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Avalon SMCA

Black Knights

Mustangs

The Southern Maryland Christian Academy (White Plains, MD) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Avalon (Wheaton, MD) by a score of 69-55.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Avalon	-	-	-	-	55
SMCA	-	-	-	-	69

Final score provided by H. Haley.

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Game Stats

SMCA (24-25)

Avalon

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	164	55	18	49	37	39
0	M. Yidnekachew (Sr)	22	5	1	2	50	50
1	Messiah Manning (So)	32	13	4	9	44	50
5	Luke Arulefela (Fr)	27	10	3	8	38	44
8	Nubek Hailu (Jr)	26	12	4	11	36	36
10	Toran Ayana (So)	25	10	4	11	36	36
14	Wisdom Martin (Jr)	32	5	2	8	25	25

SMCA

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	147	69	32	62	52	56
1	Corey Hughley (So)	25	28	13	21	62	71
2	Chase Purvis (So)	17	2	1	3	33	33
3	Semaj Carter (Fr)	6	0	0	2	0	0
4	J. Griffin lll (Jr)	18	7	4	5	80	90
5	J. Thompson (So)	28	7	3	10	30	30
10	Aaron McGlone (Jr)	28	23	10	18	56	58
11	Phillip St Vil (Jr)	3	0	0	1	0	0
23	Amadou Sow (Jr)	12	0	0	1	0	0
30	Aaron Key (So)	10	2	1	1	100	100

Avalon

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	164	55	2	12	17	17	25	68	16	37	43
0	M. Yidnekachew (Sr)	22	5	0	0	0	3	4	75	1	2	50
1	Messiah Manning (So)	32	13	1	3	33	4	6	67	3	6	50
5	Luke Arulefela (Fr)	27	10	1	2	50	3	4	75	2	6	33
8	Nubek Hailu (Jr)	26	12	0	2	0	4	5	80	4	9	44
10	Toran Ayana (So)	25	10	0	2	0	2	2	100	4	9	44
14	Wisdom Martin (Jr)	32	5	0	3	0	1	4	25	2	5	40

SMCA

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	147	69	6	14	43	11	14	79	26	48	54
1	Corey Hughley (So)	25	28	4	7	57	6	6	100	9	14	64
2	Chase Purvis (So)	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
3	Semaj Carter (Fr)	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	J. Griffin lll (Jr)	18	7	1	1	100	0	0	0	3	4	75
5	J. Thompson (So)	28	7	0	2	0	1	2	50	3	8	38
10	Aaron McGlone (Jr)	28	23	1	3	33	4	6	67	9	15	60
11	Phillip St Vil (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Amadou Sow (Jr)	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	Aaron Key (So)	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100

Avalon

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk
	Team Totals	164	55	29	7	1
0	M. Yidnekachew (Sr)	22	5	3	1
1	Messiah Manning (So)	32	13	3	3
5	Luke Arulefela (Fr)	27	10	4	3
8	Nubek Hailu (Jr)	26	12	6
10	Toran Ayana (So)	25	10	8
14	Wisdom Martin (Jr)	32	5	5		1

SMCA

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	147	69	2	24	26	17	3	1	12
1	Corey Hughley (So)	25	28	0	2	2	0	2	0	2
2	Chase Purvis (So)	17	2	0	6	6	3	0	0	0
3	Semaj Carter (Fr)	6	0	0	0	0	1		0	2
4	J. Griffin lll (Jr)	18	7	0	2	2	5	1	0	2
5	J. Thompson (So)	28	7	1	4	5	3	0	0	3
10	Aaron McGlone (Jr)	28	23	0	2	2	4	0	0	1
11	Phillip St Vil (Jr)	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
23	Amadou Sow (Jr)	12	0	1	4	5	1	0	1	0
30	Aaron Key (So)	10	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	1

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SMCA

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.42	0.25
1	Corey Hughley (So)	0.00	1.00
2	Chase Purvis (So)	3.00	0.00
3	Semaj Carter (Fr)	0.50
4	J. Griffin lll (Jr)	2.50	0.50
5	J. Thompson (So)	1.00	0.00
10	Aaron McGlone (Jr)	4.00	0.00
23	Amadou Sow (Jr)	1.00	0.00

Game Story

Maryland High School Basketball - Avalon toppled by Southern Maryland Christian Academy

January 9, 2025: White Plains, MD 20695

Southern Maryland Christian Academy Mustangs (White Plains, MD) boosters left the game satisfied Thursday as they witnessed their basketball squad notch a victory over the visiting Avalon Black Knights (Wheaton, MD), 69-55 in a league match.

With the victory, Southern Maryland Christian Academy upgrades its record to 11-3 on the year. The Mustangs travel to King's Christian Academy (Callaway, MD) to face the Eagles in a Maryland Independent match on Wednesday, January 15. The Eagles enter the match with a record of 4-11.

The Black Knights now sport a 5-8 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to KIPP DC Legacy College Prep for a non-league match on Saturday, January 11. Avalon will face a Bulldogs squad coming off a 82-47 league win over Capital City Public Charter School (Washington, DC). The Bulldogs record now stands at 8-2.

Avalon @ SMCA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 9, 2025 @ 7p

The Southern Maryland Christian Academy (White Plains, MD) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Avalon (Wheaton, MD) by a score of 69-55.

Rankings & Records

Avalon (24-25)

MD
78

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
18-11	8-3	3-2	10-8	5-1	.621	.727	1,964	1,899

SMCA (24-25)

MD
88

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
18-11	6-7	8-5	3-3	7-3	.621	.462	1,812	1,613

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Avalon	9.1	8.6	12.2	17.2	82.0	-	67.7
SMCA	8.7	12.5	15.2	15.2	0	79.0	62.5

Head-to-Head

Southern Maryland Christian Academy won on 1/9/2025

1/9 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Avalon - - - - 55
SMCA - - - - 69

The Avalon (Wheaton, MD) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Southern Maryland Christian Academy (White Plains, MD) by a score of 69-55.
Box score
Avalon won on 2/13/2025

2/13 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Avalon - - - - 73
SMCA - - - - 70

The Avalon (Wheaton, MD) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Southern Maryland Christian Academy (White Plains, MD) by a score of 73-70.
Box score

2/13 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Avalon	-	-	-	-	73
SMCA	-	-	-	-	70

Team Stat Comparison

Avalon		SMCA
67.1	Points Per Game	55.2
34.9	Rebounds Per Game	21.0
12.9	Assists Per Game	10.9
10.9	Steals Per Game	6.5
2.3	Blocks Per Game	3.1

Team Leaders

Avalon		SMCA	National Avg.
#3 Jordan Fox20.1	Points Per Game	#10 Aaron McGlone16.2	4.9
#10 Toran Ayana8.0	Rebounds Per Game	#25 Mateo Rico6.8	2.6
#1 Messiah Manning4.2	Assists Per Game	#4 Johnie Griffin lll3.2	1.0
#1 Messiah Manning2.9	Steals Per Game	#10 Aaron McGlone1.6	0.8
#14 Wisdom Martin0.7	Blocks Per Game	#25 Mateo Rico2.3	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Avalon	8-4		SMCA	5-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/21/24	Avalon	New Hope Academy National	(L) 68-50	12/27/24	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	New Hope Academy National	(L) 71-70
1/3/25	Avalon	The Living Water School	(L) 98-87	12/19/24	The Living Water School	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(W) 61-57
1/20/25	Avalon	The Living Water School	(W) 71-58	1/24/25	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	The Living Water School	(L) 57-56
				2/18/25	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	The Living Water School	(L) 70-51
1/4/25	Avalon	King's Christian Academy	(W) 81-68	1/15/25	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	King's Christian Academy	(W) 76-71
2/14/25	King's Christian Academy	Avalon	(W) 82-68	2/4/25	King's Christian Academy	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(W) 79-73
1/13/25	Lanham Christian	Avalon	(L) 81-67	1/31/25	Lanham Christian	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(L) 71-49
2/1/25	Lanham Christian	Avalon	(W) 77-69	2/15/25	Lanham Christian	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(L) 63-44
1/14/25	Avalon	Calverton	(W) 70-40	12/12/24	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	Calverton	(W) 72-31
1/30/25	Avalon	Calverton	(W) 82-46	2/14/25	Calverton	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(W) 55-24
2/18/25	Calverton	Avalon	(W) 79-46
1/29/25	Avalon	Takoma Academy	(W) 71-59	1/30/25	Takoma Academy	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(L) 63-40
2/20/25	Takoma Academy	Avalon	(L) 91-78	2/10/25	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	Takoma Academy	(L) 63-52

Record Breakdown

Avalon (24-25)		SMCA (24-25)
18-11	Overall	18-11
8-3	League	6-7
4-6	Non-League	8-1
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
8-4	Common Opponent	5-7
3-2	Home	8-5
10-8	Away	3-3
5-1	Neutral	7-3
1-1	Playoff	1-0
12-6	In-State	13-6
6-5	Out-of-State	4-5