The Marquette Mustangs will square off against the Howell Central Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Marquette has three straight victories, Howell Central has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Marquette saw some tournament action on Sunday. They walked away with an 80-68 win over Hickman.
Meanwhile, Howell Central suffered their closest loss since January 23rd on Thursday. They fell just short of Timberland by a score of 58-55. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 306th, while the T-Wolves are ranked 49th).
Marquette's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Howell Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
Marquette strolled past Howell Central when the teams last played back in December of 2015 by a score of 64-49. Will Marquette repeat their success, or does Howell Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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