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Grace Christian Academy Illinois Lutheran

Crusaders

Chargers

The Illinois Lutheran (Crete, IL) varsity basketball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Grace Christian Academy (Kankakee, IL) by a score of 51-44.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
GCA	44	0	0	0	44
Illinois Lutheran	51	0	0	0	51

Final score provided by N. Brown.

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Game Stats

Grace Christian Academy (18-19)

Illinois Lutheran (18-19)

Grace Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	17	44	39	45
2	M. Lonergan (Jr)	9	4	9	44	50
3	Zach McGuirt (Fr)	13	5	9	56	67
11	J. Bisping (So)		0	2	0	0
20	J. Areseneau (Sr)	13	4	11	36	50
22	Aaron Ritter (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
24	C. Bryant (So)	7	3	9	33	33

Illinois Lutheran

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	20	50	40	44
2	Kyle Gould (Sr)	16	6	13	46	58
3	A. Kernagis (Sr)	14	5	7	71	71
4	Merrick Danzy (Jr)	6	3	13	23	23
11	D. Westmoreland (Jr)	4	1	2	50	50
21	T. Vroom (Jr)	4	2	5	40	40
23	Ahmed Hill (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
31	Eli Dorn (Jr)	8	3	6	50	58
32	Tommy Zimmer (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
42	Joey Cantu (So)	0	0	1	0	0
52	Kingston Lane (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0

Grace Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	6	17	35	4	9	44	11	27	41
2	M. Lonergan (Jr)	9	1	3	33	0	2	0	3	6	50
3	Zach McGuirt (Fr)	13	2	4	50	1	1	100	3	5	60
11	J. Bisping (So)		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	J. Areseneau (Sr)	13	3	8	38	2	5	40	1	3	33
22	Aaron Ritter (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
24	C. Bryant (So)	7	0	1	0	1	1	100	3	8	38

Illinois Lutheran

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	4	15	27	8	20	40	16	35	46
2	Kyle Gould (Sr)	16	3	6	50	1	5	20	3	7	43
3	A. Kernagis (Sr)	14	0	0	0	4	7	57	5	7	71
4	Merrick Danzy (Jr)	6	0	5	0	0	1	0	3	8	38
11	D. Westmoreland (Jr)	4	0	0	0	2	3	67	1	2	50
21	T. Vroom (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	40
23	Ahmed Hill (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	Eli Dorn (Jr)	8	1	2	50	1	2	50	2	4	50
32	Tommy Zimmer (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Joey Cantu (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	Kingston Lane (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Grace Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	44	5	17	22	3	8	21	16
2	M. Lonergan (Jr)	9	1	1	2	1	1	8	3
3	Zach McGuirt (Fr)	13	0	2	2	0	1	2	3
11	J. Bisping (So)		0	0		0	0	2	2
12	Nathan Nargang (Jr)		0	2	2	1	0	1	1
20	J. Areseneau (Sr)	13	0	2	2	1	2	3	3
22	Aaron Ritter (Sr)	2	3	4	7	0	0	2	2
24	C. Bryant (So)	7	1	6	7	0	4	3	2

Illinois Lutheran

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	52	9	17	26	15	9	3	15	10
2	Kyle Gould (Sr)	16	0	2	2	5	4	0	1	3
3	A. Kernagis (Sr)	14	0	5	5	3	2	3	3	0
4	Merrick Danzy (Jr)	6	4	1	5	3	0	0	2	1
11	D. Westmoreland (Jr)	4	2	3	5	1	2	0	3	3
12	James Radtke (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	T. Vroom (Jr)	4	3	2	5	0	0	0	2	1
23	Ahmed Hill (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	Eli Dorn (Jr)	8	0	4	4	3	1	0	1	1
52	Kingston Lane (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Grace Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	0.14	0.38	0.50
2	M. Lonergan (Jr)	0.13	0.13	0.33
3	Zach McGuirt (Fr)	0.00	0.50	0.33
12	Nathan Nargang (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00
20	J. Areseneau (Sr)	0.33	0.67	0.67
24	C. Bryant (So)	0.00	1.33	2.00

Illinois Lutheran

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.00	0.60	0.90	0.30
2	Kyle Gould (Sr)	5.00	4.00	1.33	0.00
3	A. Kernagis (Sr)	1.00	0.67	2.00	3.00
4	Merrick Danzy (Jr)	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
11	D. Westmoreland (Jr)	0.33	0.67	0.67	0.00
31	Eli Dorn (Jr)	3.00	1.00	1.00	0.00

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Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Illinois Lutheran topples Grace Christian Academy

January 7, 2019: Crete, IL 60417

In Monday's non-league outing, the Illinois Lutheran Chargers (Crete, IL) basketball squad beat the visiting Grace Christian Academy Crusaders (Kankakee, IL), by a count of 52-44.

The Chargers (3-6) will now prepare for their outing against Donovan (Donovan, IL). The Wildcats go into the River Valley outing with a 1-13 record. In their last outing, Donovan was topped by Iroquois West (Gilman, IL), 42-31, in a non-league outing.

The Crusaders now hold a 1-14 record. They play next when they host Kankakee Trinity Academy for a Illinois Christian outing on Thursday, January 10. Grace Christian Academy will clash with a squad coming off a 82-61 league win over Crete-Monee HomeSchool (Crete, IL). The record now stands at 14-1.

Coaches Summary

First Quarter

The Chargers jumped out 7-1, led by TJ Vroom's 2 baskets early in the quarter and a three point shot by Eli Dorn. Grace came back to tie the game at 7 and ended up taking a three point lead on a three point shot at the buzzer.

Second Quarter

The Chargers were able to come back in the second quarter as Anthony Kernagis made a huge play in the quarter by blocking a potential layup and grabbing the ball and taking it to the other end for a layup and a foul. Again Grace hit a tough 3 point shot at the end of the quarter to take a two point lead into the half.

Third Quarter

Grace led 30 - 23 at their peak in the third quarter before the Chargers caught fire with their shooting that would last the rest of the game. Kyle Gould hit a couple of three point shots in the quarter and a layup off another hustle play by Anthony to take a 3 point lead into the fourth quarter.

Fourth Quarter

The Chargers controlled the game in the fourth quarter and got some clutch baskets by Eli Dorn, Kyle Gould and Anthony Kernagis to lead by as many as 10 in the quarter. Grace hit a couple of threes at the end of the quarter but could get no closer than 6 as the Chargers made some free throws at the end to put the ball game away. The Chargers travel to Donovan on Tuesday.

Players of the Game

Grace Christian Academy (18-19)

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

Illinois Lutheran (18-19)

Congratulations to #2 Kyle Gould for being selected the Illinois Lutheran Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Grace Christian Academy (18-19)

National	IL
18,668	718

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
4-26	0-9	2-11	0-12	2-3	.133	.000	1,394	1,972

Illinois Lutheran (18-19)

National	IL	Class
17,009	648	142

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-14	4-8	6-6	3-5	0-3	.391	.333	1,023	1,230

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Grace Christian Academy	23.5	6.3	7.7	7.9	5.0	46.5
Illinois Lutheran	13.3	8.7	10.7	11.6	5.0	44.5

Team Stat Comparison

Grace Christian Academy		Illinois Lutheran
46.4	Points Per Game	44.5
22.8	Rebounds Per Game	27.9
5.0	Assists Per Game	9.9
4.8	Steals Per Game	7.2
1.3	Blocks Per Game	3.7

Team Leaders

Grace Christian Academy		Illinois Lutheran	National Avg.
#3 Zach McGuirt11.4	Points Per Game	#3 Anthony Kernagis15.9	5.0
#24 Christian Bryant6.4	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Anthony Kernagis10.6	2.6
#2 Michael Lonergan2.3	Assists Per Game	#3 Anthony Kernagis2.5	1.0
#2 Michael Lonergan1.5	Steals Per Game	#3 Anthony Kernagis2.0	0.8
#22 Aaron Ritter0.4	Blocks Per Game	#3 Anthony Kernagis3.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Grace Christian Academy	1-4		Illinois Lutheran	3-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/27/18	Gardner-South Wilmington	Grace Christian Academy	(L) 74-38	1/15/19	Gardner-South Wilmington	Illinois Lutheran	(L) 48-34
				2/15/19	Illinois Lutheran	Gardner-South Wilmington	(L) 56-29
12/4/18	Grace Christian Academy	Calumet Christian	(L) 70-40	2/14/19	Calumet Christian	Illinois Lutheran	(L) 55-49
1/18/19	Calumet Christian	Grace Christian Academy	(L) 48-39
12/17/18	Grace Christian Academy	Heritage Christian	(L) 73-66	11/19/18	Illinois Lutheran	Heritage Christian	(L) 64-57
				2/11/19	Heritage Christian	Illinois Lutheran	(W) 65-53
2/11/19	Donovan	Grace Christian Academy	(W) 54-51	1/8/19	Illinois Lutheran	Donovan	(W) 53-35
				2/5/19	Donovan	Illinois Lutheran	(W) 58-45

Record Breakdown

Grace Christian Academy (18-19)		Illinois Lutheran (18-19)
4-26	Overall	9-14
0-9	League	4-8
1-11	Non-League	5-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-4	Common Opponent	3-4
2-11	Home	6-6
0-12	Away	3-5
2-3	Neutral	0-3
0-0	Playoff	0-1
4-18	In-State	7-10
0-6	Out-of-State	2-4