After flying high against DRW College Prep last Thursday, Julian came back down to earth. The Julian Jaguars lost 86-61 to the Morgan Park Mustangs on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 472nd, while the Mustangs are ranked 233rd).
Nasir Rankin was a one-man wrecking crew for Morgan Park as he went 11 of 20 on his way to 27 points along with five assists and five boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacque Lewis, who posted nine points and four steals.
Julian's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Morgan Park, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-2.
Julian didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 92-64 defeat against Christian Fenger Academy on the 12th. As for Morgan Park, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 110-51 victory against Harlan on the 12th.
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