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Christian Cummings plays through pain; Rockford Christian wins at Byron

BYRON, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — It was a good night and a scary night for Rockford Christian's basketball team and their fans. The Royal Lions won a key Big Northern Conference game at Byron, but they also saw one of their star players go down with an guard Christian Cummings went down hard on a collision under the basket while driving to the hoop. He landed hard on his right hand, and he was in extreme pain. After a delay of a couple minutes Cummings walked off the court, and he was tended to by a the time of the injury, Cummings had 22 points and Rockford Christian led by eight with 4:51 remaining in the game. Cummings returned a couple minutes later. Flexing his right hand, he not only played through the pain, he scored another basket on a driving layup. He then assisted on a game-clinching basket by Chase told me after that game how his hand was feeling. 'Yeah, I'm in pain, but it comes down to it we finished through it. I mean, it's, it's hurting me right now, but we've battled through.' With the Royal Lions battling for a Big Northern Conference championship and a high seed in postseason play, Cummings told me he just had to return to the game. 'Man, it means a lot, man. Going into regionals, the seeding and everything, we want to be here. We wanted to have the top seed going into the regional. So, it means a lot. Just coming back in, I just want to be a motivation to my team that no matter what I'm about through, we all get better through this together.'Rockford Christian won 59-48 to improve to 23-2 overall and 7-0 in the Big Northern Conference. That clinches at least a tie for the Big Northern Championship for the Royal Lions because they have a two game lead with only two conference games remaining. Those games are at Winnebago this Friday and at Rockford Lutheran the following highlights, watch the media player above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.