Basketball Recap: PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central Comes Up Short

PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central entered their game against Williamsville on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central Bluejays took a 52-43 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Williamsville Bullets. While losing is never fun, the Bluejays can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 173rd, while the Bullets are ranked 42nd).

Williamsville's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Reid Bodine led the charge by going 7-for-10 to rack up 15 points and eight rebounds. The dominant performance gave Bodine a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Blake Shoufler, who posted 14 points along with seven assists and seven boards.

This is the second loss in a row for PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central and nudges their season record down to 22-6. As for Williamsville, they pushed their record up to 25-2 with the victory, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season.

Coming up, PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central will challenge Auburn at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Williamsville, they and Benton will face off at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest, having both just played. Williamsville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.7 points per game this season.