The Universal Stars will challenge the Unity Christian Academy Phoenix at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Universal is looking for their season's first win.
Universal is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Southland College Prep on Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Universal had to suffer through a 84-35 loss at the hands of Southland College Prep. The Stars were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 46-17.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Unity Christian Academy). Everything went their way against Chicago Christian last Tuesday as Unity Christian Academy made off with a 73-52 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Phoenix.
Universal better focus on containing Robert Allen and Donovan O'Neil Jr as the pair were huge in Unity Christian Academy's win. Allen went 11 for 19 on his way to 28 points in addition to eight rebounds and four steals, while O'Neil Jr almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine assists. Allen has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason O'Neal, who posted 12 points and four steals.
Unity Christian Academy's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Universal, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Universal took a serious blow against Unity Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in January, falling 91-50. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Universal was down 53-18.
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