Two dominant guards in Brayden Haney and Owen Gouse are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Claysburg-Kimmel Bulldogs will head out on the road to challenge the Portage Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Claysburg-Kimmel is headed into the match having just suffered their biggest loss since March 13, 2024 on Friday. They were outmatched by McConnellsburg and fell 77-36. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 523rd, while the Spartans are ranked 144th).
Meanwhile, Portage came tearing into Monday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.8 points), and they left with even more momentum. They took down the Ramblers 53-39. That's two games straight that the Mustangs have won by exactly 14 points.
Claysburg-Kimmel better keep an eye on Trae Kargo. He was instrumental in Portage's win, going 5-for-12 en route to 19 points and seven assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Gouse, who went 7-for-16 to rack up 18 points and seven rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Claysburg-Kimmel and nudges their season record down to 12-11. As for Portage, they pushed their record up to 18-5 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Claysburg-Kimmel was taken down by Portage 80-32 in their previous matchup back in February of 2022. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Claysburg-Kimmel was down 35-14.
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