Galesburg Christian entered their game against Tri-State Christian on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Galesburg Christian Lions were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 45-44 to the Tri-State Christian Huskies. The Lions were not able to make up for their defeat to the Huskies from their previous meeting back in February.
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Galesburg Christian's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Malachi Barker, who posted 19 points and eight steals. The contest was Barker's third in a row with at least ten points. Isaac Movida was another key player, putting up 19 points and six steals.
Tri-State Christian's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Nehemiah Smith led the charge by going 6 of 12 on his way to 14 points and seven rebounds. The dominant performance gave Smith a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Reibling, who put up ten points.
Galesburg Christian's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-3. As for Tri-State Christian, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 2-3.
Galesburg Christian will venture away from home to square off against Faith Christian at 6:30 p.m. on December 17th. As for Tri-State Christian, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 42-40 loss against Pathway Christian on the 13th.
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