Batesville is 2-7 against Marion since January of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Batesville Pioneers will be playing at home against the Marion Patriots at 6:00 p.m.
Last Tuesday, Batesville came up short against Nettleton and fell 56-44. While losing is never fun, the Pioneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 89th, while the Raiders are ranked 33rd).
Meanwhile, everything went Marion's way against Paragould on Monday as Marion made off with a 57-35 victory. The Patriots haven't had any issues with the Rams recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.
Batesville's loss dropped their record down to 9-13. As for Marion, they pushed their record up to 18-9 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Batesville was dealt a bruising 65-33 defeat at the hands of Marion when the teams last played back in January. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Batesville was down 41-19.
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