Galesburg Christian is 2-8 against Quad Cities Christian since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Galesburg Christian Lions will hit the road for the first time this season to challenge the Quad Cities Christian Eagles at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Galesburg Christian will head into Friday's match having proved themselves against Pathway Christian: Galesburg Christian took a 22-point defeat the last time they faced off against Pathway Christian, but they managed to turn things around on Friday. Galesburg Christian sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 50-48 victory over Pathway Christian. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Lions have posted since December 15, 2023.
Meanwhile, Quad Cities Christian took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging a 68-26 victory over Unity Christian. The Eagles pushed the score to 49-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights had little chance of recovering from.
Tanner Garant had an outrageously good game as he went 7 for 8 en route to 17 points plus four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Korbin Wolf, who scored nine points plus five steals.
Quad Cities Christian was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January.
The win made it two in a row for Galesburg Christian and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Quad Cities Christian, their victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 1-1.
Galesburg Christian was taken down by Quad Cities Christian 65-34 in their previous meeting back in January. Thankfully for Galesburg Christian, Seth Karl (who shot 6-for-8 from deep and dropped a double-double on 26 points and ten rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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