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Manchester vs. Mahoning Valley

When and where: Friday (7:30 p.m.) at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
Team records: Manchester is 3-4. Mahoning Valley is 1-6.
Series history: Manchester leads 5-0.
Noteworthy: Manchester is coming off a 53-51 loss to Albany and will be trying to break and three-game losing streak. ... Mahoning Valley opened its season with a victory over Albany, but has lost six in a row since then. ... This will be the first of two regular-season meetings between the teams this season. ... Mahoning Valley's Davon Vinson replaced starting quarterback Blake Powers in the fourth quarter of last weekend's 73-37 loss to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and threw for touchdowns on his only two pass attempts in the game. ... Mahoning Valley is struggling in all phases of the game. The Thunder is at the bottom of the league in turnover margin (minus-13), third from the bottom in points per game (38.4) and second from the bottom in points allowed per game (63.0). ... Manchester quarterback James Pinkney is throwing for an average of 253.9 yards per contest, and is completing 61.3 percent of his passes. ... Steven Savoy is Manchester's leading receiver. Savoy has 44 catches for 548 yards and 15 touchdowns. ... Each team is 1-3 against East Division opponents. ... Manchester will play at the Florida Firecats next Saturday.