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The First Coast (Jacksonville, FL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Fernandina Beach (FL) in overtime by a score of 85-79.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Fernandina Beach	11	34	15	10	15	85
First Coast	18	12	18	22	9	79

Final score provided by M. Bringman.

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Game Stats

First Coast (24-25)

Fernandina Beach

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	85	29	70	41	51
1	Dylan Merkitch (Jr)	23	8	18	44	58
3	Brady Steffen (Jr)	2	0	2	0	0
5	Dominik Dunlap (Sr)	14	4	8	50	75
11	Miles Townsend (Sr)	13	4	11	36	45
12	Levi Hutchinson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
13	Terrence Jones (Sr)	9	4	8	50	50
22	Kendrick Raysor (Jr)	5	1	1	100	150
33	Jesse Basse (Sr)	19	8	21	38	43

First Coast

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	79	31	61	51	52
00	N. Echevarria (Jr)	15	6	8	75	75
1	C. Williams (Sr)	15	7	10	70	70
4	Dakari Johnson (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33
10	JayQoi Hopkins (Sr)	2
11	Kazari Tunsill (Fr)	8	3	7	43	50
24	Elijah Gooden (Fr)	2	1	3	33	33
32	Amari Walton (So)	26	9	15	60	60

Fernandina Beach

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	85	14	40	35	13	19	68	15	30	50
1	Dylan Merkitch (Jr)	23	5	12	42	2	3	67	3	6	50
3	Brady Steffen (Jr)	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	1	0
5	Dominik Dunlap (Sr)	14	4	7	57	2	2	100	0	1	0
11	Miles Townsend (Sr)	13	2	8	25	3	3	100	2	3	67
12	Levi Hutchinson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
13	Terrence Jones (Sr)	9	0	2	0	1	2	50	4	6	67
22	Kendrick Raysor (Jr)	5	1	1	100	2	2	100	0	0	0
33	Jesse Basse (Sr)	19	2	8	25	1	3	33	6	13	46

First Coast

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	79	2	7	29	15	31	48	29	54	54
00	N. Echevarria (Jr)	15				3	6	50	6	8	75
1	C. Williams (Sr)	15				1	4	25	7	10	70
4	Dakari Johnson (Sr)	4							2	6	33
10	JayQoi Hopkins (Sr)	2				2	2	100
11	Kazari Tunsill (Fr)	8	1	3	33	1	6	17	2	4	50
24	Elijah Gooden (Fr)	2							1	3	33
32	Amari Walton (So)	26				8	13	62	9	15	60

Fernandina Beach

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	85	11	30	41	21	8	2	20
1	Dylan Merkitch (Jr)	23	3	8	11	7	0	0	4
2	Reid Webber (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
3	Brady Steffen (Jr)	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
5	Dominik Dunlap (Sr)	14	0	3	3	3	1	0	5
11	Miles Townsend (Sr)	13	0	5	5	4	4	0	3
12	Levi Hutchinson (Sr)	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1
13	Terrence Jones (Sr)	9	2	3	5	2	2	0	0
22	Kendrick Raysor (Jr)	5	0	3	3	2	0	0	4
33	Jesse Basse (Sr)	19	3	6	9	3	0	2	3

First Coast

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	79	6	15	21	1	1	4	4
00	N. Echevarria (Jr)	15	1	1	2	1	1		4
1	C. Williams (Sr)	15
4	Dakari Johnson (Sr)	4
10	JayQoi Hopkins (Sr)	2
11	Kazari Tunsill (Fr)	8
24	Elijah Gooden (Fr)	2
32	Amari Walton (So)	26	5	14	19			4

Fernandina Beach

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.05	0.40
1	Dylan Merkitch (Jr)	1.75	0.00
3	Brady Steffen (Jr)	0.00	1.00
5	Dominik Dunlap (Sr)	0.60	0.20
11	Miles Townsend (Sr)	1.33	1.33
13	Terrence Jones (Sr)	2.00	2.00
22	Kendrick Raysor (Jr)	0.50	0.00
33	Jesse Basse (Sr)	1.00	0.00

First Coast

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.25	0.25
00	N. Echevarria (Jr)	0.25	0.25

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - First Coast can't get by Fernandina Beach

November 19, 2024: Jacksonville, FL 32218

The First Coast Buccaneers basketball squad (Jacksonville, FL), was nudged 85-79 in Tuesday's non-league battle with the visiting Fernandina Beach Pirates (Fernandina Beach, FL)

With the victory, Fernandina Beach advances its record to 1-0 on the year. The Pirates travel to Atlantic Coast (Jacksonville, FL) to meet the Stingrays in a non-league battle on Friday, November 22. The Stingrays enter the battle with a record of 0-1. Atlantic Coast lost 57-26 in their recent non-league battle against Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville, FL)

The Buccaneers now own a 0-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Episcopal School of Jacksonville for a non-league battle on Friday, November 22. First Coast will meet a Eagles squad coming off a 56-40 non-league win over Eagle's View (Jacksonville, FL). The Eagles record now stands at 1-0.

Players of the Game

Fernandina Beach (24-25)

Fernandina Beach has not selected any Players of the Game.

First Coast (24-25)

Congratulations to #32 Amari Walton for being selected the First Coast Basketball Player of the Game.

FBHS @ First Coast Basketball Game Info

Tue., Nov. 19, 2024 @ 7:30p

The First Coast (Jacksonville, FL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Fernandina Beach (FL) in overtime by a score of 85-79.

Rankings & Records

Fernandina Beach (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
216	220	26

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-8	2-1	6-3	11-4	2-1	.704	.667	1,489	1,261

First Coast (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
306	310	58

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
11-12	1-2	6-2	4-6	1-4	.478	.333	1,311	1,346

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Fernandina Beach	13.7	13.6	16.2	12.7	15.0	55.1
First Coast	14.0	14.2	13.6	16.2	11.0	57.0

Team Stat Comparison

Fernandina Beach		First Coast
55.0	Points Per Game	54.1
28.4	Rebounds Per Game	38.8
14.9	Assists Per Game	10.6
8.8	Steals Per Game	10.0
2.3	Blocks Per Game	6.1

Team Leaders

Fernandina Beach		First Coast	National Avg.
#33 Jesse Basse13.3	Points Per Game	#1 Christian Williams12.0	4.9
#13 Terrence Jones6.8	Rebounds Per Game	#32 Amari Walton13.3	2.6
#1 Dylan Merkitch4.3	Assists Per Game	#1 Christian Williams3.0	1.0
#11 Miles Townsend2.3	Steals Per Game	#5 Nicias Harris2.7	0.8
#13 Terrence Jones0.7	Blocks Per Game	#32 Amari Walton4.6	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Fernandina Beach	4-4		First Coast	5-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/26/24	Fernandina Beach	ED White	(W) 58-32	1/17/25	First Coast	ED White	(W) 56-50
12/5/24	Episcopal School of Jacksonville	Fernandina Beach	(L) 55-37	11/22/24	First Coast	Episcopal School of Jacksonville	(L) 61-45
2/5/25	Fernandina Beach	Episcopal School of Jacksonville	(L) 58-54
12/27/24	Fernandina Beach	Fletcher	(L) 56-46	12/20/24	Fletcher	First Coast	(W) 60-54
1/3/25	Fernandina Beach	Bartram Trail	(L) 61-41	1/30/25	First Coast	Bartram Trail	(L) 45-36
1/7/25	Fernandina Beach	Sandalwood	(W) 58-47	1/16/25	First Coast	Sandalwood	(W) 57-44
				1/20/25	Sandalwood	First Coast	(W) 61-51
1/10/25	Fernandina Beach	Yulee	(W) 55-38	12/12/24	Yulee	First Coast	(W) 49-47
1/31/25	Yulee	Fernandina Beach	(W) 53-41

Record Breakdown

Fernandina Beach (24-25)		First Coast (24-25)
19-8	Overall	11-12
2-1	League	1-2
15-3	Non-League	9-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
4-4	Common Opponent	5-2
6-3	Home	6-2
11-4	Away	4-6
2-1	Neutral	1-4
1-2	Playoff	0-1
19-7	In-State	10-12
0-1	Out-of-State	1-0