The Portola Tigers had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.2 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They secured a 74-68 W over Fall River. 74 seems to be a good number for Portola as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Portola to victory, but perhaps none more so than Connor Sheridan, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 17 rebounds. That makes it ten consecutive games in which Sheridan has scored at least 25% of Portola's points. Another player making a difference was Liam Bowling, who scored 18 points along with seven rebounds.
Defeat or not, Fall River got some senior leadership from Jaxon Keys who scored 27 points along with five steals and Brandon Brown who scored 19 points along with seven steals and five assists. The contest was Keys' seventh in a row with at least ten points. Camden Westlund was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with five assists.
Portola's victory bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Fall River, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-2.
Portola and Tulelake will face off at 12:20 p.m. on December 16th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Fall River and Modoc will face off at 5:40 p.m. on December 16th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Modoc is out to stop a three-game streak of losses at home.
