Basketball Recap: Crane Medical Comes Up Short

If Crane Medical was feeling good fresh off their 77-34 takedown of DRW College Prep last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Crane Medical Cougars were just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 53-52 to the Hyde Park Thunderbirds. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Thunderbirds recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.

Brad Blackman

Blocked Shots

02/06/25 vs Hyde Park	6
02/01/25 vs DRW College Prep	3
01/30/25 @ North Lawndale	5
01/28/25 vs Payton College Prep	3
01/25/25 vs Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus	3
+ 14 more games

Crane Medical lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Brad Blackman, who posted four points along with 11 rebounds, six assists, and six blocks. He has been hot for a while, having posted three or more blocks the last 19 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Treveon Hoskins, who had 13 points.

Crane Medical's defeat dropped their record down to 19-7. As for Hyde Park, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-14.

Crane Medical does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Hyde Park, they have already played their next contest, a 65-64 win against Lincoln Park on the 8th.