Basketball Recap: Ursuline Academy Falls Short Against Ranked Smyrna

On Wednesday, Ursuline Academy faced Smyrna in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Ursuline Academy Raiders fell just short of the Smyrna Eagles by a score of 70-67. The Raiders' defeat continues a trend for the team, making it four in a row.

Ursuline Academy now has a losing record at 7-8. As for Smyrna, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.

While Ursuline Academy had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.