Yorktown is 0-9 against Mt. Vernon since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Yorktown Tigers will be playing at home against the Mt. Vernon Marauders at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Yorktown focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Saturday.
Last Saturday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Yorktown had to settle for a 40-38 loss against Wapahani.
Yorktown might have lost, but man, Mason Moulton was a machine: he scored 12 points along with eight rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Kieran Tewari, who scored 11 points.
Meanwhile, Mt. Vernon had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. Everything went their way against New Palestine as Mt. Vernon made off with a 66-44 win. Mt. Vernon pushed the score to 56-32 by the end of the third, a deficit New Palestine cut but never quite recovered from.
Yorktown's loss dropped their record down to 12-9. As for Mt. Vernon, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.
Yorktown came up short against Mt. Vernon when the teams last played back in February of 2023, falling 56-48. Will Yorktown have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
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