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The East Palestine (OH) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Kingsway Christian (Orrville, OH) by a score of 71-32.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Kingsway Christian	10	6	8	8	32
East Palestine	15	35	13	8	71

Final score provided by J. Bistarkey.

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Game Stats

East Palestine (23-24)

Kingsway Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	32	13	47	28	30
1	M. Maxheimer (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0
3	JT Bischoff (Sr)	8	4	11	36	36
10	Elias Smith (So)	5	2	4	50	50
13	Rhys Bischoff (Fr)	3	1	5	20	20
15	AJ Yoder (Jr)	2	1	7	14	14
20	Cole Tapp (Jr)	6	2	5	40	60
24	L. Verginis (Jr)	4	1	7	14	14
30	Eli Owens (Jr)	4	2	5	40	40

East Palestine

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	142	71	32	59	54	56
1	Rj May (Fr)	19	7	3	9	33	33
2	M. Chestnut (So)	4	0	0	0
3	Landyn Cope (So)	5	3	1	3	33	50
4	Will Dixon (Jr)	17	10	5	10	50	50
5	Drew Bycroft (So)	21	18	8	9	89	89
10	Isaac Cozza (Jr)	7	3	1	4	25	25
24	S. Richardson (Sr)	14	4	2	3	67	67
41	Owen Jurjavicic (Jr)	22	13	6	11	55	59
45	Kyler Bourne (Jr)	20	13	6	10	60	60

Kingsway Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	32	2	15	13	4	9	44	11	32	34
1	M. Maxheimer (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	JT Bischoff (Sr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	36
10	Elias Smith (So)	5	0	1	0	1	2	50	2	3	67
13	Rhys Bischoff (Fr)	3	0	4	0	1	3	33	1	1	100
15	AJ Yoder (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	6	17
20	Cole Tapp (Jr)	6	2	5	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	L. Verginis (Jr)	4	0	1	0	2	2	100	1	6	17
30	Eli Owens (Jr)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	50

East Palestine

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	142	71	2	12	17	5	11	45	30	47	64
1	Rj May (Fr)	19	7	0	3	0	1	1	100	3	6	50
2	M. Chestnut (So)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Landyn Cope (So)	5	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Will Dixon (Jr)	17	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	8	63
5	Drew Bycroft (So)	21	18	0	0	0	2	4	50	8	9	89
10	Isaac Cozza (Jr)	7	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	4	25
24	S. Richardson (Sr)	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
41	Owen Jurjavicic (Jr)	22	13	1	4	25	0	0	0	5	7	71
45	Kyler Bourne (Jr)	20	13	0	0	0	1	4	25	6	10	60

Kingsway Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	32	7	14	21	8	7	1	18	10
1	M. Maxheimer (Fr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
3	JT Bischoff (Sr)	8	0	1	1	5	2	0	2	2
10	Elias Smith (So)	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
13	Rhys Bischoff (Fr)	3	2	0	2	1	4	1	2	2
15	AJ Yoder (Jr)	2	2	5	7	0	1	0	3	1
20	Cole Tapp (Jr)	6	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	3
24	L. Verginis (Jr)	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	1
30	Eli Owens (Jr)	4	0	4	4	0	0	0	4	1

East Palestine

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	142	71	13	30	43	9	11	1	13	17
1	Rj May (Fr)	19	7	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	3
2	M. Chestnut (So)	4	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	Landyn Cope (So)	5	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
4	Will Dixon (Jr)	17	10	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	1
5	Drew Bycroft (So)	21	18	1	3	4	2	4	0	0	3
10	Isaac Cozza (Jr)	7	3	1	4	5	0	0	1	1	1
24	S. Richardson (Sr)	14	4	2	3	5	1	1	0	3	1
41	Owen Jurjavicic (Jr)	22	13	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	3
45	Kyler Bourne (Jr)	20	13	6	12	18	0	2	0	3	2

Kingsway Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.44	0.39	0.70	0.10	2	5
3	JT Bischoff (Sr)	2.50	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0
10	Elias Smith (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
13	Rhys Bischoff (Fr)	0.50	2.00	2.00	0.50	1	1
15	AJ Yoder (Jr)	0.00	0.33	1.00	0.00	0	2
20	Cole Tapp (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
30	Eli Owens (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0

East Palestine

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.69	0.85	0.65	0.06	2	14
1	Rj May (Fr)	0.00	3.00	1.00	0.00	0	1
2	M. Chestnut (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
3	Landyn Cope (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
4	Will Dixon (Jr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	0	4
5	Drew Bycroft (So)	2.00	4.00	1.33	0.00	0	6
10	Isaac Cozza (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0
24	S. Richardson (Sr)	0.33	0.33	1.00	0.00	0	1
41	Owen Jurjavicic (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	1
45	Kyler Bourne (Jr)	0.00	0.67	1.00	0.00	0	0

Game Story

Ohio High School Basketball - Kingsway Christian ripped by East Palestine

December 16, 2023: East Palestine, OH 44413

The East Palestine Bulldogs basketball team scored 71 points and held the visiting Kingsway Christian Eagles to 32 in the Bulldogs non-league triumph on Saturday.

The Bulldogs now sport a 2-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Wellsville for a Eastern Ohio contest on Tuesday, December 19.

The Eagles (1-8) will now prepare for their contest against Tuscarawas Central Catholic (New Philadelphia, OH). The Saints enter the non-league contest with a 0-4 record. In their last contest, Tuscarawas Central Catholic was routed by Malvern (Malvern, OH), 66-32, in a league contest.

Players of the Game

Kingsway Christian (23-24)

Congratulations to #3 JT Bischoff for being selected the Kingsway Christian Basketball Player of the Game.

East Palestine (23-24)

Congratulations to #5 Drew Bycroft for being selected the East Palestine Basketball Player of the Game.

KCHS @ EPHS Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 16, 2023 @ 7p

The East Palestine (OH) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Kingsway Christian (Orrville, OH) by a score of 71-32.

Rankings & Records

Kingsway Christian (23-24)

OH
817

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-21	4-8	3-7	4-10	8-4	.417	.333	1,476	1,707

East Palestine (23-24)

OH	Div.
761	184

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
11-12	4-10	7-6	4-6	.478	.286	1,303	1,342

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Kingsway Christian	11.2	9.2	11.1	9.1	5.0	11.0	41.0
East Palestine	12.9	15.1	15.1	13.5	-	-	56.7

Team Stat Comparison

Kingsway Christian		East Palestine
37.0	Points Per Game	56.5
26.7	Rebounds Per Game	32.0
8.6	Assists Per Game	11.2
8.8	Steals Per Game	10.2
2.8	Blocks Per Game	2.3

Team Leaders

Kingsway Christian		East Palestine	National Avg.
#3 JT Bischoff8.2	Points Per Game	#41 Owen Jurjavicic13.0	4.9
#30 Eli Owens6.5	Rebounds Per Game	#45 Kyler Bourne7.9	2.6
#3 JT Bischoff3.8	Assists Per Game	#41 Owen Jurjavicic3.5	1.0
#3 JT Bischoff3.0	Steals Per Game	#5 Drew Bycroft2.3	0.8
#15 AJ Yoder1.3	Blocks Per Game	#45 Kyler Bourne0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Kingsway Christian	0-2		East Palestine	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
12/8/23	McKinley	Kingsway Christian	(L) 61-54		1/3/24	East Palestine	McKinley	(W) 51-50
12/22/23	Kingsway Christian	McKinley	(L) 51-46

Record Breakdown

Kingsway Christian (23-24)		East Palestine (23-24)
15-21	Overall	11-12
6-9	League	4-10
3-9	Non-League	7-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-2	Common Opponent	1-0
3-7	Home	7-6
4-10	Away	4-6
8-4	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
8-16	In-State	11-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0