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The Ezekiel Academy (Montgomery, AL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Evangel Christian (Alabaster, AL) by a score of 52-50.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Evangel Christian	9	15	13	13	50
Ezekiel Academy	12	14	18	8	52

Final score provided by N. Hobbs.

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Game Stats

Ezekiel Academy (24-25)

Evangel Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	136	50	18	61	30	34
2	Cade Joiner (Sr)	16	3	0	2	0	0
4	Sawyer Blackman (Sr)	16		0	4	0	0
11	Paul Dixon (Sr)	11	5	2	6	33	42
13	Michael Gobel (Jr)	14	3	0	2	0	0
14	Will Welch (Sr)	7	2	1	4	25	25
21	Asa Wagoner (Sr)	16	8	3	8	38	38
22	Nick Cloud (Sr)	11	10	4	11	36	45
24	Jonathan Gill (Sr)	19	11	4	8	50	69
30	Ben Bugnar (Jr)	16	6	3	13	23	23
45	Hudson Walker (So)	10	2	1	3	33	33

Ezekiel Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	19	49	39	46
4	Caden Pond (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
11	Terrence Sankey (So)	0	0	3	0	0
13	Kelson Free (Jr)	18	6	9	67	83
15	Justus Teate (Jr)	5	2	6	33	42
23	Elijah Taylor (So)	17	6	16	38	47
52	Camden Rushing (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
53	Gerard Johnson (Sr)	10	4	8	50	50

Evangel Christian

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	136	50	6	29	21	8	12	67	12	32	38
2	Cade Joiner (Sr)	16	3	0	2	0	3	4	75	0	0	0
4	Sawyer Blackman (Sr)	16		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	Paul Dixon (Sr)	11	5	1	3	33	0	0	0	1	3	33
13	Michael Gobel (Jr)	14	3	0	1	0	3	4	75	0	1	0
14	Will Welch (Sr)	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
21	Asa Wagoner (Sr)	16	8	0	3	0	2	2	100	3	5	60
22	Nick Cloud (Sr)	11	10	2	8	25	0	0	0	2	3	67
24	Jonathan Gill (Sr)	19	11	3	6	50	0	0	0	1	2	50
30	Ben Bugnar (Jr)	16	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	10	30
45	Hudson Walker (So)	10	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	33

Ezekiel Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	7	21	33	7	8	88	12	28	43
4	Caden Pond (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	Terrence Sankey (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13	Kelson Free (Jr)	18	3	4	75	3	3	100	3	5	60
15	Justus Teate (Jr)	5	1	4	25	0	0	0	1	2	50
23	Elijah Taylor (So)	17	3	9	33	2	2	100	3	7	43
52	Camden Rushing (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
53	Gerard Johnson (Sr)	10	0	0	0	2	3	67	4	8	50

Evangel Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	136	50	16	18	34	12	8	7	10	12
2	Cade Joiner (Sr)	16	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	4
4	Sawyer Blackman (Sr)	16		0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1
11	Paul Dixon (Sr)	11	5	3	2	5	3	1	1	1	0
13	Michael Gobel (Jr)	14	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	0
14	Will Welch (Sr)	7	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0
21	Asa Wagoner (Sr)	16	8	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	1
22	Nick Cloud (Sr)	11	10	1	3	4	3	1	0	3	3
24	Jonathan Gill (Sr)	19	11	2	3	5	2	0	3	0	1
30	Ben Bugnar (Jr)	16	6	3	2	5	0	1	0	0	1
45	Hudson Walker (So)	10	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1

Ezekiel Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	52	9	19	28	16	10	7	18	12
4	Caden Pond (Jr)	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	4	5
11	Terrence Sankey (So)	0	3	3	6	1	1	0	4	0
13	Kelson Free (Jr)	18	1	6	7	0	2	1	3	0
15	Justus Teate (Jr)	5	2	2	4	2	1	1	2	3
20	Wilson Eagerton (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Elijah Taylor (So)	17	0	3	3	1	3	4	2	1
52	Camden Rushing (Sr)	2	0	1	1	8	2	1	2	0
53	Gerard Johnson (Sr)	10	2	4	6	1	0	0	0	3

Evangel Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.20	0.80	0.67	0.58	4
2	Cade Joiner (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.25	0.25	2
4	Sawyer Blackman (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
11	Paul Dixon (Sr)	3.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
14	Will Welch (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
22	Nick Cloud (Sr)	1.00	0.33	0.33	0.00
24	Jonathan Gill (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	1
30	Ben Bugnar (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
45	Hudson Walker (So)	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00

Ezekiel Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.89	0.56	0.83	0.58
4	Caden Pond (Jr)	0.75	0.25	0.20	0.00
11	Terrence Sankey (So)	0.25	0.25	1.00	0.00
13	Kelson Free (Jr)	0.00	0.67	2.00	1.00
15	Justus Teate (Jr)	1.00	0.50	0.33	0.33
23	Elijah Taylor (So)	0.50	1.50	3.00	4.00
52	Camden Rushing (Sr)	4.00	1.00	2.00	1.00
53	Gerard Johnson (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Game Story

Alabama High School Basketball - Ezekiel Academy sneaks past Evangel Christian

January 17, 2025: Montgomery, AL 36116

The Ezekiel Academy Knights (Montgomery, AL) basketball edged the visiting Evangel Christian Lightning (Alabaster, AL), 52-50 in Friday's league bout.

The Knights now possess a 21-3 record. They play next when they host Southern Christian for a Alabama Christian Sports bout on Monday, January 20. Ezekiel Academy will play a Patriots team coming off a 71-37 league loss to Evangel Christian (Alabaster, AL). The Patriots record now stands at 3-6.

With the loss, Evangel Christian falls to 14-4 on the campaign. The Lightning travel to Southern Christian (Opelika, AL) to play the Patriots in a Alabama Christian Sports bout on Saturday, January 18. The Patriots go into the bout with a record of 3-4.

Players of the Game

Evangel Christian (24-25)

Evangel Christian has not selected any Players of the Game.

Ezekiel Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #23 Elijah Taylor for being selected the Ezekiel Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

ECHS @ EA Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 17, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Ezekiel Academy (Montgomery, AL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Evangel Christian (Alabaster, AL) by a score of 52-50.

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Rankings & Records

Evangel Christian (24-25)

AL
82

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
28-1	9-1	10-0	10-1	8-0	.966	.900	1,771	1,137

Ezekiel Academy (24-25)

AL
158

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
25-6	8-2	11-0	10-3	4-3	.806	.800	1,955	1,528

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Evangel Christian	18.6	17.0	18.7	13.3	61.1
Ezekiel Academy	15.0	16.4	17.4	15.3	63.1

Head-to-Head

Ezekiel Academy won on 1/17/2025

1/17 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

ECHS 9 15 13 13 50
Ezekiel Academy 12 14 18 8 52

The Evangel Christian (Alabaster, AL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Ezekiel Academy (Montgomery, AL) by a score of 52-50.
Box score
Evangel Christian won on 1/28/2025

1/28 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Ezekiel Academy 10 10 14 14 48
ECHS 13 18 19 17 67

The Ezekiel Academy (Montgomery, AL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Evangel Christian (Alabaster, AL) by a score of 67-48.
Box score

1/17 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ECHS	9	15	13	13	50
Ezekiel Academy	12	14	18	8	52

1/28 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Ezekiel Academy	10	10	14	14	48
ECHS	13	18	19	17	67

Team Stat Comparison

Evangel Christian		Ezekiel Academy
60.9	Points Per Game	63.0
33.0	Rebounds Per Game	32.8
14.9	Assists Per Game	14.6
11.0	Steals Per Game	13.9
3.8	Blocks Per Game	3.6

Team Leaders

Evangel Christian		Ezekiel Academy	National Avg.
#30 Ben Bugnar9.0	Points Per Game	#13 Kelson Free17.4	4.9
#24 Jonathan Gill5.0	Rebounds Per Game	#53 Gerard Johnson7.1	2.6
#22 Nick Cloud3.5	Assists Per Game	#13 Kelson Free4.0	1.0
#2 Cade Joiner1.8	Steals Per Game	#13 Kelson Free3.5	0.8
#24 Jonathan Gill1.0	Blocks Per Game	#23 Elijah Taylor0.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Evangel Christian	12-0		Ezekiel Academy	10-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/26/24	Evangel Christian	Macon-East Montgomery Academy	(W) 56-22	12/7/24	Ezekiel Academy	Macon-East Montgomery Academy	(W) 52-30
12/3/24	Evangel Christian	Restoration Academy	(W) 49-33	11/21/24	Ezekiel Academy	Restoration Academy	(L) 52-49
				11/25/24	Restoration Academy	Ezekiel Academy	(W) 55-33
				1/3/25	Restoration Academy	Ezekiel Academy	(W) 53-45
12/10/24	Tuscaloosa Home Educators	Evangel Christian	(W) 64-35	1/7/25	Ezekiel Academy	Tuscaloosa Home Educators	(W) 57-51
1/14/25	Evangel Christian	Tuscaloosa Home Educators	(W) 65-35	1/31/25	Tuscaloosa Home Educators	Ezekiel Academy	(W) 75-44
1/4/25	Evangel Christian	Wiregrass	(W) 61-43	12/6/24	Ezekiel Academy	Wiregrass	(W) 61-43
1/31/25	Wiregrass	Evangel Christian	(W) 80-38	2/4/25	Wiregrass	Ezekiel Academy	(W) 78-66
2/14/25	Evangel Christian	Wiregrass	(W) 76-48
1/7/25	East Central HomeSchool	Evangel Christian	(W) 44-39	1/14/25	East Central HomeSchool	Ezekiel Academy	(W) 54-47
2/7/25	Evangel Christian	East Central HomeSchool	(W) 95-66	1/24/25	Ezekiel Academy	East Central HomeSchool	(L) 58-48
2/15/25	East Central HomeSchool	Evangel Christian	(W) 101-65	2/14/25	Ezekiel Academy	East Central HomeSchool	(L) 77-69
1/18/25	Evangel Christian	Southern Christian	(W) 71-37	1/6/25	Ezekiel Academy	Southern Christian	(W) 65-50
1/25/25	Southern Christian	Evangel Christian	(W) 69-37	1/20/25	Southern Christian	Ezekiel Academy	(W) 60-21

Record Breakdown

Evangel Christian (24-25)		Ezekiel Academy (24-25)
28-1	Overall	25-6
11-1	League	8-3
10-0	Non-League	13-1
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
12-0	Common Opponent	10-3
10-0	Home	11-0
10-1	Away	10-3
8-0	Neutral	4-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
23-1	In-State	22-5
3-0	Out-of-State	3-1