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Veritas Christian Academy Abundant Life Academy

The Abundant Life Academy (Nutley, NJ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Veritas Christian Academy (Sparta, NJ) by a score of 58-52.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
VCA	18	9	13	12	52
ALA	11	13	13	21	58

Final score provided by A. Milanesi.

Recap
Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Veritas Christian Academy (22-23)

Abundant Life Academy (22-23)

Veritas Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	20	48	42	47
2	Evan Milanesi (Jr)	22	8	18	44	50
5	Julien Rizzo (Sr)	16	7	21	33	38
11	Ben Ryan (Jr)	14	5	7	71	79
13	Nicholas Jetton (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0

Abundant Life Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	58	21
2	J. Dickens (So)	2	1
3	Anthony Testa (Sr)	7	3
4	Derrick Watkins (Sr)	8	3
5	Mickel Valere (Sr)	20	8
8	Jasier Carter (Sr)	15	3
23	Jethro Amoah (Sr)	6	3

Veritas Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	5	17	29	7	14	50	15	31	48
2	Evan Milanesi (Jr)	22	2	10	20	4	6	67	6	8	75
5	Julien Rizzo (Sr)	16	2	5	40	0	2	0	5	16	31
11	Ben Ryan (Jr)	14	1	2	50	3	6	50	4	5	80
13	Nicholas Jetton (Jr)	0							0	2	0

Abundant Life Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	2FGM
	Team Totals	58	2	14	19
2	J. Dickens (So)	2			1
3	Anthony Testa (Sr)	7		1	3
4	Derrick Watkins (Sr)	8	2		1
5	Mickel Valere (Sr)	20		4	8
8	Jasier Carter (Sr)	15		9	3
23	Jethro Amoah (Sr)	6			3

Veritas Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	52	8	20	28	8	4	1	8
00	Gunnar Anderson (Jr)		3	5	8				1
2	Evan Milanesi (Jr)	22	1	6	7	3	2	1	2
5	Julien Rizzo (Sr)	16	1	4	5		1		2
11	Ben Ryan (Jr)	14	1	2	3	1	1
13	Nicholas Jetton (Jr)	0	2	3	5	4			3

Abundant Life Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	58	22	17	39	14	6	1
1	John Caplanis (Jr)	0		1	1		1	1
2	J. Dickens (So)	2					1
3	Anthony Testa (Sr)	7	6	3	9	3	1
4	Derrick Watkins (Sr)	8	1	2	3	3
5	Mickel Valere (Sr)	20	8	7	15	1
8	Jasier Carter (Sr)	15	7	3	10	5	2
11	Leo Gomez (Sr)	0		1	1
13	Alex Testa (Fr)	0					1
23	Jethro Amoah (Sr)	6				2

Veritas Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.00	0.50
2	Evan Milanesi (Jr)	1.50	1.00
5	Julien Rizzo (Sr)		0.50
13	Nicholas Jetton (Jr)	1.33

Misc Totals

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Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - Abundant Life Academy nips Veritas Christian Academy

February 2, 2023: Nutley, NJ 07110

Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Abundant Life Academy (Nutley, NJ) and the visiting Veritas Christian Academy (Sparta, NJ), saw Abundant Life Academy's basketball squad hold off Veritas Christian Academy by a tally of 58-52.

With the victory, Abundant Life Academy improves its record to 10-7 on the campaign. The host Faith Christian (Roseto, PA) to play the in a Metro Christian challenge on Monday, February 6. The come into the challenge with a record of 4-4. Faith Christian won 52-43 in their recent league challenge against Harmony Christian (Middletown, NY)

Next up, the play the North Warren Regional Patriots (Blairstown, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, February 4. Veritas Christian Academy will attempt to improve on its 15-6 season record. The Patriots come into the challenge with a 5-10 record after their 65-56 non-league loss to Dover (Dover, NJ).

Players of the Game

Veritas Christian Academy (22-23)

Congratulations to #2 Evan Milanesi for being selected the Veritas Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Abundant Life Academy (22-23)

Abundant Life Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

VCA @ ALA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 2, 2023 @ 5:15p

The Abundant Life Academy (Nutley, NJ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Veritas Christian Academy (Sparta, NJ) by a score of 58-52.

Rankings & Records

Veritas Christian Academy (22-23)

NJ
255

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
22-12	9-3	10-1	8-5	4-6	.647	.750	1,798	1,519

Abundant Life Academy (22-23)

NJ
239

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
15-12	11-1	7-4	5-5	3-3	.556	.917	1,846	1,526

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Veritas Christian Academy	15.3	12.2	12.6	12.7	-	52.9
Abundant Life Academy	16.1	16.3	17.9	17.9	4.0	68.4

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Head-to-Head

Abundant Life Academy won on 12/1/2022

12/1 @ 4:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

ALA 22 13 18 20 73
VCA 0 13 14 13 40

The Abundant Life Academy (Nutley, NJ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Veritas Christian Academy (Sparta, NJ) by a score of 73-40.
Box score
Abundant Life Academy won on 2/2/2023

2/2 @ 5:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

VCA 18 9 13 12 52
ALA 11 13 13 21 58

The Veritas Christian Academy (Sparta, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Abundant Life Academy (Nutley, NJ) by a score of 58-52.
Box score

12/1 @ 4:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ALA	22	13	18	20	73
VCA	0	13	14	13	40

Team Stat Comparison

Veritas Christian Academy		Abundant Life Academy
52.8	Points Per Game	64.8
26.5	Rebounds Per Game	25.9
10.7	Assists Per Game	11.2
12.7	Steals Per Game	6.3
2.4	Blocks Per Game	1.1

Team Leaders

Veritas Christian Academy		Abundant Life Academy	National Avg.
#5 Julien Rizzo16.6	Points Per Game	#4 Derrick Watkins19.2	4.9
#2 Evan Milanesi5.6	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Mickel Valere7.3	2.6
#2 Evan Milanesi3.8	Assists Per Game	#8 Jasier Carter3.0	1.0
#2 Evan Milanesi3.7	Steals Per Game	#4 Derrick Watkins1.4	0.8
#20 Josiah Thiessen0.6	Blocks Per Game	#4 Derrick Watkins0.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Veritas Christian Academy	12-2		Abundant Life Academy	11-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/12/22	Veritas Christian Academy	Faith Christian	(W) 57-28	1/12/23	Abundant Life Academy	Faith Christian	(W) 58-40
1/9/23	Faith Christian	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 55-15	2/6/23	Faith Christian	Abundant Life Academy	(W) 58-38
2/24/23	Faith Christian	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 48-30	2/21/23	Faith Christian	Abundant Life Academy	(W) 80-43
12/20/22	Atlantic Christian	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 52-38	1/4/23	Abundant Life Academy	Atlantic Christian	(L) 71-60
				3/4/23	Atlantic Christian	Abundant Life Academy	(W) 78-49
12/21/22	Kearny Christian Academy	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 55-13	12/22/22	Kearny Christian Academy	Abundant Life Academy	(W) 62-41
1/4/23	Kearny Christian Academy	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 87-36	1/26/23	Kearny Christian Academy	Abundant Life Academy	(W) 75-39
2/16/23	Kearny Christian Academy	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 71-20
1/17/23	Veritas Christian Academy	American Christian School	(L) 84-74	1/20/23	American Christian School	Abundant Life Academy	(W) 71-65
1/30/23	American Christian School	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 55-54	2/13/23	Abundant Life Academy	American Christian School	(L) 77-71
2/23/23	American Christian School	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 58-41	2/24/23	American Christian School	Abundant Life Academy	(L) 67-64
1/23/23	Trinity Christian	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 60-36	12/20/22	Trinity Christian	Abundant Life Academy	(W) 88-22
1/26/23	Veritas Christian Academy	Trinity Christian	(W) 58-31	2/9/23	Abundant Life Academy	Trinity Christian	(W) 96-60
1/31/23	Veritas Christian Academy	Harmony Christian	(W) 77-28	1/19/23	Abundant Life Academy	Harmony Christian	(W) 88-55
2/7/23	Veritas Christian Academy	Harmony Christian	(W) 71-33	2/8/23	Harmony Christian	Abundant Life Academy	(W) 90-54

Record Breakdown

Veritas Christian Academy (22-23)		Abundant Life Academy (22-23)
22-12	Overall	15-12
11-4	League	12-2
8-3	Non-League	1-7
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
12-2	Common Opponent	11-3
10-1	Home	7-4
8-5	Away	5-5
4-6	Neutral	3-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
13-9	In-State	10-7
9-3	Out-of-State	5-2