TOLONO - Taylor Henry and the Unity girls basketball team suffered their second straight loss after a convincing win over Illinois Valley Central on Feb. 8. Just days after picking up their first win of the season, and despite another strong defensive rebounding effort while hosting the Knights of the Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond co-op, the Rockets dropped the nonconference game, 67-36.
Henry, a junior, tallied seven of the team’s 18 rebounds and finished with seven points and one assist.
If there was any consolation, the Rockets are one of two teams to score more than 35 points against the now 7-0 ALAH program this season.
Unity’s scoring effort was spearheaded by Maddie Reed’s nine points. The junior shooting guard made three of six shots from 3-point range. Her two baskets in the third quarter were the only field goals her team could muster during the period.
Meanwhile, sophomore Lauren Miller made 80% of her shots inside the arc, going 4-for-5 to finish with eight points, rounding out the top three scorers for the Rockets.
It did not help Unity that ALAH started the contest on fire. The Knights scored 16 points in the first quarter and added 20 in the second to Unity’s first-half total of 18 points, split evenly between the two periods.
Knights sophomore Charley Condill led all scorers with 10 points at halftime. She finished with 13 points, one of three players in double figures.
Classmate Kailee Otto scored a game-high 10 points in the first half and finished with a game-high 16.
ALAH received another 10 points from Mackenzie Bowles to hand the Rockets a 1-4 record.
Unity has two games this week to improve its record.
Tonight, the Rockets welcome 0-3 Olympia to the Rocket Center. Both games will be streamed on the NFHS Network. The junior varsity contest begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by the varsity game at 7 p.m.
On Thursday, Henry and the Rockets will travel to Monticello for another Illini Prairie Conference game. The Sages dropped a 20-point decision last week to Tuscola, 58-38, and posted a 58-39 IPC win over Rantoul.
Box Score
| Unity | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | - 36 |
| ALAH | 16 | 20 | 22 | 9 | - 67 |
Reed 1 (0) 0-0 -- 2, England 2 (0) 1-2 -- 5, Renfrow 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Miller 4 (0) 0-1 -- 8, Stringer 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Steinman 2 (0) 1-2 -- 5, B. Henry 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Reed 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Moore 0 (3) 0-0 -- 9, Alagna 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, T. Henry 2 (0) 3-4 -- 7, Flesch 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0.
Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond
Frederick 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Condill 3 (2) 1-4 -- 13, Nichols 0 (1) 0-0 -- 3, Brown 4 (0) 4-2 -- 9, Seay 2 (0) 0-0 -- 4, Beachy 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Seegmiller 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, A. Miller 3 (0) 0-1 -- 6, Otto 5 (2) 0-2 -- 16, Bowles 4 (0) 2-2 -- 10, S. Miller 1 (1) 1-1 -- 6.
