Weir was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They came up short against the North Marion Huskies, falling 62-41. While losing is never fun, the Red Riders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 661st, while the Huskies are ranked 59th).
Leading North Marion to victory were Maddox Batson and Brady Anderson. Batson went 10 of 13 en route to 23 points along with six rebounds and three steals, while Anderson went 7 for 10 to rack up 21 points. The dominant performance gave Batson a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Taylor Hayes, who posted five points and four steals.
Weir's loss dropped their record down to 4-13. As for North Marion, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-8.
Coming up, Weir will head out to take on Bellaire at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Bellaire is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57 points per game this season. As for North Marion, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 52-49 victory against East Fairmont on the 10th.
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