The Andrews Yellowjackets lost against the Marion Swamp Foxes back in January of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. Andrews suffered a rough 55-35 defeat at the hands of Marion. While losing is never fun, Andrews can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 162nd, while Marion is ranked 36th).
Despite the loss, Andrews had strong showings from Chris Stewart, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten rebounds, and Vincent Rhue, who scored 17 points. Stewart set a new season high mark in blocks with four.
Andrews' defeat dropped their record down to 7-7. As for Marion, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-7.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Kingstree the next time they take the court. Marion will head out to face Kingstree at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, while Andrews will head out to face them at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.