If Mount Pleasant was feeling good fresh off their 66-31 takedown of DuPont last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Mount Pleasant Green Knights fell 51-38 to the Downingtown West Whippets on Saturday. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Green Knights came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked sixth in Delaware, while the Whippets are ranked 102nd in Pennsylvania).
Mount Pleasant's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Downingtown West, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Mount Pleasant will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Caravel at 6:15 p.m. on January 2, 2025. Downingtown West and Central York will round out the year against one another at at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Central York will roll in looking for their fifth straight win, something Downingtown West surely won't give up without a fight.
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