By Buddy "Friday Night" Cobb, Williamson County Bureau
MARION, Ill. — The Marion Wildcats had their looks in the first half Tuesday night. They just didn't cash them in — and the Carbondale Terriers made them pay for it, turning missed opportunities into a 3-0 second-half surge on the way to a road win, the Southern Illinoisan reported.
For a Marion program looking to build on its season, a shutout loss to a county rival stings more than the scoreline alone. The margin came late, which means the story of this one is what didn't happen in the first 40 minutes as much as what did in the second.
— Compiled from reporting by the Southern Illinoisan.
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