The Hillcrest Academy boys basketball team suffered only their second loss since Christmas break on Friday, falling 48-30 at No. 9 Pekin. The Ravens led 9-5 after the first quarter with Eli Ours supplying all of the Hillcrest points. Pekin took the lead for good with an 8-0 run in the second frame to go up 21-15 at half. They parlayed that into an 18-4 run that spanned portions of the second and third quarter and would lead 33-24 going to the fourth. The Panthers outscored the Ravens 13-6 in the final period to put the game away. After the contest, Hillcrest head coach Dwight Gingerich talked about his team’s effort. “You can tell that we got a little bit tired. We got in the lane but got some shots rejected because of a lack of awareness. Those things all seemed to add up. I thought we did a better job in this game for a larger period of time than in our first matchup with them. Eli Ours is really playing like the all-conference player that he is. He’s really solid. They were physical with him tonight and he gave it all he had. In spite of the physicality he had a pretty good night. The rebounding and turnovers told the story tonight. They got too many second chances tonight and it hurt us.”