Basketball Recap: Lufkin Beats Mt. Pleasant for Their 20th Straight Win

Panthers

Previous Games

12/31/24 @ Mt. Pleasant	59-55
12/28/24 vs Nederland	46-29
12/28/24 vs Klein Oak	48-36
12/27/24 vs Grand Oaks	75-44
12/27/24 vs Tomball Memorial	60-39
+ 15 more games

Lufkin entered their tilt with Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday with 19 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 20. They snuck past the Mt. Pleasant Tigers with a 59-55 victory. For the Panthers, this counts as revenge for the 62-52 win the Tigers walked away with the last time they faced one another back in February of 2021.

Lufkin pushed their record up to 23-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Mt. Pleasant, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 15-4.

Lufkin and Mt. Pleasant should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. Lufkin (ranked 20th) will meet Marshall (ranked 865th) at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Similarly, Mt. Pleasant will face off against Whitehouse at 2:30 p.m. on Friday up 723 places (57 vs. 780).