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The Wayne Preparatory Academy (Goldsboro, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against KIPP Pride (Gaston, NC) by a score of 64-52.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
KIPP Pride	-	-	-	-	52
WPA	-	-	-	-	64

Final score provided by M. Thomas.

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Game Stats

KIPP Pride (25-26)

Wayne Preparatory Academy (25-26)

KIPP Pride

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	174	45	17	57	30	32
1	Jihad Baker (Sr)	34	18	7	17	41	41
3	Tashaun Cowan (Sr)	35	6	2	9	22	28
4	C. Hedgepeth (Sr)	33	10	3	10	30	40
10	D'Amari Pride (Jr)	35	11	5	12	42	42
23	Travis Faison (Sr)	23	0	0	8	0	0
35	D. Edwards (Sr)	2	0	0	1	0	0
35	C. McKan (So)	12	0	0	0

Wayne Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	64	23	55	42	45
1	Jermaine Parks (Jr)	6	3	9	33	33
2	Trent Shepperd (Jr)	4	1	5	20	20
5	Zayveon Daniels (Sr)	1	0	2	0	0
7	Matthew Rios (Sr)	5	2	8	25	25
11	Shamir Hall (So)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Isaiah Thomas (Sr)	32	11	19	58	61
13	C. Mclaurin (Fr)	7	2	4	50	63
15	Tyron Jones (So)	7	3	5	60	70
16	Adonis Canady (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50

KIPP Pride

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	174	45	3	24	13	8	10	80	14	33	42
1	Jihad Baker (Sr)	34	18	0	5	0	4	5	80	7	12	58
3	Tashaun Cowan (Sr)	35	6	1	4	25	1	1	100	1	5	20
4	C. Hedgepeth (Sr)	33	10	2	9	22	2	2	100	1	1	100
10	D'Amari Pride (Jr)	35	11	0	0	0	1	2	50	5	12	42
23	Travis Faison (Sr)	23	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
35	D. Edwards (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35	C. McKan (So)	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Wayne Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	64	3	10	30	15	23	65	20	45	44
1	Jermaine Parks (Jr)	6							3	9	33
2	Trent Shepperd (Jr)	4	0	1	0	2	2	100	1	4	25
5	Zayveon Daniels (Sr)	1	0	1	0	1	2	50	0	1	0
7	Matthew Rios (Sr)	5				1	4	25	2	8	25
11	Shamir Hall (So)	0	0	1	0
12	Isaiah Thomas (Sr)	32	1	4	25	9	11	82	10	15	67
13	C. Mclaurin (Fr)	7	1	1	100	2	2	100	1	3	33
15	Tyron Jones (So)	7	1	2	50	0	2	0	2	3	67
16	Adonis Canady (Jr)	2							1	2	50

KIPP Pride

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	174	45	20	18	38	11	5	16	16
1	Jihad Baker (Sr)	34	18	3	1	4	4	1	0	3
3	Tashaun Cowan (Sr)	35	6	3	0	3	3	1	9	3
4	C. Hedgepeth (Sr)	33	10	4	2	6	1	1	1	2
10	D'Amari Pride (Jr)	35	11	6	9	15	3	2	6	4
23	Travis Faison (Sr)	23	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	4
35	D. Edwards (Sr)	2	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
35	C. McKan (So)	12	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0

Wayne Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	64	7	37	12	12	1	13
1	Jermaine Parks (Jr)	6	7	7				1
2	Trent Shepperd (Jr)	4		5	6
5	Zayveon Daniels (Sr)	1		1
7	Matthew Rios (Sr)	5		3	1	5		3
11	Shamir Hall (So)	0						3
12	Isaiah Thomas (Sr)	32		14	5	3		1
13	C. Mclaurin (Fr)	7		1				1
15	Tyron Jones (So)	7				1	1	2
16	Adonis Canady (Jr)	2		5		2
23	DJ Howell (Fr)			1		1		2

KIPP Pride

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.69	0.31	0.31	1	8
1	Jihad Baker (Sr)	4.00	1.00	0.33	1	1
3	Tashaun Cowan (Sr)	0.33	0.11	0.33	0	0
4	C. Hedgepeth (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0	3
10	D'Amari Pride (Jr)	0.50	0.33	0.50	0	3
23	Travis Faison (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1

Wayne Preparatory Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.92	0.92
7	Matthew Rios (Sr)	0.33	1.67
12	Isaiah Thomas (Sr)	5.00	3.00
15	Tyron Jones (So)		0.50
23	DJ Howell (Fr)		0.50

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - KIPP Pride falls to Wayne Preparatory Academy

January 2, 2026: Gaston, NC 27832

The KIPP Pride Pride basketball squad (Gaston, NC), was outscored 64-52 in Friday's non-league challenge with the visiting Wayne Preparatory Academy Generals (Goldsboro, NC)

The Generals (12-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Voyager Academy (Durham, NC). The Vikings come into the non-league challenge with a 6-6 record. In their last challenge, Voyager Academy prevailed over Riverside Christian Academy (Fayetteville, NC), 65-53, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Pride encounter the Pasquotank County Panthers (Elizabeth City, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 6. KIPP Pride will attempt to advance on its 1-7 season record. The Panthers enter the battle with a 9-1 record after their 74-68 non-league win over Holmes (Edenton, NC).

KIPP Pride vs WPA Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 2, 2026 @ 11:30a

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The Wayne Preparatory Academy (Goldsboro, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against KIPP Pride (Gaston, NC) by a score of 64-52.

Rankings & Records

KIPP Pride (25-26)

NC	Class
527	31

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
5-19	4-6	3-6	2-11	0-2	.208	.400	1,123	1,392

Wayne Preparatory Academy (25-26)

NC	Class
265	3

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
23-10	10-0	10-1	8-3	5-6	.697	1.000	2,452	1,995

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
KIPP Pride	14.4	10.3	10.7	10.4	46.8
Wayne Preparatory Academy	18.9	18.2	17.2	20.0	74.3

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Team Stat Comparison

KIPP Pride		Wayne Preparatory Academy
41.5	Points Per Game	43.8
21.3	Rebounds Per Game	22.1
7.1	Assists Per Game	7.8
6.2	Steals Per Game	8.1
1.8	Blocks Per Game	0.7

Team Leaders

KIPP Pride		Wayne Preparatory Academy	National Avg.
#1 Jihad Baker16.3	Points Per Game	#12 Isaiah Thomas33.3	4.8
#35 Christopher McKan4.5	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Isaiah Thomas9.0	2.5
#1 Jihad Baker2.5	Assists Per Game	#12 Isaiah Thomas3.7	1.0
#1 Jihad Baker1.9	Steals Per Game	#12 Isaiah Thomas3.8	0.8
#10 D'Amari Pride0.7	Blocks Per Game	#12 Isaiah Thomas0.7	0.2

Record Breakdown

KIPP Pride (25-26)		Wayne Preparatory Academy (25-26)
5-19	Overall	23-10
4-7	League	12-0
0-9	Non-League	6-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
3-6	Home	10-1
2-11	Away	8-3
0-2	Neutral	5-6
0-1	Playoff	0-1
5-19	In-State	23-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0