Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Unity Christian). They walked away with a 55-46 win over the Galesburg Christian Lions on Tuesday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Knights considering their 26-point performance the game before.
It was another big night for Nathan Woessner, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 12 rebounds. Woessner is crushing it when it comes to rebounds: he's pulled down at least nine every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Grant Heun, who earned nine points.
Unity Christian was working as a unit and finished the game with ten assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Several Lions players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Malachi Barker, who had 15 points along with seven steals and six rebounds. Another player making a difference was James Miller, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds.
Unity Christian's victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-4. As for Galesburg Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.
Unity Christian has already played their next matchup (against Galesburg Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Galesburg Christian, they will host Morning Star Academy at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
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