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The River Ridge (New Port Richey, FL) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home tournament game against Excel Christian Academy (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 69-37.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ECA	21	15	21	12	69
River Ridge	6	11	12	8	37

Final score provided by G. Gillette Jr.

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Game Stats

Excel Christian Academy (23-24)

River Ridge (23-24)

Excel Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	220	67	29	69	42	44
0	D. Pierrelus (Jr)	28	16	8	13	62	62
1	William Medina (Jr)	37	12	5	9	56	61
2	Jeremy Russell (Sr)	23	6	2	12	17	21
3	Tyler Crockett (Jr)	22	11	5	10	50	50
4	T. Demmings (Sr)	35	10	4	8	50	56
10	Charles Cintron (Jr)	6	0	0	0
11	Juan Jiminez (Sr)	12	0	0	1	0	0
15	Luis Santiago (Sr)	24	6	2	10	20	20
23	D. Coffee (Jr)	33	6	3	6	50	50

River Ridge

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	131	32	14	49	29	30
1	T. BEAL (Jr)	18	2	1	7	14	14
2	ASHTON ADAMS (Jr)	17	3	1	5	20	20
4	A. MELENDEZ (Jr)	5
5	J. CASAREZ (Jr)	24	4	2	7	29	29
11	JOHN GOLDEN (So)	23	8	4	12	33	33
13	JACOB YEAGER (Jr)	11	7	3	7	43	50
14	Colten Weldon (So)	7	0	0	4	0	0
20	AUSTIN BLOMGREN (So)	1
22	Dareal KING (So)	16	8	3	6	50	50
24	Noah King (So)	9	0	0	1	0	0

Excel Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	220	67	3	11	27	6	11	55	26	58	45
0	D. Pierrelus (Jr)	28	16	0	3	0	0	0	0	8	10	80
1	William Medina (Jr)	37	12	1	2	50	1	2	50	4	7	57
2	Jeremy Russell (Sr)	23	6	1	4	25	1	2	50	1	8	13
3	Tyler Crockett (Jr)	22	11	0	0	0	1	1	100	5	10	50
4	T. Demmings (Sr)	35	10	1	1	100	1	2	50	3	7	43
10	Charles Cintron (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Juan Jiminez (Sr)	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Luis Santiago (Sr)	24	6	0	0	0	2	2	100	2	10	20
23	D. Coffee (Jr)	33	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	6	50

River Ridge

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	131	32	1	5	20	3	9	33	13	44	30
1	T. BEAL (Jr)	18	2							1	7	14
2	ASHTON ADAMS (Jr)	17	3				1	2	50	1	5	20
4	A. MELENDEZ (Jr)	5
5	J. CASAREZ (Jr)	24	4				0	4	0	2	7	29
11	JOHN GOLDEN (So)	23	8							4	12	33
13	JACOB YEAGER (Jr)	11	7	1	3	33				2	4	50
14	Colten Weldon (So)	7	0	0	2	0				0	2	0
20	AUSTIN BLOMGREN (So)	1
22	Dareal KING (So)	16	8				2	3	67	3	6	50
24	Noah King (So)	9	0							0	1	0

Excel Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	220	67	19	23	42	12	14	12	11	8
0	D. Pierrelus (Jr)	28	16	4	3	7	0	4	1	3	0
1	William Medina (Jr)	37	12	0	2	2	5	2	0	2	2
2	Jeremy Russell (Sr)	23	6	2	1	3	3	2	0	1	0
3	Tyler Crockett (Jr)	22	11	4	1	5	0	2	1	0	2
4	T. Demmings (Sr)	35	10	1	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
10	Charles Cintron (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Juan Jiminez (Sr)	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
15	Luis Santiago (Sr)	24	6	5	7	12	0	1	4	2	3
23	D. Coffee (Jr)	33	6	3	7	10	1	1	6	2	1

River Ridge

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	131	32	11	21	32	9	3	2	17	5
1	T. BEAL (Jr)	18	2	2	3	5		1		6	2
2	ASHTON ADAMS (Jr)	17	3		4	4	3			4
4	A. MELENDEZ (Jr)	5			1	1		1			1
5	J. CASAREZ (Jr)	24	4	2	1	3				2
11	JOHN GOLDEN (So)	23	8	3	5	8			1	3
13	JACOB YEAGER (Jr)	11	7	1		1	1	1		1	1
14	Colten Weldon (So)	7	0	1	1	2	1
20	AUSTIN BLOMGREN (So)	1
22	Dareal KING (So)	16	8	2	4	6			1
24	Noah King (So)	9	0		2	2	4			1	1

Excel Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.09	1.27	1.75	1.50	22
0	D. Pierrelus (Jr)	0.00	1.33	4.00	1.00	6
1	William Medina (Jr)	2.50	1.00	1.00	0.00	2
2	Jeremy Russell (Sr)	3.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	2
3	Tyler Crockett (Jr)	0.00	2.00	1.00	0.50	5
4	T. Demmings (Sr)	3.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	5
15	Luis Santiago (Sr)	0.00	0.50	0.33	1.33	1
23	D. Coffee (Jr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	6.00	1

River Ridge

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.53	0.18	0.60	0.40
1	T. BEAL (Jr)		0.17	0.50
2	ASHTON ADAMS (Jr)	0.75
4	A. MELENDEZ (Jr)			1.00
13	JACOB YEAGER (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00
24	Noah King (So)	4.00

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Excel Christian Academy overwhelms River Ridge

January 6, 2024: New Port Richey, FL 34654

Fans at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Excel Christian Academy Spartans (Lakeland, FL) and the host River Ridge Royal Knights (New Port Richey, FL), saw Excel Christian Academy's basketball squad wallop River Ridge by a tally of 67-37.

With the victory, Excel Christian Academy improves its record to 8-4 on the campaign. The Spartans host Ridge Christian Academy (Davenport, FL) to confront the Eagles in a Central Florida challenge on Thursday, January 11. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 1-8. Ridge Christian Academy won 1-0 in their recent non-league challenge against Genesis Prep (New Port Richey, FL)

Next up, the Royal Knights confront the Pasco Pirates (Dade City, FL) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 9. River Ridge will attempt to improve on its 3-9 season record. The Pirates come into the challenge with a 3-8 record after their 55-49 non-league win over Hernando (Brooksville, FL).

Players of the Game

Excel Christian Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #4 Tyrique Demmings for being selected the Excel Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

River Ridge (23-24)

River Ridge has not selected any Players of the Game.

ECA @ River Ridge Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 6, 2024 @ 4:30p

River Ridge New Year Tournament

The River Ridge (New Port Richey, FL) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home tournament game against Excel Christian Academy (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 69-37.

Rankings & Records

Excel Christian Academy (23-24)

FL
258

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
20-8	6-0	5-0	10-2	5-6	.714	1.000	1,952	1,499

River Ridge (23-24)

FL	Class
670	97

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
6-15	1-2	5-9	1-5	0-1	.286	.333	974	1,145

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Excel Christian Academy	18.7	15.0	17.9	16.4	-	69.7
River Ridge	10.7	12.2	13.7	10.5	2.0	46.4

Head-to-Head

Excel Christian Academy won on 12/5/2023

12/5 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

ECA 16 11 14 16 57
River Ridge 8 12 20 11 51

The Excel Christian Academy (Lakeland, FL) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against River Ridge (New Port Richey, FL) by a score of 57-51.
Box score
Excel Christian Academy won on 1/6/2024

1/6 @ 4:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

ECA 21 15 21 12 69
River Ridge 6 11 12 8 37

The Excel Christian Academy (Lakeland, FL) varsity basketball team won Saturday's away tournament game against River Ridge (New Port Richey, FL) by a score of 69-37.
Box score

12/5 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ECA	16	11	14	16	57
River Ridge	8	12	20	11	51

Team Stat Comparison

Excel Christian Academy		River Ridge
36.7	Points Per Game	44.6
17.7	Rebounds Per Game	24.7
9.1	Assists Per Game	7.8
5.2	Steals Per Game	5.2
3.0	Blocks Per Game	1.5

Team Leaders

Excel Christian Academy		River Ridge	National Avg.
#2 Jeremy Russell14.8	Points Per Game	#13 JACOB YEAGER15.7	4.9
#23 Daquaylon Coffee6.7	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Dareal KING6.0	2.6
#1 William Medina5.2	Assists Per Game	#2 ASHTON ADAMS1.7	1.0
#1 William Medina2.2	Steals Per Game	#13 JACOB YEAGER1.6	0.8
#23 Daquaylon Coffee2.9	Blocks Per Game	#22 Dareal KING0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Excel Christian Academy	1-1		River Ridge	0-2

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
1/5/24	Zephyrhills	Excel Christian Academy	(W) 61-60		2/6/24	River Ridge	Zephyrhills	(L) 75-27
1/30/24	Excel Christian Academy	Fivay	(L) 77-70		1/25/24	Fivay	River Ridge	(L) 66-41

Record Breakdown

Excel Christian Academy (23-24)		River Ridge (23-24)
20-8	Overall	6-15
6-0	League	1-2
8-2	Non-League	4-10
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
1-1	Common Opponent	0-2
5-0	Home	5-9
10-2	Away	1-5
5-6	Neutral	0-1
2-0	Playoff	0-1
20-3	In-State	6-15
0-5	Out-of-State	0-0