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Grace Christian Thales Academy Apex

Crusaders

101

Titans

The Thales Academy Apex (Apex, NC) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) by a score of 101-71.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Grace Christian	26	29	31	15	101
Thales Academy Apex	15	22	16	18	71

Final score provided by J. Wilson.

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Game Stats

Thales Academy Apex (23-24)

Grace Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	101	42	89	47	55
3	Matt Foster (Jr)	7	3	4	75	88
10	Conner Stone (Sr)	5	2	6	33	42
11	Nate Jones (Fr)	21	9	19	47	55
12	Ma'Kyi Butler (Sr)	23	10	22	45	50
15	Grant Jacques (Fr)	27	9	16	56	78
22	W. Robertson (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
23	Jimmy Zimmerman (Jr)	8	4	10	40	40
32	Caleb Ellis (So)	8	4	7	57	57
50	Jaden Smith (So)	0	0	3	0	0

Thales Academy Apex

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	71	26	62	42	48
2	Cole Barish (Sr)	10	3	6	50	58
4	Luke Railo (Jr)	24	8	17	47	59
15	Daniel Cannon (So)	7	3	10	30	35
32	Zach Lehman (So)	0	0	4	0	0
33	Zach Rachmuth (So)	30	12	25	48	52

Grace Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	101	14	35	40	3	7	43	28	54	52
3	Matt Foster (Jr)	7	1	1	100	0	0	0	2	3	67
10	Conner Stone (Sr)	5	1	4	25	0	0	0	1	2	50
11	Nate Jones (Fr)	21	3	9	33	0	1	0	6	10	60
12	Ma'Kyi Butler (Sr)	23	2	5	40	1	2	50	8	17	47
15	Grant Jacques (Fr)	27	7	12	58	2	4	50	2	4	50
22	W. Robertson (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
23	Jimmy Zimmerman (Jr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	40
32	Caleb Ellis (So)	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	6	67
50	Jaden Smith (So)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Thales Academy Apex

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	71	8	25	32	11	15	73	18	37	49
2	Cole Barish (Sr)	10	1	1	100	3	4	75	2	5	40
4	Luke Railo (Jr)	24	4	10	40	4	4	100	4	7	57
15	Daniel Cannon (So)	7	1	5	20				2	5	40
32	Zach Lehman (So)	0	0	4	0
33	Zach Rachmuth (So)	30	2	5	40	4	7	57	10	20	50

Grace Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	101	15	29	44	23	16	7
3	Matt Foster (Jr)	7	0	5	5	4	2	2
10	Conner Stone (Sr)	5	0	2	2	0	0	1
11	Nate Jones (Fr)	21	0	3	3	7	3	1
12	Ma'Kyi Butler (Sr)	23	5	3	8	4	3	1
15	Grant Jacques (Fr)	27	0	2	2	2	3	0
22	W. Robertson (Jr)	2	2	0	2	0	0	0
23	Jimmy Zimmerman (Jr)	8	5	7	12	4	2	2
32	Caleb Ellis (So)	8	3	5	8	1	3	0
44	Patrick Larson (So)	0	0	2	2	1	0	0

Thales Academy Apex

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	71	14	27	41	10	11	2	18
2	Cole Barish (Sr)	10	4	9	13	1			2
3	Jack O'Tuel (Sr)		1		1	1	3		2
4	Luke Railo (Jr)	24	1	4	5	4	3	1	4
5	Jayden Zhang (So)								1
15	Daniel Cannon (So)	7	4	2	6	1	2		2
32	Zach Lehman (So)	0		5	5	1			4
33	Zach Rachmuth (So)	30	4	7	11	2	3	1	3

Grace Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	2	16
3	Matt Foster (Jr)		1
11	Nate Jones (Fr)		4
12	Ma'Kyi Butler (Sr)		4
15	Grant Jacques (Fr)		2
23	Jimmy Zimmerman (Jr)		3
32	Caleb Ellis (So)	2	2

Thales Academy Apex

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.56	0.61
2	Cole Barish (Sr)	0.50
3	Jack O'Tuel (Sr)	0.50	1.50
4	Luke Railo (Jr)	1.00	0.75
15	Daniel Cannon (So)	0.50	1.00
32	Zach Lehman (So)	0.25
33	Zach Rachmuth (So)	0.67	1.00

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Thales Academy Apex ripped by Grace Christian

January 29, 2024: Apex, NC 27502

The Grace Christian Crusaders basketball team scored 101 points and held the host Thales Academy Apex Titans to 71 in the Crusaders non-league triumph on Monday.

The Crusaders now sport a 15-11 record. They put it on the line next when they host South Wake for a non-league contest on Tuesday, January 30. Grace Christian will battle a Sabres team coming off a 72-67 league loss to Chatham HomeSchool (Pittsboro, NC). The Sabres record now stands at 16-8.

The Titans (7-22) will now prepare for their contest against Neuse Christian Academy (Raleigh, NC). The Lions enter the NCISAA Raleigh Area contest with a 2-14 record. In their last contest, Neuse Christian Academy was routed by St. Thomas More Academy (Raleigh, NC), 58-30, in a league contest.

Rankings & Records

Grace Christian (23-24)

NC	Class
169	10

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
18-13	10-1	6-10	2-2	.581	2,208	2,133

Thales Academy Apex (23-24)

NC	Class
487	19

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
11-24	5-5	4-9	2-10	5-5	.314	.500	2,135	2,468

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Grace Christian	17.7	16.6	18.8	18.8	71.2
Thales Academy Apex	15.6	16.2	16.7	14.6	61.0

Head-to-Head

Grace Christian won on 12/8/2023

12/8 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

TAA 12 18 15 22 67
Grace Christian 22 19 23 25 89

The Thales Academy Apex (Apex, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) by a score of 89-67.
Box score
Grace Christian won on 1/29/2024

1/29 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Grace Christian 26 29 31 15 101
TAA 15 22 16 18 71

The Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) varsity basketball team won Monday's away non-conference game against Thales Academy Apex (Apex, NC) by a score of 101-71.
Box score

12/8 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
TAA	12	18	15	22	67
Grace Christian	22	19	23	25	89

Team Stat Comparison

Grace Christian		Thales Academy Apex
71.6	Points Per Game	60.5
29.9	Rebounds Per Game	29.2
13.2	Assists Per Game	12.6
7.7	Steals Per Game	6.9
2.8	Blocks Per Game	3.9

Team Leaders

Grace Christian		Thales Academy Apex	National Avg.
#12 Ma'Kyi Butler20.4	Points Per Game	#13 Nathan Purvis22.8	4.9
#12 Ma'Kyi Butler6.7	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Justin Brown9.2	2.6
#3 Matt Foster3.3	Assists Per Game	#4 Luke Railo5.2	1.0
#12 Ma'Kyi Butler1.4	Steals Per Game	#24 Justin Brown2.1	0.8
#3 Matt Foster0.9	Blocks Per Game	#24 Justin Brown4.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Grace Christian	3-1		Thales Academy Apex	0-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/15/23	Grace Christian	Freedom Christian Academy	(W) 73-66	11/13/23	Thales Academy Apex	Freedom Christian Academy	(L) 85-62
12/27/23	Grace Christian	Living Water Christian	(W) 101-71	12/2/23	Living Water Christian	Thales Academy Apex	(L) 90-56
2/13/24	Wake Christian Academy	Grace Christian	(W) 82-73	11/14/23	Thales Academy Apex	Wake Christian Academy	(L) 64-53
				12/5/23	Wake Christian Academy	Thales Academy Apex	(L) 96-77
2/15/24	Grace Christian	GRACE Christian	(L) 80-55	11/28/23	GRACE Christian	Thales Academy Apex	(L) 78-40

Record Breakdown

Grace Christian (23-24)		Thales Academy Apex (23-24)
18-13	Overall	11-24
0-0	League	7-6
14-9	Non-League	1-15
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
3-1	Common Opponent	0-5
10-1	Home	4-9
6-10	Away	2-10
2-2	Neutral	5-5
1-1	Playoff	0-1
17-12	In-State	8-24
1-1	Out-of-State	2-0