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The Praise Academy (Powder Springs, GA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Central Christian (Sharpsburg, GA) by a score of 68-63.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central Christian	-	-	-	-	68
Praise Academy	-	-	-	-	63

Final score provided by T. Roig.

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Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Central Christian (24-25)

Central Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	26	58	45	51
1	Austin Carper (Sr)	2	0	3	0	0
4	David Smith (Jr)	8	3	5	60	80
5	C. Patterson (So)	18	7	15	47	50
11	A. Steidinger (So)	27	11	21	52	55
24	Lukas Crane (Jr)	13	5	12	42	54
31	Hudson Clough (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0

Central Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	7	25	28	9	20	45	19	33	58
1	Austin Carper (Sr)	2	0	1	0	2	4	50	0	2	0
4	David Smith (Jr)	8	2	4	50	0	0	0	1	1	100
5	C. Patterson (So)	18	1	3	33	3	5	60	6	12	50
11	A. Steidinger (So)	27	1	5	20	4	7	57	10	16	63
24	Lukas Crane (Jr)	13	3	10	30	0	2	0	2	2	100
31	Hudson Clough (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Central Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	68	13	22	35	8	8	2	12
1	Austin Carper (Sr)	2	1	2	3	0	3	0	3
4	David Smith (Jr)	8	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
5	C. Patterson (So)	18	7	14	21	1	3	2	2
11	A. Steidinger (So)	27	2	3	5	6	1	0	6
24	Lukas Crane (Jr)	13	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
31	Hudson Clough (Fr)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1

Central Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.67	0.67
1	Austin Carper (Sr)	0.00	1.00
5	C. Patterson (So)	0.50	1.50
11	A. Steidinger (So)	1.00	0.17
24	Lukas Crane (Jr)	0.00	1.00
31	Hudson Clough (Fr)	1.00	0.00

Praise Academy (24-25)

Praise Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - Central Christian nips Praise Academy

January 30, 2025: Powder Springs, GA 30217

In Thursday's non-league contest, the visiting Central Christian Crusaders basketball team scored a close 68-63 win over the Praise Academy Lions.

The Crusaders (8-9) will now prepare for their contest against Holy Ground Baptist Academy (Roopville, GA). The Stallions come into the non-league contest with a 8-5 record. In their last contest, Holy Ground Baptist Academy was tipped by Hearts Academy (Powder Springs, GA), 49-48, in a non-league contest.

Players of the Game

Central Christian (24-25)

Congratulations to #5 Carter Patterson for being selected the Central Christian Basketball Player of the Game.

Praise Academy (24-25)

Praise Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Central Christian (24-25)

GA	Class
530	13

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
9-9	4-4	5-5	4-4	.500	.500	1,105	1,093

Praise Academy (24-25)

GA	Class
523	9

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
12-14	4-2	6-6	5-6	1-2	.462	.667	1,573	1,604