The Mount Pleasant Green Knights will venture away from home to challenge the Caravel Buccaneers at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Saturday, Mount Pleasant came up short against Downingtown West and fell 51-38. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Green Knights came into the game with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked eighth in Delaware, while the Whippets are ranked 155th in Pennsylvania).
Meanwhile, Caravel suffered their closest defeat since January 3rd on Friday. They fell just short of Triton by a score of 72-69.
Caravel's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Mount Pleasant, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 4-3.
Mount Pleasant came out on top in a nail-biter against Caravel when the teams last played back in January, sneaking past 50-47. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mount Pleasant since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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