The Marlington Dukes were the 61-9 winner over the Carrollton Warriors when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. Marlington was just a bucket shy of victory on Wednesday and fell 46-45 to Carrollton. Marlington has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Carrollton had a senior duo take command as Demi Leary scored 9 points along with 5 rebounds and Hillari Baker scored 17 points. That makes it two consecutive games in which Baker has scored at least 25% of Carrollton's points. Another player making a difference was Maleyna Havens, who scored 4 points along with 5 rebounds.
Marlington's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Carrollton, the win makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Marlington will head out on the road to face off against West Branch at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday. As for Carrollton, they will be playing at home against Alliance at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday. Alliance is hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
