The Tri-State Christian Crusaders and Kankakee Trinity Academy will face off at 3:00 p.m. on March 9th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Tri-State Christian knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past 24 contests -- so hopefully Kankakee Trinity Academy likes a good challenge.
Tri-State Christian pushed their score all the way to 86 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Veritas Collegiate Academy 90-86. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (71), Tri-State Christian still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, Tri-State Christian got a solid performance out of Sam Falko, who went 11 for 19 from beyond the arc en route to 44 points and 2 assists. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Falko has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Falko, who scored 23 points along with six assists and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 27-27 at halftime, Kankakee Trinity Academy was not quite Chapelgate Christian Academy's equal in the second half on Friday. They took a 60-50 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Yellowjackets. While losing is never fun, Kankakee Trinity Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 389th in Illinois, while Chapelgate Christian Academy is ranked 125th in Maryland).
Tri-State Christian's loss dropped their record down to 34-6. As for Kankakee Trinity Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-8.
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