The North Augusta Yellow Jackets will take on the Marion Swamp Foxes at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with North Augusta sitting on 13 straight wins and Marion on three.
North Augusta is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing South Aiken: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that North Augusta blew South Aiken out of the water with a 62-21 final score. The Yellow Jackets have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five contests by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Marion). They blew past Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 66-42 last Monday.
North Augusta better focus on containing Jameir Legette and Jaden Gerald as the pair were huge in Marion's win. Legette dropped a double-double on 21 points and 12 boards, while Gerald went 11 of 14 on his way to 24 points and four steals. Those 12 boards gave Legette a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Charles White Jr, who posted nine points.
Marion smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in six consecutive matchups.
North Augusta's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-0. As for Marion, their win bumped their record up to 5-10.
North Augusta strolled past Marion in their previous matchup back in December of 2023 by a score of 68-53. Will North Augusta repeat their success, or does Marion have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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