Mount Zion Christian Academy vs Grace Christian | Basketball

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Mount Zion Christian Academy Grace Christian

Mighty Warriors

Crusaders

The Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home tournament game against Mount Zion Christian Academy (Durham, NC) by a score of 85-64.

Game Details: Crusader Christmas Classic

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MZCA	17	20	26	22	85
Grace Christian	15	24	13	12	64

Final score provided by J. Cate.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Mount Zion Christian Academy (21-22)

Mount Zion Christian Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Grace Christian (21-22)

Grace Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	60	25	55	45	51
3	Jesse Mitchell (Sr)	18	8	11	73	77
4	R. Simmons (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Miles Matson (Sr)	6	3	6	50	50
11	Landon Wester (Jr)	7	3	6	50	58
12	Ma'kyi Butler (Jr)	16	6	18	33	42
15	Kaleb Smith (So)	2	1	1	100	100
23	Sayvion Ellis (Sr)	6	2	7	29	29
33	Derius Hodges (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
40	Giulio Cian (Sr)	3	1	2	50	75

Grace Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	60	6	20	30	4	8	50	19	35	54
3	Jesse Mitchell (Sr)	18	1	3	33	1	2	50	7	8	88
4	R. Simmons (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Miles Matson (Sr)	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	75
11	Landon Wester (Jr)	7	1	3	33	0	0	0	2	3	67
12	Ma'kyi Butler (Jr)	16	3	10	30	1	2	50	3	8	38
15	Kaleb Smith (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
23	Sayvion Ellis (Sr)	6	0	0	0	2	2	100	2	7	29
33	Derius Hodges (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	33
40	Giulio Cian (Sr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	1	0

Grace Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	60	3	13	16	14	10	1
3	Jesse Mitchell (Sr)	18	0	2	2	4	3	0
10	Miles Matson (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	Landon Wester (Jr)	7	1	1	2	4	0	0
12	Ma'kyi Butler (Jr)	16	0	5	5	1	3	1
15	Kaleb Smith (So)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
23	Sayvion Ellis (Sr)	6	2	2	4	5	1	0
33	Derius Hodges (Jr)	2	0	2	2	0	1	0
40	Giulio Cian (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Grace Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl	TF
	Team Totals					1
3	Jesse Mitchell (Sr)					1

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Mount Zion Christian Academy overwhelms Grace Christian

December 22, 2021: Sanford, NC 27332

Fans at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the Mount Zion Christian Academy Mighty Warriors (Durham, NC) and the host Grace Christian Crusaders (Sanford, NC), saw Mount Zion Christian Academy's basketball squad wallop Grace Christian by a count of 85-64.

With the victory, Mount Zion Christian Academy upgrades its record to 10-8 on the campaign. The Mighty Warriors travel to Varsity Opponent (, ) to play the in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, December 28. The come into the challenge with a record of 122-445. Varsity Opponent lost 86-17 in their recent non-league challenge against Memorial Christian Academy (Killeen, TX)

Next up, the Crusaders play the Lee Christian Falcons (Sanford, NC) in a NCISAA Mid-Carolina challenge, on Tuesday, January 4. Grace Christian will attempt to upgrade on its 15-2 season record.

Rankings & Records

Mount Zion Christian Academy (21-22)

NC	Class
131	6

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
17-15	3-1	11-3	4-10	2-2	.531	.750	2,108	1,846

Grace Christian (21-22)

NC	Class
92	3

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
27-5	5-0	18-3	8-1	1-1	.844	1.000	2,539	1,727

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mount Zion Christian Academy	16.7	18.4	19.4	15.9	65.9
Grace Christian	19.5	20.2	19.6	19.5	79.3

Head-to-Head

Grace Christian won on 12/7/2021

12/7 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

MZCA 13 9 22 12 56
Grace Christian 19 11 13 21 64

The Mount Zion Christian Academy (Durham, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away non-conference game against Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) by a score of 64-56.
Box score
Mount Zion Christian Academy won on 12/22/2021

12/22 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

MZCA 17 20 26 22 85
Grace Christian 15 24 13 12 64

The Mount Zion Christian Academy (Durham, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's away tournament game against Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) by a score of 85-64.
Box score

12/7 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MZCA	13	9	22	12	56
Grace Christian	19	11	13	21	64

Team Stat Comparison

Mount Zion Christian Academy		Grace Christian
-	Points Per Game	78.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	23.2
-	Assists Per Game	11.4
-	Steals Per Game	7.6
-	Blocks Per Game	1.6

Team Leaders

Mount Zion Christian Academy		Grace Christian	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#12 Ma'kyi Butler22.5	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Ma'kyi Butler4.5	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#23 Sayvion Ellis2.8	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#3 Jesse Mitchell1.7	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#12 Ma'kyi Butler0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mount Zion Christian Academy	5-2		Grace Christian	5-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/16/21	New Life Camp	Mount Zion Christian Academy	(W) 75-63	11/15/21	New Life Camp	Grace Christian	(W) 91-80
2/8/22	Mount Zion Christian Academy	New Life Camp	(L) 57-56
11/27/21	Mount Zion Christian Academy	Rock Creek Christian Academy	(L) 72-65	11/26/21	Rock Creek Christian Academy	Grace Christian	(L) 78-58
12/2/21	Neuse Christian Academy	Mount Zion Christian Academy	(W) 90-31	1/20/22	Grace Christian	Neuse Christian Academy	(W) 93-51
12/20/21	Mount Zion Christian Academy	Cape Fear Christian Academy	(W) 87-42	2/19/22	Cape Fear Christian Academy	Grace Christian	(W) 103-73
12/21/21	Mount Zion Christian Academy	Chatham HomeSchool	(W) 81-48	1/11/22	Grace Christian	Chatham HomeSchool	(W) 73-58
1/24/22	Mount Zion Christian Academy	Liberty Christian	(W) 90-50	2/3/22	Grace Christian	Liberty Christian	(W) 75-74

Record Breakdown

Mount Zion Christian Academy (21-22)		Grace Christian (21-22)
17-15	Overall	27-5
3-2	League	5-0
11-11	Non-League	16-2
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
5-2	Common Opponent	5-1
11-3	Home	18-3
4-10	Away	8-1
2-2	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	1-1
16-13	In-State	26-4
1-2	Out-of-State	1-1