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The Shining Stars Sports Academy (Petersburg, VA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Gillion Academy National (Springfield, VA) by a score of 53-36.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
GAN	-	-	-	-	53
SSSA	-	-	-	-	36

Final score provided by J. Gajardo.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Gillion Academy National (25-26)

Shining Stars Sports Academy (25-26)

Gillion Academy National

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	23	57	40	42
0	Aaron McGee (Sr)	13	7	14	50	54
2	C. Griffin Jr (Jr)	2	0	4	0	0
3	Jayden Morris (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
4	T. Tripplett Jr (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
5	Aaron Bryant (So)	4	1	12	8	8
11	Marcis Ponder (Sr)	17	6	7	86	86
12	W. Burnett III (Sr)	9	5	10	50	55
20	Donovan Harper (Fr)	2	1	1	100	100

Shining Stars Sports Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	36	13	41	32	34
0	Cheikh Thiam (Sr)	5	2	4	50	50
1	Stephon Cherry (Sr)	4	2	8	25	25
2	Dean Quaye (Sr)	7	3	4	75	88
4	Nick Byrd Jr (Sr)	10	3	8	38	44
10	Isaiya Branch (Jr)	1	0	6	0	0
15	Jamese Jordan (Sr)	4	1	5	20	20
22	Cheikh Fall (Sr)	5	2	6	33	33

Gillion Academy National

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	2	11	18	12	19	63	21	46	46
0	Aaron McGee (Sr)	13	1	3	33	0	1	0	6	11	55
2	C. Griffin Jr (Jr)	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	3	0
3	Jayden Morris (Sr)	2	0	1	0	3	4	75	1	2	50
4	T. Tripplett Jr (Sr)	2							1	4	25
5	Aaron Bryant (So)	4	0	3	0	2	2	100	1	9	11
11	Marcis Ponder (Sr)	17				5	6	83	6	7	86
12	W. Burnett III (Sr)	9	1	3	33	0	1	0	4	7	57
20	Donovan Harper (Fr)	2				0	1	0	1	1	100

Shining Stars Sports Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	36	2	9	22	8	16	50	11	32	34
0	Cheikh Thiam (Sr)	5	0	1	0	1	2	50	2	3	67
1	Stephon Cherry (Sr)	4	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	5	40
2	Dean Quaye (Sr)	7	1	1	100				2	3	67
4	Nick Byrd Jr (Sr)	10	1	2	50	3	5	60	2	6	33
10	Isaiya Branch (Jr)	1	0	2	0	1	2	50	0	4	0
15	Jamese Jordan (Sr)	4				2	3	67	1	5	20
22	Cheikh Fall (Sr)	5				1	2	50	2	6	33

Gillion Academy National

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	53	11	17	28	15	9	5	11
0	Aaron McGee (Sr)	13	0	2	2	1	1		4
2	C. Griffin Jr (Jr)	2	1	1	2	7	1		1
3	Jayden Morris (Sr)	2	1		1	1
4	T. Tripplett Jr (Sr)	2	3	1	4			1
5	Aaron Bryant (So)	4		2	2	2	1
11	Marcis Ponder (Sr)	17	4	10	14			3	2
12	W. Burnett III (Sr)	9	1		1	3	3		2
20	Donovan Harper (Fr)	2					1	1	1

Shining Stars Sports Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	36	9	14	23	10	5	1	14
0	Cheikh Thiam (Sr)	5	1	2	3	3	1		1
1	Stephon Cherry (Sr)	4		4	4	1			4
2	Dean Quaye (Sr)	7	2	1	3		1		2
4	Nick Byrd Jr (Sr)	10	1	2	3	3	2		2
10	Isaiya Branch (Jr)	1	1	1	2	1			2
15	Jamese Jordan (Sr)	4	1	3	4	2		1
22	Cheikh Fall (Sr)	5	3	1	4		1		3

Gillion Academy National

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.36	0.82
0	Aaron McGee (Sr)	0.25	0.25
2	C. Griffin Jr (Jr)	7.00	1.00
12	W. Burnett III (Sr)	1.50	1.50
20	Donovan Harper (Fr)		1.00

Shining Stars Sports Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.71	0.36
0	Cheikh Thiam (Sr)	3.00	1.00
1	Stephon Cherry (Sr)	0.25
2	Dean Quaye (Sr)		0.50
4	Nick Byrd Jr (Sr)	1.50	1.00
10	Isaiya Branch (Jr)	0.50
22	Cheikh Fall (Sr)		0.33

Game Story

Virginia High School Basketball - Gillion Academy fells Shining Stars Sports Academy

October 25, 2025: Springfield, VA 22153

The Gillion Academy Lions basketball squad scored 53 points and held the visiting Shining Stars Sports Academy Panthers to 36 in the Lions non-league victory on Saturday.

Next, the Lions clash with the Blue Ridge Raiders (New Milford, PA) in a non-league outing, on Sunday, October 26. Gillion Academy will attempt to upgrade on its 3-0 season record.

The Panthers (0-1) will now prepare for their outing against Tournament Opponent (, ). The enter the non-league outing with a 0-0 record.

GAN vs SSSA Basketball Game Info

Sat., Oct. 25, 2025 @ 3:10p

CBG Juco Prep Fall Finale

The Shining Stars Sports Academy (Petersburg, VA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Gillion Academy National (Springfield, VA) by a score of 53-36.

Rankings & Records

Gillion Academy National (25-26)

VA	Section
2	1

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
10-3	1-0	1-0	0-0	9-3	.769	1.000	986	899

Shining Stars Sports Academy (25-26)

VA
48

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
6-5	1-0	3-2	2-3	.545	615	601

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Gillion Academy National	14.7	18.0	17.7	20.3	14.0	75.8
Shining Stars Sports Academy	7.0	13.0	14.0	18.0	-	55.9

Gillion Academy National Videos

Shining Stars Sports Academy Videos

Shining Stars Sports Academy doesn't have any videos.

Team Stat Comparison

Gillion Academy National		Shining Stars Sports Academy
74.7	Points Per Game	17.2
34.7	Rebounds Per Game	8.7
11.8	Assists Per Game	3.2
6.3	Steals Per Game	2.0
6.9	Blocks Per Game	1.5

Team Leaders

Gillion Academy National		Shining Stars Sports Academy	National Avg.
#11 Marcis Ponder20.1	Points Per Game	#4 Nick Byrd Jr17.3	5.2
#11 Marcis Ponder14.8	Rebounds Per Game	#15 Jamese Jordan6.3	2.8
#0 Aaron McGee3.5	Assists Per Game	#4 Nick Byrd Jr2.7	1.1
#12 Willie Burnett III1.5	Steals Per Game	#4 Nick Byrd Jr2.0	1.0
#11 Marcis Ponder5.5	Blocks Per Game	#4 Nick Byrd Jr4.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Gillion Academy National	2-0		Shining Stars Sports Academy	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
10/26/25	Varsity Opponent	Gillion Academy National	(W) 79-62		11/16/25	Varsity Opponent	Shining Stars Sports Academy	(W) 61-58
11/21/25	Varsity Opponent	Gillion Academy National	(W) 76-61		2/6/26	Varsity Opponent	Shining Stars Sports Academy

Record Breakdown

G Gillion Academy National (25-26)		Shining Stars Sports Academy (25-26)
10-3	Overall	6-5
1-0	League	0-0
7-3	Non-League	3-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-0	Common Opponent	1-0
1-0	Home	1-0
0-0	Away	3-2
9-3	Neutral	2-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
1-0	In-State	3-5
7-3	Out-of-State	2-0