Basketball Recap: Kona Resseau's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Sound Christian over Muckleshoot Tribal

If Sound Christian was feeling good fresh off their 82-53 takedown of Quilcene last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Sound Christian Lions took a 78-69 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Muckleshoot Tribal Kings on Wednesday. The loss continues a trend for the Lions in their matchups with the Kings: they've now lost four in a row.

Kona Resseau

Rebounds

01/02/24 @ Northwest Yeshiva	10
01/24/24 @ Varsity Opponent	10
01/15/25 @ Muckleshoot Tribal	9
12/13/23 vs Summit Classical Christian School	9
01/11/24 vs Concordia Christian Academy	9

Several Lions players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Kona Resseau, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine rebounds. That's the most boards Resseau has posted since back in January of 2024. Moses Stiver was another key player, going 7 of 11 en route to 18 points and eight rebounds.

Leading Muckleshoot Tribal to victory were Payton Brown and Cedar Korndorfer. Brown went 12 for 17 on his way to 29 points and seven boards, while Korndorfer went 6 of 10 from beyond the arc en route to 24 points and six rebounds. Another player making a difference was Rylee Markantonatos, who posted 11 points.

Sound Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 10-4. As for Muckleshoot Tribal, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-2.

Sound Christian has already played their next match (against Providence Classical Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Muckleshoot Tribal will take on Evergreen Lutheran at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Muckleshoot Tribal knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Evergreen Lutheran likes a good challenge.