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The Victory Christian (Sylva, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Shining Light Baptist Academy (Monroe, NC) by a score of 53-48.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
SLBA	15	7	13	13	48
Victory Christian	13	7	18	15	53

Final score provided by T. Antman.

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Game Stats

Shining Light Baptist Academy (24-25)

Victory Christian (24-25)

Shining Light Baptist Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	48	17	59	29	32
1	Rylie Edwards (Jr)	7	2	6	33	33
3	Claire Garris (So)	2	1	3	33	33
10	R. Nava-Gonzalez (Jr)	10	4	9	44	50
11	Lucy Haywood (Jr)	16	4	18	22	31
21	Chelsea Murray (So)	11	5	17	29	29
22	Cassidy Harry (Fr)		0	1	0	0
24	Jemma Parker (Fr)	2	1	5	20	20

Victory Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	19	55	35	35
14	Zoe Vernelson (Jr)	2	1	11	9	9
15	Marissa Sloan (So)	13	5	12	42	42
23	Emily Smith (8th)	13	4	8	50	50
24	Karis Vernelson (So)	13	6	9	67	67
32	Olivia Smith (Jr)	12	3	15	20	20

Shining Light Baptist Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	48	4	12	33	10	27	37	13	47	28
1	Rylie Edwards (Jr)	7	0	0	0	3	4	75	2	6	33
3	Claire Garris (So)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	33
10	R. Nava-Gonzalez (Jr)	10	1	1	100	1	3	33	3	8	38
11	Lucy Haywood (Jr)	16	3	7	43	5	13	38	1	11	9
21	Chelsea Murray (So)	11	0	2	0	1	4	25	5	15	33
22	Cassidy Harry (Fr)		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	Jemma Parker (Fr)	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	3	33

Victory Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	1	15	44	34	19	54	35
14	Zoe Vernelson (Jr)	2	0	0	7	0	1	11	9
15	Marissa Sloan (So)	13	1	3	6	50	5	11	45
23	Emily Smith (8th)	13	0	5	16	31	4	8	50
24	Karis Vernelson (So)	13	0	1	5	20	6	9	67
32	Olivia Smith (Jr)	12	0	6	10	60	3	15	20

Shining Light Baptist Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	DReb	Reb	TO	PF
	Team Totals	48	1	1	1	26
1	Rylie Edwards (Jr)	7	1	1	0	2
3	Claire Garris (So)	2	0		0	4
10	R. Nava-Gonzalez (Jr)	10	0		0	5
11	Lucy Haywood (Jr)	16	0		1	5
21	Chelsea Murray (So)	11	0		0	4
22	Cassidy Harry (Fr)		0		0	2
24	Jemma Parker (Fr)	2	0		0	4

Victory Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	53	33	6	5	2
14	Zoe Vernelson (Jr)	2	6	1	2	0
15	Marissa Sloan (So)	13	14	2	1	2
23	Emily Smith (8th)	13	3	0	0	0
24	Karis Vernelson (So)	13	8	1	1	0
32	Olivia Smith (Jr)	12	2	2	1	0

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Victory Christian sneaks past Shining Light Baptist Academy

January 17, 2025: Sylva, NC 28779

The Victory Christian Cardinals basketball team scored 53 points and limited the visiting Shining Light Baptist Academy Sharks to 48 in the Cardinals league triumph on Friday.

The Cardinals now possess a 5-5 record. They play next when they host Tabernacle Christian for a NCCSA A West Region 2 game on Tuesday, January 21. Victory Christian will play a Rams team coming off a 42-26 non-league win over Fayetteville Street Christian (Asheboro, NC). The Rams record now stands at 4-6.

With the loss, Shining Light Baptist Academy falls to 1-6 on the campaign. The Sharks host Mountain View Christian Academy (Cowpens, SC) to play the Mustangs in a non-league game on Tuesday, January 21. The Mustangs go into the game with a record of 8-5. Mountain View Christian Academy won 31-6 in their recent non-league game against Non Varsity Opponent (, )

Players of the Game

Shining Light Baptist Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #11 Lucy Haywood for being selected the Shining Light Baptist Academy Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Victory Christian (24-25)

Victory Christian has not selected any Players of the Game.

SLBA @ VCHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 17, 2025 @ 5:30p

District 2 cross district

The Victory Christian (Sylva, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Shining Light Baptist Academy (Monroe, NC) by a score of 53-48.

Rankings & Records

Shining Light Baptist Academy (24-25)

NC	Class
580	10

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
4-11	1-5	2-3	2-6	0-2	.267	.167	512	616

Victory Christian (24-25)

NC	Class
433	5

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-9	4-5	5-2	2-4	2-3	.500	.444	923	856

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Shining Light Baptist Academy	12.0	5.8	7.8	9.3	34.1
Victory Christian	12.8	10.0	11.8	13.4	51.3

Team Stat Comparison

Shining Light Baptist Academy		Victory Christian
34.1	Points Per Game	51.0
14.5	Rebounds Per Game	38.9
2.3	Assists Per Game	3.8
6.9	Steals Per Game	7.7
0.9	Blocks Per Game	2.5

Team Leaders

Shining Light Baptist Academy		Victory Christian	National Avg.
#11 Lucy Haywood13.2	Points Per Game	#15 Marissa Sloan12.8	4.1
#21 Chelsea Murray5.0	Rebounds Per Game	#15 Marissa Sloan12.2	2.8
#21 Chelsea Murray1.0	Assists Per Game	#24 Karis Vernelson0.9	0.9
#10 Rachel Nava-Gonzalez2.6	Steals Per Game	#32 Olivia Smith1.9	1.1
#11 Lucy Haywood0.5	Blocks Per Game	#15 Marissa Sloan0.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Shining Light Baptist Academy	1-8		Victory Christian	4-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/12/24	Southview Christian	Shining Light Baptist Academy	(L) 39-37	12/13/24	Southview Christian	Victory Christian	(L) 48-34
2/14/25	Shining Light Baptist Academy	Southview Christian	(L) 43-20	1/30/25	Victory Christian	Southview Christian	(L) 39-37
12/2/24	Shining Light Baptist Academy	Woodland Baptist Christian	(L) 69-34	2/27/25	Victory Christian	Woodland Baptist Christian	(L) 70-55
12/13/24	Shining Light Baptist Academy	Tabernacle Christian	(L) 45-32	1/28/25	Tabernacle Christian	Victory Christian	(W) 51-37
1/24/25	Tabernacle Christian	Shining Light Baptist Academy	(L) 44-19	2/14/25	Victory Christian	Tabernacle Christian	(W) 50-44
1/14/25	Shining Light Baptist Academy	Victory Christian Academy	(W) 61-47	12/19/24	Victory Christian	Victory Christian Academy	(W) 78-59
				2/7/25	Victory Christian Academy	Victory Christian	(W) 79-61
1/21/25	Shining Light Baptist Academy	New Manna Christian	(L) 0-0 (F)	12/17/24	New Manna Christian	Victory Christian	(L) 51-39
				2/11/25	Victory Christian	New Manna Christian	(L) 70-23
1/27/25	Rockwell Christian School	Shining Light Baptist Academy	(L) 35-19	1/24/25	Victory Christian	Rockwell Christian School	(L) 49-39
2/11/25	Shining Light Baptist Academy	Rockwell Christian School	(L) 55-35

Record Breakdown

Shining Light Baptist Academy (24-25)		Victory Christian (24-25)
4-11	Overall	9-9
1-5	League	4-5
3-3	Non-League	2-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-8	Common Opponent	4-6
2-3	Home	5-2
2-6	Away	2-4
0-2	Neutral	2-3
0-1	Playoff	1-1
1-9	In-State	6-6
3-2	Out-of-State	3-3