The Marysville Monarchs will challenge the Big Walnut Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Marysville got the win against Thomas Worthington by a conclusive 58-37. Given the Monarchs' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 199th, while the CARDINALS are ranked 435th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Big Walnut entered their tilt with Dublin Scioto on Monday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They strolled past the Irish with points to spare, taking the game 55-40. The Golden Eagles pushed the score to 47-27 by the end of the third, a deficit the Irish cut but never quite recovered from.
Big Walnut pushed their record up to 17-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.4 points over those games. As for Marysville, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-11.
Marysville strolled past Big Walnut when the teams last played back in December of 2023 by a score of 51-32. The rematch might be a little tougher for Marysville since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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