Basketball Recap: Ballou Comes Up Short in High-Profile Matchup with Cardozo

On Friday, Ballou faced Cardozo in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Ballou Knights lost to the Cardozo Clerks at home by a 80-62 margin. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Wednesday (59), the Knights still had to take the loss.

When it comes to explaining why Ballou lost, don't look at Ryheem Benton. Despite the final result, he posted 20 points. The dominant performance gave Benton a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Deontae Brown, who put up 11 points.

Ballou's loss dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Cardozo, their victory bumped their record up to 16-4.

Ballou didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 53-43 defeat against Potomac on the 27th. Cardozo has also already played their next match, a 68-60 win against Decatur on the 25th.