The Victory Christian Academy Lions struggled with assists on Thursday (the Illiana Christian Vikings had 12 more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Victory Christian Academy was dealt a 53-14 defeat at the hands of Illiana Christian. Victory Christian Academy was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 24-4.
Amariah Jankowski was Victory Christian Academy's leading scorer, having posted five points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Illiana Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ella Olthof, who scored 11 points. Cheyenne DeJong was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds.
Victory Christian Academy dropped their record down to 6-10 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 19.0 points per game. As for Illiana Christian, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 12-8 record this season.
Victory Christian Academy will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Andrews Academy at 5:30 p.m. Andrews Academy will roll in looking for their tenth straight victory, something Victory Christian Academy surely won't give up without a fight. As for Illiana Christian, they will take on Whiting at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Illiana Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 18 on Thursday.
