The Marlette Red Raiders are taking a road trip to take on the Harbor Beach Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Last Monday, Marlette lost to Vassar on the road by a 66-50 margin. While losing is never fun, the Red Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 235th, while the Vulcans are ranked 57th).
Meanwhile, Harbor Beach put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. They snuck past Croswell-Lexington with a 45-41 victory. The 45-point effort marked the Pirates' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Harbor Beach pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.8 points per game. As for Marlette, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4.
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