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The Excel Christian Academy (Lakeland, FL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Mulberry (FL) by a score of 65-29.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mulberry	10	13	24	18	65
ECA	8	10	7	4	29

Final score provided by H. Hunt.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Mulberry (22-23)

Excel Christian Academy (22-23)

Mulberry

Shooting

Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
Team Totals	65	26	69	38	45
Alayja Young (Sr)	4	1	7	14	21
Austry Carrasco (Jr)	3	1	5	20	20
Destiny Sanders (So)	2	1	4	25	25
J. Gonzalez (Fr)	2	1	2	50	50
J. Boswell (Fr)	5	2	5	40	50
L. Castanon Cruz (So)	32	12	30	40	52
Mikayla Ware (Sr)	17	8	16	50	53

Excel Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	29
3	Emma P (Fr)	3
4	Aysia Mertz (Fr)	2
11	Taleah Demmings (Jr)	10
13	Te'Aisha Dixon (8th)	1
14	Anyla Parker	13

Mulberry

Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
Team Totals	65	10	26	38	3	12	25	16	43	37
Alayja Young (Sr)	4	1	2	50	1	2	50	0	5	0
Austry Carrasco (Jr)	3	0	1	0	1	2	50	1	4	25
Destiny Sanders (So)	2	0	2	0				1	2	50
J. Gonzalez (Fr)	2	0	1	0				1	1	100
J. Boswell (Fr)	5	1	2	50				1	3	33
L. Castanon Cruz (So)	32	7	17	41	1	4	25	5	13	38
Mikayla Ware (Sr)	17	1	1	100	0	4	0	7	15	47

Excel Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	29
3	Emma P (Fr)	3
4	Aysia Mertz (Fr)	2
11	Taleah Demmings (Jr)	10
13	Te'Aisha Dixon (8th)	1
14	Anyla Parker	13

Mulberry

Totals

Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Blk
Team Totals	65	18	19	37	9	5
Alayja Young (Sr)	4	4	4	8	1
Austry Carrasco (Jr)	3	1	2	3
Destiny Sanders (So)	2		1	1
Gracie Franco (Sr)			1	1
J. Gonzalez (Fr)	2
J. Boswell (Fr)	5				3
L. Castanon Cruz (So)	32	2	2	4	3
Mikayla Ware (Sr)	17	11	9	20	2	5

Excel Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	29
3	Emma P (Fr)	3
4	Aysia Mertz (Fr)	2
11	Taleah Demmings (Jr)	10
13	Te'Aisha Dixon (8th)	1
14	Anyla Parker	13

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Excel Christian Academy trounced by Mulberry

January 10, 2023: Lakeland, FL 33809

The Mulberry Panthers routed the host Excel Christian Academy Spartans basketball team by a final score of 65-29 in Tuesday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Panthers face the Winthrop College Prep Academy Spartans (Riverview, FL) in a non-league game, on Wednesday, January 11. Mulberry will attempt to move on its 7-2 season record. The Spartans enter the game with a 4-10 record after their 47-3 non-league win over Cristo Rey Tampa (Tampa, FL).

With the defeat, Excel Christian Academy moves to 4-5 on the year. The Spartans host Winter Haven Christian (Winter Haven, FL) to face the Warriors in a non-league game on Thursday, January 12. The Warriors enter the game with a record of 3-7. Winter Haven Christian won 1-0 in their recent non-league game against Varsity Opponent (, )

Players of the Game

Mulberry (22-23)

Congratulations to Mikayla Ware for being selected the Mulberry Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Excel Christian Academy (22-23)

Congratulations to #11 Taleah Demmings for being selected the Excel Christian Academy Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Mulberry @ ECA Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 10, 2023 @ 6p

Mulberry High School 1 Panther Pl, Mulberry, FL 33

The Excel Christian Academy (Lakeland, FL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Mulberry (FL) by a score of 65-29.

Rankings & Records

Mulberry (22-23)

FL	Class
304	47

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
11-5	1-2	6-1	4-3	1-1	.688	.333	737	670

Excel Christian Academy (22-23)

FL
422

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-11	5-1	9-4	7-6	1-1	.607	.833	1,252	1,000

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Mulberry	10.8	12.9	13.6	14.5	10.0	46.1
Excel Christian Academy	12.5	12.8	10.6	9.5	-	44.3

Team Stat Comparison

Mulberry		Excel Christian Academy
45.8	Points Per Game	45.3
8.5	Rebounds Per Game	-
2.3	Assists Per Game	-
2.5	Steals Per Game	-
1.0	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Mulberry		Excel Christian Academy	National Avg.
Lorianys Castanon Cruz30.3	Points Per Game	#14 Anyla Parker24.0	4.1
Mikayla Ware4.5	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
Lorianys Castanon Cruz1.0	Assists Per Game	-	0.9
Lorianys Castanon Cruz1.3	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
Mikayla Ware1.0	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mulberry	3-0		Excel Christian Academy	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/1/22	Oasis Christian	Mulberry	(W) 51-11	1/17/23	Excel Christian Academy	Oasis Christian	(W) 56-19
1/6/23	Mulberry	Oasis Christian	(W) 48-18	1/23/23	Excel Christian Academy	Oasis Christian	(W) 55-27
12/6/22	All Saints' Academy	Mulberry	(W) 63-34	11/29/22	Excel Christian Academy	All Saints' Academy	(W) 55-49

Record Breakdown

Mulberry (22-23)		Excel Christian Academy (22-23)
11-5	Overall	17-12
1-2	League	5-1
9-2	Non-League	10-9
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-0	Common Opponent	3-0
6-1	Home	9-4
4-3	Away	7-7
1-1	Neutral	1-1
1-1	Playoff	0-0
11-5	In-State	17-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0