Basketball Recap: St. John's Northwestern Military Academy Takes a Loss

If St. John's Northwestern Military Academy was riding high fresh off their 79-57 takedown of Kenosha Christian Life last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The St. John's Northwestern Military Academy Lancers fell 74-63 to the University School of Milwaukee Wildcats on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 456th, while the Wildcats are ranked 198th).

Mamadou N'Diaye

Points

02/19/25 vs University School of Milwaukee	28
01/24/25 @ Milwaukee Reagan	22
12/20/24 vs Living Word Lutheran	21
02/10/25 @ Luther Prep	20
01/27/25 @ Heritage Christian	20

Despite the loss, St. John's Northwestern Military Academy saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Mamadou N'Diaye dropped a double-double with 28 points and 11 boards. As a matter of fact, that's the most points N'Diaye has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Wesley Chapman, who dropped a double-double with 17 points and ten rebounds.

Even though they lost, St. John's Northwestern Military Academy smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. This was only their 12th loss (out of 13 games) when they hit their own glass that hard.

St. John's Northwestern Military Academy's defeat was their ninth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-20. As for University School of Milwaukee, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season.

St. John's Northwestern Military Academy wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 70-67 victory against Living Word Lutheran on the 21st. University School of Milwaukee has also already played their next game (against The Prairie School), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.