Innovation Academy lost against Notre Dame Cristo Rey back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Innovation Academy The Red Tailed Hawk lost to the Notre Dame Cristo Rey Panthers on the road by a 72-56 margin. While losing is never fun, the The Red Tailed Hawk can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 314th, while the Panthers are ranked 131st).
Despite the defeat, Innovation Academy had strong showings from Bryce Kankam, who went 9 of 17 to rack up 22 points and four steals, and Elijah Vega, who went 8 for 14 on his way to 19 points and three steals. That was a full 39.3% of Innovation Academy's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Barnes, who put up nine points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Notre Dame Cristo Rey to victory, but perhaps none more so than I Feliciano, who had 20 points. Feliciano continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was S Garcia, who scored 19 points.
Innovation Academy's loss dropped their record down to 4-15. As for Notre Dame Cristo Rey, they pushed their record up to 17-1 with the victory, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season.
Coming up, Innovation Academy will face off against Minuteman Regional at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Notre Dame Cristo Rey, they will head out to square off against Excel at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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