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The North Hills Christian (Salisbury, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Grace Academy (Matthews, NC) by a score of 77-63.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Grace Academy	19	18	16	24	77
NHCHS	15	21	9	18	63

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Game Stats

North Hills Christian (24-25)

Grace Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	77	26
0	Evan Buslovich (Fr)	19	5
3	Carson Payne (So)	36	12
10	Lawson McAteer (So)	2	1
11	Tyrez Neal (8th)	3	1
13	Evan Phillips (So)	2	1
14	Thomas Swift (Jr)	2	1
15	Tim Burris (Jr)	9	3
40	Lucas Borans (Fr)	4	2

North Hills Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	63	26	57	46	52
0	Z. Strickland (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33
1	Gio Ortiz (Jr)	7	2	9	22	28
2	Luke McLauglin (Fr)	2	1	4	25	25
3	Hayden Lawson (Sr)	6	2	5	40	60
10	Noah Dendy (So)	3	1	3	33	50
12	Jordan Lawing (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
22	Maverick Ball (Jr)	39	17	29	59	64

Grace Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	2FGM
	Team Totals	77	9	16	17
0	Evan Buslovich (Fr)	19		9	5
3	Carson Payne (So)	36	7	5	5
10	Lawson McAteer (So)	2			1
11	Tyrez Neal (8th)	3	1
13	Evan Phillips (So)	2			1
14	Thomas Swift (Jr)	2			1
15	Tim Burris (Jr)	9	1	2	2
40	Lucas Borans (Fr)	4			2

North Hills Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	63	7	19	37	4	11	36	19	38	50
0	Z. Strickland (Sr)	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
1	Gio Ortiz (Jr)	7	1	2	50	2	4	50	1	7	14
2	Luke McLauglin (Fr)	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	33
3	Hayden Lawson (Sr)	6	2	5	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Noah Dendy (So)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	Jordan Lawing (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
22	Maverick Ball (Jr)	39	3	7	43	2	5	40	14	22	64

Grace Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	77	32	19	5	2
0	Evan Buslovich (Fr)	19	7	4	1
3	Carson Payne (So)	36	2	2	1
10	Lawson McAteer (So)	2	4
11	Tyrez Neal (8th)	3		1	1
13	Evan Phillips (So)	2	1
14	Thomas Swift (Jr)	2	4	2	1	2
15	Tim Burris (Jr)	9	3	4
30	Lawson Skinner (Jr)		8	6	1
40	Lucas Borans (Fr)	4	3

North Hills Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	63	41	8	2	1	14	19
0	Z. Strickland (Sr)	4	5	2	0	0	0	0
1	Gio Ortiz (Jr)	7	6	1	0	0	4	2
2	Luke McLauglin (Fr)	2	4	1	0	0	0	1
3	Hayden Lawson (Sr)	6	6	2	0	0	3	4
10	Noah Dendy (So)	3	2	0	0	0	1	3
12	Jordan Lawing (Jr)	2	5	1	0	0	0	5
14	Linden Hamilton (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
22	Maverick Ball (Jr)	39	13	1	2	1	5	3

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North Hills Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.57	0.14	0.11	0.05
0	Z. Strickland (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1	Gio Ortiz (Jr)	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.00
2	Luke McLauglin (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
3	Hayden Lawson (Sr)	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	Jordan Lawing (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
22	Maverick Ball (Jr)	0.20	0.40	0.67	0.33

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Grace Academy knocks off North Hills Christian

January 7, 2025: Salisbury, NC 28144

The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Grace Academy Lions (Matthews, NC) and the host North Hills Christian Eagles (Salisbury, NC), observed Grace Academy's basketball team overcome North Hills Christian by a margin of 77-63.

The Lions (11-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Charlotte Lab School (Charlotte, NC). The Lions come into the non-league challenge with a 0-2 record. In their last challenge, Charlotte Lab School dropped by Lake Norman Christian (Davidson, NC), 2-0, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Statesville Christian Lions (Statesville, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 9. North Hills Christian will attempt to better on its 4-8 season record.

Players of the Game

Grace Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #3 Carson Payne for being selected the Grace Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

North Hills Christian (24-25)

North Hills Christian has not selected any Players of the Game.

Grace Academy @ NHCHS Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 7, 2025 @ 7:30p

The North Hills Christian (Salisbury, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Grace Academy (Matthews, NC) by a score of 77-63.

Rankings & Records

Grace Academy (24-25)

NC
327

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
21-10	10-1	6-3	5-6	.677	2,188	1,888

North Hills Christian (24-25)

NC	Class
490	11

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-16	0-4	5-8	3-7	0-1	.333	.000	1,368	1,563

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Grace Academy	17.1	16.1	14.5	18.1	70.6
North Hills Christian	13.4	16.2	14.3	14.6	57.0

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Team Stat Comparison

Grace Academy		North Hills Christian
69.5	Points Per Game	51.6
30.3	Rebounds Per Game	24.6
19.0	Assists Per Game	8.8
9.6	Steals Per Game	8.3
2.3	Blocks Per Game	2.5

Team Leaders

Grace Academy		North Hills Christian	National Avg.
#3 Carson Payne18.2	Points Per Game	#22 Maverick Ball25.7	4.9
#40 Lucas Borans7.1	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Maverick Ball6.1	2.6
#11 Tyrez Neal4.0	Assists Per Game	#22 Maverick Ball2.8	1.0
#0 Evan Buslovich3.0	Steals Per Game	#22 Maverick Ball2.2	0.8
#10 Lawson McAteer0.9	Blocks Per Game	#12 Jordan Lawing1.0	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Grace Academy	1-2		North Hills Christian	1-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/12/24	Grace Academy	Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy	(L) 74-45	11/18/24	North Hills Christian	Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy	(L) 62-41
				12/5/24	Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy	North Hills Christian	(L) 88-80
11/21/24	Covenant Classical	Grace Academy	(W) 71-20	1/24/25	North Hills Christian	Covenant Classical	(W) 78-47
1/31/25	Grace Academy	Lee Park Prep	(L) 66-63	1/27/25	Lee Park Prep	North Hills Christian	(L) 75-42

Record Breakdown

Grace Academy (24-25)		North Hills Christian (24-25)
21-10	Overall	8-16
0-0	League	0-4
19-8	Non-League	7-11
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-2	Common Opponent	1-3
10-1	Home	5-8
6-3	Away	3-7
5-6	Neutral	0-1
0-0	Playoff	1-1
16-8	In-State	8-16
3-2	Out-of-State	0-0