The Pleasant Hope Pirates basketball team scored 55 points and limited the visiting New Covenant Academy Warriors to 24 in the Pirates non-league triumph on Monday.

The Pirates now have a 1-0 record. They play next when they host Greenwood for a non-league game on Tuesday, November 26. Pleasant Hope will confront a Blue Jays team coming off a 49-29 non-league win over Fair Play (Fair Play, MO). The Blue Jays record now stands at 1-0.

With the loss, New Covenant Academy falls to 0-2 on the campaign. The Warriors travel to Blue Eye (Blue Eye, MO) to confront the Bulldogs in a non-league game on Tuesday, December 10. The Bulldogs go into the game with a record of 0-0.