The Unity Christian Lions and the Heyworth Hornets will compete for holiday cheer at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Unity Christian is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
It was a proper cat-fight when Unity Christian duked it out withWarrensburg-Latham on Tuesday. Unity Christian lost 51-30 to Warrensburg-Latham. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 423rd, while the Cardinals are ranked 25th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Heyworth). They walked away with a 62-53 win over Cornerstone Christian on Wednesday.
Heyworth's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-5. As for Unity Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Unity Christian was able to grind out a solid win over Heyworth in their previous matchup back in November of 2022, winning 65-57. The rematch might be a little tougher for Unity Christian since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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