After soaring to 56 points the game before, Mount Olive was a bit more limited in their contest on Tuesday. They were outmatched by the West Lincoln Bears and fell 56-13. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 294th, while the Bears are ranked 88th).
Mount Olive dropped their record down to 3-14 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight at home. As for West Lincoln, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 17-4.
We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Mount Olive is set to challenge their familiar foe Piney Woods at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, West Lincoln will square off against rival Mississippi School for the Deaf at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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