ATLANTA - The Mount Vernon Varsity Boys Basketball team dropped its first region game of the year on Tuesday night, Jan. 23, falling to the Paideia School Pythons 61-58 at the Upper Campus Gymnasium.
Mount Vernon led 19-11 at the end of the first quarter and pushed its lead to 10 to begin the second quarter.
But the Pythons fought back to outscore MV 17-12 in the second period to cut the Mustang lead to three at halftime, 31-28.
Paideia tied the game at 31-31 to start the third period and used a 16-6 run to end the quarter to take a 51-46 lead into the fourth.
The Pythons outscored MV 10-8 in the final period and held off a game-tying last second 3-point attempt by the Mustangs to secure the victory.
Mount Vernon was led in scoring by the 23 points of Sha'Yah Goba.
Teammate KJ Garris finished with 21, including a perfect mark from the free throw line at 10-of-10.
Four different players recorded double-figures in scoring for Paideia: CJ Harper (18), David Oglesby-Smith (11), Frank Jackson (10) and Tristan Mitchell (10).
Mount Vernon (13-9, 6-1 Reg. 6-1A) returns to the hardwood on Friday, Jan. 26, traveling to St. Francis for another key region matchup.
Tipoff against the Knights is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Alpharetta, Ga.
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Established in 1972, The Mount Vernon School, serves over 1,250 students in preschool through grade 12 on our 40-acre Atlanta campus. As a leading visionary independent school, Mount Vernon’s brand of innovation and entrepreneurship has emerged over the last decade, impacting schools in the US and across the globe through Mount Vernon Ventures, a research, strategy, and consulting division of the School. In addition, in 2021 the School launched a global online program for grade 9-12 to meet the needs of today’s flexible family. Through established partnerships with Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and civic environments, our mission is to design a better world...together.
