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The Mercer Christian Academy (Princeton, WV) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Mountain Mission (Grundy, VA) by a score of 72-63.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mountain Mission	21	22	12	17	72
MCA	20	12	19	12	63

Final score provided by J. Peters.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Mountain Mission (23-24)

Mercer Christian Academy (23-24)

Mountain Mission

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	72	40	82	49	55
3	Kaab Dawit (Sr)	10	6	14	43	50
4	A. Nyakemori (So)	8	4	7	57	64
11	Imani Chacha (Sr)	19	9	18	50	53
12	Abel Mesfin (Sr)	16	9	17	53	59
20	E. Maginga (So)	8	4	12	33	38
23	Elawi Dawit (So)	11	8	14	57	71

Mercer Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	160	63	25	56	45	51
00	MJ Patton (Jr)	32	29	11	19	58	71
10	Eli Patton (Fr)	29	9	3	12	25	33
13	Gage Thompson (Jr)	8	0	0	2	0	0
21	Kyler Carpenter (Fr)	29	4	2	8	25	25
44	Chance Watkins (Jr)	30	12	5	10	50	50
45	Isaac Sharp (Sr)	32	9	4	5	80	80

Mountain Mission

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	72	11	24	46	29	58	50
3	Kaab Dawit (Sr)	10	2	4	50	4	10	40
4	A. Nyakemori (So)	8	1	2	50	3	5	60
11	Imani Chacha (Sr)	19	1	5	20	8	13	62
12	Abel Mesfin (Sr)	16	2	3	67	7	14	50
20	E. Maginga (So)	8	1	3	33	3	9	33
23	Elawi Dawit (So)	11	4	7	57	4	7	57

Mercer Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	160	63	7	24	29	6	8	75	18	32	56
00	MJ Patton (Jr)	32	29	5	9	56	2	2	100	6	10	60
10	Eli Patton (Fr)	29	9	2	8	25	1	2	50	1	4	25
13	Gage Thompson (Jr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	Kyler Carpenter (Fr)	29	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
44	Chance Watkins (Jr)	30	12	0	4	0	2	2	100	5	6	83
45	Isaac Sharp (Sr)	32	9	0	0	0	1	2	50	4	5	80

Mountain Mission

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	72	20	18	20	5
3	Kaab Dawit (Sr)	10	6	1	3	4
4	A. Nyakemori (So)	8	3	1	3	0
11	Imani Chacha (Sr)	19	2	8	8	0
12	Abel Mesfin (Sr)	16	4	4	3	0
20	E. Maginga (So)	8	4	2	1	1
23	Elawi Dawit (So)	11	1	2	2	0

Mercer Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	160	63	8	33	41	17	6	5	20	14
00	MJ Patton (Jr)	32	29	1	8	9	7	3	0	5	1
10	Eli Patton (Fr)	29	9	0	4	4	2	1	0	4	4
13	Gage Thompson (Jr)	8	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	3	2
21	Kyler Carpenter (Fr)	29	4	4	3	7	3	0	1	2	3
44	Chance Watkins (Jr)	30	12	1	11	12	5	1	4	3	1
45	Isaac Sharp (Sr)	32	9	2	3	5	0	1	0	3	3

Misc Totals

Mountain Mission has not entered any misc totals stats.

Mercer Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.85	0.30	0.43	0.36	2	16
00	MJ Patton (Jr)	1.40	0.60	3.00	0.00	0	5
10	Eli Patton (Fr)	0.50	0.25	0.25	0.00	0	2
21	Kyler Carpenter (Fr)	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.33	0	3
44	Chance Watkins (Jr)	1.67	0.33	1.00	4.00	2	3
45	Isaac Sharp (Sr)	0.00	0.33	0.33	0.00	0	3

Game Story

West Virginia High School Basketball - Mountain Mission fells Mercer Christian Academy

January 23, 2024: Princeton, WV 24740

Mountain Mission Challengers (Grundy, VA) backers were in high spirits Tuesday as they witnessed their basketball squad thwart the host Mercer Christian Academy Cavaliers (Princeton, WV), 72-63 in a non-league bout.

With the win, Mountain Mission upgrades its record to 7-3 on the season. The Challengers host Wesley Christian (Allen, KY) to clash with the Circuit Riders in a non-league bout on Friday, January 26. The Circuit Riders go into the bout with a record of 8-15. Wesley Christian lost 74-54 in their recent non-league bout against Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Chattanooga, TN)

Next up, the Cavaliers clash with the Greater Beckley Christian Crusaders (Prosperity, WV) in a Coalfield A bout, on Friday, January 26. Mercer Christian Academy will attempt to upgrade on its 7-8 season record. The Crusaders go into the bout with a 6-3 record after their 71-62 non-league loss to Webster County (Upper Glade, WV).

MMHS @ MCA Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 23, 2024 @ 6p

The Mercer Christian Academy (Princeton, WV) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Mountain Mission (Grundy, VA) by a score of 72-63.

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Rankings & Records

Mountain Mission (23-24)

VA
113

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
20-7	1-0	6-1	8-4	6-2	.741	1.000	1,945	1,766

Mercer Christian Academy (23-24)

WV
68

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
19-13	10-2	9-3	5-4	5-6	.594	.833	1,856	1,709

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Mountain Mission	19.0	19.3	15.9	16.0	-	-	72.0
Mercer Christian Academy	14.3	12.8	15.0	15.9	6.5	6.0	58.0

Team Stat Comparison

Mountain Mission		Mercer Christian Academy
26.3	Points Per Game	58.0
7.5	Rebounds Per Game	34.0
1.3	Assists Per Game	13.2
4.2	Steals Per Game	8.0
1.2	Blocks Per Game	3.0

Team Leaders

Mountain Mission		Mercer Christian Academy	National Avg.
#11 Imani Chacha21.5	Points Per Game	#00 MJ Patton22.0	4.9
#3 Kaab Dawit5.5	Rebounds Per Game	#21 Kyler Carpenter7.8	2.6
#11 Imani Chacha1.8	Assists Per Game	#00 MJ Patton5.3	1.0
#11 Imani Chacha3.3	Steals Per Game	#00 MJ Patton3.0	0.8
#3 Kaab Dawit2.0	Blocks Per Game	#21 Kyler Carpenter1.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mountain Mission	3-0		Mercer Christian Academy	3-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/2/24	Jefferson Christian Academy	Mountain Mission	(W) 69-44	1/11/24	Mercer Christian Academy	Jefferson Christian Academy	(W) 54-39
2/23/24	Mountain Mission	Jefferson Christian Academy	(W) 68-57	1/29/24	Jefferson Christian Academy	Mercer Christian Academy	(W) 58-31
2/26/24	Mountain Mission	Appalachian Christian Academy	(W) 86-81	1/22/24	Mercer Christian Academy	Appalachian Christian Academy	(L) 82-62
				2/19/24	Appalachian Christian Academy	Mercer Christian Academy	(W) 69-58

Record Breakdown

Mountain Mission (23-24)		M Mercer Christian Academy (23-24)
20-7	Overall	19-13
1-0	League	11-3
8-6	Non-League	4-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-0	Common Opponent	3-1
6-1	Home	9-3
8-4	Away	5-4
6-2	Neutral	5-6
0-0	Playoff	0-0
5-1	In-State	15-11
14-6	Out-of-State	4-2