The Harbor Beach Pirates will take on the Marlette Red Raiders in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Harbor Beach is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Last Monday, Harbor Beach didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Croswell-Lexington, but they still walked away with a 45-41 win. The 45-point effort marked the Pirates' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Marlette ended up a good deal behind Vassar on Monday and lost 66-50. While losing is never fun, the Red Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 235th, while the Vulcans are ranked 57th).
Harbor Beach's victory was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.8 points per game. As for Marlette, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4.
Harbor Beach came out on top in a nail-biter against Marlette in their previous matchup back in February, sneaking past 2-0. Will Harbor Beach repeat their success, or does Marlette have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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