What's the difference between Morgan Park and Ben Davis? About 70 points it seems.
The Bolingbrook Raiders girls basketball team -- ranked second in the ESPN RISE preseason national rankings -- lost 42-28 to Ben Davis on Saturday at Parkland College.
Bolingbrook waxed Morgan Park 98-49 in its season opener on Tuesday night.
In the loss to the Giants, 19th in the ESPN RISE rankings, freshman Morgan Tuck scored 20 points. Star sophomore Ariel Massengale was second on the team with three points.
Losing to a good team isn't a big deal, especially this early in the season. Not being able to score against a good team is cause for concern.
Since we didn't take the trip down to Champaign, it's hard to explain exactly what went wrong. I would deduct that the warnings that his team wasn't ready, which coach Tony Smith vocalized on Tuesday, are closer to reality than he would have liked to believe.
What went wrong was that Ben Davis is a good, experienced basketball team. I think Bolingbrook will be fine. They just seemed to be bothered at times by BD's pressure. The Giants didn't play all that great on the offensive end, but defense does the job in this one. Best of luck to the Raiders.