The Winona Christian Stars saw their basketball season come to and end last week in the first round of the Class 3A state tournament.
The Stars fell in the first round as Christian Collegiate pulled away in the second half and took a 63-40 win to end Winona Christian’s season.
Second-year coach Nick Mumme said he saw the Stars make a lot of improvement this season.
“I’m extremely proud of this group,” coach Nick Mumme said. “We grew in a lot of areas as a team that I was hoping too. This is a really unselfish group that loves playing with one another. The biggest thing that this group did was mature mentally as individuals and as a team throughout the year.”
Mumme said he hopes the Stars will build off what they accomplished this season and move forward with that in the offseason.
“We took a lot of steps forward in year two, but we still have so much room to grow as individual players and and as a team and that excites me,” Mumme said. “We need to be more motivated than ever this offseason so we can build off of the successes we’ve had this past year. This is going to be a fun offseason because this is a group that understands the work you have to put in to be successful and I know they won’t be satisfied with this year.”
Christian Collegiate 63,
Winona Christian 40
The Bulldogs pulled way in the second half and took a 23-point win over the Stars in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs.
Each team scored nine points in the first period and Christian Collegiate outscored Winona Christian 15-12 in the second to lead 24-21 at the half. Christian Collegiate then outscored Winona 25-13 in the third to take a 49-34 going to the fourth. The Bulldogs took the fourth period 14-6 for the final margin.
Jake Ware led Winona Christian with 13 points and seven rebounds while Landon Bland had seven points and seven rebounds. Collin Parkinson had seven points and four rebounds while Reese Johnson had five points and five rebounds.
