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The Challenger (Hickory, NC) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Nebo Crossing Academy (Nebo, NC) by a score of 68-22.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
NCA	22	16	16	14	68
Challenger	6	6	6	4	22

Final score provided by J. Harmon.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Challenger (22-23)

Nebo Crossing Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	156	68	35	72	49	52
3	T. Lezscynski (Sr)	24	5	3	11	27	32
4	Tanner McKinney (Jr)	24	16	7	10	70	70
5	Isiah Johnson (Jr)	12	2	1	3	33	33
10	Caleb Urbina (Jr)	22	24	13	16	81	91
14	Morgan Baker (Jr)	27	12	6	17	35	35
15	Reece Galbreath (Fr)	8	4	2	3	67	67
21	Trenton Boyd (Fr)	7	2	1	3	33	33
24	Isaac Grubbs (Jr)	25	0	0	5	0	0
31	Josiah Williams (Fr)	7	3	2	4	50	63

Challenger

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	22	8	33	24	24
0	Riley Annis (So)	4	2	4	50	50
1	Braelon Roe (Fr)	10	2	7	29	29
4	Khamsook Vang (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
12	Za'miaz Boger (Sr)	4	2	14	14	14
21	K. Reinhardt (So)	2	1	2	50	50
25	Aizen Nguyen (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
31	Jaylon Burcham (So)	2	1	3	33	33

Nebo Crossing Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	156	68	5	16	31	3	11	27	30	56	54
3	T. Lezscynski (Sr)	24	5	1	4	25	0	0	0	2	7	29
4	Tanner McKinney (Jr)	24	16	0	0	0	2	8	25	7	10	70
5	Isiah Johnson (Jr)	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
10	Caleb Urbina (Jr)	22	24	3	4	75	1	2	50	10	12	83
14	Morgan Baker (Jr)	27	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	15	40
15	Reece Galbreath (Fr)	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
21	Trenton Boyd (Fr)	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
24	Isaac Grubbs (Jr)	25	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
31	Josiah Williams (Fr)	7	3	1	2	50	0	1	0	1	2	50

Challenger

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	22	9	6	8	75	8	24	33
0	Riley Annis (So)	4	1	0	0	0	2	3	67
1	Braelon Roe (Fr)	10	3	6	6	100	2	4	50
4	Khamsook Vang (Fr)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Za'miaz Boger (Sr)	4	3	0	0	0	2	11	18
21	K. Reinhardt (So)	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
25	Aizen Nguyen (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	Jaylon Burcham (So)	2	0	0	2	0	1	3	33

Nebo Crossing Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	156	68	14	16	30	22	21	4	10
3	T. Lezscynski (Sr)	24	5	1	3	4	6	2	0	2
4	Tanner McKinney (Jr)	24	16	3	3	6	3	0	0	1
5	Isiah Johnson (Jr)	12	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
10	Caleb Urbina (Jr)	22	24	0	3	3	3	4	0	0
14	Morgan Baker (Jr)	27	12	5	2	7	7	6	1	2
15	Reece Galbreath (Fr)	8	4	1	1	2	1	3	1	2
21	Trenton Boyd (Fr)	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
24	Isaac Grubbs (Jr)	25	0	1	4	5	2	5	2	1
31	Josiah Williams (Fr)	7	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1

Challenger

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	22	6	14	20	2	3	5	19	9
0	Riley Annis (So)	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	1
1	Braelon Roe (Fr)	10	0	4	4	0	2	0	6	1
4	Khamsook Vang (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
10	Krish Kumar (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Za'miaz Boger (Sr)	4	0	5	5	0	0	1	2	3
15	Preston Lewis (Jr)	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	0
21	K. Reinhardt (So)	2	2	2	4	0	0	3	4	2
24	C. Duran-Garcia (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
30	Seamus Auton (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	Jaylon Burcham (So)	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1

Nebo Crossing Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	2.20	2.10	4
3	T. Lezscynski (Sr)	3.00	1.00	1
4	Tanner McKinney (Jr)	3.00	0.00	0
10	Caleb Urbina (Jr)	3.00	4.00	1
14	Morgan Baker (Jr)	3.50	3.00	0
15	Reece Galbreath (Fr)	0.50	1.50	0
24	Isaac Grubbs (Jr)	2.00	5.00	0
31	Josiah Williams (Fr)	0.00	1.00	2

Challenger

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.11	0.16	0.33	0.56
0	Riley Annis (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1	Braelon Roe (Fr)	0.00	0.33	2.00	0.00
4	Khamsook Vang (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	Za'miaz Boger (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.33
21	K. Reinhardt (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.50
24	C. Duran-Garcia (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
30	Seamus Auton (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Challenger overwhelmed by Nebo Crossing Academy

November 17, 2022: Hickory, NC 28602

The Challenger Firebirds basketball team (Hickory, NC), was routed 68-22 in Thursday's league battle with the visiting Nebo Crossing Academy Bulldogs (Nebo, NC)

The Bulldogs now sport a 1-0 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Reynolds Mountain Christian Academy for a Western Piedmont battle on Friday, November 18. Nebo Crossing Academy will battle a Eagles team coming off a 73-19 league loss to Pinnacle Classical Academy (Shelby, NC). The Eagles record now stands at 0-2.

The Firebirds (1-4) will now prepare for their battle against Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy (Lincolnton, NC). The Crusaders come into the Western Piedmont battle with a 0-0 record.

Players of the Game

Nebo Crossing Academy (22-23)

Nebo Crossing Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Challenger (22-23)

Congratulations to #1 Braelon Roe for being selected the Challenger Basketball Player of the Game.

NCA @ Challenger Basketball Game Info

Thu., Nov. 17, 2022 @ 7p

The Challenger (Hickory, NC) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Nebo Crossing Academy (Nebo, NC) by a score of 68-22.

Rankings & Records

Nebo Crossing Academy (22-23)

NC
336

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
18-3	13-2	8-0	10-2	0-1	.857	.867	1,214	758

Challenger (22-23)

NC
641

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
2-12	2-11	2-6	0-6	.143	.154	593	926

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Nebo Crossing Academy	16.9	12.3	11.7	14.7	-	57.8
Challenger	9.4	8.1	7.4	15.2	11.0	42.4

Head-to-Head

Nebo Crossing Academy won on 11/17/2022

11/17 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

NCA 22 16 16 14 68
Challenger 6 6 6 4 22

The Nebo Crossing Academy (Nebo, NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Challenger (Hickory, NC) by a score of 68-22.
Box score
Nebo Crossing Academy won on 1/31/2023

1/31 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Challenger 5 6 2 2 15
NCA 17 21 14 15 67

The Challenger (Hickory, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Nebo Crossing Academy (Nebo, NC) by a score of 67-15.
Box score

1/31 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Challenger	5	6	2	2	15
NCA	17	21	14	15	67

Team Stat Comparison

Nebo Crossing Academy		Challenger
57.3	Points Per Game	42.6
33.0	Rebounds Per Game	21.4
16.4	Assists Per Game	4.7
14.3	Steals Per Game	6.9
3.8	Blocks Per Game	1.2

Team Leaders

Nebo Crossing Academy		Challenger	National Avg.
#10 Caleb Urbina13.9	Points Per Game	#2 Landon Rao11.2	4.9
#4 Tanner McKinney9.4	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Za'miaz Boger4.1	2.6
#3 Tyler Lezscynski5.0	Assists Per Game	#1 Braelon Roe1.3	1.0
#14 Morgan Baker3.9	Steals Per Game	#0 Riley Annis1.5	0.8
#24 Isaac Grubbs1.6	Blocks Per Game	#21 Kendall Reinhardt0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Nebo Crossing Academy	10-3		Challenger	1-10

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/18/22	Nebo Crossing Academy	Reynolds Mountain Christian Academy	(W) 53-22	11/28/22	Reynolds Mountain Christian Academy	Challenger	(W) 41-38
11/28/22	Nebo Crossing Academy	Community Christian Academy	(W) 71-35	11/10/22	Community Christian Academy	Challenger	(L) 57-54
1/6/23	Community Christian Academy	Nebo Crossing Academy	(W) 67-39	2/9/23	Challenger	Community Christian Academy	(L) 74-72
12/2/22	Haywood Christian Academy	Nebo Crossing Academy	(W) 64-15	2/6/23	Challenger	Haywood Christian Academy	(L) 60-56
12/12/22	Nebo Crossing Academy	Victory Christian Academy	(L) 61-47	12/1/22	Victory Christian Academy	Challenger	(L) 83-35
2/6/23	Victory Christian Academy	Nebo Crossing Academy	(W) 53-49	2/7/23	Challenger	Victory Christian Academy	(L) 81-47
2/16/23	Victory Christian Academy	Nebo Crossing Academy	(L) 60-52
12/19/22	Nebo Crossing Academy	Christian Family Academy	(W) 78-29	1/24/23	Challenger	Christian Family Academy	(L) 72-39
1/17/23	Christian Family Academy	Nebo Crossing Academy	(W) 62-36	2/2/23	Christian Family Academy	Challenger	(L) 85-32
2/13/23	Christian Family Academy	Nebo Crossing Academy	(W) 65-59
1/13/23	Pinnacle Classical Academy	Nebo Crossing Academy	(W) 51-50	12/5/22	Challenger	Pinnacle Classical Academy	(L) 75-52
2/3/23	Nebo Crossing Academy	Lake Lure Classical Academy	(W) 48-41	11/9/22	Lake Lure Classical Academy	Challenger	(L) 70-50
2/7/23	Nebo Crossing Academy	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 55-37	11/15/22	Veritas Christian Academy	Challenger	(L) 67-6

Record Breakdown

Nebo Crossing Academy (22-23)		Challenger (22-23)
18-3	Overall	2-12
14-2	League	2-12
4-0	Non-League	0-0
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
10-3	Common Opponent	1-10
8-0	Home	2-6
10-2	Away	0-6
0-1	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
14-3	In-State	2-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0