Recap: Mt. Pleasant Tigers vs. Hughes Lions
The Mt. Pleasant Tigers won the last time they faced the Hughes Lions, and things went their way on Saturday too. Mt. Pleasant walked away with a 54-44 victory over Hughes. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Mt. Pleasant.
Hayden Holt continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 26 points along with three steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Ryan Benderman, who scored 11 points along with six rebounds and three steals.
Mt. Pleasant is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Hughes, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-6.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Mt. Pleasant will challenge Cornersville at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Cornersville is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak. As for Hughes, they will head out on the road to face off against Perry County at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Perry County focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 last Tuesday.
