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The Thales Academy Apex (Apex, NC) freshman basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) by a score of 36-31.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Grace Christian	7	7	10	7	31
Thales Academy Apex	13	1	13	9	36

Final score provided by J. Dickens.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Grace Christian (22-23)

Thales Academy Apex (22-23)

Grace Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	31
2	Derick Stokes (8th)	7
3	Gabe Velasquez (8th)	8
10	Max Searcey (8th)	3
11	Kannon Diggs	5
22	Braydon Plummer (8th)	8

Thales Academy Apex

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	36	12	36	33	36
3	Alex O'Tuel (7th)	6	3	4	75	75
10	Maleek Griffin (8th)	3	1	2	50	50
11	Bryson Phillips (7th)	22	6	16	38	41
13	Grayden West	0	0	2	0	0
15	Austin Gay (7th)	3	1	4	25	38
24	Devin Cockerham	0	0	2	0	0
33	Cornel Best	0	0	3	0	0
	Adam Calcagno (8th)	2	1	3	33	33

Grace Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	31
2	Derick Stokes (8th)	7
3	Gabe Velasquez (8th)	8
10	Max Searcey (8th)	3
11	Kannon Diggs	5
22	Braydon Plummer (8th)	8

Thales Academy Apex

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	36	2	7	29	10	13	77	10	29	34
3	Alex O'Tuel (7th)	6							3	4	75
10	Maleek Griffin (8th)	3				1	3	33	1	2	50
11	Bryson Phillips (7th)	22	1	4	25	9	10	90	5	12	42
13	Grayden West	0							0	2	0
15	Austin Gay (7th)	3	1	2	50				0	2	0
24	Devin Cockerham	0							0	2	0
33	Cornel Best	0	0	1	0				0	2	0
	Adam Calcagno (8th)	2							1	3	33

Grace Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	31
2	Derick Stokes (8th)	7
3	Gabe Velasquez (8th)	8
10	Max Searcey (8th)	3
11	Kannon Diggs	5
22	Braydon Plummer (8th)	8

Thales Academy Apex

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	36	5	15	20	3	6	15
3	Alex O'Tuel (7th)	6	0	1	1	1	1	2
10	Maleek Griffin (8th)	3	2	5	7		1	2
11	Bryson Phillips (7th)	22				2	2	3
13	Grayden West	0		1	1			2
15	Austin Gay (7th)	3		1	1			2
24	Devin Cockerham	0	1	3	4			2
33	Cornel Best	0						2
	Adam Calcagno (8th)	2	2	4	6		2

Misc Totals

Grace Christian has not entered any misc totals stats.

Thales Academy Apex

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.20	0.40
3	Alex O'Tuel (7th)	0.50	0.50
10	Maleek Griffin (8th)		0.50
11	Bryson Phillips (7th)	0.67	0.67

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Grace Christian tipped by Thales Academy Apex

January 27, 2023: Apex, NC 27502

In Friday's league match, the host Thales Academy Apex Titans basketball team scored a tight 36-31 triumph over the Grace Christian Crusaders.

In their next game, the Titans meet the Non Freshman Opponent (, ) in a match, on Tuesday, January 31. Thales Academy Apex will attempt to better on its 11-4 season record.

With the defeat, Grace Christian moves to 6-4 on the year.

Players of the Game

Grace Christian (22-23)

Grace Christian has not selected any Players of the Game.

Thales Academy Apex (22-23)

Congratulations to #11 Bryson Phillips for being selected the Thales Academy Apex Freshman Basketball Player of the Game.

GCHS @ TAA Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 27, 2023 @ 5:45p

The Thales Academy Apex (Apex, NC) freshman basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) by a score of 36-31.

Rankings & Records

Grace Christian (22-23)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-6	7-5	5-2	3-3	0-1	.571	.583	458	422

Thales Academy Apex (22-23)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-5	9-1	9-3	6-2	.750	.900	903	580

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Grace Christian	7.7	9.0	8.6	7.1	32.7
Thales Academy Apex	13.0	1.0	13.0	9.0	45.2

Head-to-Head

Grace Christian won on 1/10/2023

1/10 @ 5:45p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

TAA - - - - 29
Grace Christian - - - - 37

The Thales Academy Apex (Apex, NC) freshman basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) by a score of 37-29.
Box score
Thales Academy Apex won on 1/27/2023

1/27 @ 5:45p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Grace Christian 7 7 10 7 31
TAA 13 1 13 9 36

The Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) freshman basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Thales Academy Apex (Apex, NC) by a score of 36-31.
Box score

1/10 @ 5:45p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
TAA	-	-	-	-	29
Grace Christian	-	-	-	-	37

Team Stat Comparison

Grace Christian		Thales Academy Apex
32.5	Points Per Game	45.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	23.0
-	Assists Per Game	6.3
-	Steals Per Game	8.7
-	Blocks Per Game	1.7

Team Leaders

Grace Christian		Thales Academy Apex	National Avg.
#22 Braydon Plummer9.8	Points Per Game	#12 Griffin Cockerham22.8	4.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Griffin Cockerham8.3	2.3
-	Assists Per Game	#11 Bryson Phillips2.5	0.8
-	Steals Per Game	#11 Bryson Phillips2.3	1.0
-	Blocks Per Game	#12 Griffin Cockerham1.3	0.4

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Grace Christian	4-4		Thales Academy Apex	7-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/29/22	Grace Christian	Friendship Christian	(L) 43-31	12/16/22	Friendship Christian	Thales Academy Apex	(W) 44-16
1/23/23	Friendship Christian	Grace Christian	(W) 34-31	2/2/23	Thales Academy Apex	Friendship Christian	(W) 49-29
				2/7/23	Friendship Christian	Thales Academy Apex	(W) 56-27
12/2/22	Thales Academy Rolesville	Grace Christian	(L) 35-30	1/6/23	Thales Academy Rolesville	Thales Academy Apex	(W) 35-34
1/20/23	Grace Christian	Thales Academy Rolesville	(L) 40-25	1/24/23	Thales Academy Apex	Thales Academy Rolesville	(W) 47-23
2/7/23	Thales Academy Rolesville	Grace Christian	(L) 37-23	2/10/23	Thales Academy Rolesville	Thales Academy Apex	(L) 46-42
12/6/22	Neuse Christian Academy	Grace Christian	(W) 35-25	1/17/23	Thales Academy Apex	Neuse Christian Academy	(W) 54-11
12/8/22	Grace Christian	Neuse Christian Academy	(W) 34-17	2/3/23	Neuse Christian Academy	Thales Academy Apex	(W) 55-24
2/6/23	Neuse Christian Academy	Grace Christian	(W) 44-27

Record Breakdown

Grace Christian (22-23)		Thales Academy Apex (22-23)
8-6	Overall	15-5
7-5	League	9-1
1-1	Non-League	5-3
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
4-4	Common Opponent	7-1
5-2	Home	9-3
3-3	Away	6-2
0-1	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
8-6	In-State	10-3
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0