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TJCA Bessemer City

Gryphons

Yellow Jackets

The Bessemer City (NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (Mooresboro, NC) by a score of 76-59.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
TJCA	16	15	11	17	59
Bessemer City	19	16	21	20	76

Final score provided by M. Barnette.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

TJCA (24-25)

Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Bessemer City (24-25)

Bessemer City

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	76	30	69	43	46
0	Tristen Gordon (Jr)	9	4	9	44	44
1	Javeon Miller (Jr)	7	2	4	50	63
2	Raheem Mcclure (Fr)	15	6	16	38	41
3	Josiah Guyton (Jr)	24	9	11	82	82
4	Hunter Sellers (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
12	I. McCallister (Jr)	7	3	11	27	32
15	Jonathan Black (Jr)	14	6	16	38	41
23	Ky’Lei Anderson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0

Bessemer City

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	76	4	19	21	12	19	63	26	50	52
0	Tristen Gordon (Jr)	9	0	3	0	1	2	50	4	6	67
1	Javeon Miller (Jr)	7	1	1	100	2	3	67	1	3	33
2	Raheem Mcclure (Fr)	15	1	6	17	2	2	100	5	10	50
3	Josiah Guyton (Jr)	24	0	0	0	6	7	86	9	11	82
4	Hunter Sellers (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	I. McCallister (Jr)	7	1	5	20	0	1	0	2	6	33
15	Jonathan Black (Jr)	14	1	2	50	1	4	25	5	14	36
23	Ky’Lei Anderson (Sr)	0	0	1	0

Bessemer City

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	76	15	17	32	20	17	2	11
0	Tristen Gordon (Jr)	9	1	4	5	10	5	0	2
1	Javeon Miller (Jr)	7	1	3	4	1	2	1	2
2	Raheem Mcclure (Fr)	15	6	4	10	0	0	0	1
3	Josiah Guyton (Jr)	24	2	2	4	2	3	0
4	Hunter Sellers (Sr)	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0
5	J. Friday (Sr)								1
12	I. McCallister (Jr)	7	4	3	7	3	4	0	2
15	Jonathan Black (Jr)	14	1	1	2	1	1	0	3
21	Myron O’Banner (Sr)							1

Bessemer City

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.82	1.55
0	Tristen Gordon (Jr)	5.00	2.50
1	Javeon Miller (Jr)	0.50	1.00
4	Hunter Sellers (Sr)	3.00	2.00
12	I. McCallister (Jr)	1.50	2.00
15	Jonathan Black (Jr)	0.33	0.33

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Bessemer City defeats Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy

December 19, 2024: Bessemer City, NC 28016

The Bessemer City Yellow Jackets (Bessemer City, NC) basketball were winner over the visiting Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy Gryphons (Mooresboro, NC), 76-59 in Thursday's league bout.

The Yellow Jackets now possess a 8-2 record. They play next when they travel to Freedom for a non-league bout on Thursday, December 26. Bessemer City will play a Patriots team coming off a 64-47 non-league win over East Burke (Connelly Springs, NC). The Patriots record now stands at 8-1.

With the loss, Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy falls to 7-1 on the campaign. The Gryphons travel to Greenville Hurricanes (Greenville, SC) to play the Hurricanes in a non-league bout on Thursday, January 2. The Hurricanes go into the bout with a record of 6-8.

Players of the Game

TJCA (24-25)

Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Bessemer City (24-25)

Congratulations to #3 Josiah Guyton for being selected the Bessemer City Basketball Player of the Game.

TJCA @ Bessemer City Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 19, 2024 @ 6:30p

The Bessemer City (NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (Mooresboro, NC) by a score of 76-59.

Rankings & Records

TJCA (24-25)

NC	Class
298	18

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
20-8	8-6	12-3	8-5	.714	.571	1,884	1,548

Bessemer City (24-25)

NC	Class
372	25

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-12	7-7	9-5	6-7	.556	.500	1,903	1,879

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
TJCA	17.0	15.5	16.1	17.3	67.3
Bessemer City	15.1	16.5	18.8	20.1	70.5

Head-to-Head

Bessemer City won on 12/19/2024

12/19 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

TJCA 16 15 11 17 59
Bessemer City 19 16 21 20 76

The Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (Mooresboro, NC) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Bessemer City (NC) by a score of 76-59.
Box score
Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy won on 1/28/2025

1/28 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Bessemer City 13 18 19 26 76
TJCA 16 23 24 30 93

The Bessemer City (NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (Mooresboro, NC) by a score of 93-76.
Box score

1/28 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Bessemer City	13	18	19	26	76
TJCA	16	23	24	30	93

Team Stat Comparison

TJCA		Bessemer City
-	Points Per Game	70.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	26.4
-	Assists Per Game	17.6
-	Steals Per Game	11.9
-	Blocks Per Game	2.3

Team Leaders

TJCA		Bessemer City	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#3 Josiah Guyton16.4	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Josiah Guyton4.6	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#0 Tristen Gordon7.1	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#0 Tristen Gordon2.7	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#14 Jamari Starr0.7	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
TJCA	10-5		Bessemer City	8-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/24	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	NCSSM: Morganton	(W) 77-38	11/15/24	Bessemer City	NCSSM: Morganton	(W) 67-59
12/11/24	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	Hibriten	(W) 69-47	12/27/24	Hibriten	Bessemer City	(W) 67-54
12/17/24	Hibriten	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	(W) 75-36
1/3/25	Highland Tech	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	(W) 51-35	1/17/25	Bessemer City	Highland Tech	(L) 68-58
2/4/25	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	Highland Tech	(W) 65-59	2/12/25	Highland Tech	Bessemer City	(W) 58-55
				2/17/25	Highland Tech	Bessemer City	(W) 75-60
				6/28/25	Highland Tech	Bessemer City
1/8/25	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	Burns	(L) 71-59	1/14/25	Burns	Bessemer City	(L) 93-84
1/22/25	Burns	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	(L) 60-59	2/7/25	Bessemer City	Burns	(L) 73-69
2/18/25	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	Burns	(L) 93-44
1/15/25	East Gaston	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	(W) 64-49	1/3/25	Bessemer City	East Gaston	(W) 84-61
1/31/25	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	East Gaston	(W) 61-58	2/4/25	East Gaston	Bessemer City	(W) 76-64
2/17/25	East Gaston	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	(W) 68-56
1/24/25	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	Cherryville	(W) 78-53	1/31/25	Cherryville	Bessemer City	(W) 66-59
2/13/25	Cherryville	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	(W) 70-53	2/11/25	Bessemer City	Cherryville	(W) 104-77
1/29/25	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	Shelby	(L) 74-58	1/7/25	Shelby	Bessemer City	(L) 72-58
2/11/25	Shelby	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	(L) 81-51	2/5/25	Bessemer City	Shelby	(L) 72-53
				2/18/25	Bessemer City	Shelby	(L) 80-68

Record Breakdown

TJCA (24-25)		Bessemer City (24-25)
20-8	Overall	15-12
8-6	League	7-7
11-1	Non-League	7-2
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
10-5	Common Opponent	8-6
12-3	Home	9-5
8-5	Away	6-7
0-0	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	0-1
19-7	In-State	15-12
1-1	Out-of-State	0-0