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The Taft (Chicago, IL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Unity Christian Academy (South Holland, IL) by a score of 61-52.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
UCA	-	-	-	-	61
Taft	-	-	-	-	52

Final score provided by D. O’Neil.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Unity Christian Academy (24-25)

Unity Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	226	61	23	85	27	28
0	Malachi O'neal (Jr)	34	14	6	13	46	46
1	M. O'neal (Sr)	35	17	7	27	26	30
2	D. O'Neil jr (So)	46	3	1	10	10	10
4	Robert Allen (Jr)	36	6	2	21	10	10
5	Vincent Allen (So)	41	16	5	7	71	71
12	Jeremiah Johns (Sr)	16	5	2	4	50	50
15	Aiden Robinson (Jr)	18	0	0	3	0	0

Unity Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	226	61	2	21	10	13	22	59	21	64	33
0	Malachi O'neal (Jr)	34	14	0	2	0	2	4	50	6	11	55
1	M. O'neal (Sr)	35	17	2	9	22	1	1	100	5	18	28
2	D. O'Neil jr (So)	46	3	0	1	0	1	4	25	1	9	11
4	Robert Allen (Jr)	36	6	0	8	0	2	2	100	2	13	15
5	Vincent Allen (So)	41	16	0	0	0	6	10	60	5	7	71
12	Jeremiah Johns (Sr)	16	5	0	0	0	1	1	100	2	4	50
15	Aiden Robinson (Jr)	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Unity Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	226	61	13	16	29	15	14	7	14	18
0	Malachi O'neal (Jr)	34	14	0	2	2	0	2	0	3	5
1	M. O'neal (Sr)	35	17	2	0	2	0	3	1	3	3
2	D. O'Neil jr (So)	46	3	1	2	3	6	3	0	3	0
4	Robert Allen (Jr)	36	6	2	5	7	2	3	0	1	3
5	Vincent Allen (So)	41	16	1	3	4	2	1	3	3	2
12	Jeremiah Johns (Sr)	16	5	4	0	4	1	2	0	1	4
15	Aiden Robinson (Jr)	18	0	3	4	7	4	0	3	0	1

Unity Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.07	1.00	0.78	0.39
0	Malachi O'neal (Jr)	0.00	0.67	0.40	0.00
1	M. O'neal (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.33
2	D. O'Neil jr (So)	2.00	1.00	3.00	0.00
4	Robert Allen (Jr)	2.00	3.00	1.00	0.00
5	Vincent Allen (So)	0.67	0.33	0.50	1.50
12	Jeremiah Johns (Sr)	1.00	2.00	0.50	0.00
15	Aiden Robinson (Jr)	4.00	0.00	0.00	3.00

Taft (24-25)

Taft has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Taft knocked off by Unity Christian Academy

December 27, 2024: South Holland, IL 60473

In Friday's non-league test, the Unity Christian Academy Phoenix (South Holland, IL) basketball squad knocked off the visiting Taft Eagles (Chicago, IL), by a score of 61-52.

Next, the Phoenix encounter the Leo Lions (Chicago, IL) in a non-league test, on Saturday, December 28. Unity Christian Academy will attempt to improve on its 8-4 season record. The Lions come into the test with a 5-5 record after their 75-22 non-league win over South Shore International (Chicago, IL).

The Eagles (2-11) will now prepare for their test against Simeon (Chicago, IL). The Wolverines come into the non-league test with a 6-3 record. In their last test, Simeon beat Bloomington (Bloomington, IL), 89-32, in a non-league test.

UCA vs Taft Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 27, 2024 @ 4:30p

ICCP/Westmont Holiday Tournament

The Taft (Chicago, IL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Unity Christian Academy (South Holland, IL) by a score of 61-52.

Rankings & Records

Unity Christian Academy (24-25)

IL	Class
248	28

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
24-10	8-0	8-1	12-6	4-3	.706	1.000	2,332	1,549

Taft (24-25)

IL	Class
286	99

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
10-21	1-10	5-7	1-9	4-5	.323	.091	1,551	1,890

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Unity Christian Academy	13.0	17.6	16.8	14.4	68.6
Taft	13.4	12.0	16.1	13.1	50.0

Team Stat Comparison

Unity Christian Academy		Taft
52.3	Points Per Game	-
23.8	Rebounds Per Game	-
14.4	Assists Per Game	-
11.2	Steals Per Game	-
4.1	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Unity Christian Academy		Taft	National Avg.
#1 Mason (Josh) O'neal16.0	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#5 Vincent Allen6.4	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#2 Donovan O'Neil jr7.1	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#4 Robert Allen3.0	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#5 Vincent Allen1.7	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Unity Christian Academy	4-1		Taft	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/29/24	Unity Christian Academy	Senn	(W) 58-34	1/11/25	Senn	Taft	(W) 64-46
12/20/24	Unity Christian Academy	MCC	(W) 69-33	2/1/25	MCC	Taft	(W) 60-50
1/6/25	Unity Christian Academy	MCC	(W) 64-26
2/13/25	MCC	Unity Christian Academy	(W) 61-48
12/26/24	Unity Christian Academy	Montini Catholic	(L) 54-49	12/23/24	Montini Catholic	Taft	(W) 45-42

Record Breakdown

Unity Christian Academy (24-25)		Taft (24-25)
24-10	Overall	10-21
10-0	League	1-10
7-4	Non-League	5-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
4-1	Common Opponent	3-0
8-1	Home	5-7
12-6	Away	1-9
4-3	Neutral	4-5
4-1	Playoff	0-1
23-10	In-State	10-21
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0