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Avalon SMCA

Black Knights

Mustangs

The Southern Maryland Christian Academy (White Plains, MD) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Avalon (Wheaton, MD) by a score of 73-70.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Avalon	-	-	-	-	73
SMCA	-	-	-	-	70

Final score provided by R. Brooks.

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Game Stats

SMCA (24-25)

Avalon

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	73	28	56	50	55
0	M. Yidnekachew (Sr)	1
1	Messiah Manning (So)	9	3	9	33	44
3	Jordan Fox (Fr)	22	8	13	62	69
5	Luke Arulefela (Fr)	17	6	11	55	59
8	Nubek Hailu (Jr)	14	6	9	67	72
10	Toran Ayana (So)	6	3	8	38	38
14	Wisdom Martin (Jr)	4	2	6	33	33

SMCA

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	70	31	71	44	47
1	Corey Hughley (So)	16	7	22	32	36
2	Chase Purvis (So)	8	3	3	100	100
3	Semaj Carter (Fr)	3	1	4	25	25
4	J. Griffin lll (Jr)	7	2	7	29	29
10	Aaron McGlone (Jr)	16	9	19	47	55
11	Phillip St Vil (Jr)	8	3	6	50	50
13	Jordan Thornton (Fr)	2	1	1	100	100
23	Amadou Sow (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
25	Mateo Rico (Jr)	8	4	7	57	57
30	Aaron Key (So)	0	0	1	0	0

Avalon

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	73	6	14	43	11	24	46	22	42	52
0	M. Yidnekachew (Sr)	1				1	2	50
1	Messiah Manning (So)	9	2	3	67	1	2	50	1	6	17
3	Jordan Fox (Fr)	22	2	4	50	4	8	50	6	9	67
5	Luke Arulefela (Fr)	17	1	3	33	4	8	50	5	8	63
8	Nubek Hailu (Jr)	14	1	2	50	1	2	50	5	7	71
10	Toran Ayana (So)	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	43
14	Wisdom Martin (Jr)	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	5	40

SMCA

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	70	5	15	33	16	18	89	26	56	46
1	Corey Hughley (So)	16	2	8	25	4	4	100	5	14	36
2	Chase Purvis (So)	8	0	0	0	2	3	67	3	3	100
3	Semaj Carter (Fr)	3	0	1	0	1	2	50	1	3	33
4	J. Griffin lll (Jr)	7	0	0	0	3	3	100	2	7	29
10	Aaron McGlone (Jr)	16	3	6	50	4	4	100	6	13	46
11	Phillip St Vil (Jr)	8	0	0	0	2	2	100	3	6	50
13	Jordan Thornton (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
23	Amadou Sow (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
25	Mateo Rico (Jr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	57
30	Aaron Key (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Avalon

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	73	23	10	11
0	M. Yidnekachew (Sr)	1	0	1	1
1	Messiah Manning (So)	9	2	5	3
3	Jordan Fox (Fr)	22	5	1	2
5	Luke Arulefela (Fr)	17	2	1	1
8	Nubek Hailu (Jr)	14	4	0	0
10	Toran Ayana (So)	6	5	1	1
14	Wisdom Martin (Jr)	4	5	1	3

SMCA

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	70	4	23	27	16	5	5	21
1	Corey Hughley (So)	16	0	4	4	1	0	0	3
2	Chase Purvis (So)	8	0	4	4	2	1	2	3
3	Semaj Carter (Fr)	3	0	1	1	5	2	0	8
4	J. Griffin lll (Jr)	7	0	2	2	4	1	0	3
10	Aaron McGlone (Jr)	16	0	3	3	4	0	0	2
11	Phillip St Vil (Jr)	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
13	Jordan Thornton (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Amadou Sow (Jr)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
25	Mateo Rico (Jr)	8	4	7	11	0	1	3	1

Misc Totals

Avalon has not entered any misc totals stats.

SMCA

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.76	0.24
1	Corey Hughley (So)	0.33	0.00
2	Chase Purvis (So)	0.67	0.33
3	Semaj Carter (Fr)	0.63	0.25
4	J. Griffin lll (Jr)	1.33	0.33
10	Aaron McGlone (Jr)	2.00	0.00
25	Mateo Rico (Jr)	0.00	1.00

Game Story

Maryland High School Basketball - Avalon nips Southern Maryland Christian Academy

February 13, 2025: White Plains, MD 20695

In Thursday's league contest, the visiting Avalon Black Knights basketball team scored a close 73-70 triumph over the Southern Maryland Christian Academy Mustangs.

The Black Knights (13-9) will now prepare for their contest against King's Christian Academy (Callaway, MD). The Eagles go into the Maryland Independent contest with a 7-18 record. In their last contest, King's Christian Academy nipped Friendship Collegiate Academy (Washington, DC), 80-64, in a non-league contest.

In their next game, the Mustangs battle the Calverton (Huntingtown, MD) in a Maryland Independent contest, on Friday, February 14. Southern Maryland Christian Academy will attempt to better on its 15-9 season record. The go into the contest with a 5-14 record after their 60-37 league loss to The Living Water School (Alexandria, VA).

Players of the Game

Avalon (24-25)

Congratulations to #3 Jordan Fox for being selected the Avalon Basketball Player of the Game.

SMCA (24-25)

Southern Maryland Christian Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Avalon @ SMCA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 13, 2025 @ 7p

The Southern Maryland Christian Academy (White Plains, MD) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Avalon (Wheaton, MD) by a score of 73-70.

Rankings & Records

Avalon (24-25)

MD
78

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
18-11	8-3	3-2	10-8	5-1	.621	.727	1,964	1,899

SMCA (24-25)

MD
88

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
18-11	6-7	8-5	3-3	7-3	.621	.462	1,812	1,613

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Avalon	9.1	8.6	12.2	17.2	82.0	-	67.7
SMCA	8.7	12.5	15.2	15.2	0	79.0	62.5

Head-to-Head

Southern Maryland Christian Academy won on 1/9/2025

1/9 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Avalon - - - - 55
SMCA - - - - 69

The Avalon (Wheaton, MD) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Southern Maryland Christian Academy (White Plains, MD) by a score of 69-55.
Box score
Avalon won on 2/13/2025

2/13 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Avalon - - - - 73
SMCA - - - - 70

The Avalon (Wheaton, MD) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Southern Maryland Christian Academy (White Plains, MD) by a score of 73-70.
Box score

1/9 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Avalon	-	-	-	-	55
SMCA	-	-	-	-	69

Team Stat Comparison

Avalon		SMCA
67.1	Points Per Game	55.2
34.9	Rebounds Per Game	21.0
12.9	Assists Per Game	10.9
10.9	Steals Per Game	6.5
2.3	Blocks Per Game	3.1

Team Leaders

Avalon		SMCA	National Avg.
#3 Jordan Fox20.1	Points Per Game	#10 Aaron McGlone16.2	4.9
#10 Toran Ayana8.0	Rebounds Per Game	#25 Mateo Rico6.8	2.6
#1 Messiah Manning4.2	Assists Per Game	#4 Johnie Griffin lll3.2	1.0
#1 Messiah Manning2.9	Steals Per Game	#10 Aaron McGlone1.6	0.8
#14 Wisdom Martin0.7	Blocks Per Game	#25 Mateo Rico2.3	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Avalon	8-4		SMCA	5-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/21/24	Avalon	New Hope Academy National	(L) 68-50	12/27/24	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	New Hope Academy National	(L) 71-70
1/3/25	Avalon	The Living Water School	(L) 98-87	12/19/24	The Living Water School	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(W) 61-57
1/20/25	Avalon	The Living Water School	(W) 71-58	1/24/25	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	The Living Water School	(L) 57-56
				2/18/25	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	The Living Water School	(L) 70-51
1/4/25	Avalon	King's Christian Academy	(W) 81-68	1/15/25	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	King's Christian Academy	(W) 76-71
2/14/25	King's Christian Academy	Avalon	(W) 82-68	2/4/25	King's Christian Academy	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(W) 79-73
1/13/25	Lanham Christian	Avalon	(L) 81-67	1/31/25	Lanham Christian	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(L) 71-49
2/1/25	Lanham Christian	Avalon	(W) 77-69	2/15/25	Lanham Christian	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(L) 63-44
1/14/25	Avalon	Calverton	(W) 70-40	12/12/24	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	Calverton	(W) 72-31
1/30/25	Avalon	Calverton	(W) 82-46	2/14/25	Calverton	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(W) 55-24
2/18/25	Calverton	Avalon	(W) 79-46
1/29/25	Avalon	Takoma Academy	(W) 71-59	1/30/25	Takoma Academy	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(L) 63-40
2/20/25	Takoma Academy	Avalon	(L) 91-78	2/10/25	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	Takoma Academy	(L) 63-52

Record Breakdown

Avalon (24-25)		SMCA (24-25)
18-11	Overall	18-11
8-3	League	6-7
4-6	Non-League	8-1
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
8-4	Common Opponent	5-7
3-2	Home	8-5
10-8	Away	3-3
5-1	Neutral	7-3
1-1	Playoff	1-0
12-6	In-State	13-6
6-5	Out-of-State	4-5