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Vanguard Forest

Knights

Wildcats

The Forest (Ocala, FL) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Vanguard (Ocala, FL) by a score of 57-54.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Vanguard	14	17	13	10	54
Forest	19	11	17	10	57

Final score provided by T. Lewis.

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Game Stats

Forest (24-25)

Vanguard

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	54	23	53	43	47
0	Sanaria Gunsby (Jr)	16	7	14	50	54
1	J. Richardson (So)	7	3	8	38	44
2	I'jaia Bethea (So)	12	5	13	38	46
5	M. Santiago (Jr)	6	2	5	40	40
12	Kenaria Dowdy (Jr)	7	3	6	50	50
21	Canarrie Smith (Jr)	4	2	2	100	100
22	Sylnya Roberson (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20

Forest

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	159	57	24	39	62	69
0	Ja'Niyah McCoy (Jr)	28	27	11	15	73	90
2	Morgan King (Fr)	10	0	0	1	0	0
4	Jiyah Hamilton (Sr)	28	7	2	5	40	50
5	Janaina Wess (Jr)	25	6	3	5	60	60
11	Jessica Colon (Jr)	28	13	6	8	75	75
15	Keyera Black (Sr)	10	2	1	2	50	50
21	Olivia Carreno (Sr)	10
23	Elizabeth Jones (Jr)	20	2	1	3	33	33

Vanguard

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	54	4	14	29	4	6	67	19	39	49
0	Sanaria Gunsby (Jr)	16	1	2	50	1	2	50	6	12	50
1	J. Richardson (So)	7	1	2	50	0	0	0	2	6	33
2	I'jaia Bethea (So)	12	2	7	29	0	0	0	3	6	50
5	M. Santiago (Jr)	6	0	2	0	2	2	100	2	3	67
12	Kenaria Dowdy (Jr)	7	0	1	0	1	2	50	3	5	60
21	Canarrie Smith (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
22	Sylnya Roberson (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	20

Forest

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	159	57	6	10	60	3	8	38	18	29	62
0	Ja'Niyah McCoy (Jr)	28	27	5	7	71				6	8	75
2	Morgan King (Fr)	10	0							0	1	0
4	Jiyah Hamilton (Sr)	28	7	1	2	50	2	4	50	1	3	33
5	Janaina Wess (Jr)	25	6							3	5	60
11	Jessica Colon (Jr)	28	13	0	1	0	1	3	33	6	7	86
15	Keyera Black (Sr)	10	2							1	2	50
21	Olivia Carreno (Sr)	10
23	Elizabeth Jones (Jr)	20	2				0	1	0	1	3	33

Vanguard

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	54	10	16	26	15	13	5	26	11
0	Sanaria Gunsby (Jr)	16	5	3	8	4	3	1	1	1
1	J. Richardson (So)	7	0	0	0	4	2	0	5	4
2	I'jaia Bethea (So)	12	0	2	2	0	2	0	7	1
5	M. Santiago (Jr)	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	1
11	D. Velazquez-Garcia (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
12	Kenaria Dowdy (Jr)	7	1	1	2	3	2	0	2	0
21	Canarrie Smith (Jr)	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
22	Sylnya Roberson (Sr)	2	4	9	13	3	1	4	4	4

Forest

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	159	57	7	7	14	7	13
0	Ja'Niyah McCoy (Jr)	28	27				2	3
2	Morgan King (Fr)	10	0
4	Jiyah Hamilton (Sr)	28	7	2	1	3	4	3
5	Janaina Wess (Jr)	25	6	3	4	7	1	5
11	Jessica Colon (Jr)	28	13					2
15	Keyera Black (Sr)	10	2
21	Olivia Carreno (Sr)	10
23	Elizabeth Jones (Jr)	20	2	2	2	4

Vanguard

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.58	0.50	1.18	0.46	4
0	Sanaria Gunsby (Jr)	4.00	3.00	3.00	1.00	3
1	J. Richardson (So)	0.80	0.40	0.50	0.00	0
2	I'jaia Bethea (So)	0.00	0.29	2.00	0.00	1
5	M. Santiago (Jr)	0.20	0.40	2.00	0.00	0
11	D. Velazquez-Garcia (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
12	Kenaria Dowdy (Jr)	1.50	1.00	2.00	0.00	0
22	Sylnya Roberson (Sr)	0.75	0.25	0.25	1.00	0

Misc Totals

Forest has not entered any misc totals stats.

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Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Forest holds off Vanguard

December 12, 2024: Ocala, FL 34480

The Forest Wildcats basketball team scored 57 points and limited the visiting Vanguard Knights to 54 in the Wildcats non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Wildcats now have a 5-2 record. They play next when they travel to Palm Harbor University for a non-league game on Friday, December 13. Forest will confront a Hurricanes team coming off a 42-41 non-league loss to Countryside (Clearwater, FL). The Hurricanes record now stands at 5-3.

With the loss, Vanguard falls to 4-2 on the campaign. The Knights travel to South Sumter (Bushnell, FL) to confront the Raiders in a non-league game on Friday, December 13. The Raiders go into the game with a record of 1-5. South Sumter lost 55-42 in their recent non-league game against Hernando (Brooksville, FL)

Players of the Game

Vanguard (24-25)

Vanguard has not selected any Players of the Game.

Forest (24-25)

Congratulations to #0 Ja'Niyah McCoy for being selected the Forest Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Vanguard @ Forest Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 12, 2024 @ 7:30p

Student Appreciation Night

The Forest (Ocala, FL) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Vanguard (Ocala, FL) by a score of 57-54.

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Rankings & Records

Vanguard (24-25)

FL	Class
302	44

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-9	1-0	3-2	5-6	1-1	.500	1.000	801	640

Forest (24-25)

FL	Class
137	23

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
14-8	2-2	1-0	11-6	.636	1,191	1,104

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Vanguard	11.4	11.5	10.6	12.5	44.5
Forest	15.9	13.2	14.1	11.4	54.1

Team Stat Comparison

Vanguard		Forest
44.4	Points Per Game	51.2
29.9	Rebounds Per Game	20.9
11.1	Assists Per Game	10.4
16.4	Steals Per Game	11.5
6.2	Blocks Per Game	0.5

Team Leaders

Vanguard		Forest	National Avg.
#0 Sanaria Gunsby10.6	Points Per Game	#0 Ja'Niyah McCoy15.7	4.1
#22 Sylnya Roberson9.1	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Janaina Wess8.3	2.8
#1 Jerkiah Richardson3.4	Assists Per Game	#4 Jiyah Hamilton4.5	0.9
#0 Sanaria Gunsby3.1	Steals Per Game	#5 Janaina Wess4.0	1.1
#22 Sylnya Roberson4.7	Blocks Per Game	#5 Janaina Wess0.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Vanguard	3-3		Forest	2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/24	Vanguard	Lake Weir	(W) 46-2	1/14/25	Lake Weir	Forest	(W) 72-6
1/8/25	Lake Weir	Vanguard	(W) 71-8
1/15/25	Lake Weir	Vanguard	(W) 52-5
12/19/24	Vanguard	North Marion	(L) 51-39	11/19/24	Forest	North Marion	(W) 80-58
1/14/25	North Marion	Vanguard	(L) 42-35
12/20/24	West Port	Vanguard	(L) 49-19	1/17/25	Forest	West Port	(L) 52-44

Record Breakdown

Vanguard (24-25)		Forest (24-25)
9-9	Overall	14-8
1-0	League	0-0
7-6	Non-League	5-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-3	Common Opponent	2-1
3-2	Home	2-2
5-6	Away	1-0
1-1	Neutral	11-6
0-1	Playoff	0-2
9-9	In-State	13-8
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0