Basketball Game Preview: Riverside Christian Crusaders vs. Sunnyside Christian Knights

Riverside Christian is 0-9 against Sunnyside Christian since December of 2014 but things could change on Saturday. The Riverside Christian Crusaders are taking a road trip to challenge the Sunnyside Christian Knights at 2:00 p.m. Riverside Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.6 points per game this season.

Riverside Christian can't be too worried about heading out to take on Sunnyside Christian: they just beat Liberty Christian at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Riverside Christian walked away with a 68-58 win over Liberty Christian on Thursday. That's two games straight that the Crusaders have won by exactly ten points.

Jess Bowden

Points (Career)

02/13/25 @ Liberty Christian	20
12/16/24 @ Liberty Christian	18
01/28/25 @ Sunnyside Christian	15
01/11/25 @ Touchet	11
12/17/24 @ Yakama Nation Tribal	9

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Riverside Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jess Bowden, who went 7-for-9 en route to 20 points. The dominant performance gave Bowden a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Haydn Edwards, who went 6-for-12 to rack up 16 points.

Meanwhile, Sunnyside Christian strolled past Oakesdale with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 57-41.

Sunnyside Christian has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Riverside Christian, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-9.

Riverside Christian came up short against Sunnyside Christian in their previous matchup back in January, falling 56-46. Can Riverside Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.