The Portage Central Mustangs will take on the St. Joseph Bears in a holiday battle at at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Portage Central's favor as the team sits on 11 straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while St. Joseph has been banged up by eight consecutive losses on the road also dating back to last season.
Portage Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Harper Creek by a score of 76-74 on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (56), the Mustangs still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph took a blow against Benton Harbor on Monday, falling 84-57.
Portage Central's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for St. Joseph, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Portage Central strolled past St. Joseph in their previous meeting back in February by a score of 60-46. Will Portage Central repeat their success, or does St. Joseph have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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