Basketball Recap: Portland Christian Drops Highest Score of Season Against River City Jaguars

Eagles

Team Score (Highest)

02/13/25 vs River City Jaguars	73
01/21/25 vs Kentucky Country Day	68
12/05/24 vs Louisville Collegiate	67
12/19/24 vs Cornerstone Christian Academy	64
12/10/24 vs Bullitt Central	61

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Portland Christian). They breezed past River City Jaguars to the tune of 73-36 on Thursday. With the Eagles ahead 45-12 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.

River City Jaguars' defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Zeb Stevens, who posted nine points in addition to six rebounds and three blocks, and Luke Grant, who went 5-for-11 on his way to 13 points. Grant is also crushing it when it comes to field goal percentage: he's posted at least 0.45 every time he's taken the court this season. Joseph Johnson also deserves some recognition as he posted his first block of the season.

Portland Christian's win bumped their record up to 4-14. As for River City Jaguars, they dropped their record down to 0-4 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.

Coming up, Portland Christian will challenge Covington Latin at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Portland Christian is facing Covington Latin at the right time seeing as Covington Latin is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for River City Jaguars, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Brown at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.