Here is a summary of the 2021-22 season for the Portsmouth Trojans:

How the 2021-22 Portsmouth Trojans rank offensively in the regular season compared to teams of the past decade, including all OVC years, with final record unless otherwise noted:

Records vs. Each Team at the Conclusion of the 2023-24 season:

Fairland..........4-16

Coal Grove.....12-8

Ironton...........8-12

Gallia Academy.........10-10

Chesapeake...............10-10

Rock Hill..................18-2

South Point..............11-9

PHS finished 10-4 in the OVC, tied for 2nd with Ironton. PHS beat every team in the conference at least once, and swept Ironton, Coal Grove, and Rock Hill. 6-1 road record in the OVC, lone loss at Fairland.

5-10 sophomore DeAndre Berry scored eight 3 pointers for a total of 24 points, leading the Trojans to an 87-66 win over Ripley (OH). Berry tied Matthew Fraulini's 2020 record, in which Fraulini scored a school record 46 points vs. Rock Hill.

Here is the 2021-22 varsity schedule for the Portsmouth Trojans boys basketball team. Varsity games start at 7:30 unless otherwise noted, JV games begin at 6:00. 

What about the 2021-2022 Portsmouth Trojans? Can they score enough to win more games? Can they move up in the OVC standings? Can they rebound enough given their undersized roster? Can they post their first winning season since 2018? Can they advance out of the sectional for the first time since 2017?

Here is the anticipated roster for 2021-22 which obviously could change somewhat: (Class is listed as to what they will be) Edited on 3/5/21 to include several on anticipated roster.

Portsmouth joined the Ohio Valley Conference in the 2014-2015 season. Here is the Trojans' finish each of those years:

2015: 1st
2016: 2nd (Fairland champion)
2017: 3rd (Fairland champion)
2018: 4th (Fairland champion)
2019: 7th (Fairland champion)
2020: 5th (Fairland champion)
2021: 6th (tied) (Fairland champion)
2022: 6th (Fairland champion)

2023: 6th (South Point champion)

2024: Currently tied for 1st with 1 game remaining vs. Fairland.

5 straight years finishing no higher than 5th in the final standings.

After Portsmouth's 85-47 loss to Fairland in the sectional championship, here a few facts and figures from the 2020-21 season:

Portsmouth's 60-41 loss to Fairland on 2/13/21 was the 9th time this season that the Trojans scored less than 50 points. The Trojans are 0-9 in those games. I went back and looked at preceding years to see if this was becoming a trend corresponding to the team's record for the year.

State Tournament Teams 2011 and 2012:

2011: Overall scoring avg. 60.46 PPG; 4 games in the 40's; 1 game in the 30s; Overall Record: 21-5
2012: Overall scoring avg. 61.88 PPG; 2 games in the 40's 1 in the 30's; Overall Record: 24-3

Since 2015:

Here is the varsity basketball roster for the 2020-2021 Portsmouth Trojans:

Miles Shipp..............6-2 SR*.......leading scorer returning 10 PPG; career high 27 vs.Ironton
Chris Duff................6-0 SR
Dariyonne Bryant....6-3 JR*
Drew Roe................5-8 JR*
Amare Johnson.......5-8 JR*
Donovan Carr..........6-0 JR*
Michael Duncan......6-1 SR
Reid Pendleton.......5-9 SO
Tyler Duncan..........5-10 SO
Daewan Spence......6-1 JR
Dante Hamrick........5-10 SR