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The Jackson Day (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home conference game against Valor Preparatory Academy (Concord, NC) by a score of 73-69.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
VPA	-	-	-	-	69
Jackson Day	-	-	-	-	73

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Game Stats

Valor Preparatory Academy (24-25)

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Jackson Day (24-25)

Jackson Day

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	73	27	70	39	44
1	DJ Clesca (Jr)	16	7	12	58	67
2	Avery Som (Sr)	13	6	14	43	46
3	Makai McKnight (Fr)	20	6	13	46	58
5	Anthony Herrera (So)	3	1	1	100	100
10	Charles Whitton (Sr)	3	2	14	14	18
11	Kanye Johnson (So)	0	0	1	0	0
15	Jaida Thomas (Fr)	2	1	2	50	50
23	Tradyn Phillips (So)	13	4	13	31	35
24	Ryan Marothiere (Fr)	3

Jackson Day

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	73	8	26	31	10	14	71	19	44	43
1	DJ Clesca (Jr)	16	2	3	67				5	9	56
2	Avery Som (Sr)	13	1	6	17	0	2	0	5	8	63
3	Makai McKnight (Fr)	20	3	6	50	5	6	83	3	7	43
5	Anthony Herrera (So)	3				1	2	50	1	1	100
10	Charles Whitton (Sr)	3	1	7	14				1	7	14
11	Kanye Johnson (So)	0							0	1	0
15	Jaida Thomas (Fr)	2							1	2	50
23	Tradyn Phillips (So)	13	1	4	25	4	4	100	3	9	33
24	Ryan Marothiere (Fr)	3

Jackson Day

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	73	9	22	31	10	6	1
1	DJ Clesca (Jr)	16	2	3	5	4	3
2	Avery Som (Sr)	13				4	1
3	Makai McKnight (Fr)	20					1
5	Anthony Herrera (So)	3	4	4	8	0
10	Charles Whitton (Sr)	3
12	Devin Lee (Jr)	0	1	3	4
15	Jaida Thomas (Fr)	2
23	Tradyn Phillips (So)	13	2	11	13	2	1	1
24	Ryan Marothiere (Fr)	3		1	1

Jackson Day

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	10.00	6.00
23	Tradyn Phillips (So)	2.00	1.00

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Jackson Day nips Valor Preparatory Academy

February 12, 2025: Charlotte, NC 28214

In Wednesday's league contest, the host Jackson Day Mariners basketball team scored a close 73-69 triumph over the Valor Preparatory Academy Owls .

In their next game, the Owls battle the Carolina International Comets (Concord, NC) in a 1A Metro 8 contest, on Friday, February 14. Valor Preparatory Academy will attempt to better on its 7-17 season record. The Comets go into the contest with a 18-7 record after their 68-56 league loss to Queen's Grant (Matthews, NC).

Players of the Game

Valor Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Valor Preparatory Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Jackson Day (24-25)

Congratulations to #3 Makai McKnight for being selected the Jackson Day Basketball Player of the Game.

VPA @ Jackson Day Basketball Game Info

Wed., Feb. 12, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Jackson Day (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home conference game against Valor Preparatory Academy (Concord, NC) by a score of 73-69.

Rankings & Records

Valor Preparatory Academy (24-25)

NC	Class
455	37

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-19	2-9	5-8	3-8	0-3	.296	.182	1,686	1,813

Jackson Day (24-25)

NC	Class
312	21

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
6-16	4-7	2-9	2-7	2-0	.273	.364	994	1,130

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Valor Preparatory Academy	15.7	16.8	18.4	14.4	62.4
Jackson Day	7.3	6.7	9.3	10.3	45.2

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Head-to-Head

Valor Preparatory Academy won on 2/11/2025

2/11 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Jackson Day - - - - 58
VPA - - - - 59

The Jackson Day (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Valor Preparatory Academy (Concord, NC) by a score of 59-58.
Box score
Jackson Day won on 2/12/2025

2/12 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

VPA - - - - 69
Jackson Day - - - - 73

The Valor Preparatory Academy (Concord, NC) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Jackson Day (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 73-69.
Box score
Valor Preparatory Academy won on 2/18/2025

2/18 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

VPA - - - - 66
Jackson Day - - - - 54

The Valor Preparatory Academy (Concord, NC) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Jackson Day (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 66-54.
Box score

2/11 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Jackson Day	-	-	-	-	58
VPA	-	-	-	-	59

2/18 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
VPA	-	-	-	-	66
Jackson Day	-	-	-	-	54

Team Stat Comparison

Valor Preparatory Academy		Jackson Day
50.3	Points Per Game	58.0
11.6	Rebounds Per Game	16.9
3.8	Assists Per Game	6.5
4.7	Steals Per Game	4.0
0.6	Blocks Per Game	0.9

Team Leaders

Valor Preparatory Academy		Jackson Day	National Avg.
#1 Bishop Witherspoon27.7	Points Per Game	#4 Ayden Fisher16.1	4.9
#22 Jeremih Lewis4.2	Rebounds Per Game	#15 Jaida Thomas5.9	2.6
#2 Omarion Dawkins2.9	Assists Per Game	#23 Tradyn Phillips1.8	1.0
#2 Omarion Dawkins3.2	Steals Per Game	#4 Ayden Fisher1.3	0.8
#20 Dane Colbert0.4	Blocks Per Game	#4 Ayden Fisher0.3	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Valor Preparatory Academy	0-14		Jackson Day	4-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/15/24	Valor Preparatory Academy	Langtree Charter Academy	(L) 56-16	12/10/24	Langtree Charter Academy	Jackson Day	(L) 2-0 (F)
12/4/24	Langtree Charter Academy	Valor Preparatory Academy	(L) 67-61	12/21/24	Jackson Day	Langtree Charter Academy	(W) 77-66
12/6/24	Valor Preparatory Academy	Mountain Island Charter	(L) 82-74	11/19/24	Mountain Island Charter	Jackson Day	(L) 2-0 (F)
12/10/24	Mountain Island Charter	Valor Preparatory Academy	(L) 66-64
12/13/24	Valor Preparatory Academy	Sugar Creek Charter	(L) 78-71	1/24/25	Sugar Creek Charter	Jackson Day	(L) 61-54
1/17/25	Sugar Creek Charter	Valor Preparatory Academy	(L) 64-52	2/7/25	Jackson Day	Sugar Creek Charter	(W) 63-60
12/28/24	Bradford Prep	Valor Preparatory Academy	(L) 80-64	11/5/24	Jackson Day	Bradford Prep	(L) 20-0 (F)
				11/12/24	Bradford Prep	Jackson Day	(L) 71-56
1/7/25	Piedmont Community Charter	Valor Preparatory Academy	(L) 69-52	1/14/25	Piedmont Community Charter	Jackson Day	(W) 67-63
1/31/25	Valor Preparatory Academy	Piedmont Community Charter	(L) 77-54	2/4/25	Jackson Day	Piedmont Community Charter	(W) 85-69
1/28/25	Valor Preparatory Academy	Queen's Grant	(L) 88-37	12/13/24	Queen's Grant	Jackson Day	(L) 80-34
2/4/25	Queen's Grant	Valor Preparatory Academy	(L) 96-41	1/29/25	Jackson Day	Queen's Grant	(L) 88-61
2/7/25	Carolina International	Valor Preparatory Academy	(L) 85-59	1/7/25	Carolina International	Jackson Day	(L) 62-50
2/14/25	Valor Preparatory Academy	Carolina International	(L) 91-47	1/17/25	Jackson Day	Carolina International	(L) 72-66
2/21/25	Valor Preparatory Academy	Carolina International	(L) 75-68

Record Breakdown

Valor Preparatory Academy (24-25)		Jackson Day (24-25)
8-19	Overall	6-16
2-10	League	4-7
6-6	Non-League	2-9
2-1	Head to Head	1-2
0-14	Common Opponent	4-9
5-8	Home	2-9
3-8	Away	2-7
0-3	Neutral	2-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
8-19	In-State	6-16
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0