The Marietta Blue Devils and the East Paulding Raiders will face off  at 3:00  p.m.  on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Marietta is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.2  points per game  this season.
Marietta will head out to face East Paulding after giving up their first home loss of the  season on Friday. The  contest between Marietta and North Paulding didn't end well, with Marietta falling  55-39. The  game marked the Blue Devils' lowest-scoring  matchup so far this season.
| 12/13/24 vs North Paulding | 19 | 
| 12/10/24 @ North Cobb | 27 | 
| 12/07/24 vs Murray County | 15 | 
| 12/06/24 @ Cherokee | 23 | 
| 12/03/24 vs Wheeler | 25 | 
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was  Leah DeWitt, who  posted 19 points and eight  rebounds. Her evening made it 11 games in a row in which  she has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of  Mckenzie Everett, who  had 11  points.
 Even though they lost, Marietta  smashed the offensive glass and  finished the game with ten  offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now  pulled down at least eight  offensive rebounds in 11 consecutive  contests.
 Meanwhile, East Paulding was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap  on Friday as they fell  51-46 to New Manchester. The Raiders have struggled against the Jaguar recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
 Marietta's loss  ended  a  three-game streak of wins at home  and  dropped them to 6-5. As for East Paulding, their defeat  ended  a  three-game streak of away wins  and  brought them to 5-4.
 Everything came up roses for Marietta against East Paulding in their previous meeting  back in January, as the  team secured  a  64-17 victory. In that  matchup, Marietta amassed a halftime lead of  40-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat  on Saturday.
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