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| 01/28/23 - Away | 41-45 L |
| 12/27/22 - Neutral | 52-51 W |
| 01/29/22 - Home | 57-38 W |
| 02/27/21 - Away | 57-39 W |
| 02/01/20 - Home | 35-28 W |
| + 3 more games |
Marshall has gone 7-1 against Arcola recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Marshall Lions will challenge the Arcola Purple Riders at 10:00 a.m. Marshall has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games.
Marshall is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Oblong/Hutsonville/Palestine 64-22 on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meanwhile, Arcola had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Knights 57-23. The Purple Riders pushed the score to 52-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights cut but never quite recovered from.
Arcola is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Marshall, their win bumped their record up to 13-11.
Marshall came up short against Arcola when the teams last played back in January of 2023, falling 45-41. Can Marshall avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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