Basketball Game Preview: Portage Mustangs vs. Bishop Carroll Huskies

By Team Reports Feb 17, 2024, 11:43am

Preview: Portage Mustangs vs. Bishop Carroll Huskies

The Portage Mustangs will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against the Bishop Carroll Huskies at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Last Wednesday, Portage earned a 60-51 victory over Central Cambria. That's two games straight that Portage has won by exactly nine points.

Portage relied on the efforts of Bode Layo, who scored 16 points along with eight rebounds and two blocks, and Owen Gouse, who scored 15 points along with two steals. Gouse has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Jacob McCoy was another key contributor, scoring six points along with seven rebounds.

Meanwhile, Bishop Carroll got the win against Huntingdon on Tuesday by a conclusive 74-53. The win was just what Bishop Carroll needed coming off of a 71-35 loss in their prior game.

Portage has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Bishop Carroll, their win bumped their record up to 12-10.

Portage was dealt a bruising 65-34 defeat at the hands of Bishop Carroll in their previous matchup back in February of 2015. Thankfully for Portage, Brandon Martinazzi (who scored 23 points along with four steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps