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The Weddington (Matthews, NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Northside Christian Academy (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 68-65.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
NCA	10	23	12	20	65
Weddington	18	14	19	17	68

Final score provided by Y. Rocha.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Northside Christian Academy (23-24)

Weddington (23-24)

Northside Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	65	26	50	52	56
1	Arael Jones (Jr)	19	9	12	75	75
2	J. Johnson-Freeman (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
3	Kyrell Shaw (Sr)	28	9	15	60	70
4	Dorian Reeves (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
5	Jaleel Smith (8th)	7	3	7	43	50
10	KJ Shouse Jr. (So)	5	2	2	100	100
11	Josh Bullock (Sr)	4	2	9	22	22
34	Bryson Cowan (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50

Weddington

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	66	23	51	45	54
0	Mason Zepp (Jr)	5	2	7	29	36
1	Jack Ellyson (Sr)	3	1	5	20	30
3	Grant Hamilton (Sr)	29	10	15	67	83
5	Aidan Cook (Sr)	7	3	5	60	70
11	Jaden Nnaji (Jr)	3	1	5	20	20
12	Quinn Vaughn (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Matthew Powers (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Kj Younger (Jr)	19	6	12	50	54

Northside Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	65	4	10	40	9	13	69	22	40	55
1	Arael Jones (Jr)	19				1	1	100	9	12	75
2	J. Johnson-Freeman (Fr)	0							0	2	0
3	Kyrell Shaw (Sr)	28	3	5	60	7	10	70	6	10	60
4	Dorian Reeves (Jr)	0	0	1	0
5	Jaleel Smith (8th)	7	1	2	50				2	5	40
10	KJ Shouse Jr. (So)	5				1	2	50	2	2	100
11	Josh Bullock (Sr)	4	0	2	0				2	7	29
34	Bryson Cowan (Jr)	2							1	2	50

Weddington

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	66	9	23	39	11	14	79	14	28	50
0	Mason Zepp (Jr)	5	1	4	25	0	0	0	1	3	33
1	Jack Ellyson (Sr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	Grant Hamilton (Sr)	29	5	9	56	4	5	80	5	6	83
5	Aidan Cook (Sr)	7	1	2	50	0	0	0	2	3	67
11	Jaden Nnaji (Jr)	3	0	2	0	1	2	50	1	3	33
12	Quinn Vaughn (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Matthew Powers (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Kj Younger (Jr)	19	1	3	33	6	7	86	5	9	56

Northside Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	65	6	13	19	14	3	10	12
1	Arael Jones (Jr)	19		3	3	2	3	2	2
2	J. Johnson-Freeman (Fr)	0		1	1				1
3	Kyrell Shaw (Sr)	28	1	3	4			2	3
4	Dorian Reeves (Jr)	0						1
5	Jaleel Smith (8th)	7	2	1	3	1		2	1
10	KJ Shouse Jr. (So)	5	2	1	3	4		2	1
11	Josh Bullock (Sr)	4	1	3	4	6		1	1
15	D. Kirkwood (Jr)								1
34	Bryson Cowan (Jr)	2		1	1	1			2

Weddington

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	66	5	22	27	20	3	1	11	13
0	Mason Zepp (Jr)	5	2	1	3	1			1	3
1	Jack Ellyson (Sr)	3	1	1	2	2			1	1
3	Grant Hamilton (Sr)	29	0	6	6	3		1	1	1
5	Aidan Cook (Sr)	7	0	4	4	7			2	2
11	Jaden Nnaji (Jr)	3	1	5	6	4			3	4
12	Quinn Vaughn (Fr)	0							1
23	Kj Younger (Jr)	19	1	5	6	3	3		2	2

Northside Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	1.40	0.30	0.25
1	Arael Jones (Jr)	1.00	1.50	1.50
5	Jaleel Smith (8th)	0.50
10	KJ Shouse Jr. (So)	2.00
11	Josh Bullock (Sr)	6.00

Weddington

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.82	0.27	0.23	0.08
0	Mason Zepp (Jr)	1.00
1	Jack Ellyson (Sr)	2.00
3	Grant Hamilton (Sr)	3.00			1.00
5	Aidan Cook (Sr)	3.50
11	Jaden Nnaji (Jr)	1.33
23	Kj Younger (Jr)	1.50	1.50	1.50

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Northside Christian Academy tipped by Weddington

December 21, 2023: Charlotte, NC 28262

The Weddington Warriors basketball team scored 68 points and held the host Northside Christian Academy Knights to 65 in the Warriors non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Warriors now sport a 10-0 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Lake Norman for a non-league contest on Friday, December 22. Weddington will meet a Wildcats team coming off a 86-82 non-league win over Carmel Christian (Matthews, NC). The Wildcats record now stands at 10-0.

The Knights (8-6) will now prepare for their contest against Carmel Christian (Matthews, NC). The Cougars enter the non-league contest with a 7-8 record. In their last contest, Carmel Christian was nudged by Lake Norman (Mooresville, NC), 86-82, in a non-league contest.

NCA vs Weddington Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 21, 2023 @ 3p

The Weddington (Matthews, NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Northside Christian Academy (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 68-65.

This game is a part of the "Phenom Holiday Classic - Presented by Sport Mode One" tournament.

Rankings & Records

Northside Christian Academy (23-24)

NC	Class
39	3

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
22-15	7-5	7-1	5-7	10-7	.595	.583	2,052	1,657

Weddington (23-24)

NC	Class
17	5

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
27-2	8-0	12-1	12-0	3-1	.931	1.000	2,002	1,513

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Northside Christian Academy	11.8	12.0	14.1	12.0	7.0	55.5
Weddington	17.4	16.1	17.9	17.1	7.0	69.0

Team Stat Comparison

Northside Christian Academy		Weddington
46.5	Points Per Game	69.0
19.0	Rebounds Per Game	27.1
9.7	Assists Per Game	13.9
6.8	Steals Per Game	9.3
2.6	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

Northside Christian Academy		Weddington	National Avg.
#3 Kyrell Shaw19.6	Points Per Game	#23 Kj Younger22.9	4.9
#1 Arael Jones5.4	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Kj Younger6.8	2.6
#11 Josh Bullock4.5	Assists Per Game	#5 Aidan Cook3.4	1.0
#5 Jaleel Smith2.0	Steals Per Game	#3 Grant Hamilton2.0	0.8
#34 Bryson Cowan1.7	Blocks Per Game	#23 Kj Younger0.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Northside Christian Academy	4-2		Weddington	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/28/23	Northside Christian Academy	Gaston Christian	(L) 85-66	12/16/23	Gaston Christian	Weddington	(W) 81-78
12/23/23	Gaston Christian	Northside Christian Academy	(W) 60-39
12/29/23	Gaston Christian	Northside Christian Academy	(W) 44-37
1/12/24	Gaston Christian	Northside Christian Academy	(W) 46-36
12/30/23	Northside Christian Academy	Chambers	(W) 76-57	3/5/24	Chambers	Weddington	(L) 78-68
1/13/24	Northside Christian Academy	The Burlington School	(L) 56-46	12/23/23	The Burlington School	Weddington	(L) 69-63

Record Breakdown

Northside Christian Academy (23-24)		Weddington (23-24)
22-15	Overall	27-2
7-5	League	10-0
9-7	Non-League	13-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-2	Common Opponent	1-2
7-1	Home	12-1
5-7	Away	12-0
10-7	Neutral	3-1
1-1	Playoff	2-1
19-13	In-State	27-2
3-2	Out-of-State	0-0