Portageville takes down Bootheel Conference foe Campbell, 54-37

CAMPBELL, Mo. — Jayla Weddington scored a game-high 16 to lead Portageville to a 54-37 Bootheel Conference win at Campbell on Monday, Jan. 2.

The Lady Bulldogs improved to 6-3 with the victory while the Lady Camels dropped to 6-4.

“This was a big conference win for us,” said Portageville coach Kellye Fowler. “Campbell is a good team and always one of the top teams in the conference. So to win this one first game after Christmas is huge for us. It was a great team effort tonight. Everyone played their role, played together, and executed what we have been working on in practice both offensively and defensively. I was proud of every single one of them.”

Taryn Irby made three 3-pointers and added 10 points, while Amiyah Saxton and Laney Stone chipped in seven and six, respectively.

Mabrey Patrick led Campbell wit 10 points.

Portageville will host South Pemiscot (2-3) on Thursday, Jan. 5, while Campbell will host Kennett (5-5) on Saturday, Jan. 7.

PORTAGVILLE 54, CAMPBELL 37

Portageville 13 10 20 11 — 54

Campbell 3 11 12 11 — 37

__Portageville (54) —__ Jayla Weddington 16, Taryn Irby 10, Amiyah Saxton 7, Laney Stone 6, Gloriaha Farmer 5, Aubrey Greenwell 4, Lily Beth Priggel 3, Addi Cayton 3. FG: 20. FT: 9-24. F: 17. (3-pointers: Irby 3, Stone 1, Cayton 1. Fouled out: none.)

__Campbell (37) —__ Mabrey Patrick 10, Darcy Broglin 8, Elyssa Scholtz 7, Kamryn Weeks 4, Chloe Matthews 3, Jocelyn Rathel 3, Marie Wheeler 2. FG: 10. FT: 15-23. F: 20. (3-pointers: Scholtz 1, Patrick 1. Fouled out: Broglin.)