Gateway Christian is 0-10 against Portsmouth Christian since February of 2020 but things could change on Thursday. Gateway Christian will head out on the road to challenge the Portsmouth Christian Patriots at 7:00 p.m.
Gateway Christian is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Hampton Christian Academy on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Gateway Christian took a blow against Hampton Christian Academy, falling 75-35. Gateway Christian was down 50-29 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Portsmouth Christian). They blew past Broadwater Academy 88-19 on Wednesday. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 174th, while the Vikings are ranked 395th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Portsmouth Christian is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.3 points over those games. As for Gateway Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 2-15.
Gateway Christian was dealt a bruising 79-35 defeat at the hands of Portsmouth Christian when the teams last played back in January. Can Gateway Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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