Basketball Recap: Takoma Academy Takes a Loss

After flying high against Calverton last Tuesday, Takoma Academy came back down to earth. The Takoma Academy Tigers might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting the St. John's Cadets an easy 66-43 victory. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 53rd in Maryland, while the Cadets are ranked fourth in District of Columbia).

Takoma Academy dropped their record down to 6-4 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for St. John's, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-1.

Takoma Academy will take on Maret in a tournament on Saturday. St. John's will take on Riverdale Baptist in a holiday battle at at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.