Raleigh Christian Academy @ Oak Hill: Recap/Standouts

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Raleigh Christian Academy Eagles kicked the 2022-23 season off with an early road test against the Oak Hill Warriors. Take a look at the recap and standouts from the game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The 2022-23 high school basketball season is underway as Raleigh Christian Academy got the year started with an early trip to Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, to battle against the nationally-heralded Oak Hill Academy Warriors led by first-year head coach Yerrick Stoneman. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Both teams battled things out in the first quarter, as the Warriors, led by speedy 2024 floor general [player_tooltip player_id='1220767' first='Zion' last='Pipkin'] and 2024 forwards Micah Robinson and [player_tooltip player_id='1127313' first='AJ' last='Swinton'] led the attack against the Eagles. The Eagles were paced in the early going by some shots from 2025 wing [player_tooltip player_id='1262468' first='Ira' last='Wilson'] and 2025 forward [player_tooltip player_id='1605960' first='Kaleb' last='Santos']. After the first quarter, Oak Hill led 18-12.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the second quarter, both teams started to assert themselves on the hardwood. Robinson showed off his stroke from deep while Pipkin showed he could distribute and score just as well. Swinton held things down in the paint with some easy baskets when needed. At the half, the Warriors led by just eight points, 35-27 thanks for some buckets from their trio of star prospects. The Eagles did well to keep pace though, with [player_tooltip player_id='1330894' first='Gabe' last='Marquis'] pacing the offense with eight points and Wilson finishing with seven points at the half.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the second half, Oak Hill started to create some separation as they opened the third quarter on an 8-0 to grow the lead to 16 points. The lead was capitalized by a big dunk in the paint from Swinton to get the crowd going. [player_tooltip player_id='1125009' first='Nick' last='Anthony'] and [player_tooltip player_id='854913' first='Jakel' last='Powell'] would hit a pair of 3-pointers to respond to the run, but more Swinton buckets grew the lead to 24 points for the Warriors. Oak Hill would outscore RCA 23-7 in the third quarter to ride a comfortable 58-34 lead into the final frame.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Eagles didn't go down without a fight in the fourth quarter, but it was just too much Oak Hill in the final quarter. The role players, led by 2023 wing [player_tooltip player_id='1241884' first='Elijah' last='Mitchell'], would weather the storm in the quarter as the Warriors would cruise to a 80-53 victory in the end.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_636918b0f03df","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1127313"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":1652659,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Swinton was the most impressive of the Oak Hill Warriors in their victory in the end. 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