Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland] is 5-0 against Unity Christian since December of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland] Titans will be playing at home against the Unity Christian Lions at 7:30 p.m. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland] unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 71-59 to Neoga. Despite running the score up even higher than they did on Monday (57), Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland] still had to take the loss.
Josie Armstrong put forth a good effort for the losing side as she scored 28 points along with 5 assists and 5 steals. She scored a full 47.5% of Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland]'s points, the sixth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenzie Hales, who scored 9 points along with 8 rebounds and 4 steals.
Meanwhile, this season hasn't been kind to Unity Christian, who are still winless after their fourth match. They took a hard 48-31 fall against Arthur-Okaw Christian last Monday. While losing is never fun, Unity Christian can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 537th, while Arthur-Okaw Christian is ranked 199th).
Their wins bumped Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland] to 7-1 and Neoga to 7-1.
Everything came up roses for Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland] against Unity Christian in their previous matchup back in February as the team secured a 62-20 victory. Does Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland] have another victory up their sleeve, or will Unity Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
