Basketball Recap: Northland Christian Sets Scoring Season-High Against Heartland

Northland Christian

Team Score

01/30/25 vs Heartland	68
01/16/25 @ Heartland	58
01/23/25 @ La Monte	57
01/14/25 @ Bishop Seabury Academy	55
12/05/24 vs Faith Christian Academy	52

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northland Christian). They blew past the Heartland Mustangs 68-21 on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win Northland Christian has posted since December 12, 2023.

Northland Christian's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Creed Carlson, who almost dropped a double-double on ten points and nine steals. David Ceballos was another key player, going 7 for 12 en route to 15 points and three steals.

Northland Christian was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Northland Christian's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-10. As for Heartland, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-12 record this season.

Northland Christian wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 71-55 defeat against Maranatha Christian Academy on the 3rd. As for Heartland, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Miami at 1:00 p.m. on December 28th.