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The Elliot Christian (Lodi, CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Faith Christian (Yuba City, CA) by a score of 59-41.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Faith Christian	10	14	10	7	41
Elliot Christian	13	12	10	24	59

Final score provided by R. Goodpasture.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Elliot Christian (23-24)

Faith Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	41	18	68	26	29
2	Aedan DeMeritt (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
4	Max Bryan (Sr)	11	5	10	50	55
11	Chad Oakley (So)	7	3	15	20	23
12	Cedric Smith (Sr)	16	7	22	32	34
21	Matthew Meninga (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Benji Garbutt (Sr)	7	3	17	18	21
30	Drew Haeberle (So)	0	0	1	0	0

Elliot Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	59	23
0	Kaden Kirby (Jr)	1
3	Jayden Gaither (Jr)	15	6
23	Elliot Burton (Sr)	11	4
31	Seth Byrd (Jr)	7	3
33	Jeremy Nielsen (Jr)	25	10

Faith Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	41	4	23	17	1	10	10	14	45	31
2	Aedan DeMeritt (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Max Bryan (Sr)	11	1	2	50	0	6	0	4	8	50
11	Chad Oakley (So)	7	1	11	9	0	2	0	2	4	50
12	Cedric Smith (Sr)	16	1	2	50	1	2	50	6	20	30
21	Matthew Meninga (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Benji Garbutt (Sr)	7	1	7	14	0	0	0	2	10	20
30	Drew Haeberle (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Elliot Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	2FGM
	Team Totals	59	5	8	18
0	Kaden Kirby (Jr)	1		1
3	Jayden Gaither (Jr)	15		3	6
23	Elliot Burton (Sr)	11	1	2	3
31	Seth Byrd (Jr)	7	1		2
33	Jeremy Nielsen (Jr)	25	3	2	7

Faith Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	41	16	25	41	8	10
1	Nate Strawmier (So)	0	0	1	1	0	0
4	Max Bryan (Sr)	11	1	10	11	0	2
11	Chad Oakley (So)	7	4	4	8	3	1
12	Cedric Smith (Sr)	16	4	3	7	5	6
15	Colin DeMeritt (Fr)	0	0	1	1	0	0
21	Matthew Meninga (Sr)	0	2	3	5	0	1
23	Benji Garbutt (Sr)	7	4	1	5	0	0
30	Drew Haeberle (So)	0	1	2	3	0	0

Elliot Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	59	13	26	39	14	8	6
0	Kaden Kirby (Jr)	1	5	3	8	1
3	Jayden Gaither (Jr)	15	3	5	8	5	1	5
20	Jayden San (Sr)			4	4	1	1
23	Elliot Burton (Sr)	11	1	5	6	2	2	1
31	Seth Byrd (Jr)	7	2	4	6	2	3
33	Jeremy Nielsen (Jr)	25	2	4	6	3	1
41	R. Goodpasture Jr (Sr)			1	1

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Elliot Christian over Faith Christian

December 1, 2023: Yuba City, CA 95993

Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Elliot Christian Eagles (Lodi, CA) and the host Faith Christian Lions (Yuba City, CA), saw Elliot Christian's basketball squad overcome Faith Christian by a tally of 59-41.

With the victory, Elliot Christian improves its record to 2-1 on the campaign. The Eagles travel to Stockton Christian (Stockton, CA) to play the Eagles in a non-league challenge on Saturday, December 2. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 4-0. Stockton Christian won 80-52 in their recent non-league challenge against Vanguard College Prep (Modesto, CA)

Next up, the Lions play the Vanguard College Prep Lions (Modesto, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 2. Faith Christian will attempt to improve on its 0-3 season record. The Lions come into the challenge with a 0-4 record after their 80-52 non-league loss to Stockton Christian (Stockton, CA).

Players of the Game

Faith Christian (23-24)

Faith Christian has not selected any Players of the Game.

Elliot Christian (23-24)

Congratulations to #33 Jeremy Nielsen for being selected the Elliot Christian Basketball Player of the Game.

FCHS vs ECHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 1, 2023 @ 8p

Game 2 of Mike Murphy Tournament (@Stck Christian)

The Elliot Christian (Lodi, CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Faith Christian (Yuba City, CA) by a score of 59-41.

Rankings & Records

Faith Christian (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
1,241	161	44	10

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
12-16	7-5	6-5	6-7	0-4	.429	.583	1,299	1,440

Elliot Christian (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
1,206	153	41	8

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
5-18	1-9	1-4	0-9	4-5	.217	.100	1,085	1,461

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Faith Christian	13.2	10.1	13.1	9.6	46.4
Elliot Christian	12.6	12.3	12.4	11.6	47.2

Team Stat Comparison

Faith Christian		Elliot Christian
40.1	Points Per Game	46.9
32.0	Rebounds Per Game	30.0
7.3	Assists Per Game	12.2
8.4	Steals Per Game	7.7
2.7	Blocks Per Game	6.6

Team Leaders

Faith Christian		Elliot Christian	National Avg.
#12 Cedric Smith18.2	Points Per Game	#33 Jeremy Nielsen15.0	4.9
#4 Max Bryan11.4	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Jayden Gaither10.2	2.6
#12 Cedric Smith3.9	Assists Per Game	#33 Jeremy Nielsen3.6	1.0
#12 Cedric Smith3.9	Steals Per Game	#33 Jeremy Nielsen2.3	0.8
#4 Max Bryan1.5	Blocks Per Game	#3 Jayden Gaither4.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Faith Christian	0-4		Elliot Christian	2-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/30/23	Faith Christian	Stockton Christian	(L) 56-51	11/17/23	Elliot Christian	Stockton Christian	(L) 49-48
				12/2/23	Stockton Christian	Elliot Christian	(W) 44-43
12/2/23	Faith Christian	Vanguard College Prep	(L) 54-47	11/30/23	Elliot Christian	Vanguard College Prep	(W) 62-39
12/7/23	Faith Christian	Victory Christian	(L) 61-18	2/13/24	Elliot Christian	Victory Christian	(L) 49-40
12/14/23	Faith Christian	Trinity Christian	(L) 67-42	12/15/23	Elliot Christian	Trinity Christian	(L) 74-56

Record Breakdown

Faith Christian (23-24)		Elliot Christian (23-24)
12-16	Overall	5-18
7-5	League	1-9
5-4	Non-League	0-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-4	Common Opponent	2-3
6-5	Home	1-4
6-7	Away	0-9
0-4	Neutral	4-5
0-1	Playoff	0-1
12-16	In-State	5-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0