Basketball Recap: Portageville Skates Past Holcomb with Ease
By Team Reports
Jan 16, 2025, 10:19am
Basketball Recap: Portageville Bulldogs vs. Holcomb Hornets
Portageville waltzed into their match on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They breezed by the Holcomb Hornets to the tune of 82-27. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while the Hornets are ranked 363rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bulldogs
| 01/13/25 vs Holcomb | 82-27 |
| 01/09/25 vs South Pemiscot | 68-28 |
| 01/06/25 vs New Madrid County Central | 66-34 |
| 12/27/24 vs Neelyville | 57-49 |
| 12/21/24 vs Naylor | 73-23 |
| + 2 more games |
Portageville's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-2. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.1 points per game. As for Holcomb, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
Portageville didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 54-37 win against Chaffee on the 14th. Holcomb has also already played their next game (against East Prairie), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
