The North Marion Huskies will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the East Fairmont Bees at 7:30 p.m. on February 20th. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
North Marion scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Saturday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Oak Glen 83-31 on the road. Given North Marion's advantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 59th, while Oak Glen is ranked 641st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
North Marion's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Landon Frey, who scored ten points along with three steals. Trevor Mullett was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, East Fairmont had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.2 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Wednesday. They beat Fairmont Senior by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 59-55.
North Marion's win bumped their record up to 8-11. As for East Fairmont, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
North Marion was taken down by East Fairmont 66-36 when the teams last played back in February of 2023. Can North Marion avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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