The Pell City Panthers were the 63-49 winner over the Mountain Brook Spartans when they last played one another back in February of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. Pell City took a 55-45 hit to the loss column at the hands of Mountain Brook on Wednesday.
Defeat or not, Pell City got some senior leadership from Reagan Tarver and Heaven O'Neal. Tarver scored 20 points, while O'Neal. scored 13 points along with five rebounds and five steals. Another player making a difference was Zaniya Mitchell, who scored four points along with six rebounds.
Pell City's defeat dropped their record down to 15-10. As for Mountain Brook, their victory bumped their record up to 15-8.
Pell City will look to defend their home court on Friday against Shades Valley at 5:45 p.m. Shades Valley is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games. As for Mountain Brook, they will head out on the road to face off against Woodlawn at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Woodlawn has now lost ten straight, and the team is hunting for their first win since December 2.
