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Chicago Academy Northtown

Cougars

Pumas

The Northtown (Chicago, IL) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against Chicago Academy (Chicago, IL) by a score of 60-56.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Chicago Academy	15	7	15	23	60
Northtown	21	11	15	9	56

Final score provided by E. Miller.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Chicago Academy (23-24)

Chicago Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	60	25	62	40	42
1	Isaiah Cortez (Sr)	26	11	27	41	43
3	Ahmad Ahmad (Sr)	2	1	6	17	17
4	Dante Felix (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
5	Yaquub Ihmud (Jr)	10	5	11	45	45
10	Michael Nowak (Sr)	7	2	6	33	33
23	Julian Thompson (Fr)	2	1	1	100	100
24	Kyle Orta (Sr)	11	4	10	40	45

Chicago Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	60	2	6	33	8	10	80	23	56	41
1	Isaiah Cortez (Sr)	26	1	4	25	3	3	100	10	23	43
3	Ahmad Ahmad (Sr)	2	0	1	0				1	5	20
4	Dante Felix (Jr)	2							1	1	100
5	Yaquub Ihmud (Jr)	10							5	11	45
10	Michael Nowak (Sr)	7				3	4	75	2	6	33
23	Julian Thompson (Fr)	2				0	1	0	1	1	100
24	Kyle Orta (Sr)	11	1	1	100	2	2	100	3	9	33

Chicago Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	60	22	18	41	10	6	3	14	16
1	Isaiah Cortez (Sr)	26	7		7		1	1	3	4
3	Ahmad Ahmad (Sr)	2		2	2	3	1		2	5
4	Dante Felix (Jr)	2	2	3	5	1	1			1
5	Yaquub Ihmud (Jr)	10	7	6	13	1		1	1	2
10	Michael Nowak (Sr)	7	5		5		2	1	1	2
15	Joel Cortez (So)			2	2	1			1
20	Jordan Rivera (So)								1
22	Mahdi Ahmad (So)				1
23	Julian Thompson (Fr)	2
24	Kyle Orta (Sr)	11	1	5	6	4	1		5	2

Chicago Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.71	0.43	0.38	0.19
1	Isaiah Cortez (Sr)		0.33	0.25	0.25
3	Ahmad Ahmad (Sr)	1.50	0.50	0.20
4	Dante Felix (Jr)			1.00
5	Yaquub Ihmud (Jr)	1.00			0.50
10	Michael Nowak (Sr)		2.00	1.00	0.50
15	Joel Cortez (So)	1.00
24	Kyle Orta (Sr)	0.80	0.20	0.50

Northtown (23-24)

Northtown has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Northtown edged by Chicago Academy

December 11, 2023: Chicago, IL 60659

The Northtown Pumas basketball team (Chicago, IL), was nudged 60-56 in Monday's non-league battle with the visiting Chicago Academy Cougars (Chicago, IL)

The Cougars now possess a 3-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Northside for a Chicago Public - White North battle on Wednesday, December 13. Chicago Academy will confront a Mustangs team coming off a 57-42 non-league win over Alcott (Chicago, IL). The Mustangs record now stands at 5-4.

The Pumas (1-3) will now prepare for their battle against North Shore Country Day (Winnetka, IL). The Raiders come into the non-league battle with a 1-4 record. In their last battle, North Shore Country Day was nudged by Rochelle Zell Jewish (Deerfield, IL), 52-46, in a non-league battle.

Players of the Game

Chicago Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #5 Yaquub Ihmud for being selected the Chicago Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Northtown (23-24)

Northtown has not selected any Players of the Game.

CA @ Northtown Basketball Game Info

Mon., Dec. 11, 2023 @ 5p

The Northtown (Chicago, IL) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against Chicago Academy (Chicago, IL) by a score of 60-56.

Rankings & Records

Chicago Academy (23-24)

IL	Class
608	166

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-12	2-7	6-4	3-8	.429	.222	1,090	1,153

Northtown (23-24)

IL	Class
717	142

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
3-18	1-5	1-6	2-12	.143	.167	1,001	1,319

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Chicago Academy	11.6	11.3	14.5	15.3	51.9
Northtown	21.0	11.0	15.0	9.0	47.7

Team Stat Comparison

Chicago Academy		Northtown
51.9	Points Per Game	-
25.3	Rebounds Per Game	-
9.0	Assists Per Game	-
8.8	Steals Per Game	-
2.3	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Chicago Academy		Northtown	National Avg.
#1 Isaiah Cortez28.0	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#5 Yaquub Ihmud7.1	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#24 Kyle Orta3.3	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#1 Isaiah Cortez3.3	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#10 Michael Nowak1.1	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Chicago Academy	2-2		Northtown	1-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/8/23	Lake View	Chicago Academy	(L) 52-38	1/29/24	Northtown	Lake View	(L) 67-34
				2/19/24	Northtown	Lake View	(L) 71-28
12/13/23	Chicago Academy	Northside	(L) 79-45	1/8/24	Northtown	Northside	(L) 73-49
12/15/23	Mather	Chicago Academy	(W) 50-47	2/7/24	Northtown	Mather	(L) 68-61
12/21/23	Steinmetz College Prep	Chicago Academy	(W) 62-28	12/1/23	Northtown	Steinmetz College Prep	(W) 65-63

Record Breakdown

Chicago Academy (23-24)		Northtown (23-24)
9-12	Overall	3-18
2-7	League	1-5
7-4	Non-League	2-11
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-2	Common Opponent	1-4
6-4	Home	1-6
3-8	Away	2-12
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-1
9-12	In-State	3-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0