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The South Wake (Fuquay-Varina, NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Freedom Christian Academy (Fayetteville, NC) by a score of 86-81.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
FCA	23	21	14	23	81
South Wake	22	22	31	11	86

Final score provided by T. Wright.

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Game Stats

Freedom Christian Academy (25-26)

South Wake (25-26)

Freedom Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	81	31
1	Karsten Swinney (Sr)	34	13
2	M. Caldwell (Sr)	13	4
3	Bryce West (Jr)	30	12
4	J. Castellanos (Sr)	2	1
14	Elijah Button (Jr)	2	1

South Wake

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	155	86	34	71	48	54
0	Lawson Jurgens (Sr)	19	19	8	14	57	57
1	Nathan Heiliger (So)	22	11	4	10	40	45
2	Cannon Cooper (Jr)	22	10	4	13	31	31
3	Simeon Joyner (Jr)	13	9	3	8	38	56
10	Sam Hughes (Sr)	16	2	1	1	100	100
11	Ethan Fingleton (So)	5	3	1	1	100	150
13	Lucan Clements (Jr)	14	4	2	3	67	67
15	JJ Gugelman (Jr)	18	18	7	12	58	75
22	Zach Brueggeman (Jr)	13	8	3	4	75	75
25	Thomas Williams (Jr)	13	2	1	5	20	20

Freedom Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	2FGM
	Team Totals	81	7	12	24
1	Karsten Swinney (Sr)	34	1	7	12
2	M. Caldwell (Sr)	13	2	3	2
3	Bryce West (Jr)	30	4	2	8
4	J. Castellanos (Sr)	2			1
14	Elijah Button (Jr)	2			1

South Wake

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	155	86	9	29	31	9	21	43	25	42	60
0	Lawson Jurgens (Sr)	19	19	0	0	0	3	8	38	8	14	57
1	Nathan Heiliger (So)	22	11	1	4	25	2	7	29	3	6	50
2	Cannon Cooper (Jr)	22	10	0	5	0	2	2	100	4	8	50
3	Simeon Joyner (Jr)	13	9	3	6	50	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	Sam Hughes (Sr)	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
11	Ethan Fingleton (So)	5	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Lucan Clements (Jr)	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
15	JJ Gugelman (Jr)	18	18	4	9	44	0	0	0	3	3	100
22	Zach Brueggeman (Jr)	13	8	0	0	0	2	4	50	3	4	75
25	Thomas Williams (Jr)	13	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	100

Freedom Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	81	31	10	8
1	Karsten Swinney (Sr)	34	6	5	2
2	M. Caldwell (Sr)	13	6	1	1
3	Bryce West (Jr)	30	6	2	2
4	J. Castellanos (Sr)	2	3	1	1
5	Brendan Brooks (Jr)			1
10	Josiah Lyons (Fr)		2		2
14	Elijah Button (Jr)	2	8

South Wake

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	155	86	25	25	50	18	6	3	17	14
0	Lawson Jurgens (Sr)	19	19	2	3	5	1	2	0	6	2
1	Nathan Heiliger (So)	22	11	3	3	6	5	0	0	8	1
2	Cannon Cooper (Jr)	22	10	0	3	3	5	1	0	0	4
3	Simeon Joyner (Jr)	13	9	2	3	5	0	1	0	0	0
10	Sam Hughes (Sr)	16	2	3	3	6	2	0	0	1	1
11	Ethan Fingleton (So)	5	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
13	Lucan Clements (Jr)	14	4	5	2	7	3	0	0	2	0
15	JJ Gugelman (Jr)	18	18	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	2
22	Zach Brueggeman (Jr)	13	8	6	4	10	0	0	3	0	1
25	Thomas Williams (Jr)	13	2	2	4	6	1	1	0	0	3

Misc Totals

Freedom Christian Academy has not entered any misc totals stats.

South Wake

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.06	0.35	0.43	0.21
0	Lawson Jurgens (Sr)	0.17	0.33	1.00	0.00
1	Nathan Heiliger (So)	0.63	0.00	0.00	0.00
2	Cannon Cooper (Jr)	5.00	1.00	0.25	0.00
3	Simeon Joyner (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
10	Sam Hughes (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
11	Ethan Fingleton (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
13	Lucan Clements (Jr)	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
15	JJ Gugelman (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00
22	Zach Brueggeman (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00
25	Thomas Williams (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.33	0.00

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - South Wake nudges Freedom Christian Academy

February 5, 2026: Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526

The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the South Wake Sabres (Fuquay-Varina, NC) and the visiting Freedom Christian Academy Patriots (Fayetteville, NC), observed South Wake's basketball team edge Freedom Christian Academy by a score of 86-81.

The Sabres (19-7) will now prepare for their challenge against North Raleigh Christian Academy (Raleigh, NC). The Knights come into the non-league challenge with a 6-15 record. In their last battle, North Raleigh Christian Academy was nudged by Cary Academy (Cary, NC), 57-38, in a league battle.

The Patriots now own a 15-15 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Village Christian Academy for a NCISAA Sandhills battle on Friday, February 6. Freedom Christian Academy will meet a Knights squad coming off a 67-21 league loss to Fayetteville Academy (Fayetteville, NC). The Knights record now stands at 10-13.

Players of the Game

Freedom Christian Academy (25-26)

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

South Wake (25-26)

Congratulations to #15 JJ Gugelman for being selected the South Wake Basketball Player of the Game.

FCA @ South Wake Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 5, 2026 @ 7:30p

The South Wake (Fuquay-Varina, NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Freedom Christian Academy (Fayetteville, NC) by a score of 86-81.

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Rankings & Records

Freedom Christian Academy (25-26)

NC	Class
205	11

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
17-17	7-5	10-6	3-7	4-4	.500	.583	2,703	2,694

South Wake (25-26)

NC
186

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
27-10	12-2	12-2	11-4	4-4	.730	.857	2,786	2,150

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Freedom Christian Academy	20.3	17.5	19.1	17.9	-	-	79.5
South Wake	18.8	20.5	17.7	17.4	9.0	17.0	75.3

Freedom Christian Academy Videos

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Team Stat Comparison

Freedom Christian Academy		South Wake
79.4	Points Per Game	75.7
24.8	Rebounds Per Game	33.7
14.4	Assists Per Game	16.6
7.3	Steals Per Game	9.2
1.4	Blocks Per Game	3.1

Team Leaders

Freedom Christian Academy		South Wake	National Avg.
#1 Karsten Swinney31.7	Points Per Game	#1 Nathan Heiliger11.1	4.8
#3 Bryce West5.7	Rebounds Per Game	#0 Lawson Jurgens6.0	2.5
#1 Karsten Swinney6.4	Assists Per Game	#1 Nathan Heiliger5.1	1.0
#1 Karsten Swinney2.7	Steals Per Game	#1 Nathan Heiliger1.4	0.8
#3 Bryce West0.8	Blocks Per Game	#22 Zach Brueggeman1.2	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Freedom Christian Academy	1-1		South Wake	3-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/7/25	Grace Christian	Freedom Christian Academy	(L) 74-67	1/15/26	South Wake	Grace Christian	(L) 72-62
12/5/25	Varsity Opponent	Freedom Christian Academy	(W) 82-73	11/15/25	Varsity Opponent	South Wake	(W) 92-50
				12/9/25	Varsity Opponent	South Wake	(W) 67-58
				12/15/25	Varsity Opponent	South Wake	(W) 75-63

Record Breakdown

Freedom Christian Academy (25-26)		South Wake (25-26)
17-17	Overall	27-10
7-6	League	14-3
7-10	Non-League	9-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-1	Common Opponent	3-1
10-6	Home	12-2
3-7	Away	11-4
4-4	Neutral	4-4
1-1	Playoff	0-1
15-17	In-State	21-8
1-0	Out-of-State	3-2