It wasn’t pretty, gut-tough wins usually aren’t, but Latham Western wasn’t going for style points.

A victory will do, and it was earned 64-61 over Portsmouth in an Ohio boys basketball matchup.

It were a long ride home for the Trojans, which saw their late lead disappear with the Indians’s 33-30 fourth-quarter performance.

Tough to find an edge early, the Indians and the Trojans fashioned a 31-31 stalemate through the first quarter.

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