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The Halifax Academy (Roanoke Rapids, NC) JV basketball team lost Wednesday's home conference game against Rocky Mount Academy (Rocky Mount, NC) by a score of 47-40.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Rocky Mount Academy	-	-	-	-	47
Halifax Academy	-	-	-	-	40

Final score provided by E. Corum.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Rocky Mount Academy (24-25)

Rocky Mount Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Halifax Academy (24-25)

Halifax Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	40	12	50	24	30
2	Tyler Merritt (Fr)	6	0	3	0	0
12	Luke Corum (Fr)	14	5	19	26	37
20	Riddick Bain (Fr)	6	2	14	14	21
21	Braxton Bennett (So)	4	2	5	40	40
23	Ben Christy (So)	10	3	8	38	38
35	Wyatt Crew (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0

Halifax Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	40	6	27	22	10	12	83	6	23	26
2	Tyler Merritt (Fr)	6				6	6	100	0	3	0
12	Luke Corum (Fr)	14	4	16	25				1	3	33
20	Riddick Bain (Fr)	6	2	10	20				0	4	0
21	Braxton Bennett (So)	4							2	5	40
23	Ben Christy (So)	10	0	1	0	4	6	67	3	7	43
35	Wyatt Crew (Fr)	0							0	1	0

Halifax Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	40	9	19	28	9	12	3	9	12
2	Tyler Merritt (Fr)	6		1	1	6	2		3	3
12	Luke Corum (Fr)	14		1	1	1	4		1	2
20	Riddick Bain (Fr)	6	1	3	4	1	3		3	2
21	Braxton Bennett (So)	4	6	8	14		2		2	2
23	Ben Christy (So)	10	2	5	7	1		1		2
35	Wyatt Crew (Fr)	0		1	1		1	2		1

Halifax Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.00	1.33	1.00	0.25
2	Tyler Merritt (Fr)	2.00	0.67	0.67
12	Luke Corum (Fr)	1.00	4.00	2.00
20	Riddick Bain (Fr)	0.33	1.00	1.50
21	Braxton Bennett (So)		1.00	1.00
23	Ben Christy (So)				0.50
35	Wyatt Crew (Fr)			1.00	2.00

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Rocky Mount Academy sneaks past Halifax Academy

January 29, 2025: Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870

The Rocky Mount Academy Eagles (Rocky Mount, NC) basketball edged the host Halifax Academy Vikings (Roanoke Rapids, NC), 47-40 in Wednesday's league bout.

The Eagles now possess a 8-2 record. They play next when they host Harrells Christian Academy for a bout on Monday, February 3. Rocky Mount Academy will play a Crusaders team coming off a 62-12 league win over Fayetteville Academy (Fayetteville, NC). The Crusaders record now stands at 9-6.

With the loss, Halifax Academy falls to 8-9 on the campaign.

RMA @ HA Basketball Game Info

Wed., Jan. 29, 2025 @ 4:30p

The Halifax Academy (Roanoke Rapids, NC) JV basketball team lost Wednesday's home conference game against Rocky Mount Academy (Rocky Mount, NC) by a score of 47-40.

Rankings & Records

Rocky Mount Academy (24-25)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
11-2	5-1	6-1	4-1	1-0	.846	.833	618	490

Halifax Academy (24-25)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-10	4-5	6-4	3-6	.474	.444	659	686

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Rocky Mount Academy	14.5	10.5	10.8	11.3	47.5
Halifax Academy	6.7	7.3	12.7	6.0	34.7

Head-to-Head

Rocky Mount Academy won on 12/10/2024

12/10 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Halifax Academy - - - - 23
RMA - - - - 44

The Halifax Academy (Roanoke Rapids, NC) JV basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Rocky Mount Academy (Rocky Mount, NC) by a score of 44-23.
Box score
Rocky Mount Academy won on 1/29/2025

1/29 @ 4:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

RMA - - - - 47
Halifax Academy - - - - 40

The Rocky Mount Academy (Rocky Mount, NC) JV basketball team won Wednesday's away conference game against Halifax Academy (Roanoke Rapids, NC) by a score of 47-40.
Box score
Rocky Mount Academy won on 2/6/2025

2/6 @ 5p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

RMA - - - - 40
Halifax Academy - - - - 29

The Rocky Mount Academy (Rocky Mount, NC) JV basketball team won Thursday's away conference tournament game against Halifax Academy (Roanoke Rapids, NC) by a score of 40-29.
Box score

12/10 @ 5:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Halifax Academy	-	-	-	-	23
RMA	-	-	-	-	44

1/29 @ 4:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
RMA	-	-	-	-	47
Halifax Academy	-	-	-	-	40

2/6 @ 5p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
RMA	-	-	-	-	40
Halifax Academy	-	-	-	-	29

Team Stat Comparison

Rocky Mount Academy		Halifax Academy
-	Points Per Game	34.7
-	Rebounds Per Game	23.9
-	Assists Per Game	8.1
-	Steals Per Game	7.8
-	Blocks Per Game	1.6

Team Leaders

Rocky Mount Academy		Halifax Academy	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#12 Luke Corum9.6	4.5
-	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Ben Christy4.7	2.5
-	Assists Per Game	#2 Tyler Merritt3.9	0.8
-	Steals Per Game	#20 Riddick Bain1.8	1.0
-	Blocks Per Game	#35 Wyatt Crew0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Rocky Mount Academy	5-1		Halifax Academy	5-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/24	Rocky Mount Academy	Harrells Christian Academy	(L) 50-31	1/16/25	Halifax Academy	Harrells Christian Academy	(L) 50-29
2/3/25	Harrells Christian Academy	Rocky Mount Academy	(W) 59-41	1/27/25	Harrells Christian Academy	Halifax Academy	(W) 43-32
2/8/25	Rocky Mount Academy	Harrells Christian Academy	(W) 59-49
12/5/24	The Oakwood School	Rocky Mount Academy	(W) 57-29	1/7/25	The Oakwood School	Halifax Academy	(W) 38-29
1/16/25	Rocky Mount Academy	The Oakwood School	(W) 38-34	1/28/25	Halifax Academy	The Oakwood School	(W) 34-23
				2/5/25	The Oakwood School	Halifax Academy	(W) 40-28
12/17/24	Lawrence Academy	Rocky Mount Academy	(W) 39-31	11/22/24	Lawrence Academy	Halifax Academy	(W) 48-15
				1/9/25	Halifax Academy	Lawrence Academy	(L) 33-26

Record Breakdown

Rocky Mount Academy (24-25)		Halifax Academy (24-25)
11-2	Overall	9-10
7-1	League	5-6
4-1	Non-League	4-4
3-0	Head to Head	0-3
5-1	Common Opponent	5-2
6-1	Home	6-4
4-1	Away	3-6
1-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
11-2	In-State	9-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-2