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The Pipestem Christian Academy (Pipestem, WV) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Mercer Christian Academy (Princeton, WV) by a score of 75-41.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MCA	17	17	23	18	75
PCA	7	10	14	10	41

Final score provided by J. Mattox.

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Game Stats

Mercer Christian Academy (22-23)

Pipestem Christian Academy (22-23)

Mercer Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	164	75	26	55	47	59
00	MJ Patton (So)	30	27	10	18	56	72
3	Gavin Oxley (Fr)	2	0	0	0
4	Landon Murnahan (Sr)	2	0	0	0
12	Shaye Basham (Sr)	28	10	3	8	38	56
13	Gage Thompson (So)	5	0	0	0
22	Briar Lucas (Sr)	27	7	2	4	50	63
30	Sam Boothe (Sr)	32	20	7	17	41	50
33	Micah Maurer (Jr)	9	0	0	0
44	Chance Watkins (So)	16	9	3	5	60	60
45	Isaac Sharp (Jr)	13	2	1	3	33	33

Pipestem Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	159	41	16	52	31	35
10	Luke Rutherford (Sr)	32	15	5	15	33	40
11	Silas Mattox (So)	32	14	6	21	29	33
14	Trey Mattox (Jr)	32	2	0	8	0	0
15	Blake Holt (Fr)	16	4	2	4	50	50
20	Micah Weiss (Fr)	23	4	2	2	100	100
21	Noah Weiss (Fr)	24	2	1	2	50	50

Mercer Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	164	75	13	30	43	10	15	67	13	25	52
00	MJ Patton (So)	30	27	6	11	55	1	4	25	4	7	57
3	Gavin Oxley (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Landon Murnahan (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Shaye Basham (Sr)	28	10	3	7	43	1	2	50	0	1	0
13	Gage Thompson (So)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Briar Lucas (Sr)	27	7	1	2	50	2	2	100	1	2	50
30	Sam Boothe (Sr)	32	20	3	9	33	3	3	100	4	8	50
33	Micah Maurer (Jr)	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Chance Watkins (So)	16	9	0	1	0	3	4	75	3	4	75
45	Isaac Sharp (Jr)	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33

Pipestem Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	159	41	4	14	29	5	13	38	12	38	32
10	Luke Rutherford (Sr)	32	15	2	4	50	3	4	75	3	11	27
11	Silas Mattox (So)	32	14	2	9	22	0	3	0	4	12	33
14	Trey Mattox (Jr)	32	2	0	1	0	2	3	67	0	7	0
15	Blake Holt (Fr)	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	50
20	Micah Weiss (Fr)	23	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	100
21	Noah Weiss (Fr)	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	50

Mercer Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	164	75	11	34	45	21	6	3	13	16
00	MJ Patton (So)	30	27	1	3	4	4	2	0	2	1
3	Gavin Oxley (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Landon Murnahan (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
12	Shaye Basham (Sr)	28	10	0	5	5	4	0	1	3	4
13	Gage Thompson (So)	5	0	1	4	5	0	0	0	1	0
22	Briar Lucas (Sr)	27	7	3	3	6	5	1	0	2	2
30	Sam Boothe (Sr)	32	20	4	8	12	8	2	2	3	2
33	Micah Maurer (Jr)	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
44	Chance Watkins (So)	16	9	2	8	10	0	0	0	0	2
45	Isaac Sharp (Jr)	13	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	4

Pipestem Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	159	41	7	20	27	13	8	5	13	11
10	Luke Rutherford (Sr)	32	15	0	3	3	2	1	3	1	2
11	Silas Mattox (So)	32	14	1	6	7	4	3	0	5	1
14	Trey Mattox (Jr)	32	2	1	3	4	6	1	0	3	1
15	Blake Holt (Fr)	16	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
20	Micah Weiss (Fr)	23	4	1	5	6	0	2	1	1	1
21	Noah Weiss (Fr)	24	2	3	2	5	1	1	1	2	4

Mercer Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.62	0.46	0.38	0.19	22
00	MJ Patton (So)	2.00	1.00	2.00	0.00	5
12	Shaye Basham (Sr)	1.33	0.00	0.00	0.25	3
22	Briar Lucas (Sr)	2.50	0.50	0.50	0.00	4
30	Sam Boothe (Sr)	2.67	0.67	1.00	1.00	6
33	Micah Maurer (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
44	Chance Watkins (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
45	Isaac Sharp (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

Pipestem Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	0.62	0.73	0.46	18
10	Luke Rutherford (Sr)	2.00	1.00	0.50	1.50	6
11	Silas Mattox (So)	0.80	0.60	3.00	0.00	4
14	Trey Mattox (Jr)	2.00	0.33	1.00	0.00	2
15	Blake Holt (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
20	Micah Weiss (Fr)	0.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	2
21	Noah Weiss (Fr)	0.50	0.50	0.25	0.25	1

Game Story

West Virginia High School Basketball - Mercer Christian Academy crushes Pipestem Christian Academy

December 15, 2022: Pipestem, WV 25979

Mercer Christian Academy Cavaliers (Princeton, WV) backers were pleased Thursday as they saw their basketball squad bounce the host Pipestem Christian Academy Panthers (Pipestem, WV), 75-41 in a league bout.

With the victory, Mercer Christian Academy upgrades its record to 5-2 on the campaign. The Cavaliers travel to Greater Beckley Christian (Prosperity, WV) to play the Crusaders in a West Virginia Christian - AA bout on Friday, December 16. The Crusaders come into the bout with a record of 1-2. Greater Beckley Christian lost 55-49 in their recent non-league bout against Nicholas County (Summersville, WV)

Next up, the Panthers play the Truth Guardians (Charleston, WV) in a non-league bout, on Friday, December 16. Pipestem Christian Academy will attempt to upgrade on its 4-3 season record. The Guardians come into the bout with a 2-5 record after their 67-39 league win over New Life Christian Academy (Summersville, WV).

Players of the Game

Mercer Christian Academy (22-23)

Congratulations to #00 MJ Patton for being selected the Mercer Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Pipestem Christian Academy (22-23)

Pipestem Christian Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

MCA @ PCA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 15, 2022 @ 7p

The Pipestem Christian Academy (Pipestem, WV) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Mercer Christian Academy (Princeton, WV) by a score of 75-41.

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Rankings & Records

Mercer Christian Academy (22-23)

WV
51

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
20-9	10-5	7-2	8-3	5-4	.690	.667	1,791	1,459

Pipestem Christian Academy (22-23)

WV
88

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
19-7	10-4	11-2	7-4	1-1	.731	.714	1,619	1,292

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Mercer Christian Academy	16.3	15.7	14.2	15.9	5.0	7.0	61.8
Pipestem Christian Academy	16.0	15.3	15.5	15.4	-	-	62.3

Head-to-Head

Mercer Christian Academy won on 12/15/2022

12/15 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

MCA 17 17 23 18 75
PCA 7 10 14 10 41

The Mercer Christian Academy (Princeton, WV) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Pipestem Christian Academy (Pipestem, WV) by a score of 75-41.
Box score
Mercer Christian Academy won on 1/17/2023

1/17 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

PCA 22 8 16 16 62
MCA 17 30 21 24 92

The Pipestem Christian Academy (Pipestem, WV) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Mercer Christian Academy (Princeton, WV) by a score of 92-62.
Box score

1/17 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
PCA	22	8	16	16	62
MCA	17	30	21	24	92

Team Stat Comparison

Mercer Christian Academy		Pipestem Christian Academy
59.8	Points Per Game	62.2
29.0	Rebounds Per Game	36.9
16.1	Assists Per Game	19.2
9.0	Steals Per Game	18.5
1.6	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Mercer Christian Academy		Pipestem Christian Academy	National Avg.
#30 Sam Boothe18.2	Points Per Game	#11 Silas Mattox21.1	4.9
#30 Sam Boothe8.9	Rebounds Per Game	#21 Noah Weiss7.9	2.6
#30 Sam Boothe4.8	Assists Per Game	#14 Trey Mattox8.3	1.0
#00 MJ Patton2.1	Steals Per Game	#10 Luke Rutherford4.6	0.8
#22 Briar Lucas0.6	Blocks Per Game	#14 Trey Mattox0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mercer Christian Academy	7-2		Pipestem Christian Academy	6-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/18/22	Mercer Christian Academy	Elk Valley Christian	(W) 71-34	12/9/22	Elk Valley Christian	Pipestem Christian Academy	(W) 58-55
1/13/23	Mercer Christian Academy	Elk Valley Christian	(W) 87-45	1/27/23	Pipestem Christian Academy	Elk Valley Christian	(W) 57-52
12/2/22	Mercer Christian Academy	Mount Hope Christian Academy	(W) 61-51	11/19/22	Pipestem Christian Academy	Mount Hope Christian Academy	(L) 60-41
1/23/23	Mount Hope Christian Academy	Mercer Christian Academy	(W) 72-53	1/7/23	Mount Hope Christian Academy	Pipestem Christian Academy	(W) 70-58
2/16/23	Mercer Christian Academy	Mount Hope Christian Academy	(W) 66-63
1/9/23	Lewisburg Baptist Academy	Mercer Christian Academy	(W) 81-37	11/18/22	Lewisburg Baptist Academy	Pipestem Christian Academy	(W) 60-47
				1/12/23	Pipestem Christian Academy	Lewisburg Baptist Academy	(W) 60-57
				2/25/23	Lewisburg Baptist Academy	Pipestem Christian Academy	(L) 56-46
1/10/23	Victory Baptist Academy	Mercer Christian Academy	(W) 61-48	1/6/23	Pipestem Christian Academy	Victory Baptist Academy	(L) 67-52
2/7/23	Mercer Christian Academy	Victory Baptist Academy	(L) 68-56	2/3/23	Victory Baptist Academy	Pipestem Christian Academy	(W) 54-50
2/25/23	Mercer Christian Academy	Grace Christian	(L) 51-47	2/14/23	Grace Christian	Pipestem Christian Academy	(L) 62-45

Record Breakdown

M Mercer Christian Academy (22-23)		Pipestem Christian Academy (22-23)
20-9	Overall	19-7
10-5	League	11-5
4-2	Non-League	8-1
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
7-2	Common Opponent	6-4
7-2	Home	11-2
8-3	Away	7-4
5-4	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
15-8	In-State	14-6
5-1	Out-of-State	2-0