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The Linville Hill (Paradise, PA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Veritas Academy (Leola, PA) by a score of 55-44.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Veritas Academy	7	14	12	11	44
Linville Hill	13	14	15	13	55

Final score provided by T. Stefanosky.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Veritas Academy (24-25)

Veritas Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Linville Hill (24-25)

Linville Hill

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	55	23	55	42	45
3	Leah Kurtz (So)	4	2	5	40	40
5	Payton Smucker (Jr)	14	6	14	43	43
15	Courtney Good (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
22	Ellie Rishel (Sr)	14	7	11	64	64
25	Desiree Smucker (Sr)	13	5	17	29	32
32	Abrielle Fisher (Sr)	10	3	6	50	67

Linville Hill

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	55	3	15	20	6	13	46	20	40	50
2	Leah Bragg (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
3	Leah Kurtz (So)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	50
5	Payton Smucker (Jr)	14	0	2	0	2	3	67	6	12	50
15	Courtney Good (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Ellie Rishel (Sr)	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	64
25	Desiree Smucker (Sr)	13	1	7	14	2	4	50	4	10	40
32	Abrielle Fisher (Sr)	10	2	3	67	2	4	50	1	3	33

Linville Hill

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	55	7	20	27	15	21	3	22	19
2	Leah Bragg (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
3	Leah Kurtz (So)	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	4	4
5	Payton Smucker (Jr)	14	1	4	5	1	4	1	1	5
15	Courtney Good (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
21	Chloe Smucker (So)	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0
22	Ellie Rishel (Sr)	14	6	5	11	3	5	1	9	5
25	Desiree Smucker (Sr)	13	0	3	3	4	4	1	3	1
32	Abrielle Fisher (Sr)	10	0	5	5	2	5	0	4	2

Linville Hill

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.68	0.96	1.11	0.16	7
2	Leah Bragg (Jr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	1
3	Leah Kurtz (So)	1.00	0.25	0.25	0.00	0
5	Payton Smucker (Jr)	1.00	4.00	0.80	0.20	1
22	Ellie Rishel (Sr)	0.33	0.56	1.00	0.20	2
25	Desiree Smucker (Sr)	1.33	1.33	4.00	1.00	1
32	Abrielle Fisher (Sr)	0.50	1.25	2.50	0.00	2

Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Basketball - Linville Hill defeats Veritas Academy

January 10, 2025: Paradise, PA

The Linville Hill Warriors (Paradise, PA) basketball were winner over the visiting Veritas Academy Monarch (Leola, PA), 55-44 in Friday's league bout.

The Warriors now possess a 10-1 record. They play next when they travel to Lancaster County Christian for a Commonwealth Christian - East bout on Tuesday, January 14. Linville Hill will play a Lions team coming off a 35-32 non-league loss to Mount Calvary Christian (Elizabethtown, PA). The Lions record now stands at 7-4.

With the loss, Veritas Academy falls to 8-3 on the campaign. The Monarch host Covenant Christian Academy (Harrisburg, PA) to play the in a non-league bout on Thursday, January 16. The go into the bout with a record of 7-3.

VA @ Linville Hill Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 10, 2025 @ 6p

The Linville Hill (Paradise, PA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Veritas Academy (Leola, PA) by a score of 55-44.

Rankings & Records

Veritas Academy (24-25)

PA	Class
323	25

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
21-7	10-2	10-1	10-5	1-1	.750	.833	1,440	969

Linville Hill (24-25)

PA	Class
84	7

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
27-3	11-0	11-0	10-2	6-1	.900	1.000	1,544	975

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Veritas Academy	12.6	10.2	12.3	12.5	51.4
Linville Hill	15.5	12.6	12.8	9.8	51.5

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Head-to-Head

Linville Hill won on 12/2/2024

12/2 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Linville Hill 17 2 15 12 46
Veritas Academy 7 8 7 10 32

The Linville Hill (Paradise, PA) varsity basketball team won Monday's away conference game against Veritas Academy (Leola, PA) by a score of 46-32.
Box score
Linville Hill won on 1/10/2025

1/10 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Veritas Academy 7 14 12 11 44
Linville Hill 13 14 15 13 55

The Veritas Academy (Leola, PA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Linville Hill (Paradise, PA) by a score of 55-44.
Box score

12/2 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Linville Hill	17	2	15	12	46
Veritas Academy	7	8	7	10	32

Team Stat Comparison

Veritas Academy		Linville Hill
51.5	Points Per Game	47.5
34.0	Rebounds Per Game	25.6
9.4	Assists Per Game	14.2
14.1	Steals Per Game	16.3
3.8	Blocks Per Game	1.5

Team Leaders

Veritas Academy		Linville Hill	National Avg.
#40 Noel Simpson12.8	Points Per Game	#25 Desiree Smucker13.0	4.1
#30 Natalie Cochran7.4	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Ellie Rishel7.3	2.8
#30 Natalie Cochran2.6	Assists Per Game	#32 Abrielle Fisher3.7	0.9
#21 Avery Moses3.2	Steals Per Game	#25 Desiree Smucker3.8	1.1
#30 Natalie Cochran2.3	Blocks Per Game	#25 Desiree Smucker0.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Veritas Academy	12-5		Linville Hill	18-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/24	Veritas Academy	Coventry Christian	(W) 57-13	1/28/25	Linville Hill	Coventry Christian	(W) 65-14
1/7/25	Coventry Christian	Veritas Academy	(W) 74-7	2/3/25	Coventry Christian	Linville Hill	(W) 69-6
12/5/24	Lancaster County Christian	Veritas Academy	(W) 50-35	1/7/25	Lancaster County Christian	Linville Hill	(W) 67-36
2/6/25	Veritas Academy	Lancaster County Christian	(W) 51-39	1/14/25	Linville Hill	Lancaster County Christian	(W) 49-30
				2/12/25	Lancaster County Christian	Linville Hill	(W) 39-28
12/10/24	Ephrata Mennonite	Veritas Academy	(W) 54-31	12/16/24	Linville Hill	Ephrata Mennonite	(W) 50-25
1/21/25	Veritas Academy	Ephrata Mennonite	(W) 51-35	1/31/25	Ephrata Mennonite	Linville Hill	(W) 54-13
12/17/24	High Point Baptist Academy	Veritas Academy	(W) 59-38	12/9/24	Linville Hill	High Point Baptist Academy	(W) 55-24
1/28/25	Veritas Academy	High Point Baptist Academy	(W) 58-22	2/1/25	High Point Baptist Academy	Linville Hill	(W) 42-12
12/19/24	Veritas Academy	Lancaster Country Day	(W) 64-45	1/23/25	Lancaster Country Day	Linville Hill	(W) 69-47
12/20/24	Veritas Academy	Conestoga Christian	(W) 57-25	12/13/24	Linville Hill	Conestoga Christian	(W) 44-18
1/31/25	Conestoga Christian	Veritas Academy	(W) 56-18	1/24/25	Conestoga Christian	Linville Hill	(W) 55-14
1/3/25	Veritas Academy	Greenwood	(L) 57-51	2/24/25	Greenwood	Linville Hill	(W) 46-33
2/20/25	Greenwood	Veritas Academy	(L) 39-27	3/15/25	Greenwood	Linville Hill	(W) 48-25
1/16/25	Covenant Christian Academy	Veritas Academy	(W) 48-23	2/10/25	Covenant Christian Academy	Linville Hill	(W) 59-41
2/12/25	Veritas Academy	Mount Calvary Christian	(L) 55-48	12/7/24	Linville Hill	Mount Calvary Christian	(W) 50-24
2/27/25	Veritas Academy	Mount Calvary Christian	(L) 33-28	2/14/25	Mount Calvary Christian	Linville Hill	(W) 54-27
3/8/25	Veritas Academy	Our Lady of Lourdes Regional	(L) 51-36	3/22/25	Linville Hill	Our Lady of Lourdes Regional	(W) 59-45

Record Breakdown

V Veritas Academy (24-25)		Linville Hill (24-25)
21-7	Overall	27-3
11-3	League	15-0
9-1	Non-League	3-1
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
12-5	Common Opponent	18-0
10-1	Home	11-0
10-5	Away	10-2
1-1	Neutral	6-1
1-3	Playoff	6-1
21-7	In-State	27-3
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0