Prentice is 1-7 against Marathon since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Prentice Buccaneers will look to defend their home court against the Marathon Red Raiders at 7:15 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Prentice sitting on four straight wins and Marathon on six.
Prentice will head into Monday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 42) and on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Rib Lake 44-41. The 44-point effort marked the Buccaneers' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Marathon). They rang in the new year with a 75-62 win over Colby on Monday.
Marathon's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.8 points per game. As for Prentice, their win bumped their record up to 6-2.
Prentice was dealt a bruising 70-25 loss at the hands of Marathon when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Will Prentice have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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