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The Thales Academy Apex (Apex, NC) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral tournament game against New Life Christian Academy (Fayetteville, NC) by a score of 78-24.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
NLCA	18	20	27	13	78
Thales Academy Apex	4	12	5	3	24

Final score provided by C. Sutton.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

New Life Christian Academy (23-24)

Thales Academy Apex (23-24)

New Life Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	160	78	31	51	61	73
1	Jaheim Faison (Sr)	18	18	6	10	60	90
2	Jahiem Tucker (Sr)	15	2	1	3	33	33
3	M. Rochelle (Sr)	23	15	6	8	75	94
4	D. Tomlinson (Sr)	19	10	3	5	60	80
10	Kaleb James (Sr)	12	4	2	2	100	100
11	Mikhi Nobles (Jr)	16	4	1	4	25	38
13	P. Pennington (Jr)	20	2	1	4	25	25
15	Malachy White (Sr)	21	10	5	7	71	71

Thales Academy Apex

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	24	9	38	24	28
2	Cole Barish (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
3	Jack O'Tuel (Sr)	5	2	3	67	83
11	Luke Eiles (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
13	Nathan Purvis (Sr)	9	3	10	30	35
15	Daniel Cannon (So)	3	1	6	17	25
32	Zach Lehman (So)	2	1	5	20	20
33	Zach Rachmuth (So)	5	2	11	18	18

New Life Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	160	78	12	25	48	4	5	80	19	26	73
1	Jaheim Faison (Sr)	18	18	6	10	60
2	Jahiem Tucker (Sr)	15	2	0	1	0				1	2	50
3	M. Rochelle (Sr)	23	15	3	5	60				3	3	100
4	D. Tomlinson (Sr)	19	10	2	3	67	2	2	100	1	2	50
10	Kaleb James (Sr)	12	4							2	2	100
11	Mikhi Nobles (Jr)	16	4	1	2	50	1	2	50	0	2	0
13	P. Pennington (Jr)	20	2	0	2	0				1	2	50
15	Malachy White (Sr)	21	10							5	7	71

Thales Academy Apex

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	24	3	19	16	3	4	75	6	19	32
2	Cole Barish (Sr)	0							0	1	0
3	Jack O'Tuel (Sr)	5	1	2	50				1	1	100
11	Luke Eiles (Jr)	0	0	2	0
13	Nathan Purvis (Sr)	9	1	4	25	2	2	100	2	6	33
15	Daniel Cannon (So)	3	1	5	20				0	1	0
32	Zach Lehman (So)	2	0	2	0				1	3	33
33	Zach Rachmuth (So)	5	0	4	0	1	2	50	2	7	29

New Life Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	160	78	5	23	28	16	21	11	12	8
1	Jaheim Faison (Sr)	18	18		3	3	2	3	1		2
2	Jahiem Tucker (Sr)	15	2	1	4	5		2		1	3
3	M. Rochelle (Sr)	23	15	1	2	3	4	2	1	1
4	D. Tomlinson (Sr)	19	10	1		1	3	2	3	2	1
10	Kaleb James (Sr)	12	4		5	5	1	5		3
11	Mikhi Nobles (Jr)	16	4		2	2	3
13	P. Pennington (Jr)	20	2		2	2	1	2		1	1
15	Malachy White (Sr)	21	10	1	3	4	2	5		1

Thales Academy Apex

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	24	4	18	22	4	4	26
2	Cole Barish (Sr)	0	1	1	2	1		3
3	Jack O'Tuel (Sr)	5	2	1	3		2	2
11	Luke Eiles (Jr)	0	1	1	2	1	1	3
13	Nathan Purvis (Sr)	9		4	4			7
15	Daniel Cannon (So)	3		3	3			5
32	Zach Lehman (So)	2		3	3	1		2
33	Zach Rachmuth (So)	5		5	5	1	1	4

New Life Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.33	1.75	2.63	1.38
1	Jaheim Faison (Sr)			1.50	0.50
2	Jahiem Tucker (Sr)		2.00	0.67
3	M. Rochelle (Sr)	4.00	2.00
4	D. Tomlinson (Sr)	1.50	1.00	2.00	3.00
10	Kaleb James (Sr)	0.33	1.67
13	P. Pennington (Jr)	1.00	2.00	2.00
15	Malachy White (Sr)	2.00	5.00

Thales Academy Apex

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.15	0.15
2	Cole Barish (Sr)	0.33
3	Jack O'Tuel (Sr)		1.00
11	Luke Eiles (Jr)	0.33	0.33
32	Zach Lehman (So)	0.50
33	Zach Rachmuth (So)	0.25	0.25

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - New Life Christian Academy routs Thales Academy Apex

December 27, 2023: Fayetteville, NC 28314

In Wednesday's non-league outing, the New Life Christian Academy Monarchs (Fayetteville, NC) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Thales Academy Apex Titans (Apex, NC), by a margin of 78-24.

The Monarchs (10-7) will now prepare for their outing against Wayne Preparatory Academy (Goldsboro, NC). The Generals go into the non-league outing with a 7-10 record. In their last outing, Wayne Preparatory Academy was trounced by Goldsboro (Goldsboro, NC), 78-53, in a non-league outing.

The Titans now own a 5-13 record. They play next when they travel to Wayne Country Day for a non-league outing on Thursday, December 28. Thales Academy Apex will play a Chargers squad coming off a 56-54 non-league win over Harrells Christian Academy (Harrells, NC). The Chargers record now stands at 11-6.

Players of the Game

New Life Christian Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #15 Malachy White for being selected the New Life Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Thales Academy Apex (23-24)

Thales Academy Apex has not selected any Players of the Game.

NLCA vs TAA Basketball Game Info

Wed., Dec. 27, 2023 @ 4p

Terry Walls Holiday Invitational at Goldsboro Hs

The Thales Academy Apex (Apex, NC) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral tournament game against New Life Christian Academy (Fayetteville, NC) by a score of 78-24.

Rankings & Records

New Life Christian Academy (23-24)

NC	Class
172	4

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
20-17	1-10	6-4	3-9	11-4	.541	.091	2,178	2,085

Thales Academy Apex (23-24)

NC	Class
487	19

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
11-24	5-5	4-9	2-10	5-5	.314	.500	2,135	2,468

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
New Life Christian Academy	14.5	15.3	15.3	14.2	5.0	58.9
Thales Academy Apex	15.6	16.2	16.7	14.6	-	61.0

Team Stat Comparison

New Life Christian Academy		Thales Academy Apex
57.5	Points Per Game	60.5
22.7	Rebounds Per Game	29.2
10.0	Assists Per Game	12.6
8.2	Steals Per Game	6.9
3.2	Blocks Per Game	3.9

Team Leaders

New Life Christian Academy		Thales Academy Apex	National Avg.
#3 Marquez Rochelle13.8	Points Per Game	#13 Nathan Purvis22.8	4.9
#2 Jahiem Tucker5.1	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Justin Brown9.2	2.6
#10 Kaleb James2.2	Assists Per Game	#4 Luke Railo5.2	1.0
#10 Kaleb James2.1	Steals Per Game	#24 Justin Brown2.1	0.8
#10 Kaleb James1.1	Blocks Per Game	#24 Justin Brown4.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
New Life Christian Academy	4-1		Thales Academy Apex	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/9/23	Freedom Christian Academy	New Life Christian Academy	(W) 72-64	11/13/23	Thales Academy Apex	Freedom Christian Academy	(L) 85-62
11/10/23	Varsity Opponent	New Life Christian Academy	(W) 49-40	11/11/23	Varsity Opponent	Thales Academy Apex	(W) 66-33
12/22/23	Varsity Opponent	New Life Christian Academy	(L) 78-55
11/11/23	Living Water Christian	New Life Christian Academy	(W) 60-51	12/2/23	Living Water Christian	Thales Academy Apex	(L) 90-56
12/1/23	New Life Christian Academy	Living Water Christian	(W) 75-53

Record Breakdown

New Life Christian Academy (23-24)		Thales Academy Apex (23-24)
20-17	Overall	11-24
1-10	League	7-6
10-3	Non-League	1-15
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
4-1	Common Opponent	1-2
6-4	Home	4-9
3-9	Away	2-10
11-4	Neutral	5-5
0-1	Playoff	0-1
18-15	In-State	8-24
0-0	Out-of-State	2-0