Valley Christian Academy vs Mercer Christian Academy | Basketball

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Valley Christian Academy Mercer Christian Academy

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Cavaliers

The Mercer Christian Academy (Princeton, WV) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Valley Christian Academy (Santa Maria, CA) by a score of 20-16.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
VCA	16	0	0	0	16
MCA	20	0	0	0	20

Final score provided by J. Boothe.

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Game Stats

Valley Christian Academy (22-23)

Valley Christian Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Mercer Christian Academy (22-23)

Mercer Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	80	20	9	14	64	71
00	MJ Patton (So)	16	6	3	5	60	60
12	Shaye Basham (Sr)	16	5	2	4	50	63
22	Briar Lucas (Sr)	8	3	1	2	50	75
30	Sam Boothe (Sr)	16	2	1	1	100	100
33	Micah Maurer (Jr)	8	0	0	0
44	Chance Watkins (So)	8	0	0	0
45	Isaac Sharp (Jr)	8	4	2	2	100	100

Mercer Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	80	20	2	6	33	7	8	88
00	MJ Patton (So)	16	6	0	1	0	3	4	75
12	Shaye Basham (Sr)	16	5	1	3	33	1	1	100
22	Briar Lucas (Sr)	8	3	1	2	50	0	0	0
30	Sam Boothe (Sr)	16	2	0	0	0	1	1	100
33	Micah Maurer (Jr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Chance Watkins (So)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	Isaac Sharp (Jr)	8	4	0	0	0	2	2	100

Mercer Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	80	20	2	2	7	6	2	1
00	MJ Patton (So)	16	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
12	Shaye Basham (Sr)	16	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Briar Lucas (Sr)	8	3	0	0	1	2	0	1
30	Sam Boothe (Sr)	16	2	2	2	5	2	1	0
33	Micah Maurer (Jr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Chance Watkins (So)	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
45	Isaac Sharp (Jr)	8	4	0	0	0	1	0	0

Mercer Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	3.50	3.00	6.00	5
00	MJ Patton (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	2
22	Briar Lucas (Sr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	1
30	Sam Boothe (Sr)	5.00	2.00	2.00	1
44	Chance Watkins (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0
45	Isaac Sharp (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Mercer Christian Academy holds off Valley Christian Academy

January 27, 2023: Santa Maria, CA 93455

Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Mercer Christian Academy Cavaliers (Princeton, WV) and the host Valley Christian Academy Lions (Santa Maria, CA), saw Mercer Christian Academy's basketball squad hold off Valley Christian Academy by a tally of 20-16.

With the victory, Mercer Christian Academy improves its record to 14-5 on the campaign. The Cavaliers host Greenbrier West (Charmco, WV) to confront the Cavaliers in a non-league challenge on Saturday, January 28. The Cavaliers come into the challenge with a record of 3-9. Greenbrier West lost 63-51 in their recent non-league challenge against Summers County (Hinton, WV)

Next up, the Lions confront the San Luis Obispo Classical Academy Grizzlies (San Luis Obispo, CA) in a Coast Valley challenge, on Tuesday, January 31. Valley Christian Academy will attempt to improve on its 15-9 season record.

Players of the Game

Valley Christian Academy (22-23)

Valley Christian Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Mercer Christian Academy (22-23)

Congratulations to #22 Briar Lucas for being selected the Mercer Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

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Rankings & Records

Valley Christian Academy (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
1,027	385	214	60

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
18-10	12-0	9-2	7-2	2-6	.643	1.000	1,609	1,217

Mercer Christian Academy (22-23)

WV
51

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
20-9	10-5	7-2	8-3	5-4	.690	.667	1,791	1,459

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Valley Christian Academy	17.5	14.3	14.0	12.8	-	-	57.5
Mercer Christian Academy	16.3	15.7	14.2	15.9	5.0	7.0	61.8

Team Stat Comparison

Valley Christian Academy		Mercer Christian Academy
6.4	Points Per Game	57.8
-	Rebounds Per Game	28.0
-	Assists Per Game	15.6
-	Steals Per Game	8.7
-	Blocks Per Game	1.6

Team Leaders

Valley Christian Academy		Mercer Christian Academy	National Avg.
#3 Gavin Edick25.0	Points Per Game	#30 Sam Boothe18.2	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#30 Sam Boothe8.9	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#30 Sam Boothe4.8	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#00 MJ Patton2.1	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#22 Briar Lucas0.6	0.3

Record Breakdown

Valley Christian Academy (22-23)		Mercer Christian Academy (22-23)
18-10	Overall	20-9
12-0	League	10-5
2-1	Non-League	4-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
9-2	Home	7-2
7-2	Away	8-3
2-6	Neutral	5-4
0-1	Playoff	0-0
17-8	In-State	15-8
1-2	Out-of-State	5-1