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Mississippi Valley Christian Rivers of Life Christian

Warriors

Eagles

The Rivers of Life Christian (Granite City, IL) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Mississippi Valley Christian (Alton, IL) by a score of 55-23.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MVCHS	25	15	10	5	55
RLCHS	4	7	11	1	23

Final score provided by T. Watkins Jr.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup

Game Stats

Mississippi Valley Christian (23-24)

Rivers of Life Christian (23-24)

Mississippi Valley Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	246	55	24	50	48	53
2	E. Steinhauer (7th)	4		0	0
3	John Kunz (8th)	28	12	5	8	63	75
4	Jentzen Felt (Fr)	20		0	0
5	Gray Sapp (Jr)	37	4	2	3	67	67
10	Caden Snyder (Fr)	36	2	1	4	25	25
12	Joey Kunz (Sr)	45	34	15	28	54	59
14	C. Hickerson (Jr)	43		0	1	0	0
21	Evan Martin (So)	18	2	1	4	25	25
23	Jonah Feuerhawk (Sr)	15	1	0	2	0	0

Rivers of Life Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	23
21	P. Sheppard (Jr)	8
25	Jacob Cochran (So)	8
32	Tayden Carter (Jr)	4
45	Tyler Jepsen (So)	3

Mississippi Valley Christian

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	246	55	5	18	28	2	6	33	19	32	59
2	E. Steinhauer (7th)	4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	John Kunz (8th)	28	12	2	3	67	0	0	0	3	5	60
4	Jentzen Felt (Fr)	20		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Gray Sapp (Jr)	37	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
10	Caden Snyder (Fr)	36	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
12	Joey Kunz (Sr)	45	34	3	8	38	1	4	25	12	20	60
14	C. Hickerson (Jr)	43		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Evan Martin (So)	18	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
23	Jonah Feuerhawk (Sr)	15	1	0	1	0	1	2	50	0	1	0

Rivers of Life Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	23
21	P. Sheppard (Jr)	8
25	Jacob Cochran (So)	8
32	Tayden Carter (Jr)	4
45	Tyler Jepsen (So)	3

Mississippi Valley Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	246	55	7	21	28	16	16	7	20	19
2	E. Steinhauer (7th)	4		0	0		0	0	0	1	0
3	John Kunz (8th)	28	12	0	0		5	1	0	0	0
4	Jentzen Felt (Fr)	20		3	1	4	3	2	0	2	3
5	Gray Sapp (Jr)	37	4	0	3	3	3	4	0	2	3
10	Caden Snyder (Fr)	36	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	3
12	Joey Kunz (Sr)	45	34	3	11	14	2	4	7	5	3
14	C. Hickerson (Jr)	43		1	1	2	0	2	0	5	3
21	Evan Martin (So)	18	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0
23	Jonah Feuerhawk (Sr)	15	1	0	2	2	3	1	0	0	4

Rivers of Life Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	23
21	P. Sheppard (Jr)	8
25	Jacob Cochran (So)	8
32	Tayden Carter (Jr)	4
45	Tyler Jepsen (So)	3

Mississippi Valley Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.80	0.80	0.84	0.37	15
3	John Kunz (8th)	5.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
4	Jentzen Felt (Fr)	1.50	1.00	0.67	0.00	2
5	Gray Sapp (Jr)	1.50	2.00	1.33	0.00	1
12	Joey Kunz (Sr)	0.40	0.80	1.33	2.33	1
14	C. Hickerson (Jr)	0.00	0.40	0.67	0.00	8
21	Evan Martin (So)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	2
23	Jonah Feuerhawk (Sr)	3.00	1.00	0.25	0.00	1

Misc Totals

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Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Mississippi Valley Christian overwhelms Rivers of Life Christian

February 1, 2024: Granite City, IL 62040

Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Mississippi Valley Christian Warriors (Alton, IL) and the host Rivers of Life Christian Eagles (Granite City, IL), saw Mississippi Valley Christian's basketball squad wallop Rivers of Life Christian by a count of 55-22.

With the victory, Mississippi Valley Christian upgrades its record to 16-6 on the campaign. The Warriors travel to Eagle Ridge Christian (Cape Girardeau, MO) to play the Eagles in a Metro challenge on Friday, February 2. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 10-7. Eagle Ridge Christian won 52-45 in their recent league challenge against Providence Classical Christian Academy (St. Louis, MO)

Players of the Game

Mississippi Valley Christian (23-24)

Congratulations to #12 Joey Kunz for being selected the Mississippi Valley Christian Basketball Player of the Game.

Rivers of Life Christian (23-24)

Congratulations to #21 Preston Sheppard for being selected the Rivers of Life Christian Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Mississippi Valley Christian (23-24)

IL
376

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
19-10	9-1	5-3	9-3	5-4	.655	.900	1,503	1,233

Rivers of Life Christian (23-24)

IL
529

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
7-13	3-7	3-3	3-3	1-7	.350	.300	650	865

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mississippi Valley Christian	14.3	13.0	14.4	10.1	51.8
Rivers of Life Christian	10.3	10.4	9.4	7.3	32.5

Team Stat Comparison

Mississippi Valley Christian		Rivers of Life Christian
51.8	Points Per Game	31.4
24.9	Rebounds Per Game	-
11.8	Assists Per Game	-
11.4	Steals Per Game	-
3.8	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Mississippi Valley Christian		Rivers of Life Christian	National Avg.
#12 Joey Kunz23.3	Points Per Game	#25 Jacob Cochran10.6	4.9
#12 Joey Kunz8.7	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#11 Drew Gaworski3.6	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#11 Drew Gaworski4.1	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#12 Joey Kunz2.6	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mississippi Valley Christian	9-2		Rivers of Life Christian	2-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/14/23	Providence Classical Christian Academy	Mississippi Valley Christian	(W) 67-29	11/17/23	Rivers of Life Christian	Providence Classical Christian Academy	(L) 39-21
				2/16/24	Providence Classical Christian Academy	Rivers of Life Christian	(L) 57-24
11/17/23	Heritage Classical Christian Academy	Mississippi Valley Christian	(W) 54-52	1/16/24	Rivers of Life Christian	Heritage Classical Christian Academy	(L) 59-19
2/10/24	Mississippi Valley Christian	Heritage Classical Christian Academy	(W) 51-41
11/20/23	Crosspoint Christian	Mississippi Valley Christian	(W) 61-23	11/14/23	Rivers of Life Christian	Crosspoint Christian	(L) 70-35
2/5/24	Crosspoint Christian	Mississippi Valley Christian	(W) 67-30
12/5/23	Mississippi Valley Christian	Thomas Jefferson School	(W) 83-22	11/28/23	Rivers of Life Christian	Thomas Jefferson School	(W) 45-27
12/15/23	Westwood Baptist Academy	Mississippi Valley Christian	(L) 75-37	2/6/24	Rivers of Life Christian	Westwood Baptist Academy	(L) 60-30
1/16/24	Mississippi Valley Christian	Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis	(W) 2-0 (F)	12/14/23	Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis	Rivers of Life Christian	(W) 67-31
1/20/24	Mississippi Valley Christian	Liberty Christian Academy	(W) 58-42	12/11/23	Liberty Christian Academy	Rivers of Life Christian	(L) 64-23
2/8/24	Liberty Christian Academy	Mississippi Valley Christian	(L) 58-42
2/2/24	Mississippi Valley Christian	Eagle Ridge Christian	(W) 51-44	11/20/23	Eagle Ridge Christian	Rivers of Life Christian	(L) 54-22
				2/15/24	Eagle Ridge Christian	Rivers of Life Christian	(L) 65-32

Record Breakdown

Mississippi Valley Christian (23-24)		Rivers of Life Christian (23-24)
19-10	Overall	7-13
11-2	League	3-8
4-3	Non-League	4-0
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
9-2	Common Opponent	2-8
5-3	Home	3-3
9-3	Away	3-3
5-4	Neutral	1-7
0-0	Playoff	0-0
8-7	In-State	1-1
11-3	Out-of-State	4-8