East Marion has gone 8-2 against Salem recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The East Marion Eagles will challenge the Salem Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
East Marion easily dispatched Lumberton last Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. East Marion fell just short of Enterprise by a score of 54-52 on Friday.
01/24/25 @ Enterprise | 29 |
01/17/25 vs Lumberton | 27 |
12/10/24 @ Jefferson Davis County | 19 |
01/29/24 vs Enterprise | 15 |
02/09/24 vs Enterprise | 15 |
East Marion might have lost, but man, Brian Foxworth was a machine: he went 10 for 20 on his way to 29 points and seven boards. Those 29 points gave Foxworth a new career-high. Caden Mingo was another key player, going 5 of 11 en route to 15 points.
Even though they lost, East Marion smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive boards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 2 offensive rebounds per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 games they've averaged 10.8.
Meanwhile, Salem was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their 38th straight loss dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 54-24 loss at the hands of Poplarville.
East Marion's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Salem, their record is now 0-18.
Everything came up roses for East Marion against Salem when the teams last played on January 10th, as the team secured a 70-10 win. In that matchup, East Marion amassed a halftime lead of 41-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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