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The Lawrence Academy (Merry Hill, NC) JV basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Halifax Academy (Roanoke Rapids, NC) by a score of 33-26.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Halifax Academy	9	4	9	4	26
Lawrence Academy	12	9	2	10	33

Final score provided by J. Powell.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Lawrence Academy (24-25)

Halifax Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	26	10	32	31	39
2	Tyler Merritt (Fr)	5	2	6	33	33
12	Luke Corum (Fr)	15	6	10	60	75
20	Riddick Bain (Fr)	6	2	9	22	33
21	Braxton Bennett (So)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Ben Christy (So)	0	0	4	0	0
35	Wyatt Crew (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0

Lawrence Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	33	10
3	Cooper Powell (Fr)	11	4
4	Eli Williford (8th)	10	2
22	Mathew Holton (Fr)	8	3
32	Evan Perry (Fr)	4	1

Halifax Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	26	5	17	29	1	6	17	5	15	33
2	Tyler Merritt (Fr)	5	0	2	0	1	4	25	2	4	50
12	Luke Corum (Fr)	15	3	6	50				3	4	75
20	Riddick Bain (Fr)	6	2	8	25				0	1	0
21	Braxton Bennett (So)	0							0	1	0
23	Ben Christy (So)	0	0	1	0				0	3	0
35	Wyatt Crew (Fr)	0				0	2	0	0	2	0

Lawrence Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	33	3	10	14	71	7
3	Cooper Powell (Fr)	11	1	2	4	50	3
4	Eli Williford (8th)	10		6	8	75	2
22	Mathew Holton (Fr)	8	2				1
32	Evan Perry (Fr)	4		2	2	100	1

Halifax Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	26	5	12	17	6	5	9	11
2	Tyler Merritt (Fr)	5		1	1	4		4	1
12	Luke Corum (Fr)	15	3	1	4			1	1
20	Riddick Bain (Fr)	6		1	1	1	2		4
21	Braxton Bennett (So)	0	1	1	2		1	2	2
22	Tyler Keesee (Fr)			1	1				2
23	Ben Christy (So)	0	1	6	7	1	2	1	1
35	Wyatt Crew (Fr)	0		1	1			1

Lawrence Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	PF
	Team Totals	33	7
3	Cooper Powell (Fr)	11	2
4	Eli Williford (8th)	10	1
22	Mathew Holton (Fr)	8
23	Wade Jackson (8th)		2
32	Evan Perry (Fr)	4	2

Halifax Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	0.67	0.56	0.46
2	Tyler Merritt (Fr)	1.00
20	Riddick Bain (Fr)			0.50
21	Braxton Bennett (So)		0.50	0.50
23	Ben Christy (So)	1.00	2.00	2.00

Misc Totals

Lawrence Academy has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Lawrence Academy holds off Halifax Academy

January 9, 2025: Merry Hill, NC 27957

The Lawrence Academy Warriors basketball team scored 33 points and limited the visiting Halifax Academy Vikings to 26 in the Warriors non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Warriors now have a 3-7 record. They play next when they host Columbia for a non-league game on Monday, January 13. Lawrence Academy will confront a Wildcats team coming off a 51-16 non-league loss to Northside - Pinetown (Pinetown, NC). The Wildcats record now stands at 1-3.

With the loss, Halifax Academy falls to 5-5 on the campaign. The Vikings host Fayetteville Academy (Fayetteville, NC) to confront the Eagles in a game on Tuesday, January 14. The Eagles go into the game with a record of 1-6. Fayetteville Academy lost 53-20 in their recent league game against The Oakwood School (Greenville, NC)

HA @ LA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 9, 2025 @ 5:30p

The Lawrence Academy (Merry Hill, NC) JV basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Halifax Academy (Roanoke Rapids, NC) by a score of 33-26.

Rankings & Records

Halifax Academy (24-25)

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

Lawrence Academy (24-25)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-8	6-2	4-2	5-6	.529	.750	545	573

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Halifax Academy	6.7	7.3	12.7	6.0	-	34.7
Lawrence Academy	7.9	7.4	9.9	7.5	3.5	32.1

Head-to-Head

Halifax Academy won on 11/22/2024

11/22 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Lawrence Academy - - - - 15
Halifax Academy - - - - 48

The Lawrence Academy (Merry Hill, NC) JV basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against Halifax Academy (Roanoke Rapids, NC) by a score of 48-15.
Box score
Lawrence Academy won on 1/9/2025

1/9 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Halifax Academy 9 4 9 4 26
Lawrence Academy 12 9 2 10 33

The Halifax Academy (Roanoke Rapids, NC) JV basketball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against Lawrence Academy (Merry Hill, NC) by a score of 33-26.
Box score

11/22 @ 5:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lawrence Academy	-	-	-	-	15
Halifax Academy	-	-	-	-	48

Team Stat Comparison

Halifax Academy		Lawrence Academy
34.7	Points Per Game	32.0
23.9	Rebounds Per Game	17.7
8.1	Assists Per Game	2.9
7.8	Steals Per Game	6.7
1.6	Blocks Per Game	1.9

Team Leaders

Halifax Academy		Lawrence Academy	National Avg.
#12 Luke Corum9.6	Points Per Game	#3 Cooper Powell11.8	4.5
#23 Ben Christy4.7	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Ayden Foster5.0	2.5
#2 Tyler Merritt3.9	Assists Per Game	#22 Mathew Holton1.3	0.8
#20 Riddick Bain1.8	Steals Per Game	#5 Ayden Foster3.5	1.0
#35 Wyatt Crew0.7	Blocks Per Game	#5 Ayden Foster1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Halifax Academy	2-3		Lawrence Academy	2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/19/24	Halifax Academy	Ridgecroft	(W) 36-12	1/14/25	Lawrence Academy	Ridgecroft	(W) 28-14
12/9/24	Ridgecroft	Halifax Academy	(W) 42-29	1/31/25	Ridgecroft	Lawrence Academy	(W) 35-19
12/10/24	Halifax Academy	Rocky Mount Academy	(L) 44-23	12/17/24	Lawrence Academy	Rocky Mount Academy	(L) 39-31
1/29/25	Rocky Mount Academy	Halifax Academy	(L) 47-40
2/6/25	Rocky Mount Academy	Halifax Academy	(L) 40-29

Record Breakdown

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