Senior guard Zaveion Chism-Okoh willed the Tigers to victory Tuesday night versus a stingy Paris Wildcat team at Willie Williams Gym pouring in a career best 40 points. The 40-point mark is the highest by a Tiger player since D’Aundra Fields put up 46 points in 2013. The win kept the Tigers’ season perfect at 4-0 as the football players joined their team on the court giving the Tigers a new look and feel on both sides of the ball.<\/p>\n
The Tigers took an early 7-2 lead before Paris answered with both teams trading buckets throughout the first quarter. Mount Pleasant held a slim 17-14 lead after one period in a game that saw the lead change hands 10 times. The second quarter saw the Tigers clamp down on defense holding Paris to just 4 points and increasing the lead to 28-18 going into the break. Mount Pleasant pushed the lead to 36-24 late in the third before Paris surged back to make it 40-34 heading into the fourth quarter. Okoh and Paris’ Jaelyn Lee seemed to be going blow for blow with both players scoring at will. Lee led the Wildcats with a team-high 26 before fouling out late in the game. The fourth quarter saw Paris claw their way back staking a three-point lead late in the fourth, 53-50. The Tigers would tie it back up at 55-55 with clutch free throws by Okoh and a desperation heave at the buzzer by Paris would fall short and the game would head to overtime.<\/p>\n
The overtime period saw the Tigers take back control of the game with Paris’ leading scorer disqualified. Jakybrein Hines would go 8 for 8 from the free throw line in the final frame to help seal the game and the Tigers would take the 71-65 win. Okoh was very efficient in his scoring going 13 of 18 from the field and 8 for 10 from the charity stripe. He would also connect on 6 shots from behind the arc and add a team high 4 steals. Hines finished with 11 points. Other scorers were Payton Chism 6 points, Kelcey Morris and Wills Hills with 3 points each, and Miller McCrumby, Devin Willams, Xzavier Brown, and Edward Wilder with 2 points each. McCrumby led the Tigers on the boards pulling down 8 rebounds.<\/p>\n
The Tigers will face Maud on Friday with the Varsity playing at 6:30 PM. The following week has Mount Pleasant hosting Mesquite Horn on Friday and Pittsburg on Saturday in non-district action. All tickets must be purchased online through the MPISD website and all games will be live streamed on the Mount Pleasant Tiger Basketball YouTube channel.<\/p>\n
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By Drew Barkley<\/p>\n
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