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The Shining Light Academy (Greensboro, NC) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home tournament game against New Garden Friends (Greensboro, NC) by a score of 72-56.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
New Garden Friends	-	-	-	-	72
SLA	-	-	-	-	56

Final score provided by D. Clifton.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Shining Light Academy (22-23)

New Garden Friends

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	72	28	51	55	60
10	Cynsere Carver (So)	4	1	5	20	20
11	J. Clark II (Jr)	26	12	16	75	75
12	Kaleb Gatling (So)	5	2	4	50	63
14	A. Wilkerson (So)	3	1	3	33	50
15	Curtis Russell (Fr)	11	4	5	80	90
23	Vuk Veljic (Jr)	7	3	6	50	58
24	N. Schultze (So)	6	3	7	43	43
35	K. Clifton (8th)	10	2	5	40	50

Shining Light Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	56	21	50	42	50
1	Seth Pitts (Sr)	17	6	10	60	80
3	Parker Allen (Sr)	8	3	7	43	43
11	Alik Lewis (Jr)	15	6	14	43	50
15	Jake Schneider (Sr)	13	5	16	31	34
24	Zach Evaro (Fr)	3	1	3	33	50

New Garden Friends

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	72	5	18	28	11	14	79	23	33	70
10	Cynsere Carver (So)	4	0	3	0	2	3	67	1	2	50
11	J. Clark II (Jr)	26				2	2	100	12	16	75
12	Kaleb Gatling (So)	5	1	2	50	0	1	0	1	2	50
14	A. Wilkerson (So)	3	1	3	33
15	Curtis Russell (Fr)	11	1	1	100	2	2	100	3	4	75
23	Vuk Veljic (Jr)	7	1	4	25				2	2	100
24	N. Schultze (So)	6	0	1	0				3	6	50
35	K. Clifton (8th)	10	1	4	25	5	6	83	1	1	100

Shining Light Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	56	8	28	29	6	12	50	13	22	59
1	Seth Pitts (Sr)	17	4	7	57	1	4	25	2	3	67
3	Parker Allen (Sr)	8	0	2	0	2	2	100	3	5	60
11	Alik Lewis (Jr)	15	2	8	25	1	3	33	4	6	67
15	Jake Schneider (Sr)	13	1	8	13	2	3	67	4	8	50
24	Zach Evaro (Fr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0

New Garden Friends

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	72	10	27	42	21	5	2	7
10	Cynsere Carver (So)	4	2	6	8	2			1
11	J. Clark II (Jr)	26	3	5	8	3	1	2	2
12	Kaleb Gatling (So)	5	2	2	4	3
14	A. Wilkerson (So)	3		2	2
15	Curtis Russell (Fr)	11			5	2	2		1
23	Vuk Veljic (Jr)	7	1	7	8	3			1
24	N. Schultze (So)	6	1	2	3	4	1		2
35	K. Clifton (8th)	10	1	3	4	4	1

Shining Light Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	56	2	17	19	9	1	2	8	11
1	Seth Pitts (Sr)	17	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	3
3	Parker Allen (Sr)	8	1	6	7	1	1	2	2	2
11	Alik Lewis (Jr)	15	1	4	5	4	0	0	3	2
15	Jake Schneider (Sr)	13	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	3
24	Zach Evaro (Fr)	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1

New Garden Friends

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	3.00	0.71	3	4
10	Cynsere Carver (So)	2.00
11	J. Clark II (Jr)	1.50	0.50
15	Curtis Russell (Fr)	2.00	2.00	1	1
23	Vuk Veljic (Jr)	3.00
24	N. Schultze (So)	2.00	0.50	2	2
35	K. Clifton (8th)				1

Shining Light Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.13	0.13	0.09	0.18	2
1	Seth Pitts (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
3	Parker Allen (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.50	1.00	0
11	Alik Lewis (Jr)	1.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
15	Jake Schneider (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
24	Zach Evaro (Fr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Shining Light Academy succumbs to New Garden Friends

December 28, 2022: Greensboro, NC 27409

The New Garden Friends Bears topped the host Shining Light Academy Knights basketball team by a final score of 72-56 in Wednesday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Bears face the Asheboro Hybrid Academy Warriors (Asheboro, NC) in a CAASC Central Carolina - West game, on Tuesday, January 3. New Garden Friends will attempt to move on its 10-3 season record. The Warriors enter the game with a 1-1 record after their 77-35 non-league loss to Lee Park Prep (Monroe, NC).

With the defeat, Shining Light Academy moves to 8-6 on the year. The Knights host Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point, NC) to face the Trojans in a non-league game on Thursday, January 5. The Trojans enter the game with a record of 3-11.

NGFHS @ SLA Basketball Game Info

Wed., Dec. 28, 2022 @ 12:30p

Shining Light Invitational

The Shining Light Academy (Greensboro, NC) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home tournament game against New Garden Friends (Greensboro, NC) by a score of 72-56.

Rankings & Records

New Garden Friends (22-23)

NC	Class
129	4

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
26-8	12-2	11-2	10-4	5-2	.765	.857	2,071	1,665

Shining Light Academy (22-23)

NC
168

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
21-9	4-1	9-5	2-4	10-0	.700	.800	2,127	1,810

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
New Garden Friends	16.6	14.3	15.4	14.7	9.0	60.9
Shining Light Academy	19.1	16.2	19.7	18.4	-	70.9

Head-to-Head

New Garden Friends won on 12/27/2022

12/27 @ 2p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

NGFHS - - - - 44
SLA - - - - 39

The New Garden Friends (Greensboro, NC) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away tournament game against Shining Light Academy (Greensboro, NC) by a score of 44-39.
Box score
New Garden Friends won on 12/28/2022

12/28 @ 12:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

NGFHS - - - - 72
SLA - - - - 56

The New Garden Friends (Greensboro, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's away tournament game against Shining Light Academy (Greensboro, NC) by a score of 72-56.
Box score

12/27 @ 2p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
NGFHS	-	-	-	-	44
SLA	-	-	-	-	39

12/28 @ 12:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
NGFHS	-	-	-	-	72
SLA	-	-	-	-	56

Team Stat Comparison

New Garden Friends		Shining Light Academy
60.8	Points Per Game	69.1
30.1	Rebounds Per Game	28.4
18.3	Assists Per Game	17.6
9.6	Steals Per Game	8.2
2.6	Blocks Per Game	2.8

Team Leaders

New Garden Friends		Shining Light Academy	National Avg.
#11 Jeffrey Clark II17.7	Points Per Game	#4 Jordan Pyke20.1	4.9
#11 Jeffrey Clark II7.5	Rebounds Per Game	#4 Jordan Pyke12.1	2.6
#11 Jeffrey Clark II3.7	Assists Per Game	#11 Alik Lewis5.6	1.0
#15 Curtis Russell2.0	Steals Per Game	#11 Alik Lewis2.6	0.8
#23 Vuk Veljic1.4	Blocks Per Game	#4 Jordan Pyke2.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
New Garden Friends	2-1		Shining Light Academy	4-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/17/22	Westchester Country Day	New Garden Friends	(L) 55-36	11/29/22	Shining Light Academy	Westchester Country Day	(W) 64-54
12/27/22	Carolina Baptist Academy	New Garden Friends	(W) 53-29	12/27/22	Carolina Baptist Academy	Shining Light Academy	(W) 59-48
12/27/22	Forsyth Home Educators	New Garden Friends	(W) 71-20	12/26/22	Forsyth Home Educators	Shining Light Academy	(W) 77-65
				12/28/22	Forsyth Home Educators	Shining Light Academy	(W) 63-43

Record Breakdown

New Garden Friends (22-23)		Shining Light Academy (22-23)
26-8	Overall	21-9
13-3	League	4-1
5-4	Non-League	5-6
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
2-1	Common Opponent	4-0
11-2	Home	9-5
10-4	Away	2-4
5-2	Neutral	10-0
0-0	Playoff	1-0
20-4	In-State	16-9
1-0	Out-of-State	5-0