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Portage Christian Grace Christian Academy

Crusaders

The Grace Christian Academy (Kankakee, IL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Portage Christian (Portage, IN) by a score of 66-56.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Portage Christian	10	27	15	14	66
GCA	14	13	7	22	56

Final score provided by Z. McGuirt.

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Game Stats

Portage Christian (19-20)

Grace Christian Academy (19-20)

Portage Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	66	24	50	48	50
3	Noble Dennie (Sr)	19	8	13	62	62
5	Carson Liechty (Sr)	25	7	12	58	58
11	Michael Perry (Sr)	16	6	14	43	50
12	Jalin Whiteside (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
20	Mason Theriault (Sr)	4	2	9	22	22

Grace Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	56	20	55	36	39
2	MJ Lonergan (Sr)	12	4	12	33	33
13	Zach McGuirt (So)	29	11	17	65	71
14	Tyler Bowen (So)	0	0	1	0	0
21	Nate Kemnetz (Sr)	6	2	8	25	31
22	Matthew Love (Jr)	0	0	5	0	0
31	Miles Schaafsma (So)	0	0	3	0	0
32	Derrick Donahoe (Jr)	1	0	1	0	0
34	Will LaMore (Sr)	5	2	4	50	50
35	Nate Nargang (Sr)	3	1	4	25	25

Portage Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	66	2	12	17	16	29	55	22	38	58
3	Noble Dennie (Sr)	19	0	3	0	3	5	60	8	10	80
5	Carson Liechty (Sr)	25	0	3	0	11	17	65	7	9	78
11	Michael Perry (Sr)	16	2	4	50	2	4	50	4	10	40
12	Jalin Whiteside (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	50
20	Mason Theriault (Sr)	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	7	29

Grace Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	56	3	16	19	13	22	59	17	39	44
2	MJ Lonergan (Sr)	12	0	4	0	4	5	80	4	8	50
13	Zach McGuirt (So)	29	2	6	33	5	8	63	9	11	82
14	Tyler Bowen (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Nate Kemnetz (Sr)	6	1	4	25	1	2	50	1	4	25
22	Matthew Love (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
31	Miles Schaafsma (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
32	Derrick Donahoe (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	1	0
34	Will LaMore (Sr)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	4	50
35	Nate Nargang (Sr)	3	0	0	0	1	3	33	1	4	25

Portage Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	66	30	17	13	3	15
3	Noble Dennie (Sr)	19	7	2	6	0	4
5	Carson Liechty (Sr)	25	4	5	4	0	5
11	Michael Perry (Sr)	16	8	1	1	1	3
12	Jalin Whiteside (Sr)	2	7	5	1	0	2
20	Mason Theriault (Sr)	4	4	4	1	2	0
23	Eric Haynes (So)	0	0	0	0	0	1

Grace Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	56	9	18	27	12	9	2	22	20
2	MJ Lonergan (Sr)	12	2	2	4	6	4	1	6	4
11	Jon Bisping (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
13	Zach McGuirt (So)	29	1	7	8	1	2	1	5	4
14	Tyler Bowen (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
21	Nate Kemnetz (Sr)	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	3
22	Matthew Love (Jr)	0	1	2	3	1	1	0	4	0
31	Miles Schaafsma (So)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
32	Derrick Donahoe (Jr)	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	Will LaMore (Sr)	5	4	2	6	2	1	0	1	2
35	Nate Nargang (Sr)	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	3

Portage Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.13	0.87
3	Noble Dennie (Sr)	0.50	1.50
5	Carson Liechty (Sr)	1.00	0.80
11	Michael Perry (Sr)	0.33	0.33
12	Jalin Whiteside (Sr)	2.50	0.50
20	Mason Theriault (Sr)	4.00	1.00

Grace Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.55	0.41	0.45	0.10	9
2	MJ Lonergan (Sr)	1.00	0.67	1.00	0.25	1
13	Zach McGuirt (So)	0.20	0.40	0.50	0.25	1
14	Tyler Bowen (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
21	Nate Kemnetz (Sr)	0.00	0.33	0.33	0.00	1
22	Matthew Love (Jr)	0.25	0.25	1.00	0.00	2
34	Will LaMore (Sr)	2.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	3
35	Nate Nargang (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

Grace Christian Academy's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Portage Christian topples Grace Christian Academy

January 17, 2020: Kankakee, IL 60901

In Friday's non-league outing, the Portage Christian (Portage, IN) basketball squad beat the host Grace Christian Academy Crusaders (Kankakee, IL), by a margin of 66-56.

The (7-7) will now prepare for their outing against Victory Christian Academy (Valparaiso, IN). The Lions go into the South Shore outing with a 23-1 record.

The Crusaders now own a 2-13 record. They play next when they host Victory Christian Academy for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 28.

Players of the Game

Portage Christian (19-20)

Congratulations to #5 Carson Liechty for being selected the Portage Christian Basketball Player of the Game.

Grace Christian Academy (19-20)

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

Rankings & Records

Portage Christian (19-20)

National	IN
10,663	263

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
17-13	4-3	6-3	3-6	8-4	.567	.571	1,885	1,952

Grace Christian Academy (19-20)

National	IL
18,226	692

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
4-22	2-11	0-7	2-4	.154	1,124	1,586

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Portage Christian	14.5	14.0	15.7	17.0	6.0	62.8
Grace Christian Academy	6.7	9.5	10.7	11.6	-	43.2

Head-to-Head

Portage Christian won on 1/17/2020

1/17 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

PCHS 10 27 15 14 66
GCA 14 13 7 22 56

The Portage Christian (Portage, IN) varsity basketball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Grace Christian Academy (Kankakee, IL) by a score of 66-56.
Box score
Portage Christian won on 2/21/2020

2/21 @ 8p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

GCA - - - - 74
PCHS - - - - 94

The Grace Christian Academy (Kankakee, IL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Portage Christian (Portage, IN) by a score of 94-74.
Box score

1/17 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
PCHS	10	27	15	14	66
GCA	14	13	7	22	56

2/21 @ 8p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
GCA	-	-	-	-	74
PCHS	-	-	-	-	94

Team Stat Comparison

Portage Christian		Grace Christian Academy
62.2	Points Per Game	43.2
27.1	Rebounds Per Game	27.2
15.9	Assists Per Game	8.1
10.2	Steals Per Game	6.8
2.2	Blocks Per Game	1.7

Team Leaders

Portage Christian		Grace Christian Academy	National Avg.
#3 Noble Dennie17.7	Points Per Game	#13 Zach McGuirt19.7	5.0
#20 Mason Theriault8.6	Rebounds Per Game	#13 Zach McGuirt6.6	2.6
#5 Carson Liechty4.0	Assists Per Game	#2 MJ Lonergan3.8	1.0
#5 Carson Liechty2.4	Steals Per Game	#13 Zach McGuirt1.6	0.8
#20 Mason Theriault1.3	Blocks Per Game	#13 Zach McGuirt0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Portage Christian	6-7		Grace Christian Academy	0-10

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/7/19	Portage Christian	Kankakee Trinity Academy	(L) 82-67	11/23/19	Grace Christian Academy	Kankakee Trinity Academy	(L) 75-34
12/20/19	Kankakee Trinity Academy	Portage Christian	(L) 46-45	1/9/20	Kankakee Trinity Academy	Grace Christian Academy	(L) 77-34
				1/14/20	Grace Christian Academy	Kankakee Trinity Academy	(L) 70-52
12/10/19	Calumet Christian	Portage Christian	(W) 68-59	11/25/19	Grace Christian Academy	Calumet Christian	(L) 58-49
1/4/20	Calumet Christian	Portage Christian	(W) 69-55
2/17/20	Calumet Christian	Portage Christian	(W) 58-54
12/14/19	Victory Christian Academy	Portage Christian	(L) 94-56	1/28/20	Victory Christian Academy	Grace Christian Academy	(L) 70-42
1/24/20	Portage Christian	Victory Christian Academy	(L) 101-53
2/1/20	Portage Christian	Victory Christian Academy	(L) 81-55
2/24/20	Portage Christian	Victory Christian Academy	(L) 82-42
1/11/20	Heritage Christian	Portage Christian	(W) 64-59	12/16/19	Heritage Christian	Grace Christian Academy	(L) 44-36
1/31/20	Portage Christian	HomeSchool Resource Center	(L) 73-48	11/14/19	Grace Christian Academy	HomeSchool Resource Center	(L) 81-38
2/25/20	HomeSchool Resource Center	Portage Christian	(W) 80-76	1/10/20	HomeSchool Resource Center	Grace Christian Academy	(L) 66-39
2/22/20	Portage Christian	Westlake Christian Academy	(W) 65-46	1/31/20	Westlake Christian Academy	Grace Christian Academy	(L) 64-39
				2/20/20	Grace Christian Academy	Westlake Christian Academy	(L) 48-43

Record Breakdown

Portage Christian (19-20)		Grace Christian Academy (19-20)
17-13	Overall	4-22
4-3	League	0-0
4-6	Non-League	2-18
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
6-7	Common Opponent	0-10
6-3	Home	2-11
3-6	Away	0-7
8-4	Neutral	2-4
1-0	Playoff	0-0
9-8	In-State	3-17
7-5	Out-of-State	1-5