 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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