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The Excel Christian Academy Blue (Lakeland, FL) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Candlelight Christian Academy (Lake Wales, FL) by a score of 65-49.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
CCA	11	15	13	10	49
ECAB	16	14	24	11	65

Final score provided by C. Wiseman.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Candlelight Christian Academy (24-25)

Excel Christian Academy Blue (24-25)

Candlelight Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	160	49	21	69	30	34
0	Trevor Gonzalez (8th)	9	0	0	4	0	0
2	Landon Walsh (So)	12	3	1	3	33	50
4	D. Rodriguez (Sr)	11
5	J. Sanchez (Fr)	5	0	0	1	0	0
10	Justice Serrano (Sr)	19	0	0	4	0	0
11	R. Padilla-Cordero (Fr)	32	23	10	21	48	50
13	Eli Wiseman (8th)	5	0	0	1	0	0
14	Gabriel Coste (So)	31	12	6	18	33	33
15	Rylee Buisch (Fr)	10	2	1	2	50	50
24	Avery Besteda (So)	1
30	Elijah Jaimes (Jr)	1	0	0	1	0	0
32	Craig Morris (So)	21	9	3	12	25	38
35	N. Martinez (Sr)	3	0	0	2	0	0

Excel Christian Academy Blue

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	65	27
1	William Medina (Sr)	18	6
2	J. Jean-Baptist (8th)	5	2
11	R. Velasquez (Jr)	7	3
13	K. Montalvo-Cruz (Sr)	10	4
15	K. Vazquez (Sr)	23	11
23	John Lewter (Sr)	2	1

Candlelight Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	160	49	5	25	20	2	6	33	16	44	36
0	Trevor Gonzalez (8th)	9	0	0	1	0				0	3	0
2	Landon Walsh (So)	12	3	1	3	33
4	D. Rodriguez (Sr)	11
5	J. Sanchez (Fr)	5	0	0	1	0
10	Justice Serrano (Sr)	19	0	0	2	0				0	2	0
11	R. Padilla-Cordero (Fr)	32	23	1	5	20	2	4	50	9	16	56
13	Eli Wiseman (8th)	5	0							0	1	0
14	Gabriel Coste (So)	31	12				0	2	0	6	18	33
15	Rylee Buisch (Fr)	10	2							1	2	50
24	Avery Besteda (So)	1
30	Elijah Jaimes (Jr)	1	0	0	1	0
32	Craig Morris (So)	21	9	3	10	30				0	2	0
35	N. Martinez (Sr)	3	0	0	2	0

Excel Christian Academy Blue

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	65	8	3	4	75	19
1	William Medina (Sr)	18	4	2	2	100	2
2	J. Jean-Baptist (8th)	5	1				1
11	R. Velasquez (Jr)	7	1				2
13	K. Montalvo-Cruz (Sr)	10	1	1	1	100	3
15	K. Vazquez (Sr)	23	1				10
23	John Lewter (Sr)	2		0	1	0	1

Candlelight Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	160	49	49	12	6	3	26	13
0	Trevor Gonzalez (8th)	9	0	2				1	1
2	Landon Walsh (So)	12	3	7	2	1		6
4	D. Rodriguez (Sr)	11		1					2
5	J. Sanchez (Fr)	5	0	1				1	1
10	Justice Serrano (Sr)	19	0	4	1	1		2	3
11	R. Padilla-Cordero (Fr)	32	23	11	3	1		5	2
13	Eli Wiseman (8th)	5	0
14	Gabriel Coste (So)	31	12	18	4	3	2	6	1
15	Rylee Buisch (Fr)	10	2	4			1	2	1
24	Avery Besteda (So)	1						2
30	Elijah Jaimes (Jr)	1	0
32	Craig Morris (So)	21	9	1	2			1	2
35	N. Martinez (Sr)	3	0

Excel Christian Academy Blue

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	65
1	William Medina (Sr)	18
2	J. Jean-Baptist (8th)	5
11	R. Velasquez (Jr)	7
13	K. Montalvo-Cruz (Sr)	10
15	K. Vazquez (Sr)	23
23	John Lewter (Sr)	2

Candlelight Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.46	0.23	0.46	0.23
2	Landon Walsh (So)	0.33	0.17
10	Justice Serrano (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.33
11	R. Padilla-Cordero (Fr)	0.60	0.20	0.50
14	Gabriel Coste (So)	0.67	0.50	3.00	2.00
15	Rylee Buisch (Fr)				1.00
32	Craig Morris (So)	2.00

Misc Totals

Excel Christian Academy Blue has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Excel Christian Academy Blue bests Candlelight Christian Academy

February 20, 2025: Lake Wales, FL 33853

The Excel Christian Academy Blue Spartans (Lakeland, FL) basketball toppled the host Candlelight Christian Academy Flames (Lake Wales, FL), 65-49 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Spartans now possess a 10-4 record.

With the loss, Candlelight Christian Academy falls to 4-10 on the campaign.

Players of the Game

Candlelight Christian Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #11 Ronald Padilla-Cordero for being selected the Candlelight Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Excel Christian Academy Blue (24-25)

Excel Christian Academy Blue has not selected any Players of the Game.

CCA vs ECAB Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 20, 2025 @ 7:30p

MFAC Quarterfinal

The Excel Christian Academy Blue (Lakeland, FL) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Candlelight Christian Academy (Lake Wales, FL) by a score of 65-49.

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Rankings & Records

Candlelight Christian Academy (24-25)

FL	Section
772	776

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
4-10	2-8	1-4	3-5	0-1	.286	.200	575	726

Excel Christian Academy Blue (24-25)

FL	Section
641	645

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
11-5	4-4	5-3	4-1	2-1	.688	.500	1,065	950

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Candlelight Christian Academy	10.8	10.8	9.8	10.0	41.1
Excel Christian Academy Blue	16.0	17.6	19.4	15.3	66.6

Head-to-Head

Excel Christian Academy Blue won on 12/9/2024

12/9 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

CCA 14 14 19 13 60
ECAB 16 13 18 15 62

The Candlelight Christian Academy (Lake Wales, FL) varsity basketball team lost Monday's away conference game against Excel Christian Academy Blue (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 62-60.
Box score
Excel Christian Academy Blue won on 2/20/2025

2/20 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

CCA 11 15 13 10 49
ECAB 16 14 24 11 65

The Candlelight Christian Academy (Lake Wales, FL) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's neutral tournament game against Excel Christian Academy Blue (Lakeland, FL) by a score of 65-49.
Box score

12/9 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
CCA	14	14	19	13	60
ECAB	16	13	18	15	62

Team Stat Comparison

Candlelight Christian Academy		Excel Christian Academy Blue
40.7	Points Per Game	66.2
32.4	Rebounds Per Game	5.2
10.4	Assists Per Game	-
11.1	Steals Per Game	2.6
3.4	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Candlelight Christian Academy		Excel Christian Academy Blue	National Avg.
#11 Ronald Padilla-Cordero12.1	Points Per Game	#1 William Medina36.4	4.9
#14 Gabriel Coste11.2	Rebounds Per Game	#1 William Medina5.2	2.6
#11 Ronald Padilla-Cordero3.4	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#11 Ronald Padilla-Cordero3.5	Steals Per Game	#1 William Medina2.6	0.8
#14 Gabriel Coste1.7	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Candlelight Christian Academy	3-7		Excel Christian Academy Blue	6-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/18/24	Candlelight Christian Academy	Winter Haven Christian	(L) 66-40	2/3/25	Excel Christian Academy Blue	Winter Haven Christian	(W) 84-63
1/10/25	Winter Haven Christian	Candlelight Christian Academy	(L) 57-40
11/19/24	Candlelight Christian Academy	Champions Christian Academy	(W) 2-0 (F)	12/6/24	Champions Christian Academy	Excel Christian Academy Blue	(W) 61-21
12/5/24	Champions Christian Academy	Candlelight Christian Academy	(W) 65-15	12/19/24	Champions Christian Academy	Excel Christian Academy Blue	(W) 70-41
12/2/24	Candlelight Christian Academy	Florida College Academy	(L) 70-34	1/13/25	Florida College Academy	Excel Christian Academy Blue	(L) 84-59
2/1/25	Florida College Academy	Candlelight Christian Academy	(L) 81-37	2/22/25	Florida College Academy	Excel Christian Academy Blue	(L) 74-50
12/10/24	Families Instructing Students HomeSchool	Candlelight Christian Academy	(L) 77-29	12/5/24	Excel Christian Academy Blue	Families Instructing Students HomeSchool	(L) 67-54
1/30/25	Candlelight Christian Academy	Families Instructing Students HomeSchool	(L) 50-32	1/31/25	Families Instructing Students HomeSchool	Excel Christian Academy Blue	(L) 83-73
				2/21/25	Families Instructing Students HomeSchool	Excel Christian Academy Blue	(W) 71-70
1/13/25	Candlelight Christian Academy	McLaughlin	(W) 71-46	12/16/24	McLaughlin	Excel Christian Academy Blue	(W) 76-62
				1/16/25	Excel Christian Academy Blue	McLaughlin	(W) 59-35
1/24/25	Candlelight Christian Academy	Geneva Classical Academy	(L) 44-37	2/13/25	Geneva Classical Academy	Excel Christian Academy Blue	(L) 76-65

Record Breakdown

Candlelight Christian Academy (24-25)		E Excel Christian Academy Blue (24-25)
4-10	Overall	11-5
2-8	League	4-4
2-1	Non-League	5-0
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
3-7	Common Opponent	6-5
1-4	Home	5-3
3-5	Away	4-1
0-1	Neutral	2-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
4-10	In-State	10-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0