Basketball Preview: Screven County Gamecocks vs. Portal Panthers
Screven County is 1-9 against Portal since November of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Screven County Gamecocks will face off against the Portal Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Screven County focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 14 two weeks ago.
Screven County is leaving town to face Portal after disappointing their home crowd in their season opener. Screven County took a 64-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of Statesboro.
Screven County might have lost, but man, Rodney Beckworth was a machine: he dropped a double-double on 19 points and 14 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Keon Hughes, who posted eight points plus five rebounds and two steals.
Even though they lost, Screven County smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've posted since back in December of 2023.
Meanwhile, Portal lost to Greenbrier at home by a 66-51 margin on Tuesday.
Screven County was taken down by Portal 84-31 in their previous matchup back in January. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Screven County was down 46-15.
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