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Christian weathers adversity for win over Faulkton

Aberdeen Christian’s Hanna Miller, right, tries to get the ball up the floor along the sideline as Faulkton’s Carley Cotton, center and Teralyn Cramer, left, defend during Tuesday night’s game at the Aberdeen Christian School gym. Photo by John Davis taken 1/18/2022
The pressure was on and their main ballhandlers were out, but the Aberdeen Christian Knights found a way to finish off a hard-fought 41-37 girls' basketball win over Faulkton at the Christian School Gym Tuesday night. The fourth-rated Knights built a double-digit lead and then held off a furious Faulkton rally to remain unbeaten Lake Region Conference action. "It took everybody to win tonight," said Christian center Mallory Miller. "We had a foul out early, we had an injury early, so we just had to battle the rest of the game." Christian lost Joy Rohrbach to an injury in the opening half, and then lost Hanna Miller to fouls early in the fourth quarter. Faulkton cranked up the pressure and cut into the deficit, but could never get over the hump. "Faulkton is already a tough out with just how physical (they are) and how good they are at trapping, and then when you’re without two of your primary ballhandlers for a good part of game, that just makes it so tough," said Christi

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