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First Academy Taylor

Eagles

Wildcats

The Taylor (Pierson, FL) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against First Academy (Leesburg, FL) by a score of 67-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
First Academy	17	22	18	10	67
Taylor	12	13	14	12	51

Final score provided by D. McDermott.

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Game Stats

Taylor (23-24)

First Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	67	25	56	45	48
1	Bryce Norflee (Fr)	11	5	9	56	56
2	Amari Smith (Sr)	20	9	14	64	64
3	Luke Rodriguez (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
11	Rhett Walsh (Jr)	13	4	8	50	63
12	Logan Stalvey (So)	7	3	8	38	38
14	Jake O'Dell (So)	4	2	5	40	40
20	Remi Hiatt (Sr)	5	1	5	20	30
33	Joseph Tucker (Jr)	3	1	2	50	75
44	Aidan Jezowski (So)	4	0	3	0	0

Taylor

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	51	19	80	24	29
1	Dylan Jackson (Sr)	3	1	8	13	13
2	Alex Gomez (Sr)	6	2	5	40	60
3	Andrew North (Jr)	5	2	7	29	36
4	Preston Kelly (Sr)	2	0	3	0	0
5	James Thomas (So)	7	3	16	19	19
10	J. Colon Fernandez (Jr)	5	2	5	40	50
11	Anthony Miler (Jr)	11	4	9	44	61
13	Ursi Castro (Sr)	8	3	8	38	50
14	Dakota Febus (Sr)	0	0	6	0	0
15	Josiah Smith (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
21	Z. McKinnon (So)	2	1	6	17	17
23	Josue Lorenzo (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	Grant Raulerson (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0

First Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	67	4	18	22	13	26	50	21	38	55
1	Bryce Norflee (Fr)	11	0	1	0	1	4	25	5	8	63
2	Amari Smith (Sr)	20	0	2	0	2	5	40	9	12	75
3	Luke Rodriguez (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	Rhett Walsh (Jr)	13	2	5	40	3	4	75	2	3	67
12	Logan Stalvey (So)	7	0	0	0	1	1	100	3	8	38
14	Jake O'Dell (So)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
20	Remi Hiatt (Sr)	5	1	4	25	2	6	33	0	1	0
33	Joseph Tucker (Jr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Aidan Jezowski (So)	4	0	3	0	4	6	67	0	0	0

Taylor

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	51	9	38	24	4	19	21	10	42	24
1	Dylan Jackson (Sr)	3	0	3	0	1	3	33	1	5	20
2	Alex Gomez (Sr)	6	2	5	40
3	Andrew North (Jr)	5	1	3	33	0	4	0	1	4	25
4	Preston Kelly (Sr)	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	2	0
5	James Thomas (So)	7	0	7	0	1	4	25	3	9	33
10	J. Colon Fernandez (Jr)	5	1	2	50				1	3	33
11	Anthony Miler (Jr)	11	3	7	43	0	2	0	1	2	50
13	Ursi Castro (Sr)	8	2	6	33				1	2	50
14	Dakota Febus (Sr)	0	0	3	0				0	3	0
15	Josiah Smith (Sr)	2							1	4	25
21	Z. McKinnon (So)	2				0	4	0	1	6	17
23	Josue Lorenzo (Jr)	0	0	1	0
24	Grant Raulerson (Sr)	0							0	2	0

First Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	67	13	38	51	11	11	3	21	18
1	Bryce Norflee (Fr)	11	2	6	8	2	2	0	3	3
2	Amari Smith (Sr)	20	5	10	15	6	2	3	3	2
3	Luke Rodriguez (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	Rhett Walsh (Jr)	13	1	7	8	2	3	0	4	1
12	Logan Stalvey (So)	7	2	7	9	0	1	0	1	1
14	Jake O'Dell (So)	4	2	3	5	0	2	0	2	0
20	Remi Hiatt (Sr)	5	1	3	4	1	1	0	2	4
33	Joseph Tucker (Jr)	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	5
44	Aidan Jezowski (So)	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	2

Taylor

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	51	16	24	40	8	14	3	16	20
1	Dylan Jackson (Sr)	3	1	2	3	3				3
2	Alex Gomez (Sr)	6		1	1		3		1
3	Andrew North (Jr)	5	3		3		2		1	1
4	Preston Kelly (Sr)	2		4	4				1	3
5	James Thomas (So)	7	2	4	6	4	3		4
10	J. Colon Fernandez (Jr)	5	1	2	3		1		2
11	Anthony Miler (Jr)	11	1	5	6	1		1	2	2
13	Ursi Castro (Sr)	8		2	2		2		1	5
14	Dakota Febus (Sr)	0							1
15	Josiah Smith (Sr)	2	3		3		1		1	1
21	Z. McKinnon (So)	2	5	3	8		2	2	1	3
23	Josue Lorenzo (Jr)	0								2
24	Grant Raulerson (Sr)	0		1	1				1

First Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.52	0.52	0.61	0.17	16
1	Bryce Norflee (Fr)	0.67	0.67	0.67	0.00	3
2	Amari Smith (Sr)	2.00	0.67	1.00	1.50	2
11	Rhett Walsh (Jr)	0.50	0.75	3.00	0.00	2
12	Logan Stalvey (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	4
14	Jake O'Dell (So)	0.00	1.00	2.00	0.00	2
20	Remi Hiatt (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.25	0.00	2
33	Joseph Tucker (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

Taylor

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.50	0.88	0.70	0.15
2	Alex Gomez (Sr)		3.00
3	Andrew North (Jr)		2.00	2.00
5	James Thomas (So)	1.00	0.75
10	J. Colon Fernandez (Jr)		0.50
11	Anthony Miler (Jr)	0.50			0.50
13	Ursi Castro (Sr)		2.00	0.40
15	Josiah Smith (Sr)		1.00	1.00
21	Z. McKinnon (So)		2.00	0.67	0.67

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Taylor falls to First Academy

January 11, 2024: Pierson, FL 32180

In Thursday's non-league match, the visiting First Academy Eagles basketball team scored a good 67-51 triumph over the Taylor Wildcats.

In their next game, the Eagles meet the Tavares Bulldogs (Tavares, FL) in a non-league match, on Friday, January 12. First Academy will attempt to move on its 4-7 season record. The Bulldogs enter the match with a 3-10 record after their 52-43 non-league loss to Crystal River (Crystal River, FL).

With the defeat, Taylor moves to 4-9 on the year. The Wildcats travel to Ocala Christian (Ocala, FL) to meet the Crusaders in a non-league match on Tuesday, January 16. The Crusaders enter the match with a record of 5-10.

Rankings & Records

First Academy (23-24)

FL	Class
680	76

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
12-11	2-1	8-2	3-7	1-2	.522	.667	1,278	1,282

Taylor (23-24)

FL	Class
749	100

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-13	0-2	6-5	3-7	0-1	.409	.000	1,250	1,276

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
First Academy	14.1	14.1	13.2	13.7	-	55.6
Taylor	14.2	13.2	14.3	15.0	9.0	56.8

Head-to-Head

First Academy won on 1/11/2024

1/11 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

First Academy 17 22 18 10 67
Taylor 12 13 14 12 51

The First Academy (Leesburg, FL) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Taylor (Pierson, FL) by a score of 67-51.
Box score
First Academy won on 1/26/2024

1/26 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Taylor 14 15 8 16 53
First Academy 25 18 16 8 67

The Taylor (Pierson, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against First Academy (Leesburg, FL) by a score of 67-53.
Box score

1/26 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Taylor	14	15	8	16	53
First Academy	25	18	16	8	67

Team Stat Comparison

First Academy		Taylor
55.5	Points Per Game	56.9
37.7	Rebounds Per Game	26.6
8.7	Assists Per Game	7.3
11.7	Steals Per Game	12.7
5.1	Blocks Per Game	2.3

Team Leaders

First Academy		Taylor	National Avg.
#2 Amari Smith15.9	Points Per Game	#5 James Thomas16.2	4.9
#2 Amari Smith12.1	Rebounds Per Game	#21 Zachery McKinnon5.4	2.6
#2 Amari Smith3.4	Assists Per Game	#5 James Thomas2.0	1.0
#2 Amari Smith3.3	Steals Per Game	#12 Nikko Dozier2.1	0.8
#2 Amari Smith3.8	Blocks Per Game	#21 Zachery McKinnon1.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
First Academy	2-6		Taylor	1-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/30/23	First Academy	Meadowbrook Academy	(L) 61-53	12/1/23	Meadowbrook Academy	Taylor	(W) 67-64
1/25/24	Meadowbrook Academy	First Academy	(W) 50-44
12/1/23	Crooms Academy	First Academy	(W) 68-63	12/8/23	Taylor	Crooms Academy	(L) 84-76
1/29/24	First Academy	Crooms Academy	(L) 79-67	1/5/24	Crooms Academy	Taylor	(L) 65-59
12/5/23	First Academy	Tavares	(L) 71-37	12/14/23	Tavares	Taylor	(L) 58-33
1/12/24	Tavares	First Academy	(L) 58-49	1/22/24	Taylor	Tavares	(L) 71-34
12/7/23	First Academy	Trinity Christian Academy	(L) 60-39	11/30/23	Taylor	Trinity Christian Academy	(L) 81-56
1/5/24	Trinity Christian Academy	First Academy	(L) 60-52	1/18/24	Trinity Christian Academy	Taylor	(L) 64-52

Record Breakdown

First Academy (23-24)		Taylor (23-24)
12-11	Overall	9-13
2-1	League	0-2
9-8	Non-League	9-10
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
2-6	Common Opponent	1-6
8-2	Home	6-5
3-7	Away	3-7
1-2	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	0-1
12-11	In-State	9-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0