Basketball Recap: Mount Olive Skates Past Mississippi School for the Deaf with Ease

Pirates

Team Score

01/14/25 @ Mississippi School for the Deaf	55
12/19/24 vs Mize	47
12/10/24 @ Perry Central	45
01/07/25 vs Stringer	42
11/19/24 @ Salem	42

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mount Olive). They claimed a resounding 55-17 win over the Mississippi School for the Deaf Bulldogs. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Pirates have posted since February 1, 2024.

The win made it two in a row for Mount Olive and bumps their season record up to 3-8. As for Mississippi School for the Deaf, their loss was their seventh straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-15.

Mount Olive didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 60-35 defeat against Leake County on the 16th. As for Mississippi School for the Deaf, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 77-25 loss against Stringer on the 16th.