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The Challenger (Hickory, NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy (Lincolnton, NC) by a score of 59-42.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
LSWA	8	4	12	18	42
Challenger	27	12	6	14	59

Final score provided by J. Harmon.

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Game Stats

Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy (24-25)

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Challenger (24-25)

Challenger

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	28	72	39	41
0	Riley Annis (Sr)	10	5	10	50	50
2	Braelon Roe (Jr)	19	9	20	45	48
3	AJ Burch (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0
4	Logan Lee (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Krish Kumar (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
12	Khamsook Vang (Jr)	3	1	4	25	38
13	Blake Vang (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
21	K. Reinhardt (Sr)	8	4	11	36	36
24	Zion Wright (So)	11	5	7	71	79
25	Aizen Nguyen (Jr)	4	2	6	33	33
32	Jaylon Burcham (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
34	Seamus Auton (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50

Challenger

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTA	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	3	19	16	3	25	53	47
0	Riley Annis (Sr)	10	0	3	0	0	5	7	71
2	Braelon Roe (Jr)	19	1	4	25	0	8	16	50
3	AJ Burch (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
4	Logan Lee (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	Krish Kumar (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	Khamsook Vang (Jr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	1	0
13	Blake Vang (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	K. Reinhardt (Sr)	8	0	0	0	2	4	11	36
24	Zion Wright (So)	11	1	2	50	0	4	5	80
25	Aizen Nguyen (Jr)	4	0	2	0	0	2	4	50
32	Jaylon Burcham (Sr)	2	0	0	0	1	1	4	25
34	Seamus Auton (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	50

Challenger

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	59	18	14	32	15	16	6	15	14
0	Riley Annis (Sr)	10	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	1
2	Braelon Roe (Jr)	19	6	0	6	6	4	1	2	0
3	AJ Burch (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
4	Logan Lee (Fr)	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	2	2
10	Krish Kumar (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
12	Khamsook Vang (Jr)	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
13	Blake Vang (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Jacob Fox (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	K. Reinhardt (Sr)	8	4	9	13	2	5	4	2	1
24	Zion Wright (So)	11	1	2	3	1	1	0	3	0
25	Aizen Nguyen (Jr)	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
30	Cash DeBats (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	Jaylon Burcham (Sr)	2	4	0	4	0	0	0	1	3
34	Seamus Auton (Sr)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0

Challenger

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.00	1.07	1.14	0.43
0	Riley Annis (Sr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0.00
2	Braelon Roe (Jr)	3.00	2.00	4.00	1.00
3	AJ Burch (Fr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
4	Logan Lee (Fr)	1.50	1.00	1.00	0.00
21	K. Reinhardt (Sr)	1.00	2.50	5.00	4.00
24	Zion Wright (So)	0.33	0.33	1.00	0.00
25	Aizen Nguyen (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Challenger thwarts Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy

January 16, 2025: Hickory, NC 28602

The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Challenger Firebirds (Hickory, NC) and the visiting Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy Crusaders (Lincolnton, NC), observed Challenger's basketball team knock off Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy by a score of 59-42.

The Firebirds (5-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Christian Family Academy (Hickory, NC). The Fire come into the Western Piedmont game with a 12-2 record. In their last game, Christian Family Academy achieved victory over Community Christian Academy (Bessemer City, NC), 79-40, in a league game.

With the loss, Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy falls to 0-7 on the campaign. The Crusaders host Community Christian Academy (Bessemer City, NC) to play the Warriors in a Western Piedmont game on Tuesday, January 21. The Warriors go into the game with a record of 5-9.

LSWA @ Challenger Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 16, 2025 @ 5:30p

The Challenger (Hickory, NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy (Lincolnton, NC) by a score of 59-42.

Rankings & Records

Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy (24-25)

NC
676

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
0-11	0-6	0-4	0-7	.000	.000	372	712

Challenger (24-25)

NC
600

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-8	8-7	3-2	5-6	.500	.533	808	829

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy	7.7	8.2	8.3	10.2	-	33.8
Challenger	12.3	12.9	13.3	13.9	6.7	50.5

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Head-to-Head

Challenger won on 1/16/2025

1/16 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

LSWA 8 4 12 18 42
Challenger 27 12 6 14 59

The Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy (Lincolnton, NC) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Challenger (Hickory, NC) by a score of 59-42.
Box score
Challenger won on 2/3/2025

2/3 @ 4:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Challenger 12 14 25 11 62
LSWA 12 9 8 25 54

The Challenger (Hickory, NC) varsity basketball team won Monday's away conference game against Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy (Lincolnton, NC) by a score of 62-54.
Box score

2/3 @ 4:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Challenger	12	14	25	11	62
LSWA	12	9	8	25	54

Team Stat Comparison

Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy		Challenger
5.0	Points Per Game	50.4
-	Rebounds Per Game	22.8
-	Assists Per Game	7.7
-	Steals Per Game	9.4
-	Blocks Per Game	3.0

Team Leaders

Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy		Challenger	National Avg.
#34 Josiah Whitmire32.0	Points Per Game	#0 Riley Annis16.4	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#21 Kendall Reinhardt7.4	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#2 Braelon Roe3.7	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#0 Riley Annis3.7	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#21 Kendall Reinhardt1.3	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy	0-9		Challenger	4-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy	Temple Baptist	(L) 84-55	1/30/25	Challenger	Temple Baptist	(W) 58-55
12/16/24	Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy	Community Christian Academy	(L) 62-54	11/25/24	Community Christian Academy	Challenger	(W) 58-51
1/21/25	Community Christian Academy	Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy	(L) 42-21	1/27/25	Challenger	Community Christian Academy	(L) 62-61
12/17/24	Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy	The Master's Academy	(L) 59-14	11/8/24	Challenger	The Master's Academy	(W) 51-42
1/7/25	Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy	Christian Family Academy	(L) 71-19	11/19/24	Challenger	Christian Family Academy	(L) 73-24
				1/21/25	Christian Family Academy	Challenger	(L) 65-52
1/9/25	Veritas Christian Academy	Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy	(L) 58-25	11/14/24	Challenger	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 60-58
				2/10/25	Challenger	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 68-54
1/13/25	Pinnacle Classical Academy	Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy	(L) 79-33	11/4/24	Pinnacle Classical Academy	Challenger	(L) 63-42
2/4/25	Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy	Pinnacle Classical Academy	(L) 80-33	12/13/24	Challenger	Pinnacle Classical Academy	(L) 52-35
1/28/25	Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy	Reynolds Mountain Christian Academy	(L) 56-22	12/2/24	Challenger	Reynolds Mountain Christian Academy	(W) 61-45

Record Breakdown

Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy (24-25)		Challenger (24-25)
0-11	Overall	8-8
0-6	League	8-7
0-5	Non-League	0-0
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-9	Common Opponent	4-7
0-4	Home	3-2
0-7	Away	5-6
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
0-11	In-State	8-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0