Marietta hasn't had much luck against North Paulding recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Marietta Blue Devils will challenge the North Paulding Wolfpack at 6:00 p.m. Marietta is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.4 points per game this season.
Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Marietta turned things around against North Cobb on Friday. They walked away with a 52-43 win over the Warriors.
It was another big night for Leah DeWitt, who posted 35 points and seven boards. That makes it 13 consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Marietta's points. Kyann Senior was another key player, putting up seven points and 12 rebounds.
Meanwhile, North Paulding entered their tilt with Cherokee on Friday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They came out on top against the Warriors by a score of 66-57. The score was all tied up 28-28 at the break, but the Wolfpack were the better team in the second half.
North Paulding pushed their record up to 20-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.3 points per game. As for Marietta, their win bumped their record up to 12-10.
Marietta lost to North Paulding on the road by a decisive 55-39 margin when the teams last played back in December of 2024. Can Marietta avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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