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The Vanguard (Lake Wales, FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Lakeland Christian (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 80-68.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lakeland Christian	15	18	17	18	68
Vanguard	25	20	17	18	80

Final score provided by J. Berry.

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Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Vanguard (24-25)

Lakeland Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	27	65	42	46
1	Cael Straub (So)	0	0	5	0	0
2	Joseph Donohue (So)	17	8	15	53	57
3	Drew Cruz (So)	3	1	2	50	50
5	DJ Howard (Jr)	25	9	22	41	45
12	Eli Collins (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
13	Colton Donahue (So)	19	7	14	50	61
25	Gavin Dean (So)	0	0	3	0	0
34	Levi Howell (Sr)	4	2	2	100	100

Vanguard

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	80	32
0	Jakhai Ford (Fr)	19	6
3	Turral Berry (So)	26	11
11	Brian Glover (Sr)	11	4
23	D. Lightborne (Jr)	2	1
24	Jacob Campbell (Jr)	8	4
33	Thomas Zingo (Sr)	2	1

Lakeland Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	6	18	33	8	13	62	21	47	45
1	Cael Straub (So)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	Joseph Donohue (So)	17	1	2	50	0	0	0	7	13	54
3	Drew Cruz (So)	3	0	0	0	1	1	100	1	2	50
5	DJ Howard (Jr)	25	2	6	33	5	7	71	7	16	44
12	Eli Collins (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	Colton Donahue (So)	19	3	4	75	2	5	40	4	10	40
25	Gavin Dean (So)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Levi Howell (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100

Vanguard

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	2FGM
	Team Totals	80	5	11	27
0	Jakhai Ford (Fr)	19	1	6	5
3	Turral Berry (So)	26	2	2	9
11	Brian Glover (Sr)	11		3	4
23	D. Lightborne (Jr)	2			1
24	Jacob Campbell (Jr)	8			4
33	Thomas Zingo (Sr)	2			1

Lakeland Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	68	14	17	31	12	8	3	16	15
1	Cael Straub (So)	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	2
2	Joseph Donohue (So)	17	4	1	5	2	4	1	3	5
3	Drew Cruz (So)	3	1	2	3	1	2	0	2	2
5	DJ Howard (Jr)	25	3	5	8	3	0	0	3	1
12	Eli Collins (Jr)	0	3	4	7	1	1	0	0	1
13	Colton Donahue (So)	19	0	2	2	2	0	0	4	2
24	John Workman (Jr)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1
25	Gavin Dean (So)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
34	Levi Howell (Sr)	4	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0

Vanguard

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	80	16	25	43	10	9
0	Jakhai Ford (Fr)	19	2	9	11	1	1
3	Turral Berry (So)	26	2	3	5	5	3
11	Brian Glover (Sr)	11	2	2	4	2
23	D. Lightborne (Jr)	2	2	3	5	1	1
24	Jacob Campbell (Jr)	8	6		6
33	Thomas Zingo (Sr)	2		1	1
35	Ezekiel Vallejo (Sr)				2

Lakeland Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.75	0.50	0.53	0.20
1	Cael Straub (So)	1.00	1.00	0.50	1.00
2	Joseph Donohue (So)	0.67	1.33	0.80	0.20
3	Drew Cruz (So)	0.50	1.00	1.00	0.00
5	DJ Howard (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	Eli Collins (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
13	Colton Donahue (So)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
24	John Workman (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
34	Levi Howell (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Misc Totals

Vanguard has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Lakeland Christian toppled by Vanguard

December 20, 2024: Lake Wales, FL 33859

Vanguard Panthers (Lake Wales, FL) boosters left the game satisfied Friday as they witnessed their basketball squad notch a victory over the visiting Lakeland Christian Vikings (Lakeland, FL), 80-68 in a non-league match.

With the victory, Vanguard upgrades its record to 6-8 on the year. The Panthers host Excel Christian Academy (Lakeland, FL) to face the Spartans in a non-league match on Friday, January 10. The Spartans enter the match with a record of 1-5.

The Vikings now sport a 1-11 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Carrollwood Day for a non-league match on Monday, January 6.

Players of the Game

Lakeland Christian (24-25)

Lakeland Christian has not selected any Players of the Game.

Vanguard (24-25)

Congratulations to #0 Jakhai Ford for being selected the Vanguard Basketball Player of the Game.

LCHS @ Vanguard Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 20, 2024 @ 7:30p

Jv game 6:00

The Vanguard (Lake Wales, FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Lakeland Christian (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 80-68.

Rankings & Records

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

Vanguard (24-25)

FL	Section
483	487

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
9-12	3-1	6-10	0-1	.429	1,441	1,456

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lakeland Christian	9.8	13.0	15.2	12.5	54.1
Vanguard	18.1	15.5	18.2	20.5	68.6

Head-to-Head

Vanguard won on 12/2/2024

12/2 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Vanguard 22 14 16 18 70
LCHS 7 21 15 23 66

The Vanguard (Lake Wales, FL) varsity basketball team won Monday's away non-conference game against Lakeland Christian (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 70-66.
Box score
Vanguard won on 12/20/2024

12/20 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

LCHS 15 18 17 18 68
Vanguard 25 20 17 18 80

The Lakeland Christian (Lakeland, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against Vanguard (Lake Wales, FL) by a score of 80-68.
Box score

12/2 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Vanguard	22	14	16	18	70
LCHS	7	21	15	23	66

12/20 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
LCHS	15	18	17	18	68
Vanguard	25	20	17	18	80

Team Stat Comparison

Lakeland Christian		Vanguard
53.8	Points Per Game	68.5
23.3	Rebounds Per Game	30.6
8.9	Assists Per Game	13.4
5.6	Steals Per Game	13.8
1.4	Blocks Per Game	1.8

Team Leaders

Lakeland Christian		Vanguard	National Avg.
#5 DJ Howard16.2	Points Per Game	#3 Turral Berry22.0	4.9
#34 Levi Howell5.5	Rebounds Per Game	#0 Jakhai Ford5.9	2.6
#5 DJ Howard2.3	Assists Per Game	#0 Jakhai Ford4.9	1.0
#5 DJ Howard2.3	Steals Per Game	#3 Turral Berry3.3	0.8
#12 Eli Collins0.4	Blocks Per Game	#14 Dale Henrickson0.4	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Lakeland Christian	3-4		Vanguard	4-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/24	McKeel Academy	Lakeland Christian	(L) 63-62	12/6/24	Vanguard	McKeel Academy	(L) 68-55
1/31/25	Lakeland Christian	McKeel Academy	(L) 57-49
12/19/24	New Dimensions	Lakeland Christian	(L) 69-65	11/22/24	New Dimensions	Vanguard	(W) 92-73
1/9/25	Lakeland Christian	New Dimensions	(L) 80-66	1/21/25	Vanguard	New Dimensions	(W) 82-71
2/3/25	New Dimensions	Lakeland Christian	(W) 65-40
1/7/25	Lakeland Christian	All Saints' Academy	(W) 49-29	12/3/24	Vanguard	All Saints' Academy	(W) 63-23
				1/31/25	All Saints' Academy	Vanguard	(W) 96-51
1/14/25	Fort Meade	Lakeland Christian	(W) 59-53	12/16/24	Vanguard	Fort Meade	(L) 66-61

Record Breakdown

Lakeland Christian (24-25)		Vanguard (24-25)
6-19	Overall	9-12
1-2	League	0-0
4-14	Non-League	9-9
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
3-4	Common Opponent	4-2
3-7	Home	3-1
2-9	Away	6-10
1-3	Neutral	0-1
1-1	Playoff	0-0
6-19	In-State	9-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0