Basketball Recap: Adin Smajlovic's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Mather over Amundsen

After flying high against Alcott last Monday, Mather came back down to earth. The Mather Rangers fell to the Amundsen Vikings 60-56. The Rangers haven't had much luck with the Vikings recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.

Mather lost on Tuesday despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Adin Smajlovic, who posted 28 points. Smajlovic's evening made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Jeremiah Chalwe, who earned 17 points.

Jackson Tate was a one-man wrecking crew for Amundsen as he scored 22 points and five rebounds. Those 22 points gave Tate a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Cj Fortier, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 18 boards.

Mather's loss dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Amundsen, the win (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 11-2.

Mather has already played their next game, a 65-31 victory against Chicago Academy on the 23rd. As for Amundsen, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 74-66 defeat against Lake View on the 23rd.