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Unity Christian Morning Star Academy

Knights U

Mustangs

The Morning Star Academy (Bettendorf, IA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Unity Christian (Fulton, IL) by a score of 45-26.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Unity Christian	9	5	4	8	26
Morning Star Academy	11	17	15	2	45

Final score provided by M. Peterson.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup

Game Stats

Morning Star Academy (23-24)

Unity Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	26	9	47	19	21
2	Owen Radke (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
3	Noah VonHolten (Fr)	2	1	6	17	17
10	Luke Holesinger (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
13	Joe Striley (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
15	Elijah Johnson (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0
22	Carsen Bennett (Sr)	5	2	8	25	25
25	Samm Wilbur (Sr)	12	3	11	27	32
32	Graham Foust (So)	7	3	12	25	29
40	Korbyn Eversole (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0

Morning Star Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	45	20	61	33	34
3	Isaac Yowell (Jr)	12	5	15	33	40
4	Josiah Curry (Sr)	8	4	8	50	50
5	David Martin (Fr)	2	1	6	17	17
10	C. VanderHart (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
14	Gavin Trotter (Sr)	9	4	12	33	33
15	Jude Rennie (Jr)	1	0	0
22	Tanner Fulton (So)	0	0	3	0	0
23	Eli Hughes (Sr)	13	6	11	55	55
25	Joshua Brady (Jr)	0	0	4	0	0
32	Gabriel Rohde (So)	0	0	1	0	0

Unity Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	26	2	20	10	6	7	86	7	27	26
2	Owen Radke (Fr)	0							0	1	0
3	Noah VonHolten (Fr)	2	0	2	0				1	4	25
10	Luke Holesinger (Sr)	0	0	2	0				0	1	0
13	Joe Striley (Fr)	0							0	2	0
15	Elijah Johnson (Fr)	0	0	2	0				0	1	0
22	Carsen Bennett (Sr)	5	0	1	0	1	2	50	2	7	29
25	Samm Wilbur (Sr)	12	1	5	20	5	5	100	2	6	33
32	Graham Foust (So)	7	1	8	13				2	4	50
40	Korbyn Eversole (Fr)	0							0	1	0

Morning Star Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	45	2	17	12	3	12	25	18	44	41
3	Isaac Yowell (Jr)	12	2	10	20	0	0	0	3	5	60
4	Josiah Curry (Sr)	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	8	50
5	David Martin (Fr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
10	C. VanderHart (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	Gavin Trotter (Sr)	9	0	3	0	1	2	50	4	9	44
15	Jude Rennie (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
22	Tanner Fulton (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	Eli Hughes (Sr)	13	0	0	0	1	4	25	6	11	55
25	Joshua Brady (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0
32	Gabriel Rohde (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Unity Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	26	17	3	4	3	17
2	Owen Radke (Fr)	0					1
3	Noah VonHolten (Fr)	2					4
10	Luke Holesinger (Sr)	0	2			1	4
13	Joe Striley (Fr)	0	1		1		2
15	Elijah Johnson (Fr)	0			1
22	Carsen Bennett (Sr)	5	2	1			2
25	Samm Wilbur (Sr)	12	3	2		2	3
32	Graham Foust (So)	7	7		1		1
40	Korbyn Eversole (Fr)	0	2		1

Morning Star Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	45	17	24	41	8	12
1	G. Imdeke (Fr)	0	0	1	1	0	0
2	Micah Rohde (Fr)	0	0	2	2	0	0
3	Isaac Yowell (Jr)	12	2	4	6	2	0
4	Josiah Curry (Sr)	8	3	1	4	1	1
5	David Martin (Fr)	2	2	2	4	0	0
14	Gavin Trotter (Sr)	9	2	5	7	1	1
15	Jude Rennie (Jr)	1	0	1	1	0	2
22	Tanner Fulton (So)	0	1	0	1	1	1
23	Eli Hughes (Sr)	13	3	5	8	3	5
25	Joshua Brady (Jr)	0	4	3	7	0	2

Unity Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.18	0.24
13	Joe Striley (Fr)		0.50
22	Carsen Bennett (Sr)	0.50
25	Samm Wilbur (Sr)	0.67
32	Graham Foust (So)		1.00

Morning Star Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	8.00	12.00
3	Isaac Yowell (Jr)	2.00	0.00
4	Josiah Curry (Sr)	1.00	1.00
14	Gavin Trotter (Sr)	1.00	1.00
15	Jude Rennie (Jr)	0.00	2.00
22	Tanner Fulton (So)	1.00	1.00
23	Eli Hughes (Sr)	3.00	5.00
25	Joshua Brady (Jr)	0.00	2.00

Game Story

Iowa High School Basketball - Unity Christian falls to Morning Star Academy

November 28, 2023: Bettendorf, IA 52722

In Tuesday's league match, the host Morning Star Academy Mustangs basketball team scored a good 45-26 triumph over the Unity Christian Knights.

In their next game, the Mustangs meet the East Moline Christian Eagles (East Moline, IL) in a non-league match, on Thursday, November 30. Morning Star Academy will attempt to better on its 2-1 season record. The Eagles enter the match with a 2-2 record after their 49-33 non-league win over Pathway Christian (Kalona, IA).

With the defeat, Unity Christian moves to 0-1 on the year. The Knights travel to Pathway Christian (Kalona, IA) to meet the in a Northern Illinois Christian match on Thursday, November 30. The enter the match with a record of 1-4. Pathway Christian lost 66-37 in their recent league match against Faith Christian (Dixon, IL)

Players of the Game

Unity Christian (23-24)

Congratulations to #25 Samm Wilbur for being selected the Unity Christian Basketball Player of the Game.

Morning Star Academy (23-24)

Morning Star Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Unity Christian (23-24)

IL
763

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
1-18	0-12	1-8	0-9	0-1	.053	.000	615	1,065

Morning Star Academy (23-24)

IA
581

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
12-9	8-4	5-4	5-4	2-1	.571	.667	901	839

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Unity Christian	11.1	7.7	9.5	9.2	32.4
Morning Star Academy	9.4	12.2	11.5	8.8	42.9

Head-to-Head

Morning Star Academy won on 11/28/2023

11/28 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Unity Christian 9 5 4 8 26
MSA 11 17 15 2 45

The Unity Christian (Fulton, IL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Morning Star Academy (Bettendorf, IA) by a score of 45-26.
Box score
Morning Star Academy won on 1/19/2024

1/19 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

MSA 10 21 23 6 60
Unity Christian 9 7 14 10 40

The Morning Star Academy (Bettendorf, IA) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Unity Christian (Fulton, IL) by a score of 60-40.
Box score

1/19 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MSA	10	21	23	6	60
Unity Christian	9	7	14	10	40

Team Stat Comparison

Unity Christian		Morning Star Academy
32.4	Points Per Game	40.7
24.9	Rebounds Per Game	26.2
2.3	Assists Per Game	9.4
7.5	Steals Per Game	9.3
1.7	Blocks Per Game	2.6

Team Leaders

Unity Christian		Morning Star Academy	National Avg.
#25 Samm Wilbur10.1	Points Per Game	#14 Gavin Trotter15.9	4.9
#25 Samm Wilbur7.2	Rebounds Per Game	#14 Gavin Trotter8.4	2.6
#25 Samm Wilbur0.7	Assists Per Game	#3 Isaac Yowell3.0	1.0
#25 Samm Wilbur2.4	Steals Per Game	#25 Joshua Brady3.0	0.8
#25 Samm Wilbur0.8	Blocks Per Game	#14 Gavin Trotter1.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Unity Christian	0-14		Morning Star Academy	8-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/23	Galesburg Christian	Unity Christian	(L) 40-23	1/5/24	Galesburg Christian	Morning Star Academy	(W) 61-37
12/11/23	Galesburg Christian	Unity Christian	(L) 59-42	1/23/24	Morning Star Academy	Galesburg Christian	(W) 39-29
1/27/24	Unity Christian	Galesburg Christian	(L) 59-25
11/21/23	Faith Christian	Unity Christian	(L) 58-21	12/12/23	Morning Star Academy	Faith Christian	(L) 52-36
12/4/23	Faith Christian	Unity Christian	(L) 54-13	1/26/24	Faith Christian	Morning Star Academy	(L) 64-52
1/30/24	Unity Christian	Faith Christian	(L) 47-28
11/30/23	Unity Christian	Pathway Christian	(L) 57-41	11/27/23	Pathway Christian	Morning Star Academy	(W) 52-33
1/25/24	Pathway Christian	Unity Christian	(L) 63-45	1/30/24	Morning Star Academy	Pathway Christian	(W) 52-31
2/3/24	Unity Christian	Pathway Christian	(L) 52-44	2/2/24	Pathway Christian	Morning Star Academy	(W) 44-25
12/5/23	Quad Cities Christian	Unity Christian	(L) 70-32	11/16/23	Quad Cities Christian	Morning Star Academy	(L) 44-33
1/26/24	Unity Christian	Quad Cities Christian	(L) 72-36	12/1/23	Quad Cities Christian	Morning Star Academy	(L) 52-34
2/2/24	Unity Christian	Quad Cities Christian	(L) 73-26	1/25/24	Morning Star Academy	Quad Cities Christian	(W) 43-40
				2/3/24	Morning Star Academy	Quad Cities Christian	(L) 47-39
1/5/24	Tri-State Christian	Unity Christian	(L) 55-41	12/4/23	Tri-State Christian	Morning Star Academy	(W) 55-43
1/11/24	Unity Christian	Tri-State Christian	(L) 67-20	1/16/24	Morning Star Academy	Tri-State Christian	(L) 48-44
				2/3/24	Tri-State Christian	Morning Star Academy	(W) 52-36

Record Breakdown

U Unity Christian (23-24)		Morning Star Academy (23-24)
1-18	Overall	12-9
0-14	League	8-5
1-2	Non-League	2-4
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-14	Common Opponent	8-6
1-8	Home	5-4
0-9	Away	5-4
0-1	Neutral	2-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
0-9	In-State	5-4
0-7	Out-of-State	7-5