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The Lafayette Christian (LaGrange, GA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Praise Academy (Powder Springs, GA) by a score of 65-52.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Praise Academy	6	18	6	22	52
Lafayette Christian	11	21	16	17	65

Final score provided by D. Gisler.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Praise Academy (23-24)

Praise Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Lafayette Christian (23-24)

Lafayette Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	65	24	69	35	40
1	Vakiel Hammett (So)	9	4	17	24	24
3	Kaden Neal (Sr)	4	2	2	100	100
13	Bradley Miller (So)	0	0	1	0	0
15	J. Pierson (Sr)	9	3	9	33	50
22	Joshua Zapata (Sr)	24	8	23	35	41
35	Bruno Tellez (Sr)	19	7	17	41	44

Lafayette Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	65	7	29	24	10	12	83	17	40	43
1	Vakiel Hammett (So)	9	0	5	0	1	2	50	4	12	33
3	Kaden Neal (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
13	Bradley Miller (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	J. Pierson (Sr)	9	3	7	43	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	Joshua Zapata (Sr)	24	3	10	30	5	6	83	5	13	38
35	Bruno Tellez (Sr)	19	1	7	14	4	4	100	6	10	60

Lafayette Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	65	36	14	7	6	13
1	Vakiel Hammett (So)	9	15	5	1	2	5
3	Kaden Neal (Sr)	4	6	2	0	0	0
5	David Karvelas (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	Matheus Pittman (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	0
13	Bradley Miller (So)	0	1	0	0	0	0
15	J. Pierson (Sr)	9	5	3	2	2	3
22	Joshua Zapata (Sr)	24	5	2	1	0	1
35	Bruno Tellez (Sr)	19	3	1	2	2	4

Lafayette Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.08	0.54
1	Vakiel Hammett (So)	1.00	0.20
3	Kaden Neal (Sr)	2.00	0.00
5	David Karvelas (Jr)	1.00	0.00
11	Matheus Pittman (Sr)	0.00	1.00
15	J. Pierson (Sr)	1.00	0.67
22	Joshua Zapata (Sr)	2.00	1.00
35	Bruno Tellez (Sr)	0.25	0.50

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - Lafayette Christian topples Praise Academy

February 1, 2024: LaGrange, GA 30241

In Thursday's non-league outing, the Lafayette Christian Cougars (LaGrange, GA) basketball squad beat the visiting Praise Academy Lions (Powder Springs, GA), by a margin of 65-52.

The Cougars (14-6) will now prepare for their outing against Forest (Fayetteville, GA). The go into the non-league outing with a 5-11 record. In their last outing, Forest was topped by Covington Academy (Covington, GA), 85-61, in a league outing.

The Lions now own a 1-20 record. They play next when they travel to Oakwood Christian for a GAPPS - I-A Region 1A outing on Saturday, February 3. Praise Academy will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 47-40 non-league win over Fairview Christian Academy (Athens, TN). The Eagles record now stands at 5-17.

PA @ LCHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 1, 2024 @ 6:30p

The Lafayette Christian (LaGrange, GA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Praise Academy (Powder Springs, GA) by a score of 65-52.

Rankings & Records

Praise Academy (23-24)

GA	Class
550	15

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
3-21	1-5	1-8	2-9	0-4	.125	.167	1,070	1,436

Lafayette Christian (23-24)

GA	Class
418	7

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
17-8	4-2	9-2	5-5	3-1	.680	.667	1,812	1,468

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Praise Academy	7.2	10.8	10.0	13.1	44.6
Lafayette Christian	19.3	18.2	17.3	19.3	72.5

Head-to-Head

Lafayette Christian won on 1/19/2024

1/19 @ 8p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

LCHS 24 9 16 25 74
Praise Academy 17 8 10 15 50

The Lafayette Christian (LaGrange, GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Praise Academy (Powder Springs, GA) by a score of 74-50.
Box score
Lafayette Christian won on 2/1/2024

2/1 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Praise Academy 6 18 6 22 52
LCHS 11 21 16 17 65

The Praise Academy (Powder Springs, GA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against Lafayette Christian (LaGrange, GA) by a score of 65-52.
Box score

1/19 @ 8p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
LCHS	24	9	16	25	74
Praise Academy	17	8	10	15	50

Team Stat Comparison

Praise Academy		Lafayette Christian
-	Points Per Game	72.5
-	Rebounds Per Game	32.2
-	Assists Per Game	11.3
-	Steals Per Game	12.4
-	Blocks Per Game	5.2

Team Leaders

Praise Academy		Lafayette Christian	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#35 Bruno Tellez28.4	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#35 Bruno Tellez8.0	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#22 Joshua Zapata2.8	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#35 Bruno Tellez4.1	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#35 Bruno Tellez2.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Praise Academy	0-5		Lafayette Christian	2-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/10/23	Strong Rock Christian	Praise Academy	(L) 52-37	1/2/24	Lafayette Christian	Strong Rock Christian	(L) 67-50
11/27/23	Praise Academy	Holy Ground Baptist Academy	(L) 46-37	1/18/24	Holy Ground Baptist Academy	Lafayette Christian	(W) 62-58
1/23/24	Holy Ground Baptist Academy	Praise Academy	(L) 43-35	1/22/24	Lafayette Christian	Holy Ground Baptist Academy	(L) 75-67
1/26/24	Trinity Christian School of Griffin	Praise Academy	(L) 61-36	12/8/23	Lafayette Christian	Trinity Christian School of Griffin	(L) 69-64
1/29/24	Praise Academy	Trinity Christian School of Griffin	(L) 72-55	12/11/23	Trinity Christian School of Griffin	Lafayette Christian	(W) 76-64
				2/8/24	Trinity Christian School of Griffin	Lafayette Christian	(L) 72-62

Record Breakdown

Praise Academy (23-24)		Lafayette Christian (23-24)
3-21	Overall	17-8
1-6	League	4-3
1-13	Non-League	10-4
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-5	Common Opponent	2-4
1-8	Home	9-2
2-9	Away	5-5
0-4	Neutral	3-1
1-0	Playoff	3-1
3-21	In-State	17-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1