Ontario Christian is 2-8 against the Falcons since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Ontario Christian Knights will look to defend their home court against the Aquinas Falcons at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Even though Ontario Christian has not done well against the Lions recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Ontario Christian walked away with a 74-62 victory over the Lions. 74 seems to be a good number for Ontario Christian as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Ontario Christian's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Alex Yang led the charge by scoring 29 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Yang has scored all season. Max Ma was another key contributor, scoring 17 points along with three blocks and two steals.
Meanwhile, Aquinas entered their tilt with the Eagles with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. Aquinas came out on top against the Eagles by a score of 61-51 on Tuesday.
The victory makes it two in a row for Ontario Christian and bumps their season record up to 15-9. As for Aquinas, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-10 record this season.
Ontario Christian came up short against the Falcons in their previous matchup back in January, falling 51-40. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Aquinas' Daniel Wol, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 19 rebounds. Now that Ontario Christian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
