Basketball Game Preview: Steelville Cardinals vs. Portageville Bulldogs

The Steelville Cardinals will square off against the Portageville Bulldogs on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Steelville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 68-31 victory over KIPP. That looming 68-31 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Cardinals yet this season.

Meanwhile, Portageville had already won 13 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34.1 points) and they went ahead and made it 14 on Tuesday. They walked away with a 56-46 win over the Cardinals.

Portageville's victory bumped their record up to 21-2. As for Steelville, their win bumped their record up to 6-11.