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The Wilmington Christian Academy (Wilmington, NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Liberty Christian Academy (Richlands, NC) by a score of 43-20.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
LCA	13	2	5	0	20
WCA	12	10	9	12	43

Final score provided by T. Davis.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Liberty Christian Academy (23-24)

Wilmington Christian Academy (23-24)

Liberty Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	20	9	68	13	15
1	Taylor Rooks (Sr)	2	1	17	6	6
4	Sarah Minner (Sr)	10	4	16	25	31
5	Kristen Riggs (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0
10	Lily Lanier (7th)	0	0	7	0	0
13	Hollyn Thigpen (Fr)	2	1	12	8	8
22	Emma Sanders (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	M. Shifflett (Jr)	2	1	7	14	14
30	Hayden Newkirk (Sr)	4	2	4	50	50

Wilmington Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	156	43	15	51	29	29
5	Peyton Hedge (So)	3	2	1	1	100	100
10	L. Henderson (Jr)	16	1	0	5	0	0
11	Grace Dodd (Jr)	8	2	1	2	50	50
12	Katelyn McCurry (Jr)	21	3	1	7	14	14
22	Kaylie Naki (Jr)	20	18	6	8	75	75
23	Grace Wicks (Sr)	24	10	4	9	44	44
24	Lorlie Bolliger (So)	7	0	0	3	0	0
25	Marcie Squires (Jr)	23	3	1	10	10	10
32	Hannah Pollard (So)	11	2	0	1	0	0
33	Ava Gerlich (Jr)	23	2	1	5	20	20

Liberty Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	20	2	10	20	0	6	0	7	58	12
1	Taylor Rooks (Sr)	2				0	4	0	1	17	6
4	Sarah Minner (Sr)	10	2	8	25				2	8	25
5	Kristen Riggs (Sr)	0				0	2	0	0	4	0
10	Lily Lanier (7th)	0							0	7	0
13	Hollyn Thigpen (Fr)	2	0	2	0				1	10	10
22	Emma Sanders (Sr)	0							0	1	0
24	M. Shifflett (Jr)	2							1	7	14
30	Hayden Newkirk (Sr)	4							2	4	50

Wilmington Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	156	43	7	13	22	59	15	44	34
5	Peyton Hedge (So)	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
10	L. Henderson (Jr)	16	1	0	1	2	50	0	5	0
11	Grace Dodd (Jr)	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
12	Katelyn McCurry (Jr)	21	3	0	1	1	100	1	7	14
22	Kaylie Naki (Jr)	20	18	0	6	9	67	6	8	75
23	Grace Wicks (Sr)	24	10	4	2	5	40	4	5	80
24	Lorlie Bolliger (So)	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	Marcie Squires (Jr)	23	3	1	1	1	100	1	9	11
32	Hannah Pollard (So)	11	2	0	2	2	100	0	1	0
33	Ava Gerlich (Jr)	23	2	0	0	2	0	1	5	20

Liberty Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	20	8	18	26	6	27	2	22	13
1	Taylor Rooks (Sr)	2		1	1	2	6		5	3
4	Sarah Minner (Sr)	10		6	6		5	2	9	1
5	Kristen Riggs (Sr)	0	3	1	4		1		1
10	Lily Lanier (7th)	0					1			1
13	Hollyn Thigpen (Fr)	2	1		1	2	6		2	3
22	Emma Sanders (Sr)	0		2	2				1	1
24	M. Shifflett (Jr)	2	3	8	11		2		2	1
30	Hayden Newkirk (Sr)	4	1		1	2	6		2	3

Wilmington Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	156	43	13	34	47	9	18	10	32	8
5	Peyton Hedge (So)	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
10	L. Henderson (Jr)	16	1	5	2	7	1	3	2	1	0
11	Grace Dodd (Jr)	8	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0
12	Katelyn McCurry (Jr)	21	3	2	8	10	0	0	7	4	1
22	Kaylie Naki (Jr)	20	18	4	6	10	1	2	1	4	1
23	Grace Wicks (Sr)	24	10	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	2
24	Lorlie Bolliger (So)	7	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	2
25	Marcie Squires (Jr)	23	3	1	5	6	3	2	0	6	0
32	Hannah Pollard (So)	11	2	1	6	7	1	1	0	3	0
33	Ava Gerlich (Jr)	23	2	0	4	4	1	3	0	8	2

Liberty Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.27	1.23	2.08	0.15	1	9
1	Taylor Rooks (Sr)	0.40	1.20	2.00			3
4	Sarah Minner (Sr)		0.56	5.00	2.00		1
5	Kristen Riggs (Sr)		1.00
10	Lily Lanier (7th)			1.00
13	Hollyn Thigpen (Fr)	1.00	3.00	2.00			2
24	M. Shifflett (Jr)		1.00	2.00		1	1
30	Hayden Newkirk (Sr)	1.00	3.00	2.00			2

Wilmington Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.28	0.56	2.25	1.25	13
5	Peyton Hedge (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
10	L. Henderson (Jr)	1.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	0
11	Grace Dodd (Jr)	0.50	1.50	3.00	0.00	2
12	Katelyn McCurry (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00	0
22	Kaylie Naki (Jr)	0.25	0.50	2.00	1.00	0
23	Grace Wicks (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
24	Lorlie Bolliger (So)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	3
25	Marcie Squires (Jr)	0.50	0.33	2.00	0.00	4
32	Hannah Pollard (So)	0.33	0.33	1.00	0.00	0
33	Ava Gerlich (Jr)	0.13	0.38	1.50	0.00	2

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Wilmington Christian Academy routs Liberty Christian Academy

February 8, 2024: Wilmington, NC 28405

In Thursday's non-league outing, the Wilmington Christian Academy Patriots (Wilmington, NC) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Liberty Christian Academy Heat (Richlands, NC), by a count of 43-20.

The Patriots (10-9) will now prepare for their outing against Hilltop Christian (Fuquay-Varina, NC). The Chargers go into the NCCSA AA East Region 3 outing with a 9-11 record. In their last outing, Hilltop Christian was crushed by Wilson Christian Academy (Wilson, NC), 45-21, in a league outing.

The Heat now hold a 6-14 record. They play next when they travel to Southeastern Christian Academy for a non-league outing on Friday, February 9. Liberty Christian Academy will clash with a Warriors squad coming off a 28-18 non-league loss to Lowcountry Prep (Pawleys Island, SC). The Warriors record now stands at 5-11.

Players of the Game

Liberty Christian Academy (23-24)

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

Wilmington Christian Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #22 Kaylie Naki for being selected the Wilmington Christian Academy Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

LCA @ WCA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 8, 2024 @ 6:30p

The Wilmington Christian Academy (Wilmington, NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Liberty Christian Academy (Richlands, NC) by a score of 43-20.

Rankings & Records

Liberty Christian Academy (23-24)

NC	Class
507	21

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
8-15	3-6	4-7	1-2	.348	669	877

Wilmington Christian Academy (23-24)

NC	Class
421	11

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
13-10	5-4	7-3	6-6	0-1	.565	.556	816	754

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Liberty Christian Academy	5.9	7.6	8.0	6.3	8.0	29.1
Wilmington Christian Academy	12.8	9.4	10.0	9.2	-	35.5

Team Stat Comparison

Liberty Christian Academy		Wilmington Christian Academy
29.0	Points Per Game	33.2
22.5	Rebounds Per Game	29.0
3.3	Assists Per Game	5.3
13.0	Steals Per Game	10.1
2.9	Blocks Per Game	4.0

Team Leaders

Liberty Christian Academy		Wilmington Christian Academy	National Avg.
#4 Sarah Minner10.0	Points Per Game	#22 Kaylie Naki9.0	4.2
#30 Hayden Newkirk5.7	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Katelyn McCurry8.3	2.8
#4 Sarah Minner1.0	Assists Per Game	#25 Marcie Squires1.2	0.9
#13 Hollyn Thigpen3.1	Steals Per Game	#33 Ava Gerlich2.1	1.1
#4 Sarah Minner1.0	Blocks Per Game	#12 Katelyn McCurry2.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Liberty Christian Academy	5-7		Wilmington Christian Academy	6-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/27/23	Harrells Christian Academy	Liberty Christian Academy	(L) 38-36	1/30/24	Wilmington Christian Academy	Harrells Christian Academy	(L) 51-47
12/19/23	Harrells Christian Academy	Liberty Christian Academy	(L) 43-28
12/11/23	Cape Fear Academy	Liberty Christian Academy	(L) 51-12	12/21/23	Wilmington Christian Academy	Cape Fear Academy	(L) 55-27
1/4/24	Liberty Christian Academy	Cape Fear Academy	(L) 49-9
12/12/23	Liberty Christian Academy	Coastal Christian	(L) 33-29	11/20/23	Wilmington Christian Academy	Coastal Christian	(W) 27-21
1/12/24	Liberty Christian Academy	Hilltop Christian	(W) 41-34	2/9/24	Hilltop Christian	Wilmington Christian Academy	(W) 46-42
1/16/24	Southeastern Christian Academy	Liberty Christian Academy	(W) 41-7	11/17/23	Wilmington Christian Academy	Southeastern Christian Academy	(W) 56-6
2/9/24	Liberty Christian Academy	Southeastern Christian Academy	(W) 59-15	2/12/24	Southeastern Christian Academy	Wilmington Christian Academy	(W) 60-16
1/19/24	Liberty Christian Academy	Bethel Christian Academy	(W) 31-24	11/28/23	Wilmington Christian Academy	Bethel Christian Academy	(W) 37-35
				2/2/24	Bethel Christian Academy	Wilmington Christian Academy	(W) 40-23
1/22/24	New Bern Christian Academy	Liberty Christian Academy	(W) 29-27	12/1/23	Wilmington Christian Academy	New Bern Christian Academy	(L) 48-27
1/30/24	Liberty Christian Academy	New Bern Christian Academy	(L) 51-30
1/23/24	Greenville Christian Academy	Liberty Christian Academy	(L) 52-20	12/8/23	Wilmington Christian Academy	Greenville Christian Academy	(L) 47-28
				1/19/24	Greenville Christian Academy	Wilmington Christian Academy	(L) 25-24

Record Breakdown

Liberty Christian Academy (23-24)		Wilmington Christian Academy (23-24)
8-15	Overall	13-10
0-0	League	5-4
7-12	Non-League	7-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
5-7	Common Opponent	6-5
3-6	Home	7-3
4-7	Away	6-6
1-2	Neutral	0-1
1-1	Playoff	1-1
8-15	In-State	13-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0