The Springfield Bulldogs's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Port Barre Red Devils on February 15th. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Thursday, Springfield was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 54-49 to French Settlement.
Defeat or not, Springfield got some senior leadership from Jaci Williams and Emersyn Neal. Williams dropped a double-double on 18 points and 18 rebounds, while Neal. dropped a double-double on 18 points and 12 rebounds. Neal has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last 20 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Cameron Culbertson, who scored three points along with five rebounds.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 64-29, which was the final score in Port Barre's tilt against Sacred Heart on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Port Barre can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 245th, while Sacred Heart is ranked 102nd).
Springfield's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-8. As for Port Barre, they dropped their record down to 9-10 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
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