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The Valiant Cross Academy (Montgomery, AL) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home tournament game against Evangel Christian (Alabaster, AL) by a score of 61-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Evangel Christian	14	10	17	12	53
VCA	16	8	25	12	61

Final score provided by N. Hobbs.

Recap
Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Valiant Cross Academy (23-24)

Evangel Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	170	53	23	56	41	44
2	Cade Joiner (Jr)	32	6	2	6	33	50
4	Sawyer Blackman (Jr)	2		0	1	0	0
5	Zion Thompson (Sr)	34	6	3	11	27	27
13	Clay Stanton (Sr)	25	8	4	14	29	29
14	Nick Cloud (Jr)	21	2	1	2	50	50
21	Hayden Black (Sr)	30	21	10	13	77	81
24	Jonathan Gill (Jr)	8		0	0
50	A. Valentine (Sr)	18	10	3	9	33	33

Valiant Cross Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	160	61	20	49	41	48
1	L. Hall Jr (So)	32	12	4	8	50	50
2	Deshawn Hall (Fr)	32	17	4	7	57	57
3	Jordan Archie (Jr)	32	15	5	13	38	54
5	John Cosby (So)	32	9	4	11	36	41
23	James Cosby (Fr)	32	8	3	10	30	40

Evangel Christian

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	170	53	3	13	23	4	5	80	20	43	47
2	Cade Joiner (Jr)	32	6	2	5	40	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Sawyer Blackman (Jr)	2		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Zion Thompson (Sr)	34	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	9	33
13	Clay Stanton (Sr)	25	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	14	29
14	Nick Cloud (Jr)	21	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
21	Hayden Black (Sr)	30	21	1	1	100	0	0	0	9	12	75
24	Jonathan Gill (Jr)	8		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	A. Valentine (Sr)	18	10	0	3	0	4	4	100	3	6	50

Valiant Cross Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	160	61	7	19	37	14	18	78	13	30	43
1	L. Hall Jr (So)	32	12				4	5	80	4	8	50
2	Deshawn Hall (Fr)	32	17				9	10	90	4	7	57
3	Jordan Archie (Jr)	32	15	4	9	44	1	1	100	1	4	25
5	John Cosby (So)	32	9	1	3	33	0	2	0	3	8	38
23	James Cosby (Fr)	32	8	2	7	29				1	3	33

Evangel Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	170	53	12	25	37	14	4	3	19	17
2	Cade Joiner (Jr)	32	6	1	4	5	1	1	1	2	2
4	Sawyer Blackman (Jr)	2		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
5	Zion Thompson (Sr)	34	6	0	1	1	6	2	1	6	3
13	Clay Stanton (Sr)	25	8	2	8	10	5	1	1	5	3
14	Nick Cloud (Jr)	21	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	3
21	Hayden Black (Sr)	30	21	3	6	9	0	0	0	4	3
24	Jonathan Gill (Jr)	8		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
50	A. Valentine (Sr)	18	10	6	3	9	0	0	0	1	2

Valiant Cross Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	160	61	21	21	42	20	13	11	12	17
1	L. Hall Jr (So)	32	12	4	6	10	3	2	2	2	3
2	Deshawn Hall (Fr)	32	17	7	7	14	5	4	5	2	3
3	Jordan Archie (Jr)	32	15	3	2	5	4	2	2	2	4
5	John Cosby (So)	32	9	3	2	5	4	3		3	3
23	James Cosby (Fr)	32	8	4	4	8	4	2	2	3	4

Evangel Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.74	0.21	0.24	0.18	4
2	Cade Joiner (Jr)	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	1
5	Zion Thompson (Sr)	1.00	0.33	0.67	0.33	1
13	Clay Stanton (Sr)	1.00	0.20	0.33	0.33
14	Nick Cloud (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
21	Hayden Black (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2

Valiant Cross Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.67	1.08	0.77	0.65
1	L. Hall Jr (So)	1.50	1.00	0.67	0.67
2	Deshawn Hall (Fr)	2.50	2.00	1.33	1.67
3	Jordan Archie (Jr)	2.00	1.00	0.50	0.50
5	John Cosby (So)	1.33	1.00	1.00
23	James Cosby (Fr)	1.33	0.67	0.50	0.50

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Game Story

Alabama High School Basketball - Valiant Cross Academy thwarts Evangel Christian

December 21, 2023: Montgomery, AL 36104

The Valiant Cross Academy Warriors (Montgomery, AL) basketball knocked off the visiting Evangel Christian Lightning (Alabaster, AL), 61-53 in Thursday's non-league test.

The Warriors (6-2) will now prepare for their test against Banks Academy (Birmingham, AL). The Jets go into the non-league test with a 5-3 record. In their last test, Banks Academy notched a victory over Restoration Academy (Fairfield, AL), 70-50, in a non-league test.

The Lightning now own a 10-1 record. They play next when they travel to Restoration Academy for a non-league test on Friday, December 22. Evangel Christian will encounter a squad coming off a 70-50 non-league loss to Banks Academy (Birmingham, AL). The record now stands at 7-5.

Players of the Game

Evangel Christian (23-24)

Evangel Christian has not selected any Players of the Game.

Valiant Cross Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #2 Deshawn Hall for being selected the Valiant Cross Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

ECHS @ VCA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 21, 2023 @ 4:30p

Restoration Academy Christmas Tournament - Day 1

The Valiant Cross Academy (Montgomery, AL) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home tournament game against Evangel Christian (Alabaster, AL) by a score of 61-53.

Rankings & Records

Evangel Christian (23-24)

AL
98

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
29-4	8-0	13-1	9-3	7-0	.879	1.000	2,075	1,331

Valiant Cross Academy (23-24)

AL	Class
76	2

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
22-6	7-3	10-2	10-2	2-2	.786	.700	1,783	1,422

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Evangel Christian	15.8	17.7	16.9	12.1	62.9
Valiant Cross Academy	17.4	13.0	18.1	12.7	63.7

Head-to-Head

Valiant Cross Academy won on 12/21/2023

12/21 @ 4:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

ECHS 14 10 17 12 53
VCA 16 8 25 12 61

The Evangel Christian (Alabaster, AL) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away tournament game against Valiant Cross Academy (Montgomery, AL) by a score of 61-53.
Box score
Valiant Cross Academy won on 1/15/2024

1/15 @ 5p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

ECHS 14 20 15 23 72
VCA 21 18 20 15 74

The Evangel Christian (Alabaster, AL) varsity basketball team lost Monday's away non-conference game against Valiant Cross Academy (Montgomery, AL) by a score of 74-72.
Box score

12/21 @ 4:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ECHS	14	10	17	12	53
VCA	16	8	25	12	61

1/15 @ 5p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ECHS	14	20	15	23	72
VCA	21	18	20	15	74

Team Stat Comparison

Evangel Christian		Valiant Cross Academy
62.9	Points Per Game	63.7
32.8	Rebounds Per Game	44.6
14.4	Assists Per Game	14.4
12.4	Steals Per Game	12.1
3.0	Blocks Per Game	8.5

Team Leaders

Evangel Christian		Valiant Cross Academy	National Avg.
#3 Owen Bugnar16.3	Points Per Game	#2 Deshawn Hall 21.6	4.9
#21 Hayden Black5.5	Rebounds Per Game	#2 Deshawn Hall 14.5	2.6
#5 Zion Thompson4.4	Assists Per Game	#2 Deshawn Hall 4.0	1.0
#5 Zion Thompson2.8	Steals Per Game	#2 Deshawn Hall 4.0	0.8
#13 Clay Stanton1.1	Blocks Per Game	#2 Deshawn Hall 4.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Evangel Christian	3-1		Valiant Cross Academy	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/28/23	Banks Academy	Evangel Christian	(W) 68-45	12/1/23	Valiant Cross Academy	Banks Academy	(W) 78-63
1/4/24	Evangel Christian	Banks Academy	(L) 45-42	12/22/23	Valiant Cross Academy	Banks Academy	(W) 63-55
1/11/24	Edgewood Academy	Evangel Christian	(W) 55-35	11/18/23	Valiant Cross Academy	Edgewood Academy	(W) 56-33
1/18/24	Evangel Christian	Edgewood Academy	(W) 60-26

Record Breakdown

Evangel Christian (23-24)		Valiant Cross Academy (23-24)
29-4	Overall	22-6
9-0	League	8-4
11-3	Non-League	11-1
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
3-1	Common Opponent	3-0
13-1	Home	10-2
9-3	Away	10-2
7-0	Neutral	2-2
0-0	Playoff	1-1
26-3	In-State	22-6
1-1	Out-of-State	0-0