Preview: Mt. Pleasant Tigers vs. Summertown Eagles
Two dominant guards in Ryan Benderman and Grayson Burleson are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Mt. Pleasant Tigers will face off against the Summertown Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Mt. Pleasant's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last eight matchups.
On Saturday, Mt. Pleasant strolled past Grundy County with points to spare, taking the game 68-52.
Mt. Pleasant got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Nick Brown out in front who scored 22 points along with seven rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Brown has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Hayden Holt, who scored 20 points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, Summertown had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They snuck past Community with a 76-72 victory. Given Summertown's advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 148th, while Community is ranked 327th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mt. Pleasant is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-6 record this season. As for Summertown, their win bumped their record up to 22-9.
Mt. Pleasant came up short against Summertown when the teams last played last Thursday, falling 71-58. Can Mt. Pleasant avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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