Basketball Recap: Veterans Memorial Sets Scoring Season-High Against Gregory-Portland

Chargers

Team Score

12/10/24 vs Gregory-Portland	87
11/12/24 vs Lopez	80
11/14/24 vs Palmview	62
11/23/24 vs La Joya	61
11/08/24 vs Mission Veterans Memorial	59

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Veterans Memorial). They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Gregory-Portland Wildcats 87-84. The win was all the more spectacular given the Chargers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 675th, while the Wildcats are ranked 176th).

Veterans Memorial moved to 7-8 with that victory, which also ended their four-game losing streak. As for Gregory-Portland, the defeat snapped their winning streak at nine games and leaves them with a 14-3 record.

Veterans Memorial didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 58-46 loss against Edinburg on the 10th. Gregory-Portland has also already played their next matchup, an 87-84 defeat against Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial on the 10th.