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The Forest Area (Fife Lake, MI) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Grand Traverse Academy (Traverse City, MI) by a score of 51-31.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
GTA	-	-	-	-	31
Forest Area	-	-	-	-	51

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Game Stats

Grand Traverse Academy (23-24)

Grand Traverse Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	31	12	47	26	32
1	Coby Bilderback (So)	5	2	4	50	63
2	Michael Bell (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
3	C. Vermilyea (So)	7	2	5	40	60
10	Nate Dix (So)	5	2	4	50	63
11	Weston Kinney (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
12	Jacob George (Sr)	4	2	7	29	29
13	Zack Worm (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
14	Matthew Kinney (Sr)	3	1	9	11	17
15	Alex Wilkins (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
25	Charlie Dennis (Jr)	3	1	11	9	14

Grand Traverse Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	31	6	23	26	1	10	10	6	24	25
1	Coby Bilderback (So)	5	1	3	33				1	1	100
2	Michael Bell (Sr)	0							0	1	0
3	C. Vermilyea (So)	7	2	4	50	1	3	33	0	1	0
10	Nate Dix (So)	5	1	2	50	0	3	0	1	2	50
11	Weston Kinney (Jr)	2				0	2	0	1	3	33
12	Jacob George (Sr)	4	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	4	50
13	Zack Worm (Sr)	2							1	1	100
14	Matthew Kinney (Sr)	3	1	5	20	0	0	0	0	4	0
15	Alex Wilkins (Jr)	0							0	2	0
25	Charlie Dennis (Jr)	3	1	6	17				0	5	0

Grand Traverse Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	31	4	15	19	4	2	15
1	Coby Bilderback (So)	5		1	1			4
2	Michael Bell (Sr)	0						2
3	C. Vermilyea (So)	7						2
10	Nate Dix (So)	5		1	1	2	2	1
11	Weston Kinney (Jr)	2		3	3
12	Jacob George (Sr)	4		3	3			2
13	Zack Worm (Sr)	2		1	1	1
14	Matthew Kinney (Sr)	3
15	Alex Wilkins (Jr)	0	1		1	1		1
25	Charlie Dennis (Jr)	3	3	6	9			3

Grand Traverse Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.27
10	Nate Dix (So)	2.00
15	Alex Wilkins (Jr)	1.00

Forest Area (23-24)

Forest Area has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Michigan High School Basketball - Grand Traverse Academy succumbs to Forest Area

January 18, 2024: Fife Lake, MI 49633

The Forest Area Warriors topped the visiting Grand Traverse Academy Mustangs basketball team by a final score of 51-31 in Thursday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Warriors face the Mancelona Ironmen (Mancelona, MI) in a Ski-Valley game, on Friday, January 19. Forest Area will attempt to move on its 3-8 season record. The Ironmen enter the game with a 10-2 record after their 50-40 non-league win over Ellsworth (Ellsworth, MI).

With the defeat, Grand Traverse Academy moves to 0-11 on the year. The Mustangs travel to Catholic Central (Manistee, MI) to face the Sabers in a non-league game on Monday, January 22. The Sabers enter the game with a record of 3-8. Catholic Central won 49-23 in their recent league game against Crossroads Charter Academy (Big Rapids, MI)

GTA @ Forest Area Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 18, 2024 @ 7:30p

The Forest Area (Fife Lake, MI) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Grand Traverse Academy (Traverse City, MI) by a score of 51-31.

Rankings & Records

Grand Traverse Academy (23-24)

MI
745

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
2-22	0-1	2-11	0-10	0-1	.083	.000	824	1,426

Forest Area (23-24)

MI	Class
699	150

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
5-18	1-15	3-9	2-8	0-1	.217	.062	886	1,356

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Grand Traverse Academy	9.3	8.5	8.5	9.3	34.3
Forest Area	9.0	12.5	9.5	10.5	38.5

Head-to-Head

Forest Area won on 12/20/2023

12/20 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Forest Area - - - - 56
GTA - - - - 40

The Forest Area (Fife Lake, MI) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's away non-conference game against Grand Traverse Academy (Traverse City, MI) by a score of 56-40.
Box score
Forest Area won on 1/18/2024

1/18 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

GTA - - - - 31
Forest Area - - - - 51

The Grand Traverse Academy (Traverse City, MI) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against Forest Area (Fife Lake, MI) by a score of 51-31.
Box score

12/20 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Forest Area	-	-	-	-	56
GTA	-	-	-	-	40

Team Stat Comparison

Grand Traverse Academy		Forest Area
34.2	Points Per Game	-
24.2	Rebounds Per Game	-
2.2	Assists Per Game	-
6.9	Steals Per Game	-
0.9	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Grand Traverse Academy		Forest Area	National Avg.
#25 Charlie Dennis8.9	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#11 Weston Kinney6.9	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#25 Charlie Dennis0.8	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#25 Charlie Dennis1.3	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#10 Nate Dix0.4	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Grand Traverse Academy	0-6		Forest Area	2-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/11/23	Leland	Grand Traverse Academy	(L) 67-12	11/29/23	Leland	Forest Area	(L) 62-41
2/22/24	Grand Traverse Academy	Leland	(L) 41-20
12/15/23	Cadillac Heritage Christian	Grand Traverse Academy	(L) 54-38	12/5/23	Cadillac Heritage Christian	Forest Area	(W) 49-36
2/15/24	Grand Traverse Academy	Cadillac Heritage Christian	(L) 43-28	2/2/24	Forest Area	Cadillac Heritage Christian	(W) 37-33
1/25/24	Central Lake	Grand Traverse Academy	(L) 101-50	1/3/24	Central Lake	Forest Area	(L) 76-59
				2/7/24	Forest Area	Central Lake	(L) 71-37
2/9/24	Grand Traverse Academy	Onekama	(L) 79-33	2/26/24	Onekama	Forest Area	(L) 52-30

Record Breakdown

Grand Traverse Academy (23-24)		Forest Area (23-24)
2-22	Overall	5-18
0-1	League	1-15
2-20	Non-League	4-2
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-6	Common Opponent	2-4
2-11	Home	3-9
0-10	Away	2-8
0-1	Neutral	0-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
2-19	In-State	5-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0