Get Unlimited Access – for Free

See all the latest scores & stats from your favorite teams! Simply sign in or create your free MaxPreps account to unlock this page - it only takes a minute to join.

Hammond Central Portage

Wolves

Indians

The Portage (IN) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Hammond Central (Hammond, IN) by a score of 58-44.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hammond Central	-	-	-	-	58
Portage	-	-	-	-	44

Final score provided by R. Curry.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Portage (23-24)

Hammond Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	42	15	33	45	48
1	Kennedy Blakely (Sr)	6	2	9	22	22
4	Jaila Williams (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
13	Layla Hart (So)	0	0	3	0	0
24	Kenisha Grant (Fr)	3	1	2	50	50
25	Aniyah Henry (Sr)	33	12	18	67	72

Portage

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	15	48	31	38
0	Peyton Wilson (So)	0	0	3	0	0
1	Ava Kingery (Sr)	10	3	14	21	29
3	Kylie Byrd (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0
12	Jazlene Rivera (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
13	China Whitehead (So)	4	1	1	100	100
21	Evelyn Garza (Sr)	9	4	8	50	50
32	Alante Wright (Sr)	17	6	16	38	50
42	P. Wellestat (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33

Hammond Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	42	2	8	25	10	12	83	13	25	52
1	Kennedy Blakely (Sr)	6	0	4	0	2	2	100	2	5	40
4	Jaila Williams (Sr)	0							0	1	0
13	Layla Hart (So)	0							0	3	0
24	Kenisha Grant (Fr)	3				1	2	50	1	2	50
25	Aniyah Henry (Sr)	33	2	4	50	7	8	88	10	14	71

Portage

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	6	23	26	8	10	80	9	25	36
0	Peyton Wilson (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	Ava Kingery (Sr)	10	2	7	29	2	2	100	1	7	14
3	Kylie Byrd (Jr)	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	0	0
12	Jazlene Rivera (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	China Whitehead (So)	4	0	0	0	2	2	100	1	1	100
21	Evelyn Garza (Sr)	9	0	1	0	1	2	50	4	7	57
32	Alante Wright (Sr)	17	4	9	44	1	2	50	2	7	29
42	P. Wellestat (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50

Hammond Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	42	14	18	32	10	7
1	Kennedy Blakely (Sr)	6	3	4	7	10
4	Jaila Williams (Sr)	0		1	1
13	Layla Hart (So)	0	5	5	10		1
24	Kenisha Grant (Fr)	3	2	3	5		1
25	Aniyah Henry (Sr)	33	4	2	6		5
34	Sonora Spann (So)			3	3

Portage

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	44	9	23	32	12	7	1	29	16
0	Peyton Wilson (So)	0	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	3
1	Ava Kingery (Sr)	10	4	3	7	4	1	0	9	3
3	Kylie Byrd (Jr)	2	1	8	9	1	1	0	1	3
12	Jazlene Rivera (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0
13	China Whitehead (So)	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	1
21	Evelyn Garza (Sr)	9	3	2	5	1	1	0	5	2
32	Alante Wright (Sr)	17	0	3	3	1	1	0	6	4
42	P. Wellestat (Jr)	2	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	0

Misc Totals

Hammond Central has not entered any misc totals stats.

Portage

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.41	0.24	0.44	0.06	11
0	Peyton Wilson (So)	3.00	2.00	0.67	0.33	5
1	Ava Kingery (Sr)	0.44	0.11	0.33	0.00	3
3	Kylie Byrd (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	1
12	Jazlene Rivera (Fr)	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
21	Evelyn Garza (Sr)	0.20	0.20	0.50	0.00	0
32	Alante Wright (Sr)	0.17	0.17	0.25	0.00	1
42	P. Wellestat (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0

Portage's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Portage succumbs to Hammond Central

December 21, 2023: Portage, IN 46368

The Hammond Central Wolves topped the host Portage Indians basketball team by a final score of 58-44 in Thursday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Wolves face the Tournament Opponent (, ) in a non-league game, on Wednesday, December 27. Hammond Central will attempt to move on its 12-2 season record. The enter the game with a 48-87 record after their 70-12 non-league loss to Hinckley-Big Rock (Hinckley, IL).

With the defeat, Portage moves to 7-6 on the year. The Indians host Hobart (Hobart, IN) to face the Brickies in a non-league game on Thursday, December 28. The Brickies enter the game with a record of 5-7. Hobart lost 49-22 in their recent league game against Andrean (Merrillville, IN)

Players of the Game

Hammond Central (23-24)

Congratulations to #25 Aniyah Henry for being selected the Hammond Central Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Portage (23-24)

Portage has not selected any Players of the Game.

HCHS @ Portage Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 21, 2023 @ 7p

The Portage (IN) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Hammond Central (Hammond, IN) by a score of 58-44.

Rankings & Records

Hammond Central (23-24)

IN	Class
119	57

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
19-6	3-0	8-1	10-1	1-4	.760	1.000	1,491	1,065

Portage (23-24)

IN	Class
206	74

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
12-12	2-5	7-6	4-4	1-2	.500	.286	1,075	1,133

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hammond Central	16.0	14.3	14.1	14.1	59.6
Portage	13.5	5.5	10.5	11.0	44.8

Team Stat Comparison

Hammond Central		Portage
57.7	Points Per Game	44.8
30.0	Rebounds Per Game	26.9
8.6	Assists Per Game	10.7
13.7	Steals Per Game	8.6
2.6	Blocks Per Game	1.2

Team Leaders

Hammond Central		Portage	National Avg.
#25 Aniyah Henry18.4	Points Per Game	#1 Ava Kingery13.9	4.2
#1 Kennedy Blakely6.2	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Kylie Byrd4.8	2.8
#1 Kennedy Blakely4.0	Assists Per Game	#1 Ava Kingery3.9	0.9
#1 Kennedy Blakely4.0	Steals Per Game	#0 Peyton Wilson1.9	1.1
#1 Kennedy Blakely1.0	Blocks Per Game	#32 Alante Wright0.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hammond Central	10-3		Portage	7-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/9/23	Hammond Central	Washington Township	(W) 78-61	12/29/23	Portage	Washington Township	(W) 58-57
11/11/23	Hammond Central	Crown Point	(L) 58-45	12/1/23	Crown Point	Portage	(L) 65-44
11/14/23	Valparaiso	Hammond Central	(W) 61-59	1/5/24	Portage	Valparaiso	(L) 65-30
				2/2/24	Valparaiso	Portage	(L) 48-20
11/16/23	Hammond Central	East Chicago Central	(W) 55-26	1/9/24	Portage	East Chicago Central	(W) 43-39
1/31/24	East Chicago Central	Hammond Central	(W) 75-44
11/18/23	Lake Central	Hammond Central	(L) 62-45	1/11/24	Lake Central	Portage	(L) 67-27
11/21/23	Gary West Side	Hammond Central	(W) 59-39	1/17/24	Gary West Side	Portage	(W) 65-29
12/1/23	Hammond Central	Bowman Academy	(W) 48-19	11/1/23	Portage	Bowman Academy	(W) 68-49
12/12/23	Michigan City	Hammond Central	(W) 65-29	11/22/23	Michigan City	Portage	(W) 58-46
12/14/23	Hammond Central	Griffith	(W) 56-22	1/20/24	Portage	Griffith	(W) 49-27
1/19/24	Hammond Central	Hammond Morton	(W) 72-56	12/5/23	Portage	Hammond Morton	(L) 77-50
1/26/24	Hammond Central	Hobart	(W) 66-36	11/28/23	Hobart	Portage	(W) 54-41
2/2/24	Merrillville	Hammond Central	(L) 61-50	1/19/24	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 67-37

Record Breakdown

Hammond Central (23-24)		Portage (23-24)
19-6	Overall	12-12
3-0	League	2-5
14-2	Non-League	8-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
10-3	Common Opponent	7-6
8-1	Home	7-6
10-1	Away	4-4
1-4	Neutral	1-2
1-1	Playoff	0-1
18-3	In-State	12-12
1-3	Out-of-State	0-0