Basketball Recap: Crane Medical Comes Up Short

Crane Medical has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They took a 67-58 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Whitney Young Dolphins on Thursday. If the Cougars were looking for revenge after losing 82-54 to them when the teams met back in January of 2019, then they'll just have to keep looking.

Brad Blackman

Blocked Shots

02/20/25 @ Whitney Young	5
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
+ 15 more games

Despite the loss, Crane Medical still got an impressive performance from Brad Blackman, who dropped a double-double with 27 points and 15 boards. Blackman has been hot for a while, having also posted three or more blocks the last 20 times he's played. Another player making a difference was William Hill, who went 5-for-9 on his way to 13 points and six rebounds.

Crane Medical's loss dropped their record down to 19-8. As for Whitney Young, their victory bumped their record up to 17-13.

Crane Medical does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Whitney Young, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 56-48 win against Perspectives-IIT/Joslin on the 21st.