The Mt. Pleasant Tigers will be taking part in a tournament against the Cascade Champions at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Mt. Pleasant is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59 points per game this season.
Last Monday, Mt. Pleasant ended up a good deal behind Loretto and lost 58-41. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 155th, while the Mustangs are ranked 25th).

Ryan Benderman
02/24/25 @ Loretto | 67% |
02/21/25 @ Summertown | 50% |
02/13/25 @ Cascade | 60% |
02/11/25 vs Lewis County | 23% |
02/04/25 @ Summertown | 27% |
+ 20 more games |
Mt. Pleasant's defeat came about despite a quality game from Ryan Benderman, who en route to 14 points and six rebounds. Thanks to that strong game, Benderman now owns an excellent 45.1% shooting accuracy.
Meanwhile, Cascade came up short against Mt. Pleasant two weeks ago and fell 59-48. While the Champions didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Tigers 14-9 in the first quarter.
Mt. Pleasant's loss dropped their record down to 17-8. As for Cascade, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-11.
Mt. Pleasant was able to grind out a solid victory over Cascade when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 59-48. Does Mt. Pleasant have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cascade turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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