The Carroll Cougars will challenge the Marion Giants at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Carroll sitting on six straight wins and Marion on three.
It was a proper cat-fight when Carroll challenged Western on Thursday. Carroll had just enough and edged Western out 49-46. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Cougars have posted against the Panthers since January 11, 2018.
Jillian Salts and Emily Justice were among the main playmakers for Carroll as the former went 7 for 12 en route to 19 points plus six rebounds and four blocks and the latter went 5 for 10 en route to 14 points plus three steals. The dominant performance also gave Justice a new career-high in assists (four). Teagan Coveris was another key player, scoring seven points in addition to seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Marion hadn't done well against Anderson recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Marion came out on top against Anderson by a score of 61-48.
Marion now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Carroll, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
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