After both having extra time off, the East Marshall Mustangs and the South Tama County Trojans will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:45 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Two weeks ago, East Marshall came up short against Grundy Center and fell 72-65. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 222nd, while the Spartans are ranked third).
Meanwhile, South Tama County was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 72-35 loss at the hands of Vinton-Shellsburg. The Trojans were down 62-33 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
East Marshall's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for South Tama County, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
East Marshall came out on top in a nail-biter against South Tama County in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, sneaking past 53-50. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Marshall since the team 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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