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McKeel Academy Fort Meade

Wildcats

Miners

The Fort Meade (FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against McKeel Academy (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 50-42.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McKeel Academy	-	-	-	-	50
Fort Meade	-	-	-	-	42

Final score provided by T. Thomas.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Fort Meade (24-25)

McKeel Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	50
1	M. Sams III (8th)	10
10	Lucas Burgess (Jr)	6
13	Colton Gabbard (Jr)	2
23	Jamal Whyte (Jr)	16
35	Jackson Grimm (Jr)	4
50	Axel Acevedo (Sr)	12

Fort Meade

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	42	16
3	Mekhi Berrien (Jr)	12	4
5	Cayden Clark (Jr)	7	2
10	Omari Russell (Jr)	6	3
22	Nasier Berrien (Sr)	11	5
32	Demarion Abrams (Sr)	6	2

McKeel Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	50
1	M. Sams III (8th)	10
10	Lucas Burgess (Jr)	6
13	Colton Gabbard (Jr)	2
23	Jamal Whyte (Jr)	16
35	Jackson Grimm (Jr)	4
50	Axel Acevedo (Sr)	12

Fort Meade

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	42	10	22	45	16
3	Mekhi Berrien (Jr)	12	4	8	50	4
5	Cayden Clark (Jr)	7	3	4	75	2
10	Omari Russell (Jr)	6	0	2	0	3
22	Nasier Berrien (Sr)	11	1	2	50	5
32	Demarion Abrams (Sr)	6	2	6	33	2

McKeel Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	50
1	M. Sams III (8th)	10
10	Lucas Burgess (Jr)	6
13	Colton Gabbard (Jr)	2
23	Jamal Whyte (Jr)	16
35	Jackson Grimm (Jr)	4
50	Axel Acevedo (Sr)	12

Fort Meade

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	42	5	11	16	10	13	1
3	Mekhi Berrien (Jr)	12	3	4	7	2	5
5	Cayden Clark (Jr)	7	1		1	2	1
10	Omari Russell (Jr)	6		5	5	2	3	1
22	Nasier Berrien (Sr)	11		2	2	4	4
32	Demarion Abrams (Sr)	6	1		1

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Fort Meade succumbs to McKeel Academy

January 3, 2025: Fort Meade, FL 33841

The McKeel Academy Wildcats defeated the host Fort Meade Miners basketball squad by a final score of 50-42 in Friday's non-league outing.

Next, the Wildcats clash with the Ridge Community Bolts (Davenport, FL) in a non-league outing, on Tuesday, January 7. McKeel Academy will attempt to upgrade on its 6-5 season record. The Bolts come into the outing with a 7-6 record after their 45-28 non-league loss to First Baptist Academy (Naples, FL).

The Miners (2-5) will now prepare for their outing against Ridgeview Global Studies Academy (Davenport, FL). The Explorers come into the non-league outing with a 2-6 record. In their last outing, Ridgeview Global Studies Academy overcame Orlando Science (Orlando, FL), 65-43, in a non-league outing.

Players of the Game

McKeel Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #1 Michael Sams III for being selected the McKeel Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Fort Meade (24-25)

Fort Meade has not selected any Players of the Game.

MKA @ Fort Meade Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 3, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Fort Meade (FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against McKeel Academy (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 50-42.

Rankings & Records

McKeel Academy (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
343	347	39

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
12-11	0-1	6-5	6-4	0-2	.522	.000	1,309	1,443

Fort Meade (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
545	549	26

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
13-9	7-3	5-5	1-1	.591	1,234	1,018

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
McKeel Academy	12.0	8.2	14.8	11.5	10.0	15.0	56.9
Fort Meade	13.0	17.0	16.0	9.0	-	-	56.1

McKeel Academy Videos

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Head-to-Head

McKeel Academy won on 1/3/2025

1/3 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

McKeel Academy - - - - 50
Fort Meade - - - - 42

The McKeel Academy (Lakeland, FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Fort Meade (FL) by a score of 50-42.
Box score
McKeel Academy won on 1/17/2025

1/17 @ 8p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Fort Meade - - - - 42
McKeel Academy - - - - 57

The Fort Meade (FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against McKeel Academy (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 57-42.
Box score

1/17 @ 8p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Fort Meade	-	-	-	-	42
McKeel Academy	-	-	-	-	57

Team Stat Comparison

McKeel Academy		Fort Meade
45.2	Points Per Game	56.0
9.4	Rebounds Per Game	29.1
0.2	Assists Per Game	15.3
0.4	Steals Per Game	11.7
0.2	Blocks Per Game	1.0

Team Leaders

McKeel Academy		Fort Meade	National Avg.
#23 Jamal Whyte12.8	Points Per Game	#10 Omari Russell15.8	4.9
#50 Axel Acevedo2.8	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Omari Russell7.0	2.6
#1 Michael Sams III0.3	Assists Per Game	#22 Nasier Berrien4.4	1.0
#1 Michael Sams III0.4	Steals Per Game	#10 Omari Russell3.6	0.8
#21 Brady Stephens0.2	Blocks Per Game	#10 Omari Russell0.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
McKeel Academy	6-1		Fort Meade	2-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/24	Tenoroc	McKeel Academy	(W) 87-58	12/10/24	Fort Meade	Tenoroc	(L) 51-48
12/6/24	Vanguard	McKeel Academy	(W) 68-55	12/16/24	Vanguard	Fort Meade	(W) 66-61
12/9/24	Lake Region	McKeel Academy	(W) 83-70	1/23/25	Lake Region	Fort Meade	(L) 66-41
12/13/24	McKeel Academy	Lakeland Christian	(W) 63-62	1/14/25	Fort Meade	Lakeland Christian	(L) 59-53
1/31/25	Lakeland Christian	McKeel Academy	(W) 57-49
1/21/25	McKeel Academy	Mulberry	(W) 53-48	12/12/24	Mulberry	Fort Meade	(L) 63-60
				1/16/25	Fort Meade	Mulberry	(W) 69-49
1/22/25	George Jenkins	McKeel Academy	(L) 56-47	12/19/24	Fort Meade	George Jenkins	(L) 47-27

Record Breakdown

McKeel Academy (24-25)		Fort Meade (24-25)
12-11	Overall	13-9
0-1	League	0-0
11-8	Non-League	12-8
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
6-1	Common Opponent	2-5
6-5	Home	7-3
6-4	Away	5-5
0-2	Neutral	1-1
1-1	Playoff	1-1
12-11	In-State	13-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0