Basketball Recap: Traders Point Christian Drops Highest Score of Season Against Tri-Township

Knights

Team Score

12/28/24 vs Tri-Township	72
12/03/24 @ Indiana School for the Deaf	64
12/17/24 vs Horizon Christian	53
12/13/24 vs North Vermillion	48
12/27/24 vs Southwestern	43

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Traders Point Christian). They wrapped up 2024 with a 72-54 win over the Tri-Township Tigers.

Traders Point Christian's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jakson Jones led the charge by going 9 of 15 on his way to 26 points along with eight assists and six boards. Jones has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Quentin Jones was another key player, going 6 for 11 from beyond the arc on his way to 23 points.

Jakson wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Traders Point Christian was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.

Despite the defeat, Tri-Township had strong showings from Dillon Stewart, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 13 boards, and Hector Osornio, who went 6 of 9 on his way to 19 points. That was a full 48.1% of Tri-Township's points, marking the seventh time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kade Koselke, who put up four points.

Traders Point Christian's victory bumped their record up to 4-5. As for Tri-Township, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-7.

Traders Point Christian didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 66-28 loss against Waldron on the 28th. As for Tri-Township, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 78-55 defeat against Crothersville on the 28th.