Basketball Recap: St. Joseph Proves Higher State Rank Is No Mistake

St. Joseph lost to Portage Northern back in February of 2024, but they didn't allow them the same satisfaction on Monday. The St. Joseph Bears secured a 49-43 W over the Portage Northern Huskies. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 116th, while the Huskies are ranked 584th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Bears

Previous 2 Games

02/03/25 @ Portage Northern	49-43
01/30/25 @ Portage Central	33-26

The victory made it two in a row for St. Joseph and bumps their season record up to 9-2. As for Portage Northern, they dropped their record down to 0-15 with the loss, which was their 11th straight at home.

St. Joseph has already played their next matchup (against Norrix), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Portage Northern has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Kalamazoo Central.