Portland hangs on to beat Eagles, 55-54

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Windham at Portland

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Portland 55, Windham 54

Kevin Rugabirwa’s free throw with 10.8 second left lifted the Bulldogs (12-2) over the Eagles (13-2) in class of Class AA contenders at the Portland Expo.

Rugabirwa had a team-high 17 points for the Bulldogs, who also got 15 points from Jeissey Khamis. Portland is ranked fourth in the Varsity Maine top 10, while Windham is ranked No. 1

The Eagles got 18 points from Tyrie James, whose free throw with 12 seconds to go pulled Windham even. Adrian Moody added 12 points.

James’ bid for a game-winner as time wound down was off the mark.

1234OT2OT3OT4OT5OTF
Windham91818954
Portland1317151055
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
WINDHAM (13-2)
SCORINGADDITIONAL STATS
Player2-FG3-FGFTPtsRebsAstsStlsBlks
Moody, Adrian50212
James, Tyrie33318
McPherson, Blake1116
Lindsay, Quinton4008
Dickson, Creighty2004
Janvrin, Conor2004
Ninziza, Beni1002
Totals184654
PORTLAND (12-2)
SCORINGADDITIONAL STATS
Player2-FG3-FGFTPtsRebsAstsStlsBlks
Rugabirwa, Kevin33217
Jones, Cordell2015
Girumugisha, Pepito2004
Veilleux, Drew1116
Khamis, Jeissey70115
Meas, Maddox0000
Johnson, James3006
LeGage, Lucas0022
Walker, Devin0000
Amisi, Daniel0000
Totals184755

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