The Morgan Park Academy Warriors will face off against the Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus Ravens at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus will be up against a hot Morgan Park Academy team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Morgan Park Academy blew past Wolcott College Prep 64-4 on Wednesday. 64 seems to be a good number for the Warriors as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Morgan Park Academy found their leader in sophomore Tiara Williams, who went 16 of 28 on her way to 32 points along with five assists and five steals. That makes it eight consecutive games in which Williams has scored at least a third of Morgan Park Academy's points. Cecelia Drown was another key player, putting up ten points and three steals.
Morgan Park Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in February of 2024.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They claimed a resounding 45-16 victory over Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park.
Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus has also been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.3 points per game. As for Morgan Park Academy, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-2.
Morgan Park Academy came up short against Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus in their previous meeting on January 8th, falling 61-49. Can Morgan Park Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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