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The Gulf Coast HEAT (Sarasota, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home tournament game against Excel Christian Academy (Lakeland, FL) in overtime by a score of 44-39.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
ECA	1	13	15	6	9	44
Gulf Coast HEAT	6	13	6	10	4	39

Final score provided by H. Tuccy.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Excel Christian Academy (24-25)

Excel Christian Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Gulf Coast HEAT (24-25)

Gulf Coast HEAT

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	39
4	Audriana Colten (Fr)	12
10	Avonley Hughes (Jr)	2
11	Bella Tuccy (Sr)	10
13	R. Braswell (So)	2
14	Emily Rous (Sr)	1
23	Kenna Baker (7th)	12

Gulf Coast HEAT

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FTM	FTA	FT%
	Team Totals	39	5	12	42
4	Audriana Colten (Fr)	12	1	2	50
10	Avonley Hughes (Jr)	2
11	Bella Tuccy (Sr)	10	1	2	50
13	R. Braswell (So)	2
14	Emily Rous (Sr)	1	1	4	25
23	Kenna Baker (7th)	12	2	4	50

Gulf Coast HEAT

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	39
4	Audriana Colten (Fr)	12
10	Avonley Hughes (Jr)	2
11	Bella Tuccy (Sr)	10
13	R. Braswell (So)	2
14	Emily Rous (Sr)	1
23	Kenna Baker (7th)	12

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Excel Christian Academy sneaks past Gulf Coast HEAT

December 27, 2024: Sarasota, FL 34232

The Excel Christian Academy Spartans (Lakeland, FL) basketball edged the host Gulf Coast HEAT (Sarasota, FL), 44-39 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Spartans now possess a 6-5 record. They play next when they travel to Fivay for a non-league bout on Saturday, December 28. Excel Christian Academy will play a Falcons team coming off a 56-15 non-league loss to Smith County (Carthage, TN). The Falcons record now stands at 5-6.

With the loss, Gulf Coast HEAT falls to 7-4 on the campaign. The travel to Burgin (Burgin, KY) to play the Bulldogs in a non-league bout on Saturday, December 28. The Bulldogs go into the bout with a record of 1-5.

ECA @ GCHEAT Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 27, 2024 @ 2:10p

The Gulf Coast HEAT (Sarasota, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home tournament game against Excel Christian Academy (Lakeland, FL) in overtime by a score of 44-39.

Rankings & Records

Excel Christian Academy (24-25)

FL
335

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
14-12	4-8	7-4	5-6	2-2	.538	.333	1,004	1,182

Gulf Coast HEAT (24-25)

FL	Class
367	25

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-13	2-0	9-2	8-4	2-7	.594	1.000	1,280	1,052

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Excel Christian Academy	7.9	9.9	10.0	7.9	9.0	38.6
Gulf Coast HEAT	11.5	11.1	10.6	9.3	4.0	40.0

Team Stat Comparison

Excel Christian Academy		Gulf Coast HEAT
35.3	Points Per Game	36.3
32.0	Rebounds Per Game	-
9.8	Steals Per Game	-
0.7	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Excel Christian Academy		Gulf Coast HEAT	National Avg.
#20 Bianca Berbick12.0	Points Per Game	#23 Kenna Baker12.5	4.1
#20 Bianca Berbick12.8	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
#13 Analise DeJesus2.9	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#13 Analise DeJesus0.5	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Excel Christian Academy	2-1		Gulf Coast HEAT	2-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Excel Christian Academy	Families Instructing Students HomeSchool	(L) 46-17	12/3/24	Families Instructing Students HomeSchool	Gulf Coast HEAT	(W) 30-26
1/31/25	Families Instructing Students HomeSchool	Excel Christian Academy	(W) 40-34	1/17/25	Families Instructing Students HomeSchool	Gulf Coast HEAT	(W) 48-29
2/22/25	Excel Christian Academy	Families Instructing Students HomeSchool	(W) 41-34

Record Breakdown

Excel Christian Academy (24-25)		Gulf Coast HEAT (24-25)
14-12	Overall	19-13
5-8	League	2-0
7-2	Non-League	15-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-1	Common Opponent	2-0
7-4	Home	9-2
5-6	Away	8-4
2-2	Neutral	2-7
0-1	Playoff	1-2
14-12	In-State	18-8
0-0	Out-of-State	1-5