Basketball Recap: Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus Takes a Loss

If Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus was riding high fresh off their 69-27 takedown of Morgan Park Academy on Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus Ravens were just a bucket shy of victory on Saturday and fell 48-47 to the Crane Medical Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Ravens can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 311th, while the Cougars are ranked 139th).

When it comes to explaining why Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus lost, don't look at Cedrick Carter. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds. Carter is also on a roll when it comes to blocks, as he's now posted two or more in the last 40 games he's played dating back to last season. Rejivieon Hudson was another key player, going 5 of 10 on his way to 12 points and seven assists.

Brad Blackman was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 26 points and 12 boards for Crane Medical. The dominant performance gave Blackman a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Treveon Hoskins, who posted ten points and seven rebounds.

Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus moved to 12-5 with that defeat, which also ended their six-game winning streak. As for Crane Medical, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.

Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus has already played their next match, a 59-19 victory against Intrinsic on the 25th. As for Crane Medical, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Payton College Prep at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Crane Medical will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.