Basketball Game Preview: Porter-Gaud Cyclones vs. Heathwood Hall Episcopal Highlanders

The Porter-Gaud Cyclones will take on the Heathwood Hall Episcopal Highlanders on Monday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Porter-Gaud is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 47-30 victory over John Paul II.

Meanwhile, Heathwood Hall Episcopal had already won 12 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 35.4 points) and they went ahead and made it 13 on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Panthers, sneaking past 2-0. Given the Highlanders' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Panthers are ranked 223rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

The win got Porter-Gaud back to even at 11-11. As for Heathwood Hall Episcopal, their victory bumped their record up to 16-3.

Porter-Gaud took a serious blow against Heathwood Hall Episcopal in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 50-21. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Heathwood Hall Episcopal's Lauren Jacobs, who went 11-for-22 en route to 27 points along with seven boards and seven steals. Now that Porter-Gaud knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.