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The Maranatha Christian (San Diego, CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against St. Joseph Academy (San Marcos, CA) by a score of 45-42.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
St. Joseph Academy	-	-	-	-	45
Maranatha Christian	-	-	-	-	42

Final score provided by T. Robison.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Maranatha Christian (23-24)

St. Joseph Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	147	45	16	46	35	36
0	Leonardo Valdez (So)	32	0	0	6	0	0
2	Thaddeus Yuhas (Jr)	19	0	0	5	0	0
4	Angel Ochoa (Jr)	32	30	11	20	55	58
5	Luke Sutherlin (Jr)	18	2	1	4	25	25
12	Justice Ahiafor (Jr)	32	11	3	6	50	50
33	Dominick Gale (Jr)	14	2	1	5	20	20

Maranatha Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	42	17	53	32	39
1	Zeke Walker (So)	18	7	20	35	43
2	Cole Niguidula (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
3	Adrian Ownbey (So)	6	3	11	27	27
11	Will Ralston (So)	3	1	2	50	75
13	Dash Ekeroth (So)	8	3	11	27	36
30	Shane Piester (So)	7	3	7	43	50

St. Joseph Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	147	45	1	12	8	12	18	67	15	34	44
0	Leonardo Valdez (So)	32	0	0	2	0				0	4	0
2	Thaddeus Yuhas (Jr)	19	0	0	3	0				0	2	0
4	Angel Ochoa (Jr)	32	30	1	4	25	7	12	58	10	16	63
5	Luke Sutherlin (Jr)	18	2	0	1	0				1	3	33
12	Justice Ahiafor (Jr)	32	11				5	6	83	3	6	50
33	Dominick Gale (Jr)	14	2	0	2	0				1	3	33

Maranatha Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	42	7	26	27	1	4	25	10	27	37
1	Zeke Walker (So)	18	3	10	30	1	3	33	4	10	40
2	Cole Niguidula (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Adrian Ownbey (So)	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	8	38
11	Will Ralston (So)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Dash Ekeroth (So)	8	2	9	22	0	0	0	1	2	50
30	Shane Piester (So)	7	1	1	100	0	1	0	2	6	33

St. Joseph Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	147	45	10	24	34	10	5	4	10	12
0	Leonardo Valdez (So)	32	0	0	3	3	3	1		3	3
2	Thaddeus Yuhas (Jr)	19	0	1	3	4	1	1			2
4	Angel Ochoa (Jr)	32	30	3	3	6	3	2		2	2
5	Luke Sutherlin (Jr)	18	2	2	4	6			2	1	1
12	Justice Ahiafor (Jr)	32	11	3	7	10	2		1	2	3
33	Dominick Gale (Jr)	14	2	1	4	5	1	1	1	2	1

Maranatha Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	42	8	24	32	8	3	2	8
1	Zeke Walker (So)	18	0	4	4	0	0	2	3
2	Cole Niguidula (Fr)	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1
3	Adrian Ownbey (So)	6	0	5	5	2	2	0	0
11	Will Ralston (So)	3	3	0	3	2	0	0	2
13	Dash Ekeroth (So)	8	0	5	5	3	0	0	0
30	Shane Piester (So)	7	5	8	13	0	1	0	2

St. Joseph Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.00	0.50	0.42	0.33
0	Leonardo Valdez (So)	1.00	0.33	0.33
2	Thaddeus Yuhas (Jr)			0.50
4	Angel Ochoa (Jr)	1.50	1.00	1.00
5	Luke Sutherlin (Jr)				2.00
12	Justice Ahiafor (Jr)	1.00			0.33
33	Dominick Gale (Jr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	1.00

Maranatha Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	0.38	3
1	Zeke Walker (So)	0.00	0.00	1
2	Cole Niguidula (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0
3	Adrian Ownbey (So)	2.00	2.00	0
11	Will Ralston (So)	1.00	0.00	0
13	Dash Ekeroth (So)	3.00	0.00	2
30	Shane Piester (So)	0.00	0.50	0

Maranatha Christian's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Maranatha Christian nipped by St. Joseph Academy

December 15, 2023: San Diego, CA 92127

The St. Joseph Academy Crusaders tipped the host Maranatha Christian Eagles basketball team by a final score of 45-42 in Friday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Crusaders face the Sage Creek Bobcats (Carlsbad, CA) in a non-league game, on Wednesday, December 20. St. Joseph Academy will attempt to move on its 5-3 season record. The Bobcats come into the battle with a 8-2 record after their 84-44 non-league win over Scripps Ranch (San Diego, CA).

The Eagles (6-5) will now prepare for their battle against La Jolla Country Day (La Jolla, CA). The Torreys come into the Coastal battle with a 7-3 record. In their last battle, La Jolla Country Day edged El Camino (Oceanside, CA), 49-41, in a non-league battle.

Players of the Game

St. Joseph Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #4 Angel Ochoa for being selected the St. Joseph Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Maranatha Christian (23-24)

Maranatha Christian has not selected any Players of the Game.

SJA @ MCHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 15, 2023 @ 4:30p

The Maranatha Christian (San Diego, CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against St. Joseph Academy (San Marcos, CA) by a score of 45-42.

Rankings & Records

St. Joseph Academy (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
487	42	136	7

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
19-10	9-1	6-1	11-5	2-4	.655	.900	1,791	1,632

Maranatha Christian (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
648	55	171	12

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
11-18	3-9	5-6	4-10	2-2	.379	.250	1,436	1,584

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
St. Joseph Academy	15.8	14.3	15.0	14.2	10.0	61.8
Maranatha Christian	12.3	11.7	12.8	13.5	5.0	49.5

Team Stat Comparison

St. Joseph Academy		Maranatha Christian
61.7	Points Per Game	49.5
25.1	Rebounds Per Game	25.3
7.8	Assists Per Game	10.8
6.0	Steals Per Game	6.2
2.5	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

St. Joseph Academy		Maranatha Christian	National Avg.
#4 Angel Ochoa35.3	Points Per Game	#1 Zeke Walker14.8	4.9
#12 Justice Ahiafor7.1	Rebounds Per Game	#30 Shane Piester8.7	2.6
#4 Angel Ochoa2.7	Assists Per Game	#1 Zeke Walker2.6	1.0
#4 Angel Ochoa2.1	Steals Per Game	#1 Zeke Walker1.8	0.8
#5 Luke Sutherlin1.1	Blocks Per Game	#3 Adrian Ownbey1.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
St. Joseph Academy	3-0		Maranatha Christian	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/1/23	St. Joseph Academy	Mission Vista	(W) 71-52	12/20/23	Mission Vista	Maranatha Christian	(W) 65-39
12/21/23	St. Joseph Academy	Mt. Carmel	(W) 68-65	11/14/23	Maranatha Christian	Mt. Carmel	(W) 46-37
1/8/24	St. Joseph Academy	San Pasqual	(W) 64-60	11/29/23	Maranatha Christian	San Pasqual	(W) 52-49

Record Breakdown

St. Joseph Academy (23-24)		Maranatha Christian (23-24)
19-10	Overall	11-18
9-1	League	3-9
6-4	Non-League	6-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-0	Common Opponent	3-0
6-1	Home	5-6
11-5	Away	4-10
2-4	Neutral	2-2
1-1	Playoff	0-1
19-10	In-State	10-18
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0