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The Shining Light Academy (Greensboro, NC) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Oak Forest (Wake Forest, NC) by a score of 52-46.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Oak Forest	15	7	14	16	52
SLA	7	14	11	14	46

Final score provided by D. Robinson.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Oak Forest (25-26)

Oak Forest has not entered stats for this game.

Shining Light Academy (25-26)

Shining Light Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	46	18	43	42	50
0	J. Watlington (Jr)	6	3	5	60	60
2	AJ Cruz (So)	0	0	5	0	0
3	Alex Lash (Sr)	11	5	9	56	61
4	Josh Pyke (Jr)	8	3	7	43	57
5	Harry Uwaifo (Jr)	10	4	8	50	56
15	Jackson Ellis (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	Zach Evaro (Sr)	11	3	7	43	64
35	Nash Grimes (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0

Shining Light Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	46	7	22	32	3	5	60	11	21	52
0	J. Watlington (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	60
2	AJ Cruz (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3	Alex Lash (Sr)	11	1	4	25	0	0	0	4	5	80
4	Josh Pyke (Jr)	8	2	6	33	0	0	0	1	1	100
5	Harry Uwaifo (Jr)	10	1	2	50	1	2	50	3	6	50
15	Jackson Ellis (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Zach Evaro (Sr)	11	3	6	50	2	2	100	0	1	0
35	Nash Grimes (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Shining Light Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	46	12	15	27	6	8	2	20	17
0	J. Watlington (Jr)	6	5	2	7	0	3	1	1	2
2	AJ Cruz (So)	0	1	2	3	1	1	0	2	3
3	Alex Lash (Sr)	11	1	2	3	2	1	0	6	3
4	Josh Pyke (Jr)	8	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2
5	Harry Uwaifo (Jr)	10	1	5	6	2	1	1	5	4
24	Zach Evaro (Sr)	11	2	2	4	0	1	0	5	1
35	Nash Grimes (Sr)	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2

Shining Light Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.30	0.40	0.47	0.12	1	7
0	J. Watlington (Jr)	0.00	3.00	1.50	0.50	0	2
2	AJ Cruz (So)	0.50	0.50	0.33	0.00	0	0
3	Alex Lash (Sr)	0.33	0.17	0.33	0.00	1	2
4	Josh Pyke (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0	1
5	Harry Uwaifo (Jr)	0.40	0.20	0.25	0.25	0	1
24	Zach Evaro (Sr)	0.00	0.20	1.00	0.00	0	1
35	Nash Grimes (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Oak Forest nips Shining Light Academy

December 6, 2025: Wake Forest, NC 27587

The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Oak Forest Warriors (Wake Forest, NC) and the visiting Shining Light Academy Knights (Greensboro, NC), observed Oak Forest's basketball team edge Shining Light Academy by a margin of 52-46.

The Warriors (12-1) will now prepare for their contest against Chatham HomeSchool (Pittsboro, NC). The Thunder come into the North Carolina Home Education - East contest with a 5-6 record.

In their next game, the Knights battle the Calvary Christian Cougar (King, NC) in a NCCSA A East Region 3 contest, on Tuesday, December 9. Shining Light Academy will attempt to better on its 5-3 season record. The Cougar come into the contest with a 6-3 record after their 64-52 non-league win over Faith Christian (Ramseur, NC).

Oak Forest vs SLA Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 6, 2025 @ 2:30p

2025 Hardwood Classic Championship Game

The Shining Light Academy (Greensboro, NC) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Oak Forest (Wake Forest, NC) by a score of 52-46.

Rankings & Records

Oak Forest (25-26)

NC
43

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-1	2-0	2-0	6-1	7-0	.938	1.000	978	623

Shining Light Academy (25-26)

NC	Class
164	2

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-3	1-0	6-0	0-1	2-2	.727	1.000	609	435

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Oak Forest	15.7	15.2	18.7	12.2	61.1
Shining Light Academy	13.8	16.4	13.4	12.1	55.4

Head-to-Head

Oak Forest won this month

12/5 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

SLA 7 7 7 4 25
Oak Forest 17 10 7 6 40

The Shining Light Academy (Greensboro, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Oak Forest (Wake Forest, NC) by a score of 40-25.
Box score
Oak Forest won this month

12/6 @ 2:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Oak Forest 15 7 14 16 52
SLA 7 14 11 14 46

The Oak Forest (Wake Forest, NC) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Shining Light Academy (Greensboro, NC) by a score of 52-46.
Box score

12/5 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
SLA	7	7	7	4	25
Oak Forest	17	10	7	6	40

Team Stat Comparison

Oak Forest		Shining Light Academy
48.4	Points Per Game	50.0
24.2	Rebounds Per Game	28.1
13.8	Assists Per Game	10.2
8.3	Steals Per Game	9.1
2.3	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

Oak Forest		Shining Light Academy	National Avg.
#31 Ryder Zingelmann20.2	Points Per Game	#5 Harry Uwaifo13.5	5.2
#31 Ryder Zingelmann8.9	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Zach Evaro6.1	2.8
#22 Jack Hunter6.0	Assists Per Game	#3 Alex Lash3.3	1.1
#22 Jack Hunter2.7	Steals Per Game	#24 Zach Evaro2.1	1.0
#31 Ryder Zingelmann0.7	Blocks Per Game	#0 Jayden Watlington0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Oak Forest	1-0		Shining Light Academy	0-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
10/25/25	South Guilford HomeSchool	Oak Forest	(W) 68-49		1/23/26	South Guilford HomeSchool	Shining Light Academy
					2/9/26	Shining Light Academy	South Guilford HomeSchool

Record Breakdown

Oak Forest (25-26)		Shining Light Academy (25-26)
15-1	Overall	8-3
2-0	League	1-0
6-1	Non-League	5-1
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
1-0	Common Opponent	0-0
2-0	Home	6-0
6-1	Away	0-1
7-0	Neutral	2-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
15-1	In-State	7-3
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0