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The Galesburg Christian (Galesburg, IL) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home conference game against Unity Christian (Fulton, IL) by a score of 53-31.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Unity Christian	4	4	6	17	31
Galesburg Christian	20	10	9	14	53

Final score provided by R. Marcum.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Galesburg Christian (23-24)

Unity Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	31	13	63	21	24
11	Lydia Ivory (Fr)	0	0	8	0	0
13	Emily Merema (So)	8	3	14	21	29
14	Kaylie Hays (Fr)	10	5	9	56	56
15	Bella Houzenga (Jr)	2	1	8	13	13
22	Maya Jones (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
23	J. Van Kampen (So)	8	3	12	25	33
24	Amariah Catlin (Fr)	1	0	2	0	0
25	Maddy Wilbur (Fr)	2	1	8	13	13

Galesburg Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	23	61	38	38
2	Lydia Reed (So)	5	1	4	25	25
5	Grace Potter (Fr)	16	7	12	58	58
14	Lauren Walker (Fr)	6	3	9	33	33
21	Payton Dowell (So)	4	2	7	29	29
22	Anna Miller (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
23	Sheridan Cash (So)	0	0	1	0	0
31	Alyssa Miller (Fr)	0	0	4	0	0
42	Kaela Hall (Sr)	22	10	21	48	48

Unity Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	31	4	15	27	1	4	25	9	48	19
11	Lydia Ivory (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
13	Emily Merema (So)	8	2	4	50	0	0	0	1	10	10
14	Kaylie Hays (Fr)	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	56
15	Bella Houzenga (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	14
22	Maya Jones (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	J. Van Kampen (So)	8	2	9	22	0	0	0	1	3	33
24	Amariah Catlin (Fr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	2	0
25	Maddy Wilbur (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	8	13

Galesburg Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	7	16	44	23	61	38
2	Lydia Reed (So)	5	3	6	50	1	4	25
5	Grace Potter (Fr)	16	2	4	50	7	12	58
14	Lauren Walker (Fr)	6	0	2	0	3	9	33
21	Payton Dowell (So)	4				2	7	29
22	Anna Miller (Sr)	0				0	3	0
23	Sheridan Cash (So)	0				0	1	0
31	Alyssa Miller (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	4	0
42	Kaela Hall (Sr)	22	2	2	100	10	21	48

Unity Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	31	11	25	36	12	13	7	21	11
11	Lydia Ivory (Fr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
13	Emily Merema (So)	8	2	8	10	6	2	3	9	4
14	Kaylie Hays (Fr)	10	3	8	11	2	7	1	3	4
15	Bella Houzenga (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Maya Jones (Fr)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
23	J. Van Kampen (So)	8	2	3	5	1	1	0	1	1
24	Amariah Catlin (Fr)	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	2	0
25	Maddy Wilbur (Fr)	2	1	4	5	2	1	3	4	1

Galesburg Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF
	Team Totals	53	17	26	43	12	17	5	5
2	Lydia Reed (So)	5	5	4	9	1	2		4
5	Grace Potter (Fr)	16		5	5	7	6	2
14	Lauren Walker (Fr)	6	2	3	5	1	1
21	Payton Dowell (So)	4				1			1
22	Anna Miller (Sr)	0	1	1	2
23	Sheridan Cash (So)	0	2	1	3
31	Alyssa Miller (Fr)	0	1		1	1	4
42	Kaela Hall (Sr)	22	6	12	18	1	4	3

Unity Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.57	0.62	1.18	0.64
13	Emily Merema (So)	0.67	0.22	0.50	0.75
14	Kaylie Hays (Fr)	0.67	2.33	1.75	0.25
23	J. Van Kampen (So)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
24	Amariah Catlin (Fr)	0.50	1.00	2.00	0.00
25	Maddy Wilbur (Fr)	0.50	0.25	1.00	3.00

Galesburg Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl	TF
	Team Totals			3.40	1.00
2	Lydia Reed (So)			0.50

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Galesburg Christian overwhelms Unity Christian

January 27, 2024: Galesburg, IL 61414

Fans at Saturday's league challenge between the Galesburg Christian Lions (Galesburg, IL) and the visiting Unity Christian Knights (Fulton, IL), saw Galesburg Christian's basketball squad wallop Unity Christian by a tally of 53-31.

With the victory, Galesburg Christian improves its record to 8-6 on the campaign. The Lions travel to Tri-State Christian (Dubuque, IA) to confront the Huskies in a Northern Illinois Christian challenge on Tuesday, January 30. The Huskies come into the challenge with a record of 0-8. Tri-State Christian lost 50-2 in their recent league challenge against Quad Cities Christian (Moline, IL)

Next up, the Knights confront the Faith Christian Falcons (Dixon, IL) in a Northern Illinois Christian challenge, on Tuesday, January 30. Unity Christian will attempt to improve on its 4-11 season record.

UCHS @ GCHS Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 27, 2024 @ 12p

The Galesburg Christian (Galesburg, IL) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home conference game against Unity Christian (Fulton, IL) by a score of 53-31.

Rankings & Records

Unity Christian (23-24)

IL
655

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
5-13	3-8	2-4	2-5	1-4	.278	.273	526	634

Galesburg Christian (23-24)

IL
525

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
13-7	6-3	5-2	5-2	3-3	.650	.667	800	585

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Unity Christian	7.8	7.3	6.1	5.9	29.2
Galesburg Christian	11.6	8.7	9.6	9.2	40.0

Head-to-Head

Galesburg Christian won on 11/17/2023

11/17 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Unity Christian 9 11 0 2 22
GCHS 13 11 12 6 42

The Unity Christian (Fulton, IL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Galesburg Christian (Galesburg, IL) by a score of 42-22.
Box score
Galesburg Christian won on 12/11/2023

12/11 @ 5p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

GCHS - - - - 58
Unity Christian - - - - 29

The Galesburg Christian (Galesburg, IL) varsity basketball team won Monday's away conference game against Unity Christian (Fulton, IL) by a score of 58-29.
Box score
Galesburg Christian won on 1/27/2024

1/27 @ 12p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Unity Christian 4 4 6 17 31
GCHS 20 10 9 14 53

The Unity Christian (Fulton, IL) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's away conference game against Galesburg Christian (Galesburg, IL) by a score of 53-31.
Box score
Galesburg Christian won on 2/2/2024

2/2 @ 9a Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Unity Christian - - - - 22
GCHS - - - - 30

The Unity Christian (Fulton, IL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral conference tournament game against Galesburg Christian (Galesburg, IL) by a score of 30-22.
Box score

11/17 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Unity Christian	9	11	0	2	22
GCHS	13	11	12	6	42

12/11 @ 5p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
GCHS	-	-	-	-	58
Unity Christian	-	-	-	-	29

2/2 @ 9a	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Unity Christian	-	-	-	-	22
GCHS	-	-	-	-	30

Team Stat Comparison

Unity Christian		Galesburg Christian
29.2	Points Per Game	39.9
24.1	Rebounds Per Game	26.0
3.1	Assists Per Game	5.8
10.7	Steals Per Game	11.6
2.5	Blocks Per Game	2.9

Team Leaders

Unity Christian		Galesburg Christian	National Avg.
#13 Emily Merema8.5	Points Per Game	#42 Kaela Hall16.3	4.2
#25 Maddy Wilbur7.5	Rebounds Per Game	#42 Kaela Hall11.5	2.8
#13 Emily Merema1.7	Assists Per Game	#5 Grace Potter3.3	0.9
#14 Kaylie Hays3.0	Steals Per Game	#5 Grace Potter3.5	1.1
#13 Emily Merema1.1	Blocks Per Game	#42 Kaela Hall1.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Unity Christian	5-8		Galesburg Christian	7-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/17/23	Unity Christian	Quad Cities Christian	(L) 34-14	11/18/23	Quad Cities Christian	Galesburg Christian	(L) 34-29
12/5/23	Quad Cities Christian	Unity Christian	(L) 51-34	11/30/23	Galesburg Christian	Quad Cities Christian	(L) 48-33
1/26/24	Unity Christian	Quad Cities Christian	(L) 56-34	1/18/24	Quad Cities Christian	Galesburg Christian	(L) 50-36
				2/2/24	Galesburg Christian	Quad Cities Christian	(L) 51-40
11/18/23	Faith Christian	Unity Christian	(L) 32-16	11/18/23	Galesburg Christian	Faith Christian	(L) 28-17
12/4/23	Faith Christian	Unity Christian	(L) 42-21	12/19/23	Faith Christian	Galesburg Christian	(W) 36-33
1/30/24	Unity Christian	Faith Christian	(L) 44-24
11/18/23	Unity Christian	Morning Star Academy	(W) 30-28	11/17/23	Morning Star Academy	Galesburg Christian	(L) 31-20
11/28/23	Unity Christian	Morning Star Academy	(L) 29-18	1/5/24	Galesburg Christian	Morning Star Academy	(W) 45-28
1/19/24	Morning Star Academy	Unity Christian	(L) 39-18	1/23/24	Morning Star Academy	Galesburg Christian	(L) 41-31
				2/3/24	Morning Star Academy	Galesburg Christian	(W) 31-28
1/5/24	Tri-State Christian	Unity Christian	(W) 51-16	1/26/24	Tri-State Christian	Galesburg Christian	(W) 41-11
1/11/24	Unity Christian	Tri-State Christian	(W) 41-8	1/30/24	Galesburg Christian	Tri-State Christian	(W) 56-11
2/3/24	Tri-State Christian	Unity Christian	(W) 45-15
1/23/24	East Moline Christian	Unity Christian	(W) 50-13	12/7/23	East Moline Christian	Galesburg Christian	(W) 55-10
				2/12/24	Galesburg Christian	East Moline Christian	(W) 52-18

Record Breakdown

U Unity Christian (23-24)		Galesburg Christian (23-24)
5-13	Overall	13-7
3-9	League	8-3
1-1	Non-League	4-0
0-4	Head to Head	4-0
5-8	Common Opponent	7-7
2-4	Home	5-2
2-5	Away	5-2
1-4	Neutral	3-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
1-10	In-State	9-5
4-3	Out-of-State	4-2