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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 we ....
The Hillcrest Academy boys basketball team is back in action Friday when they travel to Pekin to take on the Panthers. The Ravens come in with a 10-5 overall record, they are 8-4 in the Southeast Iowa Superconference and 8-1 since the holiday break. They rolled through Columbus a week ago 65-27 in Kalona led by Eli Ours 25 points including seven of eight sharp shooting from downtown. John Hughes added 14 points in the victory. Ten total Ravens scored in the win. On the season Eli Ours leads Hillcrest at 17 points, four assists and three steals per game. Ours is currently sixth in school history in total points, made three point goals, assists and fourth in steals. John Hughes leads the Ravens onthe boards with five per game. ....