The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers continued their strong district play last Tuesday by defeating Marshall for the second time. The win keeps the Lady Tigers in the hunt for the district championship with their final game against Pine Tree on Friday.<\/p>\n
Both teams struggled to score out of the gate with Marshall staking a 4-1 lead after the first quarter. Mount Pleasant opened the second quarter with an 8-3 run to take the lead but the Lady Mavericks would counter with a 10-1 run to take a 17-10 lead at the half. The third quarter would be a battle with the Lady Tigers winning the quarter by 2 points to cut the lead to 23-18. A 7-0 run by Mount Pleasant to start the final quarter would give them the boost they needed to take the lead and outscoring Marshall 23-11 to secure the win.<\/p>\n
Paris Beard led all scorers with 18 points and 6 steals followed by Autumn Jackson’s 11 points and 8 rebounds. Kendall Walker added 6 points along with Aunesti Brannon’s 3 points. Also scoring was Amiah Thornton 2 points and Jordyn Hargrave 1 point.<\/p>\n
The Lady Tigers will finish their season at Pine Tree on Friday as it looks like they will finish in three-way tie for first with Hallsville and Sulphur Springs. The tiebreak would have Mount Pleasant securing the two seed heading into the playoffs.<\/p>\n
Photo by John Whitten
\nWrite up by Drew Barkley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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