Basketball Recap: Intermountain Christian Takes a Loss

If Intermountain Christian was riding high fresh off their 66-30 takedown of Dugway on Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Intermountain Christian Lions took a blow against the Manila Mustangs on Saturday, falling 82-47. The Lions have struggled against the Mustangs recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.

Despite the loss, Intermountain Christian still got an impressive performance from Noah Hillaker, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten boards. That was a full 48.9% of Intermountain Christian's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Knox Westenskow, who earned four points and six rebounds.

Lions

Offensive Rebounds

12/02/23 vs Dugway	15
12/07/24 @ Manila	13
01/09/24 vs Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	12
12/08/23 @ Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	12
12/02/23 vs Manila	10

Even though they lost, Intermountain Christian smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive boards they've posted since back in December of 2023.

Manila's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Teague Goodman, who put up 20 points and eight rebounds. The dominant performance gave Goodman a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Lail, who had 17 points.

Intermountain Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Manila, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-0.

Intermountain Christian wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 93-23 loss against American Heritage on the 7th. As for Manila, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 57-28 victory against Hayden on the 7th.