Basketball Recap: Mt. Pleasant Skates Past Marshall with Ease

Tigers

Previous 5 Games

12/17/24 vs Marshall	67-33
12/10/24 @ Texas	40-30
12/07/24 vs Hall	58-45
12/06/24 vs Parkview	43-41
12/03/24 vs Hallsville	59-45

Mt. Pleasant entered their tilt with Marshall on Tuesday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They blew past the Marshall Mavericks 67-33. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 28th, while the Mavericks are ranked 962nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Mt. Pleasant pushed their record up to 12-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.1 points per game. As for Marshall, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-9.

Mt. Pleasant will take on Jacksonville in a holiday battle at at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. As for Marshall, they will take on Kemp in a tournament on December 27th.