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The The Living Water School (Alexandria, VA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Avalon (Wheaton, MD) in overtime by a score of 98-87.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Avalon	0	0	0	0	87	87
TLWS	0	0	0	0	98	98

Final score provided by R. Brooks.

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Game Stats

Avalon (24-25)

The Living Water School (24-25)

Avalon

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	191	81	28	57	49	54
0	M. Yidnekachew (Sr)	17	1
1	Messiah Manning (So)	32	7	3	8	38	44
2	Brandon Chavez (Sr)	6	0
3	Jordan Fox (Fr)	33	31	10	16	63	72
5	Luke Arulefela (Fr)	30	14	3	10	30	35
8	Nubek Hailu (Jr)	25	17	8	12	67	67
10	Toran Ayana (So)	23	5	1	5	20	20
14	Wisdom Martin (Jr)	25	6	3	6	50	50

The Living Water School

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	98	38	61	62	66
0	Tre Turner (So)	2	1	1	100	100
1	D. McKinney (Jr)	10	4	7	57	71
3	T. McBride (Sr)	15	4	12	33	38
8	Isaiah Bobo (Sr)	23	9	12	75	79
11	V. Simmons (Jr)	23	10	12	83	83
14	D. McDowell (Sr)	14	5	8	63	63
21	Rashaad Jackson (So)	1	0	2	0	0
25	Ace Branham Jr. (Sr)	10	5	6	83	83
31	Kevin Johnson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0

Avalon

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	191	81	5	12	42	20	31	65	23	45	51
0	M. Yidnekachew (Sr)	17	1				1	2	50
1	Messiah Manning (So)	32	7	1	3	33	0	0	0	2	5	40
2	Brandon Chavez (Sr)	6	0				0	0	0
3	Jordan Fox (Fr)	33	31	3	5	60	8	11	73	7	11	64
5	Luke Arulefela (Fr)	30	14	1	3	33	7	10	70	2	7	29
8	Nubek Hailu (Jr)	25	17	0	0	0	1	2	50	8	12	67
10	Toran Ayana (So)	23	5	0	1	0	3	4	75	1	4	25
14	Wisdom Martin (Jr)	25	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	6	50

The Living Water School

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	98	4	9	44	18	26	69	34	52	65
0	Tre Turner (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
1	D. McKinney (Jr)	10	2	4	50	0	0	0	2	3	67
3	T. McBride (Sr)	15	1	1	100	6	8	75	3	11	27
8	Isaiah Bobo (Sr)	23	1	1	100	4	5	80	8	11	73
11	V. Simmons (Jr)	23	0	0	0	3	5	60	10	12	83
14	D. McDowell (Sr)	14	0	2	0	4	4	100	5	6	83
21	Rashaad Jackson (So)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	2	0
25	Ace Branham Jr. (Sr)	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	6	83
31	Kevin Johnson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Avalon

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	191	81	33	20	15	2
0	M. Yidnekachew (Sr)	17	1	2	2	1	0
1	Messiah Manning (So)	32	7	3	7	3	1
2	Brandon Chavez (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	0
3	Jordan Fox (Fr)	33	31	5	4	6	0
5	Luke Arulefela (Fr)	30	14	3	3	3	0
8	Nubek Hailu (Jr)	25	17	8	2	0	1
10	Toran Ayana (So)	23	5	7	1	0	0
14	Wisdom Martin (Jr)	25	6	5	1	2	0

The Living Water School

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	98	29	25	7	9	14	13
0	Tre Turner (So)	2	1	0	0	1	1	1
1	D. McKinney (Jr)	10	0	2	1	1	2	0
3	T. McBride (Sr)	15	2	3	1	0	3	0
8	Isaiah Bobo (Sr)	23	2	7	1	1	3	2
11	V. Simmons (Jr)	23	12	8	3	1	2	1
14	D. McDowell (Sr)	14	8	4	1	5	0	2
21	Rashaad Jackson (So)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
25	Ace Branham Jr. (Sr)	10	2	1	0	0	2	5
31	Kevin Johnson (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	2

Avalon

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl	TF
	Team Totals					1
0	M. Yidnekachew (Sr)					1

The Living Water School

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.79	0.50	0.54	0.69
0	Tre Turner (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
1	D. McKinney (Jr)	1.00	0.50	1.00	1.00
3	T. McBride (Sr)	1.00	0.33	1.00	0.00
8	Isaiah Bobo (Sr)	2.33	0.33	0.50	0.50
11	V. Simmons (Jr)	4.00	1.50	3.00	1.00
14	D. McDowell (Sr)	4.00	1.00	0.50	2.50
25	Ace Branham Jr. (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00

Game Story

Virginia High School Basketball - The Living Water School knocks off Avalon

January 3, 2025: Alexandria, VA 22314

The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the The Living Water School The Storm (Alexandria, VA) and the visiting Avalon Black Knights (Wheaton, MD), observed The Living Water School's basketball team overcome Avalon by a score of 98-87.

The The Storm (3-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Non Varsity Tournament Opponent (, ). The come into the non-league challenge with a 61-174 record. In their last challenge, Non Varsity Tournament Opponent dropped by Victory Christian (Elizabeth City, NC), 46-23, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Black Knights battle the King's Christian Academy Eagles (Callaway, MD) in a Maryland Independent challenge, on Saturday, January 4. Avalon will attempt to improve on its 5-7 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 4-10 record after their 66-60 non-league win over IMG Academy Blue (Bradenton, FL).

Players of the Game

Avalon (24-25)

Avalon has not selected any Players of the Game.

The Living Water School (24-25)

Congratulations to #11 Vance "Nue" Simmons for being selected the The Living Water School Basketball Player of the Game.

Avalon @ TLWS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 3, 2025 @ 6:30p

The The Living Water School (Alexandria, VA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Avalon (Wheaton, MD) in overtime by a score of 98-87.

Rankings & Records

Avalon (24-25)

MD
78

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
18-11	8-3	3-2	10-8	5-1	.621	.727	1,964	1,899

The Living Water School (24-25)

VA
102

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
13-10	7-6	9-2	4-7	0-1	.565	.538	1,521	1,522

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Avalon	9.1	8.6	12.2	17.2	82.0	67.7
The Living Water School	15.4	12.9	16.4	17.1	98.0	66.1

Head-to-Head

The Living Water School won on 1/3/2025

1/3 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final

Avalon 0 0 0 0 87 87
TLWS 0 0 0 0 98 98

The Avalon (Wheaton, MD) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against The Living Water School (Alexandria, VA) in overtime by a score of 98-87.
Box score
Avalon won on 1/20/2025

1/20 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Avalon - - - - 71
TLWS - - - - 58

The Avalon (Wheaton, MD) varsity basketball team won Monday's away conference game against The Living Water School (Alexandria, VA) by a score of 71-58.
Box score

1/20 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Avalon	-	-	-	-	71
TLWS	-	-	-	-	58

Team Stat Comparison

Avalon		The Living Water School
67.1	Points Per Game	66.0
34.9	Rebounds Per Game	25.6
12.9	Assists Per Game	17.0
10.9	Steals Per Game	7.1
2.3	Blocks Per Game	4.4

Team Leaders

Avalon		The Living Water School	National Avg.
#3 Jordan Fox20.1	Points Per Game	#8 Isaiah Bobo16.2	4.9
#10 Toran Ayana8.0	Rebounds Per Game	#14 DeMachae McDowell7.8	2.6
#1 Messiah Manning4.2	Assists Per Game	#11 Vance "Nue" Simmons4.1	1.0
#1 Messiah Manning2.9	Steals Per Game	#11 Vance "Nue" Simmons1.5	0.8
#14 Wisdom Martin0.7	Blocks Per Game	#14 DeMachae McDowell2.6	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Avalon	9-5		The Living Water School	7-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/24	Avalon	Archbishop Carroll	(L) 66-30	1/2/25	The Living Water School	Archbishop Carroll	(L) 91-42
12/30/24	Parkside	Avalon	(W) 76-70	1/27/25	The Living Water School	Parkside	(L) 76-70
1/4/25	Avalon	King's Christian Academy	(W) 81-68	11/22/24	King's Christian Academy	The Living Water School	(W) 82-68
2/14/25	King's Christian Academy	Avalon	(W) 82-68	12/16/24	The Living Water School	King's Christian Academy	(L) 91-86
1/9/25	Avalon	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(L) 69-55	12/19/24	The Living Water School	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(L) 61-57
2/13/25	Avalon	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	(W) 73-70	1/24/25	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	The Living Water School	(W) 57-56
				2/18/25	Southern Maryland Christian Academy	The Living Water School	(W) 70-51
1/13/25	Lanham Christian	Avalon	(L) 81-67	12/23/24	Lanham Christian	The Living Water School	(L) 89-67
2/1/25	Lanham Christian	Avalon	(W) 77-69	1/29/25	The Living Water School	Lanham Christian	(L) 70-45
				2/20/25	Lanham Christian	The Living Water School	(L) 79-60
1/14/25	Avalon	Calverton	(W) 70-40	1/17/25	Calverton	The Living Water School	(W) 74-38
1/30/25	Avalon	Calverton	(W) 82-46	2/12/25	The Living Water School	Calverton	(W) 60-37
2/18/25	Calverton	Avalon	(W) 79-46
1/25/25	Avalon	Sandy Spring Friends	(L) 63-56	1/4/25	Sandy Spring Friends	The Living Water School	(W) 58-53
1/29/25	Avalon	Takoma Academy	(W) 71-59	1/14/25	Takoma Academy	The Living Water School	(W) 80-73
2/20/25	Takoma Academy	Avalon	(L) 91-78	2/4/25	The Living Water School	Takoma Academy	(L) 73-54

Record Breakdown

Avalon (24-25)		The Living Water School (24-25)
18-11	Overall	13-10
8-3	League	7-6
4-6	Non-League	5-3
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
9-5	Common Opponent	7-8
3-2	Home	9-2
10-8	Away	4-7
5-1	Neutral	0-1
1-1	Playoff	0-1
12-6	In-State	2-0
6-5	Out-of-State	10-10