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The River Ridge (New Port Richey, FL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Excel Christian Academy (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 57-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ECA	16	11	14	16	57
River Ridge	8	12	20	11	51

Final score provided by J. Graves.

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Game Stats

Excel Christian Academy (23-24)

River Ridge (23-24)

Excel Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	155	57	19	46	41	43
0	D. Pierrelus (Jr)	26	11	5	8	63	63
1	William Medina (Jr)	28	10	2	12	17	17
2	Jeremy Russell (Sr)	26	24	6	13	46	50
4	T. Demmings (Sr)	10	2	1	3	33	33
5	Isaiah Soto (Sr)	19	0	0	1	0	0
11	Juan Jiminez (Sr)	5	0	0	1	0	0
23	D. Coffee (Jr)	25	11	4	5	80	80
24	Jaedan Clark (Fr)	16	3	1	3	33	50

River Ridge

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	156	51	19	57	33	37
1	T. BEAL (Jr)	26	5	2	9	22	22
5	J. CASAREZ (Jr)	15	3	1	3	33	33
11	JOHN GOLDEN (So)	8	0	0	3	0	0
12	THOMAS DELORETO (Jr)	20	4	2	6	33	33
13	JACOB YEAGER (Jr)	29	19	7	16	44	53
22	Dareal KING (So)	27	4	2	9	22	22
33	JACOB HITCHCOCK (Jr)	10	2	1	3	33	33

Excel Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	155	57	2	13	15	17	21	81	17	33	52
0	D. Pierrelus (Jr)	26	11	0	2	0	1	2	50	5	6	83
1	William Medina (Jr)	28	10	0	3	0	2	4	50	2	9	22
2	Jeremy Russell (Sr)	26	24	1	3	33	11	11	100	5	10	50
4	T. Demmings (Sr)	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
5	Isaiah Soto (Sr)	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Juan Jiminez (Sr)	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	D. Coffee (Jr)	25	11	0	0	0	3	4	75	4	5	80
24	Jaedan Clark (Fr)	16	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0

River Ridge

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	156	51	4	13	31	9	17	53	15	44	34
1	T. BEAL (Jr)	26	5	0	3	0	1	2	50	2	6	33
5	J. CASAREZ (Jr)	15	3				1	2	50	1	3	33
11	JOHN GOLDEN (So)	8	0							0	3	0
12	THOMAS DELORETO (Jr)	20	4	0	1	0	0	5	0	2	5	40
13	JACOB YEAGER (Jr)	29	19	3	5	60	2	2	100	4	11	36
22	Dareal KING (So)	27	4							2	9	22
33	JACOB HITCHCOCK (Jr)	10	2							1	3	33

Excel Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	155	57	7	17	24	12	13	12	15	16
0	D. Pierrelus (Jr)	26	11	0	3	3	3	3	0	6	2
1	William Medina (Jr)	28	10	2	3	4	7	7	2	3	2
2	Jeremy Russell (Sr)	26	24	2	2	4	0	1	0	1	2
4	T. Demmings (Sr)	10	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
5	Isaiah Soto (Sr)	19	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2
11	Juan Jiminez (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
23	D. Coffee (Jr)	25	11	2	5	7	2	2	10	1	4
24	Jaedan Clark (Fr)	16	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3

River Ridge

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	156	51	12	25	31	12	7	1	20	18
1	T. BEAL (Jr)	26	5	2	2	4	3	1	1	6	5
5	J. CASAREZ (Jr)	15	3	5	1	6	1			1	3
11	JOHN GOLDEN (So)	8	0		2	2
12	THOMAS DELORETO (Jr)	20	4		6	0	1	1		2	3
13	JACOB YEAGER (Jr)	29	19	1	5	6	1	2		5	2
22	Dareal KING (So)	27	4	4	6	10	3	2		1	4
33	JACOB HITCHCOCK (Jr)	10	2		1	1	1			1	1

Excel Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.80	0.87	0.81	0.75
0	D. Pierrelus (Jr)	0.50	0.50	1.50	0.00
1	William Medina (Jr)	2.33	2.33	3.50	1.00
2	Jeremy Russell (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00
23	D. Coffee (Jr)	2.00	2.00	0.50	2.50
24	Jaedan Clark (Fr)	1.00	1.00	0.33	0.00

River Ridge

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.60	0.35	0.39	0.06
1	T. BEAL (Jr)	0.50	0.17	0.20	0.20
5	J. CASAREZ (Jr)	1.00
12	THOMAS DELORETO (Jr)	0.50	0.50	0.33
13	JACOB YEAGER (Jr)	0.20	0.40	1.00
22	Dareal KING (So)	3.00	2.00	0.50
33	JACOB HITCHCOCK (Jr)	1.00

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - River Ridge tipped by Excel Christian Academy

December 5, 2023: New Port Richey, FL 34654

In Tuesday's non-league match, the visiting Excel Christian Academy Spartans basketball team scored a tight 57-51 triumph over the River Ridge Royal Knights.

In their next game, the Spartans meet the Winter Haven Christian Warriors (Winter Haven, FL) in a Central Florida match, on Thursday, December 7. Excel Christian Academy will attempt to move on its 1-1 season record. The Warriors enter the match with a 0-4 record after their 65-41 non-league loss to Mater Brighton Lakes Academy (Kissimmee, FL).

With the defeat, River Ridge moves to 1-4 on the year. The Royal knights host Vanguard (Lake Wales, FL) to meet the Panthers in a non-league match on Monday, December 11. The Panthers enter the match with a record of 0-3. Vanguard lost 90-27 in their recent non-league match against New Dimensions (Kissimmee, FL)

Players of the Game

Excel Christian Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #23 Daquaylon Coffee for being selected the Excel Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

River Ridge (23-24)

Congratulations to #5 JONATHAN CASAREZ for being selected the River Ridge Basketball Player of the Game.

ECA @ River Ridge Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 5, 2023 @ 7:30p

The River Ridge (New Port Richey, FL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Excel Christian Academy (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 57-51.

Rankings & Records

Excel Christian Academy (23-24)

FL
258

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
20-8	6-0	5-0	10-2	5-6	.714	1.000	1,952	1,499

River Ridge (23-24)

FL	Class
670	97

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
6-15	1-2	5-9	1-5	0-1	.286	.333	974	1,145

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Excel Christian Academy	18.7	15.0	17.9	16.4	-	69.7
River Ridge	10.7	12.2	13.7	10.5	2.0	46.4

Head-to-Head

Excel Christian Academy won on 12/5/2023

12/5 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

ECA 16 11 14 16 57
River Ridge 8 12 20 11 51

The Excel Christian Academy (Lakeland, FL) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against River Ridge (New Port Richey, FL) by a score of 57-51.
Box score
Excel Christian Academy won on 1/6/2024

1/6 @ 4:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

ECA 21 15 21 12 69
River Ridge 6 11 12 8 37

The Excel Christian Academy (Lakeland, FL) varsity basketball team won Saturday's away tournament game against River Ridge (New Port Richey, FL) by a score of 69-37.
Box score

1/6 @ 4:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ECA	21	15	21	12	69
River Ridge	6	11	12	8	37

Team Stat Comparison

Excel Christian Academy		River Ridge
36.7	Points Per Game	44.6
17.7	Rebounds Per Game	24.7
9.1	Assists Per Game	7.8
5.2	Steals Per Game	5.2
3.0	Blocks Per Game	1.5

Team Leaders

Excel Christian Academy		River Ridge	National Avg.
#2 Jeremy Russell14.8	Points Per Game	#13 JACOB YEAGER15.7	4.9
#23 Daquaylon Coffee6.7	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Dareal KING6.0	2.6
#1 William Medina5.2	Assists Per Game	#2 ASHTON ADAMS1.7	1.0
#1 William Medina2.2	Steals Per Game	#13 JACOB YEAGER1.6	0.8
#23 Daquaylon Coffee2.9	Blocks Per Game	#22 Dareal KING0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Excel Christian Academy	1-1		River Ridge	0-2

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
1/5/24	Zephyrhills	Excel Christian Academy	(W) 61-60		2/6/24	River Ridge	Zephyrhills	(L) 75-27
1/30/24	Excel Christian Academy	Fivay	(L) 77-70		1/25/24	Fivay	River Ridge	(L) 66-41

Record Breakdown

Excel Christian Academy (23-24)		River Ridge (23-24)
20-8	Overall	6-15
6-0	League	1-2
8-2	Non-League	4-10
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
1-1	Common Opponent	0-2
5-0	Home	5-9
10-2	Away	1-5
5-6	Neutral	0-1
2-0	Playoff	0-1
20-3	In-State	6-15
0-5	Out-of-State	0-0