Basketball Recap: Ronin Young's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Colonial Christian over Indiana Christian Academy

Colonial Christian was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They took a 45-35 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Indiana Christian Academy Whirlwinds. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 418th, while the Whirlwinds are ranked 96th).

Colonial Christian lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Ronin Young, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds. Young is on a roll when it comes to boards, as he's now pulled down ten or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Clayton Gannon, who posted 12 points.

Sawyer Tipton continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Indiana Christian Academy, almost dropping a double-double on 20 points and nine rebounds. Those nine boards gave Tipton a new career-high. Seth Plew was another key player, putting up 16 points.

Colonial Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Indiana Christian Academy, the victory (which was their 18th in a row) raised their record to 20-1.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Colonial Christian will welcome Heritage Hall Christian at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. As for Indiana Christian Academy, they will be playing at home against Rooted School at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Indiana Christian Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 60.4 points per game this season.