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The Sun Valley (Monroe, NC) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Grace Christian Academy (Knoxville, TN) by a score of 58-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
GCA	12	15	17	14	58
Sun Valley	12	17	7	9	45

Final score provided by B. Jensen.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Grace Christian Academy (24-25)

Grace Christian Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Sun Valley (24-25)

Sun Valley

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	45	20	55	36	39
1	Thanasi Papazis (Jr)	12	5	10	50	55
3	Cam Whitted (Jr)	2	1	6	17	17
4	Jayden Jeffery (Jr)	3	1	7	14	21
5	Jaylin Powell (Jr)	13	6	11	55	59
10	Noah Mckinney (Jr)	4	2	6	33	33
23	Kaleel Benjamin (Jr)	11	5	13	38	38
33	Victor Chafen	0	0	2	0	0

Sun Valley

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	45	3	22	14	2	8	25	17	33	52
1	Thanasi Papazis (Jr)	12	1	1	100	1	3	33	4	9	44
3	Cam Whitted (Jr)	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
4	Jayden Jeffery (Jr)	3	1	5	20	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	Jaylin Powell (Jr)	13	1	3	33	0	2	0	5	8	63
10	Noah Mckinney (Jr)	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
23	Kaleel Benjamin (Jr)	11	0	3	0	1	3	33	5	10	50
33	Victor Chafen	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sun Valley

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	45	10	17	27	13	10	1	16	12
1	Thanasi Papazis (Jr)	12	1	4	5	1	6	1	3	2
3	Cam Whitted (Jr)	2	0	2	2	4	0	0	3	2
4	Jayden Jeffery (Jr)	3	0	2	2	4	3	0	0	1
5	Jaylin Powell (Jr)	13	2	0	2	2	1	0	3	0
10	Noah Mckinney (Jr)	4	1	4	5	0	0	0	3	3
23	Kaleel Benjamin (Jr)	11	6	2	8	2	0	0	4	3
24	Cj Brockington (Jr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
33	Victor Chafen	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Sun Valley

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.81	0.63	0.83	0.08	3
1	Thanasi Papazis (Jr)	0.33	2.00	3.00	0.50	0
3	Cam Whitted (Jr)	1.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
4	Jayden Jeffery (Jr)	4.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	0
5	Jaylin Powell (Jr)	0.67	0.33	1.00	0.00	2
23	Kaleel Benjamin (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

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Game Story

Tennessee High School Basketball - Sun Valley bested by Grace Christian Academy

December 28, 2024: Knoxville, TN 37931

Grace Christian Academy Rams (Knoxville, TN) supporters left the game happy Saturday as they witnessed their basketball squad run past the visiting Sun Valley Spartans (Monroe, NC), 58-45 in a non-league match.

With the victory, Grace Christian Academy advances its record to 8-8 on the year. The Rams host Ballard (Louisville, KY) to face the Bruins in a non-league match on Saturday, December 28. The Bruins enter the match with a record of 5-2. Ballard won 76-70 in their recent non-league match against Covington Catholic (Park Hills, KY)

The Spartans now own a 5-7 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to LEAD Academy for a non-league match on Monday, December 30. Sun Valley will face a Panthers squad coming off a 67-64 non-league loss to T.W. Andrews (High Point, NC). The Panthers record now stands at 8-6.

GCA vs Sun Valley Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 28, 2024 @ 11a

The Sun Valley (Monroe, NC) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Grace Christian Academy (Knoxville, TN) by a score of 58-45.

This game is a part of the "2nd Phenom Gate City Holiday Classic - Men" tournament.

Rankings & Records

Grace Christian Academy (24-25)

TN	Class
131	16

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
20-16	10-5	9-6	6-7	5-3	.556	.667	2,343	2,176

Sun Valley (24-25)

NC	Class
332	44

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-16	1-8	6-6	1-9	1-1	.333	.111	1,214	1,421

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Grace Christian Academy	15.5	15.8	23.0	11.8	65.1
Sun Valley	13.6	12.0	12.4	11.9	50.6

Team Stat Comparison

Grace Christian Academy		Sun Valley
-	Points Per Game	49.8
-	Rebounds Per Game	25.7
-	Assists Per Game	11.7
-	Steals Per Game	8.8
-	Blocks Per Game	1.3

Team Leaders

Grace Christian Academy		Sun Valley	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#5 Jaylin Powell9.3	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Kaleel Benjamin5.7	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#1 Thanasi Papazis4.0	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#1 Thanasi Papazis2.0	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#23 Kaleel Benjamin0.6	0.2

Record Breakdown

Grace Christian Academy (24-25)		Sun Valley (24-25)
20-16	Overall	8-16
10-6	League	1-8
5-6	Non-League	6-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
9-6	Home	6-6
6-7	Away	1-9
5-3	Neutral	1-1
3-1	Playoff	0-0
18-14	In-State	7-15
1-2	Out-of-State	1-1