Salem is on an 18-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, East Marion a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Tuesday. The Salem Wildcats will welcome the East Marion Eagles at 7:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 54-24, which was the final score in Salem's tilt against Poplarville on Saturday.
Meanwhile, East Marion didn't have quite enough to beat Enterprise on Friday and fell 54-52.
Salem will have to contain Brian Foxworth as he made an impact in East Marion's last game. He went 10 for 20 en route to 29 points and seven rebounds. With that strong performance, Foxworth is now averaging an impressive 15.7 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Caden Mingo, who went 5 of 11 on his way to 15 points.
Even though they lost, East Marion smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 2 offensive boards per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 games they've averaged 10.8.
East Marion's defeat dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Salem, their loss dropped their record down to 0-18.
Salem took a serious blow against East Marion in their previous meeting on January 10th, falling 70-10. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Salem was down 41-7.
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