Mount Pleasant — Old friends will collide tonight when Mount Pleasant takes on Burlington in a pivotal Southeast Conference matchup.
Mount Pleasant, led by Eric Rawson and Burlington by Caleb Akey were both former assistants under the great Paul Rundquist right here at Mount Pleasant.
Akey was the head coach for the Panthers before taking the job at Burlington last year, paving the way for Rawson to take over controls of the program.
Both teams are off to a bit of a slower start than anticipated, though the Grayhounds have played a tough schedule.
Burlington is 3-5 with losses against Iowa City High, Iowa City West, Washington and Cedar Rapids Prairie.
They’re led by potential conference player of the year candidate Amarion Davis.
Davis is scoring 15.7 points per game and his shooting better than 50% from three point land.
Mount Pleasant, now 2-4, is coming off a tough loss last week to No. 5 Washington.
The Panthers are 10-3 in the last thirteen against Burlington, with the Grayhounds snapping a six-game Mount Pleasant winning streak last year in a 61-45 win.
Tonight’s game will tip at 7:30 p.m.
You can listen on FM 105.5 and kilj.com.
Nathan Bloechl and Kent Bennett will have the call with pre-game show beginning at 7:15 p.m.
Other Southeast Conference matchups tonight:
- Washington meets Fort Madison
- Keokuk battles Fairfield
All Southeast Conference scraps are boy-girl home-and-home’s.