Basketball Recap: Mt. Pleasant Makes It Nine in a Row on the Road

Mt. Pleasant won the last time they faced Nacogdoches and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Mt. Pleasant Tigers came out on top against the Nacogdoches Dragons by a score of 47-38. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 61st, while the Dragons are ranked 643rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Tigers

Previous Games (Away)

01/07/25 @ Nacogdoches	47-38
01/03/25 @ Whitehouse	52-28
12/20/24 @ Jacksonville	69-41
12/10/24 @ Texas	40-30
02/13/24 @ Tyler	73-54
+ 4 more games

Mt. Pleasant's victory was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-4. As for Nacogdoches, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-11 record this season.

A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Mt. Pleasant Tigers duke it out with the Tyler Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Nacogdoches, they will venture away from home to square off against Marshall at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.