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The Ezekiel Academy (Montgomery, AL) JV basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Evangel Christian (Alabaster, AL) by a score of 41-29.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Evangel Christian	14	9	9	9	41
Ezekiel Academy	6	4	10	9	29

Final score provided by N. Hobbs.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Evangel Christian (22-23)

Evangel Christian has not entered stats for this game.

Ezekiel Academy (22-23)

Ezekiel Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	29	11	33	33	36
2	TJ Beeker (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
13	Kelson Free (Fr)	10	3	9	33	39
21	Caleb Chatman (Fr)	1	0	1	0	0
23	Elijah Taylor (8th)	10	4	9	44	50
30	Jonathan Lynch (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
51	Kaleb Wages (So)	4	2	7	29	29
53	Gerard Johnson (So)	4	2	4	50	50

Ezekiel Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	29	2	11	18	5	10	50	9	22	41
2	TJ Beeker (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
13	Kelson Free (Fr)	10	1	5	20	3	4	75	2	4	50
21	Caleb Chatman (Fr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	1	0
23	Elijah Taylor (8th)	10	1	6	17	1	1	100	3	3	100
30	Jonathan Lynch (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
51	Kaleb Wages (So)	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	29
53	Gerard Johnson (So)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	50

Ezekiel Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	29	23	2	4	2
2	TJ Beeker (Fr)	0	5	1	0	0
13	Kelson Free (Fr)	10	2	0	0	0
21	Caleb Chatman (Fr)	1	3	0	0	1
23	Elijah Taylor (8th)	10	3	0	0	0
51	Kaleb Wages (So)	4	2	0	3	1
53	Gerard Johnson (So)	4	8	1	1	0

Game Story

Alabama High School Basketball - Ezekiel Academy topped by Evangel Christian

January 20, 2023: Montgomery, AL 36116

The Evangel Christian Lightning basketball team scored 41 points and restricted the host Ezekiel Academy Knights to 29 in the Lightning league victory on Friday.

The Lightning now sport a 12-1 record. They put it on the line next when they host Coosa Valley Academy for a non-league contest on Monday, January 23. Evangel Christian will battle a Rebels team coming off a 48-42 league loss to Cornerstone Christian (Columbiana, AL). The Rebels record now stands at 0-6.

The Knights (16-4) will now prepare for their contest against East Central HomeSchool (Pinson, AL). The Patriots come into the contest with a 1-14 record. In their last contest, East Central HomeSchool was defeated by Wiregrass (Dothan, AL), 41-20, in a league contest.

Players of the Game

Evangel Christian (22-23)

Evangel Christian has not selected any Players of the Game.

Ezekiel Academy (22-23)

Congratulations to #13 Kelson Free for being selected the Ezekiel Academy JV Basketball Player of the Game.

ECHS @ EA Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 20, 2023 @ 5p

The Ezekiel Academy (Montgomery, AL) JV basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Evangel Christian (Alabaster, AL) by a score of 41-29.

Rankings & Records

Evangel Christian (22-23)

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
16-2	7-1	9-1	6-1	1-0	.889	.875	772	485

Ezekiel Academy (22-23)

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
21-8	5-3	10-3	11-3	0-2	.724	.625	1,205	855

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Evangel Christian	10.4	7.0	12.8	10.2	3.0	12.0	42.9
Ezekiel Academy	11.4	8.9	10.3	10.6	3.0	7.0	41.6

Head-to-Head

Evangel Christian won on 1/20/2023

1/20 @ 5p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

ECHS 14 9 9 9 41
Ezekiel Academy 6 4 10 9 29

The Evangel Christian (Alabaster, AL) JV basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Ezekiel Academy (Montgomery, AL) by a score of 41-29.
Box score
Evangel Christian won on 2/3/2023

2/3 @ 5p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 OT2 Final

Ezekiel Academy 10 7 3 14 3 7 44
ECHS 7 6 9 12 3 12 49

The Ezekiel Academy (Montgomery, AL) JV basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Evangel Christian (Alabaster, AL) in overtime by a score of 49-44.
Box score

1/20 @ 5p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ECHS	14	9	9	9	41
Ezekiel Academy	6	4	10	9	29

2/3 @ 5p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Ezekiel Academy	10	7	3	14	3	7	44
ECHS	7	6	9	12	3	12	49

Team Stat Comparison

Evangel Christian		Ezekiel Academy
-	Points Per Game	40.4
-	Rebounds Per Game	21.8
-	Assists Per Game	3.5
-	Steals Per Game	7.5
-	Blocks Per Game	1.6

Team Leaders

Evangel Christian		Ezekiel Academy	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#13 Kelson Free12.2	4.5
-	Rebounds Per Game	#53 Gerard Johnson6.2	2.5
-	Assists Per Game	#51 Kaleb Wages1.6	0.8
-	Steals Per Game	#13 Kelson Free1.7	1.0
-	Blocks Per Game	#21 Caleb Chatman0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Evangel Christian	8-1		Ezekiel Academy	6-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/17/22	Evangel Christian	East Central HomeSchool	(W) 50-21	12/16/22	Ezekiel Academy	East Central HomeSchool	(W) 44-14
1/10/23	East Central HomeSchool	Evangel Christian	(W) 40-9	1/23/23	East Central HomeSchool	Ezekiel Academy	(W) 47-25
12/6/22	Tuscaloosa Home Educators	Evangel Christian	(W) 38-28	1/6/23	Tuscaloosa Home Educators	Ezekiel Academy	(W) 43-28
1/17/23	Evangel Christian	Tuscaloosa Home Educators	(W) 44-16	1/27/23	Ezekiel Academy	Tuscaloosa Home Educators	(W) 44-33
2/11/23	Evangel Christian	Tuscaloosa Home Educators	(W) 43-27
12/12/22	Heritage Christian Academy	Evangel Christian	(W) 33-21	1/5/23	Ezekiel Academy	Heritage Christian Academy	(W) 39-30
1/13/23	Evangel Christian	Wiregrass	(L) 51-42	12/10/22	Ezekiel Academy	Wiregrass	(L) 51-38
1/27/23	Wiregrass	Evangel Christian	(W) 39-22	1/10/23	Wiregrass	Ezekiel Academy	(W) 49-40
2/11/23	Wiregrass	Evangel Christian	(W) 46-38	1/24/23	Ezekiel Academy	Wiregrass	(L) 48-39
				2/11/23	Wiregrass	Ezekiel Academy	(L) 36-34

Record Breakdown

Evangel Christian (22-23)		Ezekiel Academy (22-23)
16-2	Overall	21-8
8-1	League	5-3
7-1	Non-League	15-3
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
8-1	Common Opponent	6-3
9-1	Home	10-3
6-1	Away	11-3
1-0	Neutral	0-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
16-2	In-State	18-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0