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The Hickory Christian Academy (Hickory, NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against NCSSM: Morganton (Morganton, NC) by a score of 77-72.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
NCSSM: Morganton	24	18	13	17	72
HCA	14	18	26	19	77

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

NCSSM: Morganton (25-26)

Hickory Christian Academy (25-26)

NCSSM: Morganton

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	72	31	63	49	53
1	Ben Ellwanger (Sr)	8	3	6	50	58
4	Nash Taylor (Sr)	8	3	6	50	50
5	X. Tzendzalian (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
10	Bransen Pittman (Sr)	24	11	17	65	65
11	Nate Gutschall (Sr)	14	6	9	67	78
12	Max Stassenko (Jr)	4	2	3	67	67
13	Colin Henry (Jr)	12	5	19	26	32
22	Brecken O'Leary (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100

Hickory Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	77	25
3	Jakob Massey (Jr)	10	3
4	Noah Durham (So)	34	9
15	Josh Han (Jr)	10	4
30	Grant Cole (Jr)	10	4
33	Carter Moore (Jr)	11	4
35	Josh Gordon (So)	2	1

NCSSM: Morganton

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	72	5	24	21	5	7	71	26	39	67
1	Ben Ellwanger (Sr)	8	1	2	50	1	3	33	2	4	50
4	Nash Taylor (Sr)	8	0	2	0	2	2	100	3	4	75
5	X. Tzendzalian (Sr)	2	0	1	0				1	1	100
10	Bransen Pittman (Sr)	24	0	2	0	2	2	100	11	15	73
11	Nate Gutschall (Sr)	14	2	5	40				4	4	100
12	Max Stassenko (Jr)	4							2	3	67
13	Colin Henry (Jr)	12	2	12	17				3	7	43
22	Brecken O'Leary (Sr)	2							1	1	100

Hickory Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	77	12	15	20	75	13
3	Jakob Massey (Jr)	10	3	1	2	50
4	Noah Durham (So)	34	6	10	10	100	3
15	Josh Han (Jr)	10	1	1	2	50	3
30	Grant Cole (Jr)	10		2	5	40	4
33	Carter Moore (Jr)	11	2	1	1	100	2
35	Josh Gordon (So)	2					1

NCSSM: Morganton

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	72	13	23	36	10	10	1	15
1	Ben Ellwanger (Sr)	8	1	1	2				2
4	Nash Taylor (Sr)	8		1	1		2	1	2
5	X. Tzendzalian (Sr)	2		2	2	1			2
10	Bransen Pittman (Sr)	24	5	3	8	4	3		4
11	Nate Gutschall (Sr)	14		6	6	3	3
12	Max Stassenko (Jr)	4		1	1
13	Colin Henry (Jr)	12	6	7	13	1	2		3
22	Brecken O'Leary (Sr)	2	1	2	3	1			2

Hickory Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	77	19	14	11
1	Jackson Joyce (8th)			1
3	Jakob Massey (Jr)	10	2	3	5
4	Noah Durham (So)	34	2	3	1
15	Josh Han (Jr)	10		1	1
30	Grant Cole (Jr)	10	6	4	3
33	Carter Moore (Jr)	11	7	2	1
35	Josh Gordon (So)	2	2

NCSSM: Morganton

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.67	0.67	5
4	Nash Taylor (Sr)		1.00	3
5	X. Tzendzalian (Sr)	0.50
10	Bransen Pittman (Sr)	1.00	0.75
11	Nate Gutschall (Sr)			2
13	Colin Henry (Jr)	0.33	0.67
22	Brecken O'Leary (Sr)	0.50

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - NCSSM: Morganton tipped by Hickory Christian Academy

November 13, 2025: Hickory, NC 28601

The Hickory Christian Academy Knights nipped the visiting NCSSM: Morganton Dragons basketball squad by a final score of 77-72 in Thursday's non-league outing.

Next, the Knights clash with the Caldwell Academy Eagles (Greensboro, NC) in a non-league game, on Tuesday, November 18. Hickory Christian Academy will attempt to move on its 1-0 season record. The Eagles go into the game with a 4-1 record after their 121-67 non-league win over Freedom Christian Academy (Fayetteville, NC).

With the loss, NCSSM: Morganton falls to 1-1 on the campaign. The Dragons host Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (Mooresboro, NC) to confront the Gryphons in a non-league game on Monday, November 17. The Gryphons go into the game with a record of 0-0.

Players of the Game

NCSSM: Morganton (25-26)

NCSSM: Morganton has not selected any Players of the Game.

Hickory Christian Academy (25-26)

Congratulations to #4 Noah Durham for being selected the Hickory Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

NCSSMM @ HCA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Nov. 13, 2025 @ 7p

The Hickory Christian Academy (Hickory, NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against NCSSM: Morganton (Morganton, NC) by a score of 77-72.

Rankings & Records

NCSSM: Morganton (25-26)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
2-4	1-1	2-1	0-3	.333	.500	390	352

Hickory Christian Academy (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	PF	PA
1-3	1-2	0-1	.250	226	320

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
NCSSM: Morganton	18.0	16.8	12.8	15.8	65.0
Hickory Christian Academy	9.3	16.0	17.7	21.3	56.5

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Team Stat Comparison

NCSSM: Morganton		Hickory Christian Academy
71.3	Points Per Game	56.5
14.5	Rebounds Per Game	18.5
6.3	Assists Per Game	11.8
4.5	Steals Per Game	5.8
0.3	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

NCSSM: Morganton		Hickory Christian Academy	National Avg.
#10 Bransen Pittman19.8	Points Per Game	#4 Noah Durham18.8	5.7
#10 Bransen Pittman3.8	Rebounds Per Game	#30 Grant Cole7.3	3.0
#11 Nate Gutschall2.0	Assists Per Game	#3 Jakob Massey3.8	1.2
#10 Bransen Pittman1.5	Steals Per Game	#3 Jakob Massey2.8	1.1
#4 Nash Taylor0.3	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Record Breakdown

NCSSM: Morganton (25-26)		Hickory Christian Academy (25-26)
2-4	Overall	1-3
1-1	League	0-0
1-3	Non-League	1-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
2-1	Home	1-2
0-3	Away	0-1
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
2-4	In-State	1-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1