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The Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Thales Academy Apex (Apex, NC) by a score of 89-67.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Thales Academy Apex	12	18	15	22	67
Grace Christian	22	19	23	25	89

Final score provided by J. Wilson.

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Game Stats

Grace Christian (23-24)

Thales Academy Apex

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	61	24	56	43	45
2	Cole Barish (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
13	Nathan Purvis (Sr)	17	5	15	33	33
15	Daniel Cannon (So)	0	0	2	0	0
24	Justin Brown (Jr)	15	6	14	43	46
32	Zach Lehman (So)	4	2	3	67	67
33	Zach Rachmuth (So)	25	11	20	55	58

Grace Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	89	35	65	54	64
2	Sam Streeter (Sr)	12	5	7	71	86
3	Matt Foster (Jr)	5	2	7	29	29
10	Conner Stone (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50
11	Nate Jones (Fr)	17	7	10	70	85
12	Ma'Kyi Butler (Sr)	20	7	15	47	57
15	Grant Jacques (Fr)	14	5	10	50	70
23	Jimmy Zimmerman (Jr)	12	5	7	71	71
32	Caleb Ellis (So)	4	2	4	50	50
33	R. Zingelmann (So)	2	1	1	100	100
35	Isaiah Streeter (So)	0	0	1	0	0

Thales Academy Apex

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	61	2	15	13	11	18	61	22	41	54
2	Cole Barish (Sr)	0							0	2	0
13	Nathan Purvis (Sr)	17	0	2	0	7	9	78	5	13	38
15	Daniel Cannon (So)	0	0	2	0
24	Justin Brown (Jr)	15	1	5	20	2	2	100	5	9	56
32	Zach Lehman (So)	4	0	1	0				2	2	100
33	Zach Rachmuth (So)	25	1	5	20	2	7	29	10	15	67

Grace Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	89	13	26	50	6	9	67	22	39	56
2	Sam Streeter (Sr)	12	2	3	67	0	0	0	3	4	75
3	Matt Foster (Jr)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	7	29
10	Conner Stone (Sr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	Nate Jones (Fr)	17	3	5	60	0	0	0	4	5	80
12	Ma'Kyi Butler (Sr)	20	3	8	38	3	5	60	4	7	57
15	Grant Jacques (Fr)	14	4	7	57	0	0	0	1	3	33
23	Jimmy Zimmerman (Jr)	12	0	0	0	2	2	100	5	7	71
32	Caleb Ellis (So)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
33	R. Zingelmann (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
35	Isaiah Streeter (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Thales Academy Apex

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	61	11	11	22	12	11	5	9
2	Cole Barish (Sr)	0				5	2		1
13	Nathan Purvis (Sr)	17	2		2	2			3
15	Daniel Cannon (So)	0	1	2	3	1	2	1
24	Justin Brown (Jr)	15	6	6	12	4	5	3	2
32	Zach Lehman (So)	4	1	1	2		1	1	1
33	Zach Rachmuth (So)	25	1	2	3		1		2

Grace Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	89	8	23	31	22	10	2
2	Sam Streeter (Sr)	12	0	2	2	2	0	0
3	Matt Foster (Jr)	5	0	1	1	5	3	2
10	Conner Stone (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
11	Nate Jones (Fr)	17	1	1	2	4	3	0
12	Ma'Kyi Butler (Sr)	20	2	6	8	5	1	0
15	Grant Jacques (Fr)	14	0	2	2	2	2	0
23	Jimmy Zimmerman (Jr)	12	0	2	2	0	0	0
32	Caleb Ellis (So)	4	4	4	8	4	0	0
33	R. Zingelmann (So)	2	0	2	2	0	0	0
35	Isaiah Streeter (So)	0	1	2	3	0	1	0

Thales Academy Apex

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.33	1.22
2	Cole Barish (Sr)	5.00	2.00
13	Nathan Purvis (Sr)	0.67
24	Justin Brown (Jr)	2.00	2.50
32	Zach Lehman (So)		1.00
33	Zach Rachmuth (So)		0.50

Grace Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Defl
	Team Totals	10
3	Matt Foster (Jr)	5
10	Conner Stone (Sr)	1
11	Nate Jones (Fr)	1
12	Ma'Kyi Butler (Sr)	1
15	Grant Jacques (Fr)	1
23	Jimmy Zimmerman (Jr)	1

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Grace Christian routs Thales Academy Apex

December 8, 2023: Sanford, NC 27332

In Friday's non-league outing, the Grace Christian Crusaders (Sanford, NC) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Thales Academy Apex Titans (Apex, NC), by a margin of 89-67.

The Crusaders (5-6) will now prepare for their outing against The Burlington School (Burlington, NC). The Spartans go into the non-league outing with a 11-3 record. In their last outing, The Burlington School smashed Wilson Prep (Wilson, NC), 71-64, in a non-league outing.

The Titans now own a 4-11 record. They play next when they host St. Thomas More Academy for a NCISAA Raleigh Area outing on Friday, December 15.

Players of the Game

Thales Academy Apex (23-24)

Thales Academy Apex has not selected any Players of the Game.

Grace Christian (23-24)

Congratulations to #12 Ma'Kyi Butler for being selected the Grace Christian Basketball Player of the Game.

TAA @ GCHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 8, 2023 @ 7:30p

The Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Thales Academy Apex (Apex, NC) by a score of 89-67.

Rankings & Records

Thales Academy Apex (23-24)

NC	Class
487	19

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
11-24	5-5	4-9	2-10	5-5	.314	.500	2,135	2,468

Grace Christian (23-24)

NC	Class
169	10

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
18-13	10-1	6-10	2-2	.581	2,208	2,133

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Thales Academy Apex	15.6	16.2	16.7	14.6	61.0
Grace Christian	17.7	16.6	18.8	18.8	71.2

Head-to-Head

Grace Christian won on 12/8/2023

12/8 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

TAA 12 18 15 22 67
Grace Christian 22 19 23 25 89

The Thales Academy Apex (Apex, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) by a score of 89-67.
Box score
Grace Christian won on 1/29/2024

1/29 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Grace Christian 26 29 31 15 101
TAA 15 22 16 18 71

The Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) varsity basketball team won Monday's away non-conference game against Thales Academy Apex (Apex, NC) by a score of 101-71.
Box score

12/8 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
TAA	12	18	15	22	67
Grace Christian	22	19	23	25	89

1/29 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Grace Christian	26	29	31	15	101
TAA	15	22	16	18	71

Team Stat Comparison

Thales Academy Apex		Grace Christian
60.5	Points Per Game	71.6
29.2	Rebounds Per Game	29.9
12.6	Assists Per Game	13.2
6.9	Steals Per Game	7.7
3.9	Blocks Per Game	2.8

Team Leaders

Thales Academy Apex		Grace Christian	National Avg.
#13 Nathan Purvis22.8	Points Per Game	#12 Ma'Kyi Butler20.4	4.9
#24 Justin Brown9.2	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Ma'Kyi Butler6.7	2.6
#4 Luke Railo5.2	Assists Per Game	#3 Matt Foster3.3	1.0
#24 Justin Brown2.1	Steals Per Game	#12 Ma'Kyi Butler1.4	0.8
#24 Justin Brown4.4	Blocks Per Game	#3 Matt Foster0.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Thales Academy Apex	0-5		Grace Christian	3-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/13/23	Thales Academy Apex	Freedom Christian Academy	(L) 85-62	12/15/23	Grace Christian	Freedom Christian Academy	(W) 73-66
11/14/23	Thales Academy Apex	Wake Christian Academy	(L) 64-53	2/13/24	Wake Christian Academy	Grace Christian	(W) 82-73
12/5/23	Wake Christian Academy	Thales Academy Apex	(L) 96-77
11/28/23	GRACE Christian	Thales Academy Apex	(L) 78-40	2/15/24	Grace Christian	GRACE Christian	(L) 80-55
12/2/23	Living Water Christian	Thales Academy Apex	(L) 90-56	12/27/23	Grace Christian	Living Water Christian	(W) 101-71

Record Breakdown

Thales Academy Apex (23-24)		Grace Christian (23-24)
11-24	Overall	18-13
7-6	League	0-0
1-15	Non-League	14-9
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-5	Common Opponent	3-1
4-9	Home	10-1
2-10	Away	6-10
5-5	Neutral	2-2
0-1	Playoff	1-1
8-24	In-State	17-12
2-0	Out-of-State	1-1