Basketball Recap: Mt. Pleasant Piles Up the Points Against Texas

By Team Reports Jan 18, 2025, 4:19am

Basketball Recap: Mt. Pleasant Tigers vs. Texas Tigers

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Mt. Pleasant had to skate by with only a three-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 29-point drubbing they dealt Texas on Friday. The Mt. Pleasant Tigers breezed by the Texas Tigers to the tune of 65-36. Given Mt. Pleasant's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 52nd, while Texas is ranked 269th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

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Previous 5 Games

01/17/25 vs Texas65-36
01/14/25 @ Hallsville41-38
01/11/25 vs Tyler56-39
01/07/25 @ Nacogdoches47-38
01/03/25 @ Whitehouse52-28

The victory was the fifth in a row for Mt. Pleasant, bringing their record for this year to 20-4. As for Texas, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-10.

Coincidentally, both will both be playing Marshall the next time they take the court. Texas will host Marshall at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, while Mt. Pleasant will head out to face them at 7:30 p.m. on January 24th.

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