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The Bethel Christian Academy (Kinston, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Liberty Christian Academy (Richlands, NC) by a score of 31-24.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
LCA	-	-	-	-	31
BCA	-	-	-	-	24

Final score provided by S. Richmond.

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Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Liberty Christian Academy (23-24)

Liberty Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	31	11	50	22	24
1	Taylor Rooks (Sr)	5	2	7	29	29
4	Sarah Minner (Sr)	11	4	17	24	26
5	Kristen Riggs (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
13	Hollyn Thigpen (Fr)	8	3	10	30	35
24	M. Shifflett (Jr)	2	1	13	8	8
30	Hayden Newkirk (Sr)	3	0	2	0	0

Liberty Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	31	2	8	25	7	17	41	9	42	21
1	Taylor Rooks (Sr)	5				1	2	50	2	7	29
4	Sarah Minner (Sr)	11	1	3	33	2	2	100	3	14	21
5	Kristen Riggs (Sr)	2							1	1	100
13	Hollyn Thigpen (Fr)	8	1	5	20	1	5	20	2	5	40
24	M. Shifflett (Jr)	2				0	2	0	1	13	8
30	Hayden Newkirk (Sr)	3				3	6	50	0	2	0

Liberty Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	31	13	25	38	4	20	4	36	16
1	Taylor Rooks (Sr)	5	2	2	4	1	3	1	12	1
4	Sarah Minner (Sr)	11	1	5	6	1	6	2	8	2
5	Kristen Riggs (Sr)	2	2		2		1		2	1
13	Hollyn Thigpen (Fr)	8		4	4	1	7		8	2
22	Emma Sanders (Sr)						1	1		1
24	M. Shifflett (Jr)	2	5	6	11		1		3	4
30	Hayden Newkirk (Sr)	3	3	8	11	1	1		3	5

Liberty Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.11	0.56	1.25	0.25	25
1	Taylor Rooks (Sr)	0.08	0.25	3.00	1.00	4
4	Sarah Minner (Sr)	0.13	0.75	3.00	1.00	7
5	Kristen Riggs (Sr)		0.50	1.00		1
13	Hollyn Thigpen (Fr)	0.13	0.88	3.50		6
22	Emma Sanders (Sr)			1.00	1.00
24	M. Shifflett (Jr)		0.33	0.25		4
30	Hayden Newkirk (Sr)	0.33	0.33	0.20		3

Bethel Christian Academy (23-24)

Bethel Christian Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Bethel Christian Academy tipped by Liberty Christian Academy

January 19, 2024: Kinston, NC 28504

In Friday's non-league match, the visiting Liberty Christian Academy Heat basketball team scored a tight 41-34 triumph over the Bethel Christian Academy Trojans.

In their next game, the Heat meet the New Bern Christian Academy (New Bern, NC) in a non-league match, on Monday, January 22. Liberty Christian Academy will attempt to move on its 4-10 season record. The enter the match with a 13-4 record after their 44-25 non-league loss to Pungo Christian Academy (Belhaven, NC).

With the defeat, Bethel Christian Academy moves to 3-8 on the year. The Trojans travel to Greenville Christian Academy (Greenville, NC) to meet the Knights in a NCCSA AA East Region 4 match on Monday, January 22. The Knights enter the match with a record of 7-7. Greenville Christian Academy won 25-24 in their recent league match against Wilmington Christian Academy (Wilmington, NC)

Players of the Game

Liberty Christian Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #4 Sarah Minner for being selected the Liberty Christian Academy Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Bethel Christian Academy (23-24)

Bethel Christian Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

LCA @ BCA Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 19, 2024 @ 6:15p

The Bethel Christian Academy (Kinston, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Liberty Christian Academy (Richlands, NC) by a score of 31-24.

Rankings & Records

Liberty Christian Academy (23-24)

NC	Class
507	21

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
8-15	3-6	4-7	1-2	.348	669	877

Bethel Christian Academy (23-24)

NC	Class
566	13

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
5-15	3-6	4-7	1-8	.250	.333	579	825

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Liberty Christian Academy	5.9	7.6	8.0	6.3	8.0	29.1
Bethel Christian Academy	5.9	7.3	6.5	7.6	-	29.0

Team Stat Comparison

Liberty Christian Academy		Bethel Christian Academy
29.0	Points Per Game	-
22.5	Rebounds Per Game	-
3.3	Assists Per Game	-
13.0	Steals Per Game	-
2.9	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Liberty Christian Academy		Bethel Christian Academy	National Avg.
#4 Sarah Minner10.0	Points Per Game	-	4.2
#30 Hayden Newkirk5.7	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
#4 Sarah Minner1.0	Assists Per Game	-	0.9
#13 Hollyn Thigpen3.1	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#4 Sarah Minner1.0	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Liberty Christian Academy	3-4		Bethel Christian Academy	1-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/16/23	Liberty Christian Academy	Jacksonville Christian Academy	(L) 29-15	11/30/23	Bethel Christian Academy	Jacksonville Christian Academy	(L) 48-30
2/1/24	Jacksonville Christian Academy	Liberty Christian Academy	(W) 52-41	1/11/24	Jacksonville Christian Academy	Bethel Christian Academy	(L) 40-36
1/12/24	Liberty Christian Academy	Hilltop Christian	(W) 41-34	1/16/24	Hilltop Christian	Bethel Christian Academy	(L) 24-16
1/22/24	New Bern Christian Academy	Liberty Christian Academy	(W) 29-27	2/5/24	Bethel Christian Academy	New Bern Christian Academy	(L) 47-27
1/30/24	Liberty Christian Academy	New Bern Christian Academy	(L) 51-30
1/23/24	Greenville Christian Academy	Liberty Christian Academy	(L) 52-20	1/22/24	Bethel Christian Academy	Greenville Christian Academy	(L) 66-35
				2/9/24	Greenville Christian Academy	Bethel Christian Academy	(W) 34-29
2/8/24	Liberty Christian Academy	Wilmington Christian Academy	(L) 43-20	11/28/23	Wilmington Christian Academy	Bethel Christian Academy	(L) 37-35
				2/2/24	Bethel Christian Academy	Wilmington Christian Academy	(L) 40-23

Record Breakdown

Liberty Christian Academy (23-24)		Bethel Christian Academy (23-24)
8-15	Overall	5-15
0-0	League	3-6
7-12	Non-League	2-8
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-4	Common Opponent	1-7
3-6	Home	4-7
4-7	Away	1-8
1-2	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	0-1
8-15	In-State	5-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0