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The Lakeland Christian (Lakeland, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against McKeel Academy (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 63-62.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McKeel Academy	-	-	-	-	63
Lakeland Christian	-	-	-	-	62

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Game Stats

Lakeland Christian (24-25)

McKeel Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	63
1	M. Sams III (8th)	16
4	Aidan Hall (Sr)	4
21	Brady Stephens (Jr)	12
35	Jackson Grimm (Jr)	18
50	Axel Acevedo (Sr)	13

Lakeland Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	163	62	24	64	38	48
1	Cael Straub (So)	6	0	0	1	0	0
2	Joseph Donohue (So)	30	17	6	15	40	57
3	Drew Cruz (So)	19	5	2	4	50	63
5	DJ Howard (Jr)	31	14	6	19	32	37
13	Colton Donahue (So)	29	13	5	12	42	50
24	John Workman (Jr)	10	6	2	7	29	43
25	Gavin Dean (So)	14	3	1	3	33	50
34	Levi Howell (Sr)	24	4	2	3	67	67

McKeel Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	63
1	M. Sams III (8th)	16
4	Aidan Hall (Sr)	4
21	Brady Stephens (Jr)	12
35	Jackson Grimm (Jr)	18
50	Axel Acevedo (Sr)	13

Lakeland Christian

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	163	62	13	28	46	1	4	25	11	36	31
1	Cael Straub (So)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	Joseph Donohue (So)	30	17	5	11	45	0	0	0	1	4	25
3	Drew Cruz (So)	19	5	1	2	50	0	1	0	1	2	50
5	DJ Howard (Jr)	31	14	2	4	50	0	1	0	4	15	27
13	Colton Donahue (So)	29	13	2	4	50	1	1	100	3	8	38
24	John Workman (Jr)	10	6	2	5	40	0	0	0	0	2	0
25	Gavin Dean (So)	14	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	Levi Howell (Sr)	24	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	67

McKeel Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	63
1	M. Sams III (8th)	16
4	Aidan Hall (Sr)	4
21	Brady Stephens (Jr)	12
35	Jackson Grimm (Jr)	18
50	Axel Acevedo (Sr)	13

Lakeland Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	163	62	8	19	27	11	10	4	13	10
1	Cael Straub (So)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	Joseph Donohue (So)	30	17	0	4	4	1	2	1	2	2
3	Drew Cruz (So)	19	5	1	3	4	1	2	0	1	1
5	DJ Howard (Jr)	31	14	2	5	7	4	4	0	2	1
13	Colton Donahue (So)	29	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2
24	John Workman (Jr)	10	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
25	Gavin Dean (So)	14	3	1	3	4	2	1	1	1	1
34	Levi Howell (Sr)	24	4	4	4	8	2	0	2	2	3

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Lakeland Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.85	0.77	1.00	0.40	4	14	3
2	Joseph Donohue (So)	0.50	1.00	1.00	0.50	0	4	0
3	Drew Cruz (So)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0	2	0
5	DJ Howard (Jr)	2.00	2.00	4.00	0.00	3	6	3
13	Colton Donahue (So)	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	2	0
24	John Workman (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
25	Gavin Dean (So)	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0	0	0
34	Levi Howell (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.67	0	0	0

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - McKeel Academy holds off Lakeland Christian

December 13, 2024: Lakeland, FL 33803

In Friday's non-league contest, the visiting McKeel Academy Wildcats basketball team scored a close 63-62 triumph over the Lakeland Christian Vikings.

The Wildcats (5-2) will now prepare for their contest against Santa Fe Catholic (Lakeland, FL). The Hawks go into the non-league contest with a 3-5 record. In their last contest, Santa Fe Catholic was tipped by Victory Christian Academy (Lakeland, FL), 71-67, in a non-league contest.

In their next game, the Vikings confront the Zephyrhills Bulldogs (Zephyrhills, FL) in a non-league contest, on Monday, December 16. Lakeland Christian will attempt to better on its 1-8 season record. The Bulldogs go into the contest with a 2-2 record after their 61-49 non-league loss to Gulf (New Port Richey, FL).

Players of the Game

McKeel Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #21 Brady Stephens for being selected the McKeel Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Lakeland Christian (24-25)

Lakeland Christian has not selected any Players of the Game.

MKA @ LCHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 13, 2024 @ 7:30p

The Lakeland Christian (Lakeland, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against McKeel Academy (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 63-62.

Rankings & Records

McKeel Academy (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
343	347	39

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
12-11	0-1	6-5	6-4	0-2	.522	.000	1,309	1,443

Lakeland Christian (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
603	607	65

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
6-19	1-2	3-7	2-9	1-3	.240	.333	1,352	1,555

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
McKeel Academy	12.0	8.2	14.8	11.5	10.0	15.0	56.9
Lakeland Christian	9.8	13.0	15.2	12.5	-	-	54.1

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Head-to-Head

McKeel Academy won on 12/13/2024

12/13 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

McKeel Academy - - - - 63
LCHS - - - - 62

The McKeel Academy (Lakeland, FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Lakeland Christian (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 63-62.
Box score
McKeel Academy won on 1/31/2025

1/31 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

LCHS - - - - 49
McKeel Academy - - - - 57

The Lakeland Christian (Lakeland, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against McKeel Academy (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 57-49.
Box score

1/31 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
LCHS	-	-	-	-	49
McKeel Academy	-	-	-	-	57

Team Stat Comparison

McKeel Academy		Lakeland Christian
45.2	Points Per Game	53.8
9.4	Rebounds Per Game	23.3
0.2	Assists Per Game	8.9
0.4	Steals Per Game	5.6
0.2	Blocks Per Game	1.4

Team Leaders

McKeel Academy		Lakeland Christian	National Avg.
#23 Jamal Whyte12.8	Points Per Game	#5 DJ Howard16.2	4.9
#50 Axel Acevedo2.8	Rebounds Per Game	#34 Levi Howell5.5	2.6
#1 Michael Sams III0.3	Assists Per Game	#5 DJ Howard2.3	1.0
#1 Michael Sams III0.4	Steals Per Game	#5 DJ Howard2.3	0.8
#21 Brady Stephens0.2	Blocks Per Game	#12 Eli Collins0.4	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
McKeel Academy	4-3		Lakeland Christian	2-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/24	Tenoroc	McKeel Academy	(W) 87-58	1/17/25	Tenoroc	Lakeland Christian	(W) 66-45
12/6/24	Vanguard	McKeel Academy	(W) 68-55	12/2/24	Vanguard	Lakeland Christian	(L) 70-66
				12/20/24	Lakeland Christian	Vanguard	(L) 80-68
12/16/24	McKeel Academy	Santa Fe Catholic	(L) 75-37	2/5/25	Lakeland Christian	Santa Fe Catholic	(L) 74-28
1/3/25	McKeel Academy	Fort Meade	(W) 50-42	1/14/25	Fort Meade	Lakeland Christian	(W) 59-53
1/17/25	Fort Meade	McKeel Academy	(W) 57-42
1/16/25	Bell Creek Academy	McKeel Academy	(L) 69-57	12/9/24	Lakeland Christian	Bell Creek Academy	(L) 85-47
1/22/25	George Jenkins	McKeel Academy	(L) 56-47	1/28/25	George Jenkins	Lakeland Christian	(L) 68-58

Record Breakdown

McKeel Academy (24-25)		Lakeland Christian (24-25)
12-11	Overall	6-19
0-1	League	1-2
11-8	Non-League	4-14
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
4-3	Common Opponent	2-5
6-5	Home	3-7
6-4	Away	2-9
0-2	Neutral	1-3
1-1	Playoff	1-1
12-11	In-State	6-19
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0