Basketball Recap: Ontario Christian Sets Scoring Season-High Against Woodcrest Christian

Knights

Team Score

01/29/25 @ Woodcrest Christian	86
12/16/24 @ Notre Dame	80
12/28/24 vs Indian Springs	79
01/07/25 vs Arrowhead Christian	76
01/10/25 vs Woodcrest Christian	75

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ontario Christian). They simply couldn't be stopped on Wednesday as they easily beat the Woodcrest Christian Royals 86-38. The Knights pushed the score to 76-32 by the end of the third, a deficit the Royals had no chance of recovering from.

Leading Ontario Christian to victory were Cole Jones and Mason Salazar. Jones went 9 of 15 on his way to 21 points along with seven boards and six assists, while Salazar went 8 for 10 en route to 19 points and four steals. Jones' evening made it ten games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aj Neale, who went 5 of 8 en route to 12 points and three blocks.

Ontario Christian smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive rebounds in four consecutive matchups.

Madden Anderson and Joseph Abraham certainly did their best on Wednesday to avoid the loss. Anderson posted eight points, while Abraham earned four points. The dominant performance also gave Anderson a new career-high in rebounds (four).

Ontario Christian has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-12 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.5 points per game. As for Woodcrest Christian, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-15.

Ontario Christian wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 59-51 victory against Alta Loma on the 31st. Woodcrest Christian has also already played their next matchup (against Arrowhead Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.