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Excel Christian Academy Mt. Zion

Eagles

The Mt. Zion (GA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Excel Christian Academy (Cartersville, GA) by a score of 65-61.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ECA	17	9	17	18	61
Mt. Zion	18	22	10	15	65

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Game Stats

Excel Christian Academy (14-15)

Mt. Zion (14-15)

Excel Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	61	23
3	Chris Hale (Jr)	10	4
11	Darius Thrower (Jr)	17	4
15	Jack Bowers (Sr)	18	8
21	Luke Blackwell (Sr)	2	1
34	Caleb West (Jr)	14	6

Mt. Zion

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	65	25	56	45	50
0	Nyja Callaway (Sr)	0	0	5	0	0
1	Matt Turner (Sr)	6	2	7	29	29
5	CJ Ackles (Fr)	20	6	13	46	58
10	Chris Blanchard (Sr)	14	6	10	60	70
21	Jace Jordan (So)	17	7	15	47	50
23	Christian Corn (So)	8	4	6	67	67

Excel Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	61	2	13	18	72	21
3	Chris Hale (Jr)	10		2	3	67	4
11	Darius Thrower (Jr)	17	1	8	8	100	3
15	Jack Bowers (Sr)	18		2	5	40	8
21	Luke Blackwell (Sr)	2					1
34	Caleb West (Jr)	14	1	1	2	50	5

Mt. Zion

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	65	6	23	26	9	16	56	19	33	58
0	Nyja Callaway (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	Matt Turner (Sr)	6	0	2	0	2	4	50	2	5	40
5	CJ Ackles (Fr)	20	3	8	38	5	7	71	3	5	60
10	Chris Blanchard (Sr)	14	2	6	33	0	0	0	4	4	100
21	Jace Jordan (So)	17	1	3	33	2	4	50	6	12	50
23	Christian Corn (So)	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	67

Excel Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	61	11	17	28	11	2	1
3	Chris Hale (Jr)	10	1	4	5	2
11	Darius Thrower (Jr)	17	3	1	4	1	1
12	Joseph Cuomo (So)		1	4	5	1
15	Jack Bowers (Sr)	18	3	4	7	1		1
21	Luke Blackwell (Sr)	2	1		1
30	Max Rowland (Jr)		1		1	1
34	Caleb West (Jr)	14	1	4	5	5	1

Mt. Zion

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	65	9	20	29	17	15	17	17
0	Nyja Callaway (Sr)	0	2	1	3	1		2
1	Matt Turner (Sr)	6	2	4	6	5	5	1	2
4	Tomias Dunson (Sr)							1
5	CJ Ackles (Fr)	20	2	3	5	3	2	2	4
10	Chris Blanchard (Sr)	14	1	5	6	2	1	3	4
21	Jace Jordan (So)	17	0	1	1	5	7	5	2
23	Christian Corn (So)	8	2	5	7	0		2	3
24	Sandro Skopljak (Jr)			1	1	1		1	2

Misc Totals

Excel Christian Academy has not entered any misc totals stats.

Mt. Zion

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	1.00	0.88	0.88	3
0	Nyja Callaway (Sr)	0.50
1	Matt Turner (Sr)	5.00	5.00	2.50
5	CJ Ackles (Fr)	1.50	1.00	0.50
10	Chris Blanchard (Sr)	0.67	0.33	0.25
21	Jace Jordan (So)	1.00	1.40	3.50
23	Christian Corn (So)	0.00			3
24	Sandro Skopljak (Jr)	1.00

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - Excel Christian Academy nipped by Mt. Zion

January 6, 2015: Mt. Zion, GA 30117

The Mt. Zion Eagles tipped the visiting Excel Christian Academy basketball team by a final score of 65-61 in Tuesday's league game.

In their next game, the Eagles face the Christian Heritage Lions (Dalton, GA) in a A Region 6A game, on Friday, January 9. Mt. Zion will attempt to move on its 6-4 season record. The Lions enter the game with a 7-5 record after their 79-48 league loss to North Cobb Christian (Kennesaw, GA).

With the defeat, Excel Christian Academy moves to 7-7 on the year. The host North Cobb Christian (Kennesaw, GA) to face the Eagles in a A Region 6A game on Friday, January 9. The Eagles enter the game with a record of 8-7. North Cobb Christian won 79-48 in their recent league game against Christian Heritage (Dalton, GA)

Players of the Game

Excel Christian Academy (14-15)

Congratulations to #11 Darius Thrower for being selected the Excel Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Mt. Zion (14-15)

Mt. Zion has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Excel Christian Academy (14-15)

National	GA	Class
12,240	403	52

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
12-14	6-6	5-5	6-4	1-5	.462	.500	1,733	1,704

Mt. Zion (14-15)

National	GA	Class
11,919	396	49

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
14-9	8-4	7-3	5-4	2-2	.609	.667	1,477	1,380

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Excel Christian Academy	14.8	15.5	17.0	17.0	7.3	11.0	66.7
Mt. Zion	13.2	14.7	14.8	14.4	6.3	2.0	64.2

Head-to-Head

Mt. Zion won on 1/6/2015

1/6 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

ECA 17 9 17 18 61
Mt. Zion 18 22 10 15 65

The Excel Christian Academy (Cartersville, GA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Mt. Zion (GA) by a score of 65-61.
Box score
Excel Christian Academy won on 1/30/2015

1/30 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 OT2 Final

Mt. Zion 23 5 13 21 7 4 73
ECA 13 11 20 18 7 13 82

The Mt. Zion (GA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Excel Christian Academy (Cartersville, GA) in overtime by a score of 82-73.
Box score

1/30 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Mt. Zion	23	5	13	21	7	4	73
ECA	13	11	20	18	7	13	82

Team Stat Comparison

Excel Christian Academy		Mt. Zion
66.2	Points Per Game	64.0
32.2	Rebounds Per Game	29.6
12.0	Assists Per Game	15.0
5.2	Steals Per Game	10.3
1.8	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Excel Christian Academy		Mt. Zion	National Avg.
#11 Darius Thrower21.4	Points Per Game	#5 CJ Ackles17.6	4.9
#15 Jack Bowers10.0	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Christian Corn6.2	2.6
#34 Caleb West4.8	Assists Per Game	#21 Jace Jordan4.8	1.0
#34 Caleb West1.5	Steals Per Game	#21 Jace Jordan3.1	0.8
#15 Jack Bowers1.1	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Excel Christian Academy	6-6		Mt. Zion	7-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/14	Excel Christian Academy	Temple	(W) 82-70	1/10/15	Mt. Zion	Temple	(L) 77-65
1/17/15	Temple	Excel Christian Academy	(L) 72-66	1/31/15	Temple	Mt. Zion	(L) 68-64
12/2/14	Excel Christian Academy	Christian Heritage	(W) 65-60	1/9/15	Mt. Zion	Christian Heritage	(W) 76-68
1/16/15	Christian Heritage	Excel Christian Academy	(L) 86-61	2/3/15	Christian Heritage	Mt. Zion	(W) 84-74
12/9/14	Dalton Academy	Excel Christian Academy	(W) 98-38	1/13/15	Dalton Academy	Mt. Zion	(W) 48-9
1/23/15	Excel Christian Academy	Dalton Academy	(W) 64-33	2/6/15	Mt. Zion	Dalton Academy	(W) 67-33
12/12/14	Excel Christian Academy	Trion	(L) 53-50	12/5/14	Mt. Zion	Trion	(L) 67-58
1/27/15	Trion	Excel Christian Academy	(W) 65-61	1/20/15	Trion	Mt. Zion	(W) 76-52
1/9/15	North Cobb Christian	Excel Christian Academy	(L) 95-63	12/2/14	North Cobb Christian	Mt. Zion	(L) 83-38
2/3/15	Excel Christian Academy	North Cobb Christian	(L) 75-37	1/16/15	Mt. Zion	North Cobb Christian	(L) 75-57
1/20/15	Excel Christian Academy	Mount Paran Christian	(W) 56-53	12/12/14	Mt. Zion	Mount Paran Christian	(W) 60-55
2/7/15	Mount Paran Christian	Excel Christian Academy	(L) 67-65	1/27/15	Mount Paran Christian	Mt. Zion	(W) 77-70

Record Breakdown

Excel Christian Academy (14-15)		Mt. Zion (14-15)
12-14	Overall	14-9
6-6	League	8-4
4-3	Non-League	4-3
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
6-6	Common Opponent	7-5
5-5	Home	7-3
6-4	Away	5-4
1-5	Neutral	2-2
0-1	Playoff	0-0
12-14	In-State	14-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0