The Marvin Ridge Mavericks will head out to take on the Sun Valley Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Marvin Ridge is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Cox Mill just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 55-54 to the Chargers.
Meanwhile, Sun Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They lost 70-45 to Weddington. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 358th, while the Warriors are ranked 48th).
Sun Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 7-14. As for Marvin Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 9-12.
Everything came up roses for Marvin Ridge against Sun Valley in their previous meeting on Monday, as the squad secured a 68-24 victory. In that matchup, Marvin Ridge amassed a halftime lead of 36-8, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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