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The Union Grove Christian (Lexington, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's neutral tournament game against Mercer Christian Academy (Princeton, WV) by a score of 48-46.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MCA	9	5	9	23	46
UGCHS	11	11	10	16	48

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Mercer Christian Academy (22-23)

Union Grove Christian (22-23)

Mercer Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	145	46	15	52	29	37
00	MJ Patton (So)	25	4	2	10	20	20
12	Shaye Basham (Sr)	32	13	5	14	36	43
13	Gage Thompson (So)	3	0	0	0
22	Briar Lucas (Sr)	10	0	0	1	0	0
30	Sam Boothe (Sr)	32	25	7	22	32	45
33	Micah Maurer (Jr)	11	0	0	1	0	0
44	Chance Watkins (So)	13	2	0	1	0	0
45	Isaac Sharp (Jr)	19	2	1	3	33	33

Union Grove Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	48	19	53	36	38
0	Colin Wykes (So)	8	3	12	25	25
11	Hayden Michalak (Jr)	14	6	15	40	47
12	Alex Anderson (Sr)	13	4	8	50	50
24	K. Rucker (Sr)	6	3	8	38	38
31	Luke Weldon (Sr)	1	0	6	0	0
44	Jonathan Weaver (Sr)	6	3	4	75	75

Mercer Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	145	46	8	22	36	8	12	67	7	30	23
00	MJ Patton (So)	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	20
12	Shaye Basham (Sr)	32	13	2	10	20	1	3	33	3	4	75
13	Gage Thompson (So)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Briar Lucas (Sr)	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Sam Boothe (Sr)	32	25	6	11	55	5	6	83	1	11	9
33	Micah Maurer (Jr)	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44	Chance Watkins (So)	13	2	0	0	0	2	3	67	0	1	0
45	Isaac Sharp (Jr)	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33

Union Grove Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	48	2	20	10	8	15	53	17	33	52
0	Colin Wykes (So)	8	0	6	0	2	5	40	3	6	50
11	Hayden Michalak (Jr)	14	2	9	22	0	1	0	4	6	67
12	Alex Anderson (Sr)	13	0	1	0	5	5	100	4	7	57
24	K. Rucker (Sr)	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	4	75
31	Luke Weldon (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	4	25	0	6	0
44	Jonathan Weaver (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	75

Mercer Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	145	46	9	20	29	12	10	1	16	17
00	MJ Patton (So)	25	4	1	4	5	0	3	0	5	1
12	Shaye Basham (Sr)	32	13	2	0	2	1	2	0	1	3
13	Gage Thompson (So)	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0
22	Briar Lucas (Sr)	10	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	3	1
30	Sam Boothe (Sr)	32	25	5	5	10	10	1	0	3	4
33	Micah Maurer (Jr)	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
44	Chance Watkins (So)	13	2	0	5	5	0	1	1	0	3
45	Isaac Sharp (Jr)	19	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	5

Union Grove Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	48	14	23	37	7	10	1	14	15
0	Colin Wykes (So)	8	0	3	3	3	3	0	1	2
11	Hayden Michalak (Jr)	14	0	5	5	2	0	0	3	3
12	Alex Anderson (Sr)	13	2	7	9	1	4	1	3	3
22	Jeph Everhart (Sr)		0	0		0	1	0	0	0
23	Hunter Hemrick (Sr)		0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
24	K. Rucker (Sr)	6	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	1
31	Luke Weldon (Sr)	1	9	1	10	1	1	0	4	3
44	Jonathan Weaver (Sr)	6	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	2

Mercer Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.75	0.63	0.59	0.06	1	18
00	MJ Patton (So)	0.00	0.60	3.00	0.00	0	3
12	Shaye Basham (Sr)	1.00	2.00	0.67	0.00	0	3
13	Gage Thompson (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
22	Briar Lucas (Sr)	0.33	0.67	2.00	0.00	0	4
30	Sam Boothe (Sr)	3.33	0.33	0.25	0.00	0	1
33	Micah Maurer (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	4
44	Chance Watkins (So)	0.00	1.00	0.33	0.33	1	0
45	Isaac Sharp (Jr)	0.00	0.50	0.20	0.00	0	2

Union Grove Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.50	0.71	0.67	0.07
0	Colin Wykes (So)	3.00	3.00	1.50	0.00
11	Hayden Michalak (Jr)	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	Alex Anderson (Sr)	0.33	1.33	1.33	0.33
22	Jeph Everhart (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
31	Luke Weldon (Sr)	0.25	0.25	0.33	0.00
44	Jonathan Weaver (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00

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Game Story

West Virginia High School Basketball - Mercer Christian Academy can't hold off Union Grove Christian

January 25, 2023: Princeton, WV 24740

The Mercer Christian Academy Cavaliers basketball team (Princeton, WV), was nudged 48-46 in Wednesday's non-league battle with the visiting Union Grove Christian Patriots (Lexington, NC)

The Patriots now sport a 15-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Gospel Light Christian for a non-league battle on Thursday, January 26. Union Grove Christian will battle a team coming off a 49-41 non-league win over Indiana Christian Academy (Anderson, IN). The record now stands at 9-9.

The Cavaliers (12-5) will now prepare for their battle against Indiana Christian Academy (Anderson, IN). The Whirlwinds come into the non-league battle with a 11-7 record. In their last battle, Indiana Christian Academy was nudged by Gospel Light Christian (Walkertown, NC), 49-41, in a non-league battle.

Players of the Game

Mercer Christian Academy (22-23)

Congratulations to #33 Micah Maurer for being selected the Mercer Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Union Grove Christian (22-23)

Union Grove Christian has not selected any Players of the Game.

MCA vs UGCHS Basketball Game Info

Wed., Jan. 25, 2023 @ 5p

at BJU Invitational

The Union Grove Christian (Lexington, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's neutral tournament game against Mercer Christian Academy (Princeton, WV) by a score of 48-46.

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Rankings & Records

Mercer Christian Academy (22-23)

WV
51

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
20-9	10-5	7-2	8-3	5-4	.690	.667	1,791	1,459

Union Grove Christian (22-23)

NC	Class
248	5

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
22-8	8-3	7-4	10-3	5-1	.733	.727	1,672	1,401

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Mercer Christian Academy	16.3	15.7	14.2	15.9	5.0	7.0	61.8
Union Grove Christian	11.9	14.5	13.1	15.8	5.3	-	55.7

Team Stat Comparison

Mercer Christian Academy		Union Grove Christian
59.8	Points Per Game	55.7
29.0	Rebounds Per Game	30.3
16.1	Assists Per Game	13.1
9.0	Steals Per Game	11.0
1.6	Blocks Per Game	2.9

Team Leaders

Mercer Christian Academy		Union Grove Christian	National Avg.
#30 Sam Boothe18.2	Points Per Game	#0 Colin Wykes18.9	4.9
#30 Sam Boothe8.9	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Alex Anderson7.0	2.6
#30 Sam Boothe4.8	Assists Per Game	#12 Alex Anderson3.1	1.0
#00 MJ Patton2.1	Steals Per Game	#12 Alex Anderson2.6	0.8
#22 Briar Lucas0.6	Blocks Per Game	#12 Alex Anderson1.0	0.3

Record Breakdown

M Mercer Christian Academy (22-23)		Union Grove Christian (22-23)
20-9	Overall	22-8
10-5	League	8-3
4-2	Non-League	6-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
7-2	Home	7-4
8-3	Away	10-3
5-4	Neutral	5-1
0-0	Playoff	1-1
15-8	In-State	21-7
5-1	Out-of-State	1-1