By Buddy "Friday Night" Cobb, Williamson County Bureau
BREESE — Marion left Breese with a win Friday night after the hosts, the Orphans, tied the game — only for the Wildcats to answer seconds later and take the lead for good, according to southernillinoisnow.com.
It's the kind of finish that sends a busload of Wildcats fans home happy and a home crowd wondering what might have been. Marion's response — scoring right back after being tied — speaks to a team that didn't rattle when the game got tight on the road.
The win adds to what's shaping up as a competitive early season across the region. Marion had come up short the week before in a fourth-quarter comeback bid against Highland, per the Southern Illinoisan, so bouncing back with a road win at Breese matters for a team trying to find its footing.
No final score or individual statistics were detailed in the available reporting beyond the late-game swing, but the result puts Marion back in the win column heading into the next week of Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference play.
filed from the sidelines, where Friday nights still mean something.
— Reporting by southernillinoisnow.com.
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