Recap: South Gallia Rebels vs. Portsmouth West Senators
The South Gallia Rebels pushed their score all the way to 57 on Saturday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Portsmouth West by a score of 59-57. It was the first time this season that South Gallia let down their fans at home.
South Gallia lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Morgan Lyons, who scored 19 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. The matchup was Lyons' fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tori Triplett, who scored 22 points.
South Gallia's defeat ended an 11-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-2. As for Portsmouth West, their victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1.
South Gallia will take on Crooksville in a holiday battle at 3:30 p.m. on Friday at. Crooksville will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 702nd, while South Gallia is ranked 137th). Portsmouth West will be home for the holidays to greet Eastern at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday. Eastern is still on the hunt for that elusive first 'W'.
