The Marist Spartans and the Pendleton Buckaroos will round out the year against one another at at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Marist is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Stayton just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Saturday. They were beaten by the Eagles 54-23. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Eagles are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pendleton). They blew past Gladstone 60-36 on Saturday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Buckaroos have posted since January 26th.
Marist's defeat dropped their record down to 4-2. As for Pendleton, their win bumped their record up to 2-6.
Marist strolled past Pendleton in their previous matchup back in December of 2016 by a score of 60-45. Will Marist repeat their success, or does Pendleton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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