The Mt. Pleasant Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Cannon County Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Mt. Pleasant sitting on three straight victories and Cannon County on 11.
On Tuesday, Mt. Pleasant strolled past Summertown with points to spare, taking the game 69-50.
Mt. Pleasant's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Nick Brown, who almost dropped a double-double on 22 points and nine rebounds. Brown hasn't dropped below 15 points for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Jakyri McClure, who scored 21 points along with two steals.
Cannon County proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 26) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Loretto 58-55. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Mt. Pleasant has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. As for Cannon County, their victory bumped their record up to 20-7.
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