The Tri-State Christian Crusaders waltzed into their matchup Wednesday with six straight wins but they left with seven. They came out on top against Tower Hill by a score of 69-58. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Tri-State Christian was led to victory by Sam Falko and Jeremiah Falko. Falko scored 28 points along with six rebounds and five assists, while Falko scored 30 points. That makes it five consecutive games in which Falko has scored at least 25% of Tri-State Christian's points. The team also got some help courtesy of John Gabrielli, who scored nine points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Tri-State Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season. As for Tower Hill, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Tri-State Christian won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Tome at 5:30 p.m. on January 4th. Tome is on a four-game streak of home wins, Tri-State Christian a seven-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season)-- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. As for Tower Hill, they will head out on the road to face off against William Penn at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
