Basketball Recap: Bowen Takes a Loss

After flying high against Air Force Academy last Thursday, Bowen came back down to earth. The Bowen Boilermakers had to suffer through a 86-46 loss at the hands of the Milwaukee School of Languages Hawks. While losing is never fun, the Boilermakers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 365th in Illinois, while the Hawks are ranked 122nd in Wisconsin).

Several Boilermakers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Rae'Qwon Rogers, who posted 15 points along with five boards and four steals. Rogers is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last four games he's played. Jeremiah Carter was another key player, going 5 for 7 on his way to 12 points and seven rebounds.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Milwaukee School of Languages to victory, but perhaps none more so than Aj,(Amaris) Hunt, who went 10 of 19 on his way to 29 points in addition to six boards and five assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Manning Shareef, who put up 18 points along with eight rebounds and six blocks.

Bowen's record now sits at 5-8. As for Milwaukee School of Languages, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-1.

Bowen didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 48-42 loss against PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central on the 26th. As for Milwaukee School of Languages, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 63-62 defeat against Columbus on the 27th.