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Taylor First Academy

Wildcats

Eagles

The First Academy (Leesburg, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Taylor (Pierson, FL) by a score of 77-47.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Taylor	14	19	19	25	77
First Academy	5	10	21	11	47

Final score provided by R. Dexter.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

First Academy (24-25)

Taylor

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	77	30	79	38	45
3	Andrew North (Sr)	4	1	4	25	25
4	Sammy Martinez (Jr)	6	2	5	40	60
5	James Thomas (Jr)	30	11	23	48	59
10	J. Colon Fernandez (Sr)	5	2	5	40	50
11	Anthony Miler (Sr)	0	0	5	0	0
13	Jace Harcus (Fr)	12	5	15	33	37
15	Jackson Harcus (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
21	Z. McKinnon (Jr)	16	7	17	41	47
23	Josue Lorenzo (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
33	Tre Gaines (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0

First Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	47	16	55	29	32
2	Tzuri Smith (Fr)	7	2	7	29	36
3	Amir Knowles (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
4	Nate Ben-David (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
11	Rhett Walsh (Sr)	14	5	9	56	61
12	Logan Stalvey (Jr)	13	5	12	42	42
14	Jake O'Dell (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
20	G. Anderson (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
33	Joseph Tucker (Sr)	4	1	5	20	20
44	Aidan Jezowski (Jr)	5	1	12	8	13

Taylor

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	77	11	39	28	6	12	50	19	40	48
3	Andrew North (Sr)	4	0	2	0	2	2	100	1	2	50
4	Sammy Martinez (Jr)	6	2	5	40
5	James Thomas (Jr)	30	5	11	45	3	8	38	6	12	50
10	J. Colon Fernandez (Sr)	5	1	3	33				1	2	50
11	Anthony Miler (Sr)	0	0	3	0				0	2	0
13	Jace Harcus (Fr)	12	1	8	13	1	2	50	4	7	57
15	Jackson Harcus (Jr)	2							1	2	50
21	Z. McKinnon (Jr)	16	2	7	29				5	10	50
23	Josue Lorenzo (Sr)	2							1	2	50
33	Tre Gaines (Jr)	0							0	1	0

First Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	47	3	13	23	12	26	46	13	42	31
2	Tzuri Smith (Fr)	7	1	2	50	2	2	100	1	5	20
3	Amir Knowles (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4	Nate Ben-David (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
11	Rhett Walsh (Sr)	14	1	3	33	3	4	75	4	6	67
12	Logan Stalvey (Jr)	13	0	0	0	3	5	60	5	12	42
14	Jake O'Dell (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
20	G. Anderson (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	2	50
33	Joseph Tucker (Sr)	4	0	1	0	2	2	100	1	4	25
44	Aidan Jezowski (Jr)	5	1	5	20	2	8	25	0	7	0

Taylor

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	77	20	21	41	13	22	11	17	20
2	Aiden Cabral (Jr)		1		1				1
3	Andrew North (Sr)	4		2	2	1	2
4	Sammy Martinez (Jr)	6		1	1		1		1
5	James Thomas (Jr)	30	5	2	7	4	8	1		3
10	J. Colon Fernandez (Sr)	5	1	2	3	1	2			2
11	Anthony Miler (Sr)	0	3	4	7	4		1	2	3
13	Jace Harcus (Fr)	12	1	3	4	1	3		6
15	Jackson Harcus (Jr)	2	2		2		1	3		5
21	Z. McKinnon (Jr)	16	6	4	10	1	1		5	2
23	Josue Lorenzo (Sr)	2	1	1	2	1	3	5	1	3
33	Tre Gaines (Jr)	0		2	2		1	1	1	2

First Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	47	15	26	41	8	12	4	34	11
0	Rayce Teate (So)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
2	Tzuri Smith (Fr)	7	1	3	4	2	2	0	10	2
3	Amir Knowles (Jr)	0	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	0
4	Nate Ben-David (Jr)	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
11	Rhett Walsh (Sr)	14	3	3	6	1	0	0	9	1
12	Logan Stalvey (Jr)	13	3	10	13	0	3	1	3	3
14	Jake O'Dell (Jr)	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
20	G. Anderson (Sr)	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0
23	Luke Rodriguez (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
33	Joseph Tucker (Sr)	4	1	3	4	2	1	0	3	2
44	Aidan Jezowski (Jr)	5	2	3	5	2	4	1	6	2

Taylor

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.77	1.29	1.10	0.55
4	Sammy Martinez (Jr)		1.00
5	James Thomas (Jr)			2.67	0.33
10	J. Colon Fernandez (Sr)			1.00
11	Anthony Miler (Sr)	2.00			0.33
13	Jace Harcus (Fr)	0.17	0.50
15	Jackson Harcus (Jr)			0.20	0.60
21	Z. McKinnon (Jr)	0.20	0.20	0.50
23	Josue Lorenzo (Sr)	1.00	3.00	1.00	1.67
33	Tre Gaines (Jr)		1.00	0.50	0.50

First Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.24	0.35	1.09	0.36	17
2	Tzuri Smith (Fr)	0.20	0.20	1.00	0.00	1
3	Amir Knowles (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1
11	Rhett Walsh (Sr)	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	5
12	Logan Stalvey (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.33	5
14	Jake O'Dell (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1
20	G. Anderson (Sr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	1
33	Joseph Tucker (Sr)	0.67	0.33	0.50	0.00	1
44	Aidan Jezowski (Jr)	0.33	0.67	2.00	0.50	2

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Taylor triumphant over First Academy

January 10, 2025: Leesburg, FL 34748

The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Taylor Wildcats (Pierson, FL) and the host First Academy Eagles (Leesburg, FL), observed Taylor's basketball team overwhelm First Academy by a margin of 77-47.

The Wildcats (8-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Crescent City (Crescent City, FL). The Raiders come into the 3A District 5 challenge with a 3-7 record. In their last challenge, Crescent City was trounced by Middleburg (Middleburg, FL), 71-44, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Redeemer Christian Lions (Ocala, FL) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 13. First Academy will attempt to better on its 2-9 season record.

Taylor @ First Academy Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 10, 2025 @ 6p

The First Academy (Leesburg, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Taylor (Pierson, FL) by a score of 77-47.

Rankings & Records

Taylor (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
612	616	73

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
15-7	2-0	9-2	6-5	.682	1.000	1,316	1,114

First Academy (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
770	774	79

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
3-17	0-1	2-7	1-7	0-3	.150	.000	849	1,172

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Taylor	15.8	15.3	15.7	13.0	59.8
First Academy	11.8	9.1	12.6	9.6	42.5

Head-to-Head

Taylor won on 12/16/2024

12/16 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

First Academy 15 9 10 16 50
Taylor 12 21 14 12 59

The First Academy (Leesburg, FL) varsity basketball team lost Monday's away non-conference game against Taylor (Pierson, FL) by a score of 59-50.
Box score
Taylor won on 1/10/2025

1/10 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Taylor 14 19 19 25 77
First Academy 5 10 21 11 47

The Taylor (Pierson, FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's away non-conference game against First Academy (Leesburg, FL) by a score of 77-47.
Box score

12/16 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
First Academy	15	9	10	16	50
Taylor	12	21	14	12	59

Team Stat Comparison

Taylor		First Academy
59.8	Points Per Game	40.3
39.9	Rebounds Per Game	34.9
11.0	Assists Per Game	6.4
16.1	Steals Per Game	10.5
6.3	Blocks Per Game	2.7

Team Leaders

Taylor		First Academy	National Avg.
#5 James Thomas18.0	Points Per Game	#11 Rhett Walsh10.2	4.9
#5 James Thomas6.7	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Logan Stalvey8.6	2.6
#5 James Thomas2.8	Assists Per Game	#11 Rhett Walsh2.8	1.0
#5 James Thomas4.3	Steals Per Game	#11 Rhett Walsh2.6	0.8
#23 Josue Lorenzo2.2	Blocks Per Game	#12 Logan Stalvey0.9	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taylor	0-2		First Academy	0-2

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/24	Trinity Christian Academy	Taylor	(L) 53-44		11/19/24	Trinity Christian Academy	First Academy	(L) 92-68
1/21/25	Taylor	Trinity Christian Academy	(L) 74-42		2/3/25	First Academy	Trinity Christian Academy	(L) 77-19

Record Breakdown

Taylor (24-25)		First Academy (24-25)
15-7	Overall	3-17
3-0	League	0-2
12-6	Non-League	3-13
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
0-2	Common Opponent	0-2
9-2	Home	2-7
6-5	Away	1-7
0-0	Neutral	0-3
0-1	Playoff	0-0
15-7	In-State	3-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0