Rockford Rams 64, Grand Rapids Christian Eagles 72

Grand Rapids Christian 72, Rockford 64: Eagles improve to 6-1 behind high-scoring trio

By Steve Vedder | svedder@mlive.com on January 13, 2015 11:42 PM

Three Grand Rapids Christian players combined for 53 points in Tuesday's 72-64 boys basketball win over Rockford. DeLeon Brown and Alex Bos each had 18 points for the Eagles while Thad Shymanski added 17. Michael Peterson had 21 points for Rockford (2-5).

The win improves Grand Rapids Christian to 6-1. The Eagles survived being outrebounded 43-38.

"We pulled away in the third quarter, made some big shots down the stretch and made our free throws in the fourth quarter," Eagles coach Mark Warners said. "They outrebounded us, but we got gritty down the stretch. I'm happy where we're at.

"They took Brown away from us, double-teaming him, so we were able to find the open guy (Shymanski), who scored a career-high."