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The Challenger (Hickory, NC) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home conference game against Nebo Crossing Academy (Nebo, NC) by a score of 43-27.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
NCA	12	11	14	6	43
Challenger	9	2	10	6	27

Final score provided by J. Harmon.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Challenger (23-24)

Nebo Crossing Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	148	43	17	54	31	37
00	Morgan Baker (Sr)	32	20	8	19	42	47
5	Isiah Johnson (Sr)	30	1	0	1	0	0
11	Hayden Nash (So)	3
14	Trenton Boyd (So)	22	0	0	6	0	0
15	Reece Galbreath (So)	23	12	5	13	38	46
21	J.J. McIntosh (Sr)	8	2	1	1	100	100
24	Isaac Grubbs (Sr)	27	8	3	10	30	40
31	Jarrett Olinger (Jr)	3	0	0	4	0	0

Challenger

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	27	7	50	14	17
0	Riley Annis (Jr)	11	2	17	12	15
1	Cameron Annis (Fr)	5	1	3	33	50
10	Krish Kumar (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
15	Preston Lewis (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
21	K. Reinhardt (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
24	Jacob Moore (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
25	Aizen Nguyen (So)	7	2	10	20	25
32	Jaylon Burcham (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
40	Zion Wright (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0
	Seamus Auton (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0

Nebo Crossing Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	148	43	6	22	27	3	9	33	11	32	34
00	Morgan Baker (Sr)	32	20	2	2	100	2	6	33	6	17	35
5	Isiah Johnson (Sr)	30	1	0	1	0	1	2	50
11	Hayden Nash (So)	3
14	Trenton Boyd (So)	22	0	0	3	0				0	3	0
15	Reece Galbreath (So)	23	12	2	8	25	0	1	0	3	5	60
21	J.J. McIntosh (Sr)	8	2							1	1	100
24	Isaac Grubbs (Sr)	27	8	2	6	33				1	4	25
31	Jarrett Olinger (Jr)	3	0	0	2	0				0	2	0

Challenger

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	27	3	16	19	10	14	71	4	34	12
0	Riley Annis (Jr)	11	1	6	17	6	8	75	1	11	9
1	Cameron Annis (Fr)	5	1	2	50	2	2	100	0	1	0
10	Krish Kumar (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Preston Lewis (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	K. Reinhardt (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	20
24	Jacob Moore (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25	Aizen Nguyen (So)	7	1	4	25	2	2	100	1	6	17
32	Jaylon Burcham (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	33
40	Zion Wright (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Seamus Auton (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Nebo Crossing Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	148	43	36	14	23	8	28	12
00	Morgan Baker (Sr)	32	20	8	5	8	5	4	4
5	Isiah Johnson (Sr)	30	1	2	3	3		8	3
11	Hayden Nash (So)	3		1
14	Trenton Boyd (So)	22	0	2		2		3	3
15	Reece Galbreath (So)	23	12	11	1	1		6
21	J.J. McIntosh (Sr)	8	2	2				2
24	Isaac Grubbs (Sr)	27	8	7	5	8	3	4
31	Jarrett Olinger (Jr)	3	0	3		1		1	2

Challenger

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	27	40	4	8	1	31	9
0	Riley Annis (Jr)	11	4	2	2	0	6	1
1	Cameron Annis (Fr)	5	4	0	0	0	3	1
10	Krish Kumar (Jr)	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
15	Preston Lewis (Sr)	0	8	1	0	0	1	1
21	K. Reinhardt (Jr)	2	8	1	2	1	6	5
24	Jacob Moore (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
25	Aizen Nguyen (So)	7	2	0	2	0	7	0
32	Jaylon Burcham (Jr)	2	5	0	2	0	1	0
40	Zion Wright (Fr)	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
	Seamus Auton (Jr)	0	4	0	0	0	1	0

Nebo Crossing Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.50	0.82	1.92	0.67
00	Morgan Baker (Sr)	1.25	2.00	2.00	1.25
5	Isiah Johnson (Sr)	0.38	0.38	1.00
14	Trenton Boyd (So)		0.67	0.67
15	Reece Galbreath (So)	0.17	0.17
24	Isaac Grubbs (Sr)	1.25	2.00
31	Jarrett Olinger (Jr)		1.00	0.50

Challenger

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.13	0.26	0.89	0.11
0	Riley Annis (Jr)	0.33	0.33	2.00	0.00
15	Preston Lewis (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
21	K. Reinhardt (Jr)	0.17	0.33	0.40	0.20
25	Aizen Nguyen (So)	0.00	0.29	2.00	0.00
32	Jaylon Burcham (Jr)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Challenger knocked off by Nebo Crossing Academy

November 27, 2023: Hickory, NC 28602

The Nebo Crossing Academy Bulldogs basketball team scored 43 points and held the host Challenger Firebirds to 27 in the Bulldogs league triumph on Monday.

The Bulldogs now sport a 3-0 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Lake Lure Classical Academy for a Western Piedmont contest on Thursday, November 30. Nebo Crossing Academy will battle a Raptors team coming off a 55-16 league win over Haywood Christian Academy (Waynesville, NC). The Raptors record now stands at 4-0.

The Firebirds (1-4) will now prepare for their contest against Hickory Hawks (Hickory, NC). The Hawks enter the non-league contest with a 0-2 record. In their last contest, Hickory Hawks was defeated by Greater Cabarrus Stallions (Concord, NC), 76-37, in a non-league contest.

NCA @ Challenger Basketball Game Info

Mon., Nov. 27, 2023 @ 6:45p

The Challenger (Hickory, NC) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home conference game against Nebo Crossing Academy (Nebo, NC) by a score of 43-27.

Rankings & Records

Nebo Crossing Academy (23-24)

NC
411

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
14-8	9-4	7-1	4-4	3-3	.636	.692	1,118	840

Challenger (23-24)

NC
635

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
5-13	4-11	3-6	2-7	.278	.267	761	1,027

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Nebo Crossing Academy	15.0	13.4	12.9	12.7	50.8
Challenger	10.6	10.9	11.6	10.6	42.3

Head-to-Head

Nebo Crossing Academy won on 11/27/2023

11/27 @ 6:45p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

NCA 12 11 14 6 43
Challenger 9 2 10 6 27

The Nebo Crossing Academy (Nebo, NC) varsity basketball team won Monday's away conference game against Challenger (Hickory, NC) by a score of 43-27.
Box score
Nebo Crossing Academy won on 1/25/2024

1/25 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Challenger 8 6 8 14 36
NCA 10 16 17 13 56

The Challenger (Hickory, NC) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Nebo Crossing Academy (Nebo, NC) by a score of 56-36.
Box score

1/25 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Challenger	8	6	8	14	36
NCA	10	16	17	13	56

Team Stat Comparison

Nebo Crossing Academy		Challenger
38.9	Points Per Game	40.3
22.1	Rebounds Per Game	29.9
10.8	Assists Per Game	8.1
10.1	Steals Per Game	7.0
4.0	Blocks Per Game	2.1

Team Leaders

Nebo Crossing Academy		Challenger	National Avg.
#00 Morgan Baker19.9	Points Per Game	#0 Riley Annis14.6	4.9
#4 Tanner McKinney9.4	Rebounds Per Game	#21 Kendall Reinhardt8.8	2.6
#00 Morgan Baker3.9	Assists Per Game	#2 Braelon Roe4.3	1.0
#00 Morgan Baker4.0	Steals Per Game	#2 Braelon Roe2.2	0.8
#24 Isaac Grubbs2.4	Blocks Per Game	#21 Kendall Reinhardt1.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Nebo Crossing Academy	7-5		Challenger	3-10

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/14/23	Nebo Crossing Academy	Community Christian Academy	(W) 65-33	11/6/23	Community Christian Academy	Challenger	(L) 62-49
1/12/24	Community Christian Academy	Nebo Crossing Academy	(W) 66-42	11/21/23	Challenger	Community Christian Academy	(L) 64-60
11/17/23	Reynolds Mountain Christian Academy	Nebo Crossing Academy	(W) 52-23	1/22/24	Challenger	Reynolds Mountain Christian Academy	(L) 55-46
11/30/23	Nebo Crossing Academy	Lake Lure Classical Academy	(L) 56-53	2/1/24	Challenger	Lake Lure Classical Academy	(L) 68-37
12/12/23	Nebo Crossing Academy	Christian Family Academy	(L) 51-40	12/7/23	Christian Family Academy	Challenger	(L) 68-38
1/30/24	Christian Family Academy	Nebo Crossing Academy	(W) 59-45	1/16/24	Challenger	Christian Family Academy	(L) 64-36
12/14/23	Nebo Crossing Academy	Pinnacle Classical Academy	(L) 40-36	12/1/23	Challenger	Pinnacle Classical Academy	(L) 70-51
1/29/24	Pinnacle Classical Academy	Nebo Crossing Academy	(W) 61-52	1/10/24	Pinnacle Classical Academy	Challenger	(L) 52-43
1/5/24	Nebo Crossing Academy	The Master's Academy	(W) 43-26	12/15/23	Challenger	The Master's Academy	(W) 35-30
1/22/24	Veritas Christian Academy	Nebo Crossing Academy	(L) 80-35	11/14/23	Veritas Christian Academy	Challenger	(L) 62-25
2/15/24	Nebo Crossing Academy	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 45-12	2/13/24	Challenger	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 78-35
2/2/24	Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy	Nebo Crossing Academy	(W) 98-38	12/4/23	Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy	Challenger	(W) 58-49
				1/19/24	Challenger	Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy	(W) 57-51

Record Breakdown

Nebo Crossing Academy (23-24)		Challenger (23-24)
14-8	Overall	5-13
9-5	League	5-12
2-0	Non-League	0-1
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
7-5	Common Opponent	3-10
7-1	Home	3-6
4-4	Away	2-7
3-3	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
12-6	In-State	5-13
2-0	Out-of-State	0-0