Rural Retreat hasn't had much luck against Marion recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Rural Retreat Indians will be playing in front of their home fans against the Marion Scarlet Hurricanes at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Rural Retreat saw some tournament action on Saturday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 38-37 to Grayson County.
Meanwhile, Marion entered their match against Patrick Henry last Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Marion took a 69-51 bruising from Patrick Henry. While losing is never fun, the Scarlet Hurricanes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 269th, while the Rebels are ranked 74th).
Marion's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-4. As for Rural Retreat, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Rural Retreat was dealt a bruising 61-22 loss at the hands of Marion in their previous matchup on December 3rd. Will Rural Retreat have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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