The North Marion Colts will take on the Vanguard Knights in a holiday battle at at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. North Marion will be strutting in after a win while Vanguard will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, North Marion didn't have too much trouble with Keystone Heights as they won 58-43. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Colts.
North Marion found their leader in freshman JAMEYA BROWN, who went 10 of 22 on her way to 26 points and six rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which BROWN has scored at least a third of North Marion's points. The team also got some help courtesy of JERMEA JACKSON, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 14 boards.
Meanwhile, Vanguard didn't have quite enough to beat Eustis on Tuesday and fell 41-38. The defeat continues a trend for the Knights in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now lost five in a row.
North Marion will need focus on slowing down Sanaria Gunsby, one of several Vanguard players who made an impact when they last played. She posted nine points in addition to seven steals and six boards. Gunsby has been hot, having posted two or more steals the last six times she's played. Another player making a difference was Kenaria Dowdy, who put up six points and four steals.
Vanguard's loss dropped their record down to 5-3. As for North Marion, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-7 record this season.
North Marion took a serious blow against Vanguard when the teams last played back in January, falling 58-12. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point North Marion was down 30-9.
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