Laurel Highlands hasn't had much luck against Mt. Pleasant recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Laurel Highlands Mustangs will venture away from home to challenge the Mt. Pleasant Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Laurel Highlands easily dispatched Greater Latrobe on Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Laurel Highlands fell just short of Indiana by a score of 27-24 on Saturday. Having soared to a lofty 64 points in the game before, the Mustangs couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Mt. Pleasant was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss dating back to last season. They fell 44-33 to Greensburg Salem. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 515th, while the Golden Lions are ranked 178th).
Laurel Highlands' defeat dropped their record down to 6-4. As for Mt. Pleasant, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Laurel Highlands suffered a grim 61-38 defeat to Mt. Pleasant when the teams last played back in December of 2021. Can Laurel Highlands avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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