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Kearny Christian Academy Veritas Christian Academy

The Veritas Christian Academy (Sparta, NJ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference tournament game against Kearny Christian Academy (Kearny, NJ) by a score of 71-20.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
KCA	7	8	3	2	20
VCA	23	16	13	19	71

Final score provided by N. Brito.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Kearny Christian Academy (22-23)

Veritas Christian Academy (22-23)

Kearny Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	20
10	Tyler Lima (8th)	5
11	J. DiSarro (Fr)	5
14	Zijun Lan (Sr)	2
20	Joshua Lima (So)	2
24	A. Pedrosa Jr. (Fr)	6

Veritas Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	71	32	58	55	56
3	Thomas Yurgel (Sr)	20	9	14	64	64
13	Nicholas Jetton (Jr)	14	6	14	43	43
14	Wyatt Marine (Fr)	4	2	4	50	50
20	Josiah Thiessen (Sr)	11	5	9	56	56
22	Ryan Ewing (So)	10	5	11	45	45
30	Dallas Tanis (Fr)	12	5	6	83	92

Kearny Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	20
10	Tyler Lima (8th)	5
11	J. DiSarro (Fr)	5
14	Zijun Lan (Sr)	2
20	Joshua Lima (So)	2
24	A. Pedrosa Jr. (Fr)	6

Veritas Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	71	1	2	50	6	10	60	31	56	55
3	Thomas Yurgel (Sr)	20				2	4	50	9	14	64
13	Nicholas Jetton (Jr)	14				2	2	100	6	14	43
14	Wyatt Marine (Fr)	4							2	4	50
20	Josiah Thiessen (Sr)	11				1	2	50	5	9	56
22	Ryan Ewing (So)	10							5	11	45
30	Dallas Tanis (Fr)	12	1	2	50	1	2	50	4	4	100

Kearny Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	20
10	Tyler Lima (8th)	5
11	J. DiSarro (Fr)	5
14	Zijun Lan (Sr)	2
20	Joshua Lima (So)	2
24	A. Pedrosa Jr. (Fr)	6

Veritas Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	71	14	24	38	22	11	3	14
3	Thomas Yurgel (Sr)	20		5	5	3	1		1
13	Nicholas Jetton (Jr)	14	1	3	4	4	2		1
14	Wyatt Marine (Fr)	4				1	1		2
20	Josiah Thiessen (Sr)	11	6	9	15	5	1	2	2
22	Ryan Ewing (So)	10	4	5	9	3	5		2
30	Dallas Tanis (Fr)	12	3	2	5	6	1	1	6

Misc Totals

Kearny Christian Academy has not entered any misc totals stats.

Veritas Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.57	0.79
3	Thomas Yurgel (Sr)	3.00	1.00
13	Nicholas Jetton (Jr)	4.00	2.00
14	Wyatt Marine (Fr)	0.50	0.50
20	Josiah Thiessen (Sr)	2.50	0.50
22	Ryan Ewing (So)	1.50	2.50
30	Dallas Tanis (Fr)	1.00	0.17

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - Kearny Christian Academy ripped by Veritas Christian Academy

February 16, 2023: Sparta, NJ 07871

In Thursday's non-league match, the host Veritas Christian Academy basketball team scored a decisive 71-20 triumph over the Kearny Christian Academy .

In their next game, the meet the Vernon Vikings (Vernon, NJ) in a non-league match, on Saturday, February 18. Veritas Christian Academy will attempt to move on its 20-8 season record. The Vikings enter the match with a 17-3 record after their 47-40 non-league win over West Milford (West Milford, NJ).

With the defeat, Kearny Christian Academy moves to 1-12 on the year.

Players of the Game

Kearny Christian Academy (22-23)

Kearny Christian Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Veritas Christian Academy (22-23)

Congratulations to #20 Josiah Thiessen for being selected the Veritas Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

KCA @ VCA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 16, 2023 @ 3p

Metro Christian Athletic Assoc 1st Rd

The Veritas Christian Academy (Sparta, NJ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference tournament game against Kearny Christian Academy (Kearny, NJ) by a score of 71-20.

Rankings & Records

Kearny Christian Academy (22-23)

NJ
407

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
1-12	1-10	0-1	1-11	.077	.091	447	847

Veritas Christian Academy (22-23)

NJ
255

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
22-12	9-3	10-1	8-5	4-6	.647	.750	1,798	1,519

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Kearny Christian Academy	7.6	10.8	9.9	7.6	34.4
Veritas Christian Academy	15.3	12.2	12.6	12.7	52.9

Head-to-Head

Veritas Christian Academy won on 12/21/2022

12/21 @ 4p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

KCA 1 6 4 2 13
VCA 26 11 9 9 55

The Kearny Christian Academy (Kearny, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Veritas Christian Academy (Sparta, NJ) by a score of 55-13.
Box score
Veritas Christian Academy won on 1/4/2023

1/4 @ 4:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

KCA 3 18 13 2 36
VCA 34 13 18 22 87

The Kearny Christian Academy (Kearny, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Veritas Christian Academy (Sparta, NJ) by a score of 87-36.
Box score
Veritas Christian Academy won on 2/16/2023

2/16 @ 3p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

KCA 7 8 3 2 20
VCA 23 16 13 19 71

The Kearny Christian Academy (Kearny, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference tournament game against Veritas Christian Academy (Sparta, NJ) by a score of 71-20.
Box score

12/21 @ 4p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
KCA	1	6	4	2	13
VCA	26	11	9	9	55

1/4 @ 4:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
KCA	3	18	13	2	36
VCA	34	13	18	22	87

Team Stat Comparison

Kearny Christian Academy		Veritas Christian Academy
34.3	Points Per Game	52.8
-	Rebounds Per Game	26.5
-	Assists Per Game	10.7
-	Steals Per Game	12.7
-	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Kearny Christian Academy		Veritas Christian Academy	National Avg.
#11 Jeremiah DiSarro9.1	Points Per Game	#5 Julien Rizzo16.6	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#2 Evan Milanesi5.6	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#2 Evan Milanesi3.8	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#2 Evan Milanesi3.7	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#20 Josiah Thiessen0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Kearny Christian Academy	1-8		Veritas Christian Academy	8-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/22/22	Kearny Christian Academy	Abundant Life Academy	(L) 62-41	12/1/22	Abundant Life Academy	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 73-40
1/26/23	Kearny Christian Academy	Abundant Life Academy	(L) 75-39	2/2/23	Veritas Christian Academy	Abundant Life Academy	(L) 58-52
1/9/23	Kearny Christian Academy	Trinity Christian	(L) 61-41	1/23/23	Trinity Christian	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 60-36
2/3/23	Trinity Christian	Kearny Christian Academy	(L) 61-35	1/26/23	Veritas Christian Academy	Trinity Christian	(W) 58-31
1/19/23	Kearny Christian Academy	Faith Christian	(L) 69-23	12/12/22	Veritas Christian Academy	Faith Christian	(W) 57-28
2/9/23	Kearny Christian Academy	Faith Christian	(L) 38-25	1/9/23	Faith Christian	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 55-15
				2/24/23	Faith Christian	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 48-30
2/7/23	Kearny Christian Academy	American Christian School	(L) 75-26	1/17/23	Veritas Christian Academy	American Christian School	(L) 84-74
				1/30/23	American Christian School	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 55-54
				2/23/23	American Christian School	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 58-41
2/10/23	Kearny Christian Academy	Harmony Christian	(L) 72-45	1/31/23	Veritas Christian Academy	Harmony Christian	(W) 77-28
2/14/23	Kearny Christian Academy	Harmony Christian	(W) 70-53	2/7/23	Veritas Christian Academy	Harmony Christian	(W) 71-33

Record Breakdown

Kearny Christian Academy (22-23)		Veritas Christian Academy (22-23)
1-12	Overall	22-12
1-11	League	11-4
0-1	Non-League	8-3
0-3	Head to Head	3-0
1-8	Common Opponent	8-4
0-1	Home	10-1
1-11	Away	8-5
0-0	Neutral	4-6
0-0	Playoff	0-0
0-9	In-State	13-9
1-3	Out-of-State	9-3