Basketball Recap: Carver Vo-Tech Comes Up Short

If Carver Vo-Tech was riding high fresh off their 71-11 takedown of Digital Harbor last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Carver Vo-Tech Bears took a 71-60 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Springdale Prep Lions on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Lions are ranked 21st).

David Ross

Rebounds

01/09/25 vs Forest Park	14
12/21/24 @ Lanham Christian	14
02/07/25 @ Springdale Prep	11
12/17/24 @ Patterson	11
12/13/24 @ Milford Mill Academy	11
+ 15 more games

Despite the loss, Carver Vo-Tech still got an impressive performance from David Ross, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds. Ross has become a key player for Carver Vo-Tech: the team is 10-5 when he posts at least eight boards, but 2-3 otherwise. Kaiden Matthews was another key player, going 5 for 11 to rack up 12 points.

Carver Vo-Tech dropped their record down to 12-8 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Springdale Prep, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 25-7.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Carver Vo-Tech will welcome National Academy Foundation at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Springdale Prep will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Avalon at 6:30 p.m. on February 17th.