The Seneca Fighting Irish will take on the Marquette Crusaders at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Seneca sitting on six straight victories and Marquette on three.
Seneca is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They strolled past Lowpoint-Washburn with points to spare on Wednesday, taking the game 81-62. Given the Fighting Irish's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 193rd, while the Wildcats are ranked 534th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Marquette made easy work of Roanoke-Benson on Wednesday and carried off a 63-42 win.
Seneca has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.8 points per game. As for Marquette, they now have a winning record of 12-11.
Seneca was able to grind out a solid victory over Marquette when the teams last played back in November of 2024, winning 49-39. Does Seneca have another victory up their sleeve, or will Marquette turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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