First Christian vs Hope Christian Academy | Basketball

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First Christian Hope Christian Academy

Lions

The Hope Christian Academy (Starke, FL) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against First Christian (High Springs, FL) by a score of 72-42.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
First Christian	10	11	13	8	42
HCA	15	20	21	16	72

Final score provided by M. Hanson.

Recap
Box Score
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Game Stats

First Christian (23-24)

First Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	42	14	49	29	35
3	Colin Preston (Jr)	1	0	1	0	0
4	Beau Ivey (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0
11	Morgan Earnhart (Jr)	9	3	9	33	44
15	A. Miranda (So)	7	2	8	25	31
33	Avery Norris (8th)	15	5	13	38	46
41	Mathias Ellis (So)	1	0	4	0	0
44	Sammy Cloud (So)	0	0	2	0	0
45	Dalton Holder (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
50	Brent Lavinder (Sr)	3	1	1	100	150
52	Tobias Thompson (Fr)	4	2	5	40	40

First Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	42	6	26	23	8	13	62	8	23	35
3	Colin Preston (Jr)	1	0	1	0	1	2	50
4	Beau Ivey (Fr)	0	0	3	0
11	Morgan Earnhart (Jr)	9	2	4	50	1	3	33	1	5	20
15	A. Miranda (So)	7	1	6	17	2	2	100	1	2	50
33	Avery Norris (8th)	15	2	8	25	3	4	75	3	5	60
41	Mathias Ellis (So)	1				1	2	50	0	4	0
44	Sammy Cloud (So)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
45	Dalton Holder (Jr)	2	0	2	0				1	1	100
50	Brent Lavinder (Sr)	3	1	1	100
52	Tobias Thompson (Fr)	4							2	5	40

First Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	42	29	3	4	5	20	8
3	Colin Preston (Jr)	1	7	1	2		4	3
4	Beau Ivey (Fr)	0		1			1
11	Morgan Earnhart (Jr)	9	4		1		5	1
15	A. Miranda (So)	7	4	1	1		2	2
33	Avery Norris (8th)	15	9			2	6	2
41	Mathias Ellis (So)	1	1			2	2
45	Dalton Holder (Jr)	2	1
50	Brent Lavinder (Sr)	3
52	Tobias Thompson (Fr)	4	3			1

First Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.15	0.20	0.50	0.63	4
3	Colin Preston (Jr)	0.25	0.50	0.67		1
4	Beau Ivey (Fr)	1.00
11	Morgan Earnhart (Jr)		0.20	1.00		1
15	A. Miranda (So)	0.50	0.50	0.50		1
33	Avery Norris (8th)				1.00
41	Mathias Ellis (So)					1

Hope Christian Academy (23-24)

Hope Christian Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Hope Christian Academy overwhelms First Christian

February 8, 2024: Starke, FL 32091

Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Hope Christian Academy Lions (Starke, FL) and the visiting First Christian Lions (High Springs, FL), saw Hope Christian Academy's basketball squad wallop First Christian by a tally of 72-42.

With the victory, Hope Christian Academy improves its record to 18-3 on the campaign. The Lions host Brunswick Christian Academy (Brunswick, GA) to confront the Eagles in a Southeastern Christian challenge on Monday, February 12. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 12-4. Brunswick Christian Academy won 68-28 in their recent non-league challenge against Appling Christian Academy (Baxley, GA)

Rankings & Records

First Christian (23-24)

FL
802

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
3-16	3-13	1-9	2-6	0-1	.158	.188	802	1,077

Hope Christian Academy (23-24)

FL
556

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-5	17-0	10-1	9-2	0-2	.792	1.000	1,431	1,130

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
First Christian	9.6	7.9	12.0	11.2	9.5	42.2
Hope Christian Academy	13.8	14.8	16.3	12.5	4.0	59.6

Head-to-Head

Hope Christian Academy won on 12/12/2023

12/12 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

HCA 6 11 11 13 41
First Christian 3 12 8 13 36

The Hope Christian Academy (Starke, FL) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against First Christian (High Springs, FL) by a score of 41-36.
Box score
Hope Christian Academy won on 2/8/2024

2/8 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

First Christian 10 11 13 8 42
HCA 15 20 21 16 72

The First Christian (High Springs, FL) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Hope Christian Academy (Starke, FL) by a score of 72-42.
Box score

12/12 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
HCA	6	11	11	13	41
First Christian	3	12	8	13	36

Team Stat Comparison

First Christian		Hope Christian Academy
40.1	Points Per Game	-
26.9	Rebounds Per Game	-
3.5	Assists Per Game	-
8.2	Steals Per Game	-
2.4	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

First Christian		Hope Christian Academy	National Avg.
#33 Avery Norris13.8	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#33 Avery Norris6.7	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#11 Morgan Earnhart0.9	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#33 Avery Norris3.5	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#41 Mathias Ellis1.3	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
First Christian	3-12		Hope Christian Academy	15-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/14/23	First Christian	Open Bible Christian	(L) 61-30	1/5/24	Open Bible Christian	Hope Christian Academy	(W) 55-51
1/26/24	Open Bible Christian	First Christian	(L) 61-52	2/2/24	Hope Christian Academy	Open Bible Christian	(W) 65-59
11/30/23	First Assembly Christian Academy	First Christian	(L) 75-25	12/5/23	First Assembly Christian Academy	Hope Christian Academy	(W) 53-52
1/29/24	First Christian	First Assembly Christian Academy	(L) 76-47	1/23/24	Hope Christian Academy	First Assembly Christian Academy	(W) 53-45
				2/16/24	Hope Christian Academy	First Assembly Christian Academy	(L) 51-45
				2/17/24	Hope Christian Academy	First Assembly Christian Academy	(L) 60-36
12/4/23	Hart 2 Hart Academy	First Christian	(L) 65-51	11/27/23	Hope Christian Academy	Hart 2 Hart Academy	(W) 78-47
1/18/24	First Christian	Hart 2 Hart Academy	(L) 40-38	1/6/24	Hart 2 Hart Academy	Hope Christian Academy	(W) 63-45
12/5/23	First Christian	Northside Christian Academy	(L) 56-25	12/11/23	Northside Christian Academy	Hope Christian Academy	(W) 40-33
1/16/24	Northside Christian Academy	First Christian	(L) 40-22	1/18/24	Hope Christian Academy	Northside Christian Academy	(W) 65-27
12/7/23	Westwood Christian	First Christian	(L) 51-49	12/19/23	Hope Christian Academy	Westwood Christian	(W) 60-52
1/11/24	First Christian	Westwood Christian	(L) 66-43	2/5/24	Westwood Christian	Hope Christian Academy	(W) 65-44
12/14/23	Corinth Christian Academy	First Christian	(W) 61-58	12/1/23	Hope Christian Academy	Corinth Christian Academy	(W) 70-43
1/25/24	First Christian	Corinth Christian Academy	(W) 72-53	1/12/24	Corinth Christian Academy	Hope Christian Academy	(W) 79-52
1/22/24	First Christian	Gainesville Christian Community	(W) 56-55	1/16/24	Gainesville Christian Community	Hope Christian Academy	(W) 58-29
2/5/24	Gainesville Christian Community	First Christian	(L) 50-46	1/29/24	Hope Christian Academy	Gainesville Christian Community	(W) 64-30
2/1/24	Riverside Christian	First Christian	(L) 61-47	1/25/24	Hope Christian Academy	Riverside Christian	(W) 67-44

Record Breakdown

First Christian (23-24)		Hope Christian Academy (23-24)
3-16	Overall	19-5
3-13	League	17-0
0-2	Non-League	2-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
3-12	Common Opponent	15-2
1-9	Home	10-1
2-6	Away	9-2
0-1	Neutral	0-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
3-14	In-State	16-5
0-2	Out-of-State	3-0