![Daly Quinn of Marion (12) takes the ball to the basket for two of his team-high 18 points Monday night in the Indians' 64-47 win over Center Point-Urbana in a Class 3A district semifinal at Xavier. Marion will play Xavier on Thursday at Linn-Mar. (Photo by Margaret O'Banion)](/images/resized/images/photos/marion/boysbasketball/02_200_300.png)
Indians lick CPU in district opener
The Marion Indians are not kidding themselves about making the Class 3A state basketball tournament this year, but there's no harm in dreaming.
Marion breezed past Center Point-Urbana, 64-47, in the opening round of the playoffs Monday night at the Xavier High School gym, but that was the easy part.
Now the Indians (10-12) have a date in the district finals Thursday night against the Xavier Saints, a dangerous team that faced a steady diet of Class 4A competition in the Mississippi Valley Conference this season. And if the Indians somehow upset the Saints, they'll probably have to face top-ranked Dubuque Wahlert in the substate finals next Monday.
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