Holtville entered their contest against Marbury on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Holtville Bulldogs were beaten by the Marbury Bulldogs 55-27. The matchup marked Holtville's lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Marbury's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Justice Blackmon led the charge by going 9 of 22 en route to 25 points and three steals. Blackmon has been hot, having posted two or more steals the last six times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Gabrielle Brown, who posted seven points in addition to 11 rebounds and eight steals.
Holtville's defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 18-3. As for Marbury, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
Holtville and Isabella will face off at 5:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. As for Marbury, they and Wetumpka will face off at 5:30 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Wetumpka is on a three-game streak of home wins, Marbury a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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