After three games on the road, Martinsville is heading back home. They will take on the Slocum Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Martinsville can now show off 11 landslide victories after their most recent game on Friday. They breezed by Apple Springs on the road to the tune of 75-45. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Martinsville had established a 28 point advantage.
Slocum fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back victories it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Centerville 71-35 at home. With Slocum ahead 35-12 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Martinsville is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-9 record this season. As for Slocum, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-19.
Martinsville didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Slocum in their previous meeting back in January, but they still walked away with a 36-30 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Slocum's Carter Sbrusch, who scored 23 points along with three steals and two blocks. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Martinsville still be able to contain Sbrusch? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
