The Mount Pleasant Green Knights entered their tilt with the Overbrook Panthers with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Mount Pleasant came out on top in a nail-biter against Overbrook on Sunday and snuck past 48-45. Given Mount Pleasant's advantage in MaxPreps's basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked tenth in Delaware, while Overbrook is ranked 203rd in Pennsylvania), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Despite the loss, Overbrook still got an impressive performance from Omar Davis, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds. Davis scored a full 40% of Overbrook's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Omar Warring, who scored six points along with ten rebounds.
Mount Pleasant's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Overbrook, their loss was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which bumped their record down to 3-4.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Mount Pleasant will face off against DuPont at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday. DuPont comes in on a streak of failing to score more than 25 points in their last four games, a trend the squad is of course eager to reverse. As for Overbrook, they will head out on the road to face off against John Bartram at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. John Bartram is still on the hunt for that elusive first 'W'.
