After a string of three wins, the Galesburg Christian Lions's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. Their rough 63-42 loss to Rivermont Collegiate might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Galesburg Christian can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 677th in Illinois, while Rivermont Collegiate is ranked 289th in Iowa).
Despite the loss, Galesburg Christian still got an impressive performance from Andrew Summers, who scored 19 points along with seven rebounds. Another player making a difference was Peter Brody, who scored five points along with five assists.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Rivermont Collegiate to victory, but perhaps none more so than Eamon Matlock, who scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. Matlock has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last four times he's played. Tahir Kaplan was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds.
Galesburg Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 11-11. As for Rivermont Collegiate, their victory bumped their record up to 5-7.
Galesburg Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Rivermont Collegiate also has no future games currently scheduled.
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