Porum Cross Telephone tourney first round continues
Porum's basketball teams start play in the Cross Telephone Tournament tonight with hopes of placing highly in the last week before Class A district assignments come out. Porum and McCurtain's boys teams enter the tournament on hot streaks. Here's the hoops schedule for today.
Keota girls (5-7) vs. McCurtain (3-11) (Porum Cross Telephone Tournament) 4:30 p.m.
Last game: Wister 45, Keota 35.
Last meeting: Keota 45, McCurtain 38 (Jan. 10, 2017)
Notes: Keota has won both games against McCurtain this season. Keota's Jadi Welch has scored 33 points in the past two games. The Lions beat the Bulldogs in the first round of the Cross Telephone tourney last year.
McCurtain boys (8-8) vs. Midway (5-6) (Porum Cross Telephone Tournament) 5:50 p.m.
Last game: McCurtain 75, Keota 50; Indianola 53, Midway 49.
Last meeting: McCurtain 69, Midway 65 (Jan. 23, 2016)
Notes: McCurtain has won four straight games. The Bulldogs have scored more than 60 points in 12 of 16 games this season. Midway has surpassed 60 just once. McCurtain beat Midway in the consolation final of the Cross Telephone tourney last year.
Porum girls (10-3, ranked 20th in Class A) vs. Gore (1-7) (Porum Cross Telephone Tournament) 7:10 p.m.
Last game: Savanna 54, Porum 53 (OT)
Last meeting: Porum 61, Gore 31 (Dec. 15, 2016)
Notes: Porum lost back-to-back games against two teams that have 10 wins.
Porum boys (8-5) vs. Gore (0-9) (Porum Cross Telephone Tournament) 8:30 p.m.
Last game: Porum 64, Watts 60; Gans 55, Gore 51.
Last meeting: Porum 59, Gore 40 (Dec. 15, 2016)
Notes: Porum has won four straigiht games. Mason Coulston has scored 86 points in the past four games. Colt Macom has scored in double figures in five of the past seven games.
Kinta vs. Buffalo Valley
Eagles girls (5-10) vs. Buffaloes (7-7) 6:30 p.m.
Last game: Clayton 64, Kinta 35; Whitesboro 47, Buffalo Valley 34.
Last meeting: Buffalo Valley 43, Kinta 27 (Jan. 19, 2016)
Notes: Buffalo Valley has won four of its last six games.
Eagles boys (16-2, ranked No. 1 in Class B) vs. Buffaloes (11-5, ranked 18th in Class B) 8 p.m.
Last game: Kinta 67, Clayton 40; Buffalo Valley 57, Whitesboro 48.
Last meeting: Kinta 64, Buffalo Valley 55 (Jan. 19, 2016)
Notes: Both Kinta and Buffalo Valley have won five straight games. Kinta's Thomas Taylor has scored 49 points in the past three games.