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Taylor First Academy

Wildcats

Eagles

The First Academy (Leesburg, FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Taylor (Pierson, FL) by a score of 67-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Taylor	14	15	8	16	53
First Academy	25	18	16	8	67

Final score provided by D. McDermott.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

First Academy (23-24)

Taylor

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	21	74	28	32
1	Dylan Jackson (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
2	Alex Gomez (Sr)	7	3	7	43	50
3	Andrew North (Jr)	0	0	6	0	0
4	Preston Kelly (Sr)	8	3	10	30	40
5	James Thomas (So)	9	4	13	31	35
10	J. Colon Fernandez (Jr)	0	0	6	0	0
11	Anthony Miler (Jr)	2	1	10	10	10
12	Nikko Dozier (So)	21	7	10	70	80
15	Josiah Smith (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
21	Z. McKinnon (So)	0	0	2	0	0
23	Josue Lorenzo (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
24	Grant Raulerson (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25

First Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	65	26	71	37	39
1	Bryce Norflee (Fr)	11	4	11	36	41
2	Amari Smith (Sr)	21	9	20	45	48
3	Luke Rodriguez (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
11	Rhett Walsh (Jr)	13	6	10	60	60
12	Logan Stalvey (So)	2	1	2	50	50
14	Jake O'Dell (So)	3	1	7	14	14
20	Remi Hiatt (Sr)	10	3	15	20	27
33	Joseph Tucker (Jr)	1	0	4	0	0
44	Aidan Jezowski (So)	2	1	1	100	100

Taylor

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	6	35	17	5	12	42	15	39	38
1	Dylan Jackson (Sr)	2				0	1	0	1	3	33
2	Alex Gomez (Sr)	7	1	5	20				2	2	100
3	Andrew North (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	0
4	Preston Kelly (Sr)	8	2	6	33				1	4	25
5	James Thomas (So)	9	1	5	20	0	1	0	3	8	38
10	J. Colon Fernandez (Jr)	0	0	4	0				0	2	0
11	Anthony Miler (Jr)	2	0	6	0				1	4	25
12	Nikko Dozier (So)	21	2	4	50	5	8	63	5	6	83
15	Josiah Smith (Sr)	2							1	1	100
21	Z. McKinnon (So)	0							0	2	0
23	Josue Lorenzo (Jr)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
24	Grant Raulerson (Sr)	2	0	1	0				1	3	33

First Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	65	4	29	14	9	19	47	22	42	52
1	Bryce Norflee (Fr)	11	1	4	25	2	4	50	3	7	43
2	Amari Smith (Sr)	21	1	8	13	2	4	50	8	12	67
3	Luke Rodriguez (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
11	Rhett Walsh (Jr)	13	0	1	0	1	2	50	6	9	67
12	Logan Stalvey (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
14	Jake O'Dell (So)	3	0	2	0	1	2	50	1	5	20
20	Remi Hiatt (Sr)	10	2	11	18	2	4	50	1	4	25
33	Joseph Tucker (Jr)	1	0	3	0	1	3	33	0	1	0
44	Aidan Jezowski (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100

Taylor

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	53	15	25	40	10	15	4	31	18
1	Dylan Jackson (Sr)	2		2	2	2	1		2	3
2	Alex Gomez (Sr)	7	1	5	6		1		3	1
3	Andrew North (Jr)	0	2		2	2			2	3
4	Preston Kelly (Sr)	8		1	1	1	1		1
5	James Thomas (So)	9	5	3	8		1	1
10	J. Colon Fernandez (Jr)	0		3	3	1	1		5	2
11	Anthony Miler (Jr)	2	2	2	4	2	2		4
12	Nikko Dozier (So)	21	2		2	2	3		7	4
15	Josiah Smith (Sr)	2	1	3	4		2		1	3
21	Z. McKinnon (So)	0	1	1	2		1		3
23	Josue Lorenzo (Jr)	0		2	2			1	2	1
24	Grant Raulerson (Sr)	2	1	3	4		2	2	1	1

First Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	65	24	35	59	14	15	9	27	16
1	Bryce Norflee (Fr)	11	0	4	4	3	9	1	3	3
2	Amari Smith (Sr)	21	9	12	21	2	2	7	8	1
3	Luke Rodriguez (Jr)	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	1
11	Rhett Walsh (Jr)	13	1	1	2	6	2	0	3	2
12	Logan Stalvey (So)	2	1	5	6	0	1	0	1	1
14	Jake O'Dell (So)	3	5	4	9	0	0	1	2	4
20	Remi Hiatt (Sr)	10	2	4	6	1	1	0	4	1
33	Joseph Tucker (Jr)	1	2	3	5	0	0	0	4	2
44	Aidan Jezowski (So)	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	1

Taylor

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.32	0.48	0.83	0.22
1	Dylan Jackson (Sr)	1.00	0.50	0.33
2	Alex Gomez (Sr)		0.33	1.00
3	Andrew North (Jr)	1.00
4	Preston Kelly (Sr)	1.00	1.00
10	J. Colon Fernandez (Jr)	0.20	0.20	0.50
11	Anthony Miler (Jr)	0.50	0.50
12	Nikko Dozier (So)	0.29	0.43	0.75
15	Josiah Smith (Sr)		2.00	0.67
21	Z. McKinnon (So)		0.33
23	Josue Lorenzo (Jr)				1.00
24	Grant Raulerson (Sr)		2.00	2.00	2.00

First Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.52	0.56	0.94	0.56	24
1	Bryce Norflee (Fr)	1.00	3.00	3.00	0.33	4
2	Amari Smith (Sr)	0.25	0.25	2.00	7.00	3
3	Luke Rodriguez (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
11	Rhett Walsh (Jr)	2.00	0.67	1.00	0.00	4
12	Logan Stalvey (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
14	Jake O'Dell (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.25	1
20	Remi Hiatt (Sr)	0.25	0.25	1.00	0.00	5
33	Joseph Tucker (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4
44	Aidan Jezowski (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - First Academy thwarts Taylor

January 26, 2024: Leesburg, FL 34748

The First Academy Eagles (Leesburg, FL) basketball knocked off the visiting Taylor Wildcats (Pierson, FL), 67-52 in Friday's non-league test.

The Eagles (10-9) will now prepare for their test against Crooms Academy (Sanford, FL). The Panthers go into the non-league test with a 8-9 record. In their last test, Crooms Academy notched a victory over Warner Christian Academy (South Daytona, FL), 66-47, in a non-league test.

The Wildcats now own a 6-12 record. They play next when they host Warner Christian Academy for a non-league test on Monday, January 29. Taylor will encounter a Eagles squad coming off a 64-48 non-league loss to Christ's Church Academy (Jacksonville, FL). The Eagles record now stands at 8-10.

Rankings & Records

Taylor (23-24)

FL	Class
749	100

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-13	0-2	6-5	3-7	0-1	.409	.000	1,250	1,276

First Academy (23-24)

FL	Class
680	76

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
12-11	2-1	8-2	3-7	1-2	.522	.667	1,278	1,282

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Taylor	14.2	13.2	14.3	15.0	9.0	56.8
First Academy	14.0	13.8	13.2	13.3	-	55.6

Head-to-Head

First Academy won on 1/11/2024

1/11 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

First Academy 17 22 18 10 67
Taylor 12 13 14 12 51

The First Academy (Leesburg, FL) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Taylor (Pierson, FL) by a score of 67-51.
Box score
First Academy won on 1/26/2024

1/26 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Taylor 14 15 8 16 53
First Academy 25 18 16 8 67

The Taylor (Pierson, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against First Academy (Leesburg, FL) by a score of 67-53.
Box score

1/11 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
First Academy	17	22	18	10	67
Taylor	12	13	14	12	51

Team Stat Comparison

Taylor		First Academy
56.9	Points Per Game	55.5
26.6	Rebounds Per Game	37.7
7.3	Assists Per Game	8.7
12.7	Steals Per Game	11.7
2.3	Blocks Per Game	5.1

Team Leaders

Taylor		First Academy	National Avg.
#5 James Thomas16.2	Points Per Game	#2 Amari Smith15.9	4.9
#21 Zachery McKinnon5.4	Rebounds Per Game	#2 Amari Smith12.1	2.6
#5 James Thomas2.0	Assists Per Game	#2 Amari Smith3.4	1.0
#12 Nikko Dozier2.1	Steals Per Game	#2 Amari Smith3.3	0.8
#21 Zachery McKinnon1.3	Blocks Per Game	#2 Amari Smith3.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taylor	1-6		First Academy	2-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/30/23	Taylor	Trinity Christian Academy	(L) 81-56	12/7/23	First Academy	Trinity Christian Academy	(L) 60-39
1/18/24	Trinity Christian Academy	Taylor	(L) 64-52	1/5/24	Trinity Christian Academy	First Academy	(L) 60-52
12/1/23	Meadowbrook Academy	Taylor	(W) 67-64	11/30/23	First Academy	Meadowbrook Academy	(L) 61-53
				1/25/24	Meadowbrook Academy	First Academy	(W) 50-44
12/8/23	Taylor	Crooms Academy	(L) 84-76	12/1/23	Crooms Academy	First Academy	(W) 68-63
1/5/24	Crooms Academy	Taylor	(L) 65-59	1/29/24	First Academy	Crooms Academy	(L) 79-67
12/14/23	Tavares	Taylor	(L) 58-33	12/5/23	First Academy	Tavares	(L) 71-37
1/22/24	Taylor	Tavares	(L) 71-34	1/12/24	Tavares	First Academy	(L) 58-49

Record Breakdown

Taylor (23-24)		First Academy (23-24)
9-13	Overall	12-11
0-2	League	2-1
9-10	Non-League	9-8
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
1-6	Common Opponent	2-6
6-5	Home	8-2
3-7	Away	3-7
0-1	Neutral	1-2
0-1	Playoff	0-1
9-13	In-State	12-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0