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The Challenger (Hickory, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Veritas Christian Academy (Arden, NC) by a score of 61-22.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
VCA	21	8	17	15	61
Challenger	3	3	7	9	22

Final score provided by J. Harmon.

Recap
Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Veritas Christian Academy (23-24)

Challenger (23-24)

Veritas Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	61	29	67	43	45
1	Shea Nichols (So)	12	6	10	60	60
2	Emma Mae Stover (So)	3	1	3	33	33
3	S. Ostapovich (Fr)	4	2	4	50	50
5	A. Tomlinson (Fr)	5	2	6	33	42
10	Maggie Clayton (Sr)	0	0	5	0	0
11	Estella Wollny (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
12	Brooke Miller (Jr)	20	10	17	59	59
13	Bailee Bishop (Jr)	3	1	3	33	50
15	C. McClain (Jr)	8	4	10	40	40
24	Kaitlyn Miller (Jr)	6	3	5	60	60

Challenger

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	22	9	47	19	21
1	Abbie Parker (So)	5	2	10	20	25
2	LeeAnna Killian (Jr)	7	3	14	21	21
3	Bethany Walker (Jr)	0	0	5	0	0
15	Kahmaria Turner (Jr)	0	0	4	0	0
23	Arianna Dancy (Sr)	3	1	5	20	20
31	S. Hochberg (So)	2	1	1	100	100
41	Grace Boston (Jr)	5	2	8	25	31

Veritas Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	61	2	7	29	1	7	14	27	60	45
1	Shea Nichols (So)	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	60
2	Emma Mae Stover (So)	3	0	0	0	1	1	100	1	3	33
3	S. Ostapovich (Fr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	50
5	A. Tomlinson (Fr)	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	4	25
10	Maggie Clayton (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
11	Estella Wollny (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	Brooke Miller (Jr)	20	0	1	0	0	2	0	10	16	63
13	Bailee Bishop (Jr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	C. McClain (Jr)	8	0	3	0	0	4	0	4	7	57
24	Kaitlyn Miller (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	60

Challenger

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	22	2	15	13	2	5	40	7	32	22
1	Abbie Parker (So)	5	1	5	20	0	0	0	1	5	20
2	LeeAnna Killian (Jr)	7	0	4	0	1	2	50	3	10	30
3	Bethany Walker (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	Kahmaria Turner (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23	Arianna Dancy (Sr)	3	0	0	0	1	3	33	1	5	20
31	S. Hochberg (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
41	Grace Boston (Jr)	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	6	17

Veritas Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	61	16	20	36	17	14	3	8	6
1	Shea Nichols (So)	12	6	4	10	1	1	1	1	2
2	Emma Mae Stover (So)	3	2	3	5	1	2	0	1	1
3	S. Ostapovich (Fr)	4	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	A. Tomlinson (Fr)	5	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0
10	Maggie Clayton (Sr)	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	0
12	Brooke Miller (Jr)	20	1	1	2	3	2	0	1	0
13	Bailee Bishop (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	C. McClain (Jr)	8	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	2
24	Kaitlyn Miller (Jr)	6	2	5	7	8	7	2	1	1

Challenger

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	22	36	5	3	40	4
1	Abbie Parker (So)	5	6	1	2	9	2
2	LeeAnna Killian (Jr)	7	2	1	0	11	0
3	Bethany Walker (Jr)	0	1	1	1	4	1
15	Kahmaria Turner (Jr)	0	3	0	0	3	0
23	Arianna Dancy (Sr)	3	9	0	0	5	0
31	S. Hochberg (So)	2	4	2	0	2	0
34	Madison Ham (Jr)	0	2	0	0	1	0
41	Grace Boston (Jr)	5	9	0	0	5	1

Veritas Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	2.13	1.75	2.33	0.50	4
1	Shea Nichols (So)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.50	1
2	Emma Mae Stover (So)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	1
5	A. Tomlinson (Fr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
12	Brooke Miller (Jr)	3.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0
15	C. McClain (Jr)	2.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	1
24	Kaitlyn Miller (Jr)	8.00	7.00	7.00	2.00	1

Challenger

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F
	Team Totals	0.13	0.08	0.75
1	Abbie Parker (So)	0.11	0.22	1.00
2	LeeAnna Killian (Jr)	0.09	0.00	0.00
3	Bethany Walker (Jr)	0.25	0.25	1.00
31	S. Hochberg (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Veritas Christian Academy overwhelms Challenger

November 14, 2023: Hickory, NC 28602

Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Veritas Christian Academy Warriors (Arden, NC) and the host Challenger Firebirds (Hickory, NC), saw Veritas Christian Academy's basketball squad wallop Challenger by a tally of 61-22.

With the victory, Veritas Christian Academy improves its record to 1-0 on the campaign. The Warriors travel to Pinnacle Classical Academy (Shelby, NC) to confront the Eagles in a Western Piedmont challenge on Friday, November 17. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 1-1. Pinnacle Classical Academy lost 61-11 in their recent non-league challenge against Charlotte Country Day School (Charlotte, NC)

Next up, the Firebirds confront the The Master's Academy Lions (Forest City, NC) in a Western Piedmont contest, on Thursday, November 16. Challenger will attempt to better on its 1-1 season record. The Lions come into the contest with a 1-0 record after their 57-17 non-league win over N.C. School for the Deaf (Morganton, NC).

Players of the Game

Veritas Christian Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #12 Brooke Miller for being selected the Veritas Christian Academy Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Challenger (23-24)

Challenger has not selected any Players of the Game.

VCA @ Challenger Basketball Game Info

Tue., Nov. 14, 2023 @ 7p

The Challenger (Hickory, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Veritas Christian Academy (Arden, NC) by a score of 61-22.

Rankings & Records

Veritas Christian Academy (23-24)

NC
257

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
16-6	7-0	6-1	8-3	2-2	.727	1.000	1,076	719

Challenger (23-24)

NC
517

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
3-7	3-6	1-3	2-4	.300	.333	300	391

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Veritas Christian Academy	13.5	11.5	11.0	13.2	48.5
Challenger	6.6	7.8	6.9	8.7	30.0

Team Stat Comparison

Veritas Christian Academy		Challenger
48.6	Points Per Game	27.2
35.7	Rebounds Per Game	31.0
15.0	Assists Per Game	3.3
18.9	Steals Per Game	7.4
6.9	Blocks Per Game	1.6

Team Leaders

Veritas Christian Academy		Challenger	National Avg.
#12 Brooke Miller14.9	Points Per Game	#2 LeeAnna Killian9.3	4.2
#1 Shea Nichols7.8	Rebounds Per Game	#41 Grace Boston8.6	2.8
#24 Kaitlyn Miller6.9	Assists Per Game	#1 Abbie Parker1.1	0.9
#24 Kaitlyn Miller6.9	Steals Per Game	#1 Abbie Parker2.6	1.1
#20 Sloan Nichols 2.7	Blocks Per Game	#41 Grace Boston0.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Veritas Christian Academy	8-0		Challenger	3-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/17/23	Veritas Christian Academy	Pinnacle Classical Academy	(W) 48-39	12/1/23	Challenger	Pinnacle Classical Academy	(L) 43-18
2/17/24	Veritas Christian Academy	Pinnacle Classical Academy	(W) 46-31	1/10/24	Pinnacle Classical Academy	Challenger	(L) 44-11
12/1/23	Reynolds Mountain Christian Academy	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 56-26	1/22/24	Challenger	Reynolds Mountain Christian Academy	(L) 49-35
2/5/24	Veritas Christian Academy	Reynolds Mountain Christian Academy	(W) 73-47	2/12/24	Challenger	Reynolds Mountain Christian Academy	(L) 57-20
2/15/24	Veritas Christian Academy	Reynolds Mountain Christian Academy	(W) 47-33
1/4/24	Veritas Christian Academy	Lake Lure Classical Academy	(W) 59-11	2/1/24	Challenger	Lake Lure Classical Academy	(W) 40-17
1/18/24	Lake Lure Classical Academy	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 58-4
1/8/24	Community Christian Academy	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 64-5	11/6/23	Community Christian Academy	Challenger	(W) 42-15
				11/21/23	Challenger	Community Christian Academy	(W) 62-12

Record Breakdown

Veritas Christian Academy (23-24)		Challenger (23-24)
17-6	Overall	3-7
9-0	League	3-6
8-3	Non-League	0-0
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
8-0	Common Opponent	3-4
7-1	Home	1-3
8-3	Away	2-4
2-2	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
16-5	In-State	3-7
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0