The Marcus Marauders will head out on the road to challenge the Little Elm Lobos at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Marcus will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
On Tuesday, Marcus strolled past Flower Mound with points to spare, taking the game 62-46. Given the Marauders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 36th, while the Jaguars are ranked 414th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Little Elm entered their matchup against Guyer on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Little Elm was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 56-55 to Guyer.
Marcus is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.4 points per game. As for Little Elm, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 22-8.
Marcus was able to grind out a solid win over Little Elm in their previous matchup on January 7th, winning 58-51. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Little Elm's Kensington Candler, who went 10 of 18 en route to 29 points and seven boards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Marcus still be able to contain Candler? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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