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Kearny Christian Academy Veritas Christian Academy

The Veritas Christian Academy (Sparta, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home conference game against Kearny Christian Academy (Kearny, NJ) by a score of 52-43.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
KCA	8	17	12	15	52
VCA	10	15	6	12	43

Final score provided by A. Milanesi.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Kearny Christian Academy (24-25)

Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)

Kearny Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	52	20
4	Leo Kargbo (So)	23	9
7	Tyler Lima (So)	6	2
12	David Manzo (Jr)	4	1
21	Joshua Lima (Sr)	5	2
22	Junior Pedrosa (Jr)	2	1
34	Jonathan Araujo (Fr)	12	5

Veritas Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	43	17
00	Bobby Meara (Jr)	4	2
5	T. Hawkswell (Jr)	12	4
10	W. Van Der Ploog (So)	2	1
23	D. Hawkswell (Fr)	7	3
30	Dallas Tanis (Jr)	18	7

Kearny Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3P%	FTM	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	52	3		9		17
4	Leo Kargbo (So)	23	1		4		8
7	Tyler Lima (So)	6	0	0	2		2
12	David Manzo (Jr)	4	0	0	2		1
21	Joshua Lima (Sr)	5	0	0	1		2
22	Junior Pedrosa (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	1
34	Jonathan Araujo (Fr)	12	2		0	0	3

Veritas Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	43	5	4	10	40	12
00	Bobby Meara (Jr)	4		0	2	0	2
5	T. Hawkswell (Jr)	12		4	6	67	4
10	W. Van Der Ploog (So)	2					1
23	D. Hawkswell (Fr)	7	1				2
30	Dallas Tanis (Jr)	18	4	0	2	0	3

Kearny Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	52	37	20	23	4	8
4	Leo Kargbo (So)	23	3	3	4	0	0
7	Tyler Lima (So)	6	6	4	5	2	2
12	David Manzo (Jr)	4	3	4	8	0	2
21	Joshua Lima (Sr)	5	8	2	1	0	0
22	Junior Pedrosa (Jr)	2	12	4	4	2	3
34	Jonathan Araujo (Fr)	12	5	3	1	0	1

Veritas Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	43	14	20	34	14	1	2	18	14
00	Bobby Meara (Jr)	4	5	5	10	3		1	3	5
3	Clayton Baloche (So)			2	2				1
5	T. Hawkswell (Jr)	12	7	4	11	3		1	4	1
10	W. Van Der Ploog (So)	2	1	2	3	1			4	2
20	Tyler Jeltema (So)			1	1				1
23	D. Hawkswell (Fr)	7				4			2	4
30	Dallas Tanis (Jr)	18	1	6	7	3	1		3	2

Kearny Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	2.50	2.88
4	Leo Kargbo (So)	3.00	4.00
7	Tyler Lima (So)	2.00	2.50
12	David Manzo (Jr)	2.00	4.00
21	Joshua Lima (Sr)	2.00	1.00
22	Junior Pedrosa (Jr)	1.33	1.33
34	Jonathan Araujo (Fr)	3.00	1.00

Veritas Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.78	0.06	0.07	0.14
00	Bobby Meara (Jr)	1.00			0.20
5	T. Hawkswell (Jr)	0.75			1.00
10	W. Van Der Ploog (So)	0.25
23	D. Hawkswell (Fr)	2.00
30	Dallas Tanis (Jr)	1.00	0.33	0.50

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - Veritas Christian Academy succumbs to Kearny Christian Academy

January 29, 2025: Sparta, NJ 07871

The Kearny Christian Academy defeated the host Veritas Christian Academy basketball squad by a final score of 52-43 in Wednesday's league outing.

Next, the clash with the American Christian School (Wharton, NJ) in a Metro Christian outing, on Thursday, January 30. Kearny Christian Academy will attempt to upgrade on its 10-5 season record. The come into the outing with a 7-4 record after their 46-40 league win over Trinity Christian (Montville, NJ).

The (8-6) will now prepare for their outing against Somerset Bible Baptist Christian Academy (Somerset, NJ). The Warriors come into the non-league outing with a 5-1 record. In their last outing, Somerset Bible Baptist Christian Academy was defeated by The Pilgrim Academy (Egg Harbor City, NJ), 53-36, in a non-league outing.

Players of the Game

Kearny Christian Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #34 Jonathan Araujo for being selected the Kearny Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)

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

KCA @ VCA Basketball Game Info

Wed., Jan. 29, 2025 @ 4p

The Veritas Christian Academy (Sparta, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home conference game against Kearny Christian Academy (Kearny, NJ) by a score of 52-43.

Rankings & Records

Kearny Christian Academy (24-25)

NJ	Section
348	348

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
14-8	9-5	3-2	11-6	.636	.643	1,156	1,000

Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)

NJ	Section
380	380

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
11-14	6-6	4-7	4-2	3-5	.440	.500	1,213	1,105

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Kearny Christian Academy	10.5	12.0	13.8	11.0	-	52.5
Veritas Christian Academy	12.6	10.6	10.9	11.9	10.0	48.5

Head-to-Head

Kearny Christian Academy won on 1/27/2025

1/27 @ 4:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

KCA 16 14 20 10 60
VCA 13 1 7 13 34

The Kearny Christian Academy (Kearny, NJ) varsity basketball team won Monday's away conference game against Veritas Christian Academy (Sparta, NJ) by a score of 60-34.
Box score
Kearny Christian Academy won on 1/29/2025

1/29 @ 4p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

KCA 8 17 12 15 52
VCA 10 15 6 12 43

The Kearny Christian Academy (Kearny, NJ) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's away conference game against Veritas Christian Academy (Sparta, NJ) by a score of 52-43.
Box score

1/27 @ 4:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
KCA	16	14	20	10	60
VCA	13	1	7	13	34

Team Stat Comparison

Kearny Christian Academy		Veritas Christian Academy
47.4	Points Per Game	32.7
25.8	Rebounds Per Game	31.3
12.0	Assists Per Game	11.6
14.8	Steals Per Game	8.6
2.2	Blocks Per Game	1.5

Team Leaders

Kearny Christian Academy		Veritas Christian Academy	National Avg.
#4 Leo Kargbo23.7	Points Per Game	#34 Aiden Bennett17.1	4.9
#21 Joshua Lima12.1	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Timothy Hawkswell8.3	2.6
#12 David Manzo4.1	Assists Per Game	#30 Dallas Tanis3.0	1.0
#12 David Manzo5.5	Steals Per Game	#30 Dallas Tanis2.0	0.8
#22 Junior Pedrosa1.1	Blocks Per Game	#00 Bobby Meara0.7	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Kearny Christian Academy	8-5		Veritas Christian Academy	7-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/24	Kearny Christian Academy	Harmony Christian	(W) 91-37	12/5/24	Veritas Christian Academy	Harmony Christian	(W) 77-27
12/12/24	Kearny Christian Academy	Harmony Christian	(W) 72-40	12/19/24	Harmony Christian	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 72-19
12/5/24	Kearny Christian Academy	Faith Christian	(W) 57-27	12/9/24	Veritas Christian Academy	Faith Christian	(W) 59-38
1/23/25	Kearny Christian Academy	Faith Christian	(W) 56-49	1/6/25	Faith Christian	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 45-40
2/18/25	Faith Christian	Kearny Christian Academy	(W) 59-55
12/10/24	Kearny Christian Academy	Abundant Life Academy	(W) 46-38	12/18/24	Veritas Christian Academy	Abundant Life Academy	(W) 47-29
2/11/25	Kearny Christian Academy	Abundant Life Academy	(W) 37-32	2/3/25	Abundant Life Academy	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 54-44
				2/18/25	Abundant Life Academy	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 44-39
1/13/25	Kearny Christian Academy	Trinity Christian	(L) 70-31	1/11/25	Trinity Christian	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 52-28
2/7/25	Kearny Christian Academy	Trinity Christian	(L) 56-34	1/16/25	Trinity Christian	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 46-33
				2/10/25	Veritas Christian Academy	Trinity Christian	(L) 64-45
1/18/25	Kearny Christian Academy	American Christian School	(L) 52-38	12/16/24	American Christian School	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 52-33
1/30/25	Kearny Christian Academy	American Christian School	(L) 46-43	1/21/25	Veritas Christian Academy	American Christian School	(W) 72-63
2/21/25	American Christian School	Kearny Christian Academy	(L) 55-35
2/13/25	Kearny Christian Academy	Harmony Christian Academy	(W) 74-25	12/11/24	Harmony Christian Academy	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 65-17

Record Breakdown

Kearny Christian Academy (24-25)		Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)
14-8	Overall	11-14
9-5	League	6-7
5-3	Non-League	2-2
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
8-5	Common Opponent	7-6
3-2	Home	4-7
11-6	Away	4-2
0-0	Neutral	3-5
0-0	Playoff	0-0
9-8	In-State	4-10
5-0	Out-of-State	5-4