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The First Academy Clay

Royals

Blue Devils

The Clay (Green Cove Springs, FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against The First Academy (Orlando, FL) by a score of 40-37.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
The First Academy	10	10	12	5	37
Clay	10	6	7	17	40

Final score provided by C. Mayberry.

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The First Academy (23-24)

The First Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	161	37	14	53	26	31
1	Luke Mayberry (So)	31	4	1	3	33	50
2	L. De jesus (Sr)	31	9	4	17	24	24
3	Max Simmons (So)	30	3	1	5	20	30
4	Julian Anderson (Sr)	28	10	4	12	33	33
11	Cory Mcpherson (Fr)	12	2	1	3	33	33
12	F. Nieves-font (Jr)	9	3	1	4	25	38
20	Cael Lerner (Jr)	20	6	2	9	22	33

The First Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	161	37	5	18	28	4	17	24	9	35	26
1	Luke Mayberry (So)	31	4	1	2	50	1	5	20	0	1	0
2	L. De jesus (Sr)	31	9	0	4	0	1	4	25	4	13	31
3	Max Simmons (So)	30	3	1	5	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Julian Anderson (Sr)	28	10	0	0	0	2	8	25	4	12	33
11	Cory Mcpherson (Fr)	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
12	F. Nieves-font (Jr)	9	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	Cael Lerner (Jr)	20	6	2	3	67	0	0	0	0	6	0

The First Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	161	37	12	18	30	12	9	21	23
1	Luke Mayberry (So)	31	4	0	2	2	2	2	3	4
2	L. De jesus (Sr)	31	9	4	6	10	3	4	7	2
3	Max Simmons (So)	30	3	0	2	2	1	1	2	5
4	Julian Anderson (Sr)	28	10	5	5	10	3	1	3	4
11	Cory Mcpherson (Fr)	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	F. Nieves-font (Jr)	9	3	0	0	0	3	0	3	3
20	Cael Lerner (Jr)	20	6	3	3	6	0	1	2	5

The First Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.57	0.43	0.39	3	14	1
1	Luke Mayberry (So)	0.67	0.67	0.50	2	2	0
2	L. De jesus (Sr)	0.43	0.57	2.00	0	3	1
3	Max Simmons (So)	0.50	0.50	0.20	0	1	0
4	Julian Anderson (Sr)	1.00	0.33	0.25	1	1	0
11	Cory Mcpherson (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2	0
12	F. Nieves-font (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0	3	0
20	Cael Lerner (Jr)	0.00	0.50	0.20	0	2	0

Clay (23-24)

Clay has not entered stats for this game.

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Clay vs The First Academy Game Highlights - Dec. 1, 2023 1:43

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Clay nips The First Academy

December 1, 2023: Green Cove Springs, FL 32043

Clay Blue Devils (Green Cove Springs, FL) backers were pleased Friday as they saw their basketball squad hold off the visiting The First Academy Royals (Orlando, FL), 40-37 in a non-league bout.

With the victory, Clay upgrades its record to 2-1 on the campaign. The Blue Devils travel to Ridgeview (Orange Park, FL) to play the Panthers in a non-league bout on Tuesday, December 5. The Panthers come into the bout with a record of 1-3. Ridgeview lost 81-48 in their recent non-league bout against Oakleaf (Orange Park, FL)

Next up, the Royals play the Fleming Island Golden Eagles (Orange Park, FL) in a non-league bout, on Saturday, December 2. The First Academy will attempt to upgrade on its 0-1 season record. The Golden Eagles come into the bout with a 2-1 record after their 58-52 non-league loss to Vanguard (Ocala, FL).

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Rankings & Records

The First Academy (23-24)

FL	Class
151	27

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
15-13	1-1	9-3	4-9	2-1	.536	.500	1,724	1,627

Clay (23-24)

FL	Class
363	59

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
11-12	3-0	6-4	3-6	2-2	.478	1.000	1,297	1,232

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
The First Academy	14.3	14.4	16.9	16.0	61.6
Clay	11.8	16.1	14.2	16.6	56.4

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Team Stat Comparison

The First Academy		Clay
61.6	Points Per Game	-
26.4	Rebounds Per Game	-
13.1	Assists Per Game	-
8.3	Steals Per Game	-
1.1	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

The First Academy		Clay	National Avg.
#2 Lorenzo De jesus17.8	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#4 Julian Anderson7.8	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#2 Lorenzo De jesus2.9	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#20 Cael Lerner1.9	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#3 Max Simmons0.3	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
The First Academy	0-1		Clay	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/23	The First Academy	Fleming Island	(L) 57-54		1/19/24	Clay	Fleming Island	(L) 79-70

Record Breakdown

The First Academy (23-24)		Clay (23-24)
15-13	Overall	11-12
1-1	League	3-0
10-9	Non-League	6-11
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	0-1
9-3	Home	6-4
4-9	Away	3-6
2-1	Neutral	2-2
1-2	Playoff	1-1
15-12	In-State	11-12
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0