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Takoma Academy Avalon

Tigers

Black Knights

The Avalon (Wheaton, MD) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home playoff game against Takoma Academy (Takoma Park, MD) by a score of 91-78.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Takoma Academy	-	-	-	-	91
Avalon	-	-	-	-	78

Final score provided by C. D'Anna.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Takoma Academy (24-25)

Takoma Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Avalon (24-25)

Avalon

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	78	26	56	46	57
0	M. Yidnekachew (Sr)	1	0	3	0	0
1	Messiah Manning (So)	16	4	10	40	60
3	Jordan Fox (Fr)	19	7	12	58	71
5	Luke Arulefela (Fr)	17	7	12	58	71
8	Nubek Hailu (Jr)	3	1	4	25	38
10	Toran Ayana (So)	14	5	10	50	55
14	Wisdom Martin (Jr)	8	2	5	40	40

Avalon

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	78	12	22	55	14	21	67	14	34	41
0	M. Yidnekachew (Sr)	1	0	1	0	1	2	50	0	2	0
1	Messiah Manning (So)	16	4	6	67	4	5	80	0	4	0
3	Jordan Fox (Fr)	19	3	5	60	2	3	67	4	7	57
5	Luke Arulefela (Fr)	17	3	5	60	0	2	0	4	7	57
8	Nubek Hailu (Jr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	Toran Ayana (So)	14	1	2	50	3	4	75	4	8	50
14	Wisdom Martin (Jr)	8	0	1	0	4	5	80	2	4	50

Avalon

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast
	Team Totals	78	23	11
0	M. Yidnekachew (Sr)	1	0	0
1	Messiah Manning (So)	16	3	5
3	Jordan Fox (Fr)	19	2	3
5	Luke Arulefela (Fr)	17	2	3
8	Nubek Hailu (Jr)	3	3	0
10	Toran Ayana (So)	14	5	0
14	Wisdom Martin (Jr)	8	8	0

Game Story

Maryland High School Basketball - Takoma Academy thwarts Avalon

February 20, 2025: Wheaton, MD 20902

The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Takoma Academy Tigers (Takoma Park, MD) and the host Avalon Black Knights (Wheaton, MD), observed Takoma Academy's basketball team knock off Avalon by a score of 91-78.

The Tigers (18-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Lanham Christian (Lanham, MD). The Lions come into the non-league challenge with a 21-5 record. In their last challenge, Lanham Christian prevailed over The Living Water School (Alexandria, VA), 79-60, in a league challenge.

TA @ Avalon Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 20, 2025 @ 7p

The Avalon (Wheaton, MD) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home playoff game against Takoma Academy (Takoma Park, MD) by a score of 91-78.

Rankings & Records

Takoma Academy (24-25)

MD
61

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
18-13	7-3	7-2	9-7	2-4	.581	.700	2,023	1,657

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

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Takoma Academy	12.4	11.8	9.2	14.4	68.0	65.3
Avalon	9.1	8.6	12.2	17.2	82.0	67.7

Head-to-Head

Avalon won on 1/29/2025

1/29 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Avalon 16 17 19 19 71
Takoma Academy 15 18 7 19 59

The Avalon (Wheaton, MD) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's away conference game against Takoma Academy (Takoma Park, MD) by a score of 71-59.
Box score
Takoma Academy won on 2/20/2025

2/20 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Takoma Academy - - - - 91
Avalon - - - - 78

The Takoma Academy (Takoma Park, MD) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away playoff game against Avalon (Wheaton, MD) by a score of 91-78.
Box score

1/29 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Avalon	16	17	19	19	71
Takoma Academy	15	18	7	19	59

Team Stat Comparison

Takoma Academy		Avalon
-	Points Per Game	67.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	34.9
-	Assists Per Game	12.9
-	Steals Per Game	10.9
-	Blocks Per Game	2.3

Team Leaders

Takoma Academy		Avalon	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#3 Jordan Fox20.1	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Toran Ayana8.0	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#1 Messiah Manning4.2	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#1 Messiah Manning2.9	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#14 Wisdom Martin0.7	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Takoma Academy	8-3		Avalon	9-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/25/24	Takoma Academy	King's Christian Academy	(W) 72-43	1/4/25	Avalon	King's Christian Academy	(W) 81-68
2/18/25	King's Christian Academy	Takoma Academy	(W) 80-65	2/14/25	King's Christian Academy	Avalon	(W) 82-68
12/9/24	Lanham Christian	Takoma Academy	(L) 44-35	1/13/25	Lanham Christian	Avalon	(L) 81-67
2/22/25	Lanham Christian	Takoma Academy	(L) 76-68	2/1/25	Lanham Christian	Avalon	(W) 77-69
12/17/24	Calverton	Takoma Academy	(W) 66-25	1/14/25	Avalon	Calverton	(W) 70-40
2/3/25	Takoma Academy	Calverton	(W) 77-36	1/30/25	Avalon	Calverton	(W) 82-46
				2/18/25	Calverton	Avalon	(W) 79-46
1/14/25	Takoma Academy	The Living Water School	(L) 80-73	1/3/25	Avalon	The Living Water School	(L) 98-87
2/4/25	The Living Water School	Takoma Academy	(W) 73-54	1/20/25	Avalon	The Living Water School	(W) 71-58
1/30/25	Takoma Academy	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(W) 63-40	1/9/25	Avalon	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(L) 69-55
2/10/25	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	Takoma Academy	(W) 63-52	2/13/25	Avalon	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(W) 73-70
2/5/25	Takoma Academy	Parkside	(W) 72-61	12/30/24	Parkside	Avalon	(W) 76-70

Record Breakdown

Takoma Academy (24-25)		Avalon (24-25)
18-13	Overall	18-11
7-3	League	8-3
6-3	Non-League	4-6
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
8-3	Common Opponent	9-3
7-2	Home	3-2
9-7	Away	10-8
2-4	Neutral	5-1
1-1	Playoff	1-1
10-5	In-State	12-6
8-8	Out-of-State	6-5