The McDonald County Mustangs will head out on the road to challenge the Marshfield Bluejays at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
McDonald County had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.7 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They took their game on the road with ease, bagging a 67-36 victory over Mt. Vernon. Given McDonald County's advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 81st, while Mt. Vernon is ranked 280th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead McDonald County to victory, but perhaps none more so than Dakota O'brien, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine rebounds. O'brien is on a roll when it comes to points, as she's now scored 15 or more in the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Carlie Martin, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten assists.
Meanwhile, Marshfield had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 42.4 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They blew past Forsyth 58-30 on the road.
McDonald County pushed their record up to 19-6 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.4 points per game. As for Marshfield, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season.
McDonald County might still be hurting after the 50-29 defeat they got from Marshfield in their previous matchup back in December of 2021. Can McDonald County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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