Basketball Recap: La Porte Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact La Porte can now relate to. They fell to the Beaumont United Timberwolves 64-60. The loss continues a trend for the Bulldogs in their matchups with the Timberwolves: they've now lost six in a row.

Trent Callies

Steals

02/18/25 vs Beaumont United	6
02/11/25 @ Texas City	5
02/07/25 vs Friendswood	2
01/31/25 vs Iowa Colony	3
01/28/25 @ Angleton	7
+ 4 more games

When it comes to explaining why La Porte lost on Tuesday, don't look at Trent Callies. Despite the final result, he posted 29 points and six steals. Callies has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last nine times he's played. Another player making a difference was Anthony Cole, who earned six points and three steals.

La Porte's defeat dropped their record down to 22-12. As for Beaumont United, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 23-10 record this season.

La Porte does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Beaumont United, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 47-38 win against Lake Creek on the 21st.