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Middle Creek Apex

Mustangs

Cougars

The Apex (NC) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home playoff game against Middle Creek (Apex, NC) by a score of 68-56.

This game is a part of the "2018 Men's Basketball Championships - 4A" tournament.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Middle Creek	8	16	15	17	56
Apex	17	16	22	13	68

Final score provided by B. Poteat.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Apex (17-18)

Middle Creek

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	56	19	47	40	48
0	R. Tankelewicz (Sr)	8	3	6	50	58
2	Tharius Suggs (Fr)	17	5	9	56	67
3	Brandon Kiaku (Jr)	7	2	13	15	15
4	S. Gillisslee (So)	7	3	7	43	50
5	Tyler Carpenter (Jr)	9	4	8	50	56
23	Sam Perez (Fr)	8	2	4	50	75

Apex

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	24	45	53	60
3	Sal Curcuru (Sr)	15	3	9	33	50
5	Chavis Coachman (Sr)	12	5	9	56	56
10	Duke Fruehauf (Sr)	8	3	6	50	67
11	Denzel Jacobson (Sr)	18	7	13	54	58
22	Jaylon Gibson (Jr)	13	5	6	83	83
40	Alex Baker (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50

Middle Creek

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	56	7	22	32	11	15	73	12	25	48
0	R. Tankelewicz (Sr)	8	1	3	33	1	2	50	2	3	67
2	Tharius Suggs (Fr)	17	2	6	33	5	5	100	3	3	100
3	Brandon Kiaku (Jr)	7	0	3	0	3	4	75	2	10	20
4	S. Gillisslee (So)	7	1	3	33	0	1	0	2	4	50
5	Tyler Carpenter (Jr)	9	1	4	25	0	0	0	3	4	75
23	Sam Perez (Fr)	8	2	3	67	2	2	100	0	1	0
33	Quincy Pugh (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Apex

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	6	12	50	14	31	45	18	33	55
3	Sal Curcuru (Sr)	15	3	6	50	6	11	55	0	3	0
5	Chavis Coachman (Sr)	12				2	3	67	5	9	56
10	Duke Fruehauf (Sr)	8	2	2	100	0	1	0	1	4	25
11	Denzel Jacobson (Sr)	18	1	3	33	3	9	33	6	10	60
22	Jaylon Gibson (Jr)	13				3	4	75	5	6	83
32	A. Barnes, Jr. (Sr)	0				0	1	0
40	Alex Baker (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	100

Middle Creek

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	56	4	19	23	9	5	11	23
0	R. Tankelewicz (Sr)	8	0	5	5	3	0	0	3
2	Tharius Suggs (Fr)	17	1	3	4	1	1	3	4
3	Brandon Kiaku (Jr)	7	1	0	1	0	0	3	5
4	S. Gillisslee (So)	7	0	0	0	2	3	0	4
5	Tyler Carpenter (Jr)	9	1	1	2	3	0	3	2
23	Sam Perez (Fr)	8	1	8	9	0	0	1	2
33	Quincy Pugh (Fr)	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	3

Apex

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	68	9	24	33	16	5	1	11
3	Sal Curcuru (Sr)	15	1	5	6	5	2		2
5	Chavis Coachman (Sr)	12	3	4	7
10	Duke Fruehauf (Sr)	8		3	3	3	1		2
11	Denzel Jacobson (Sr)	18	2	3	5	4	1		1
22	Jaylon Gibson (Jr)	13	3	6	9	2		1	2
32	A. Barnes, Jr. (Sr)	0					1		1
40	Alex Baker (Sr)	2		3	3	2			3

Middle Creek

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	0.82	0.46	0.22
0	R. Tankelewicz (Sr)	3.00	0.00	0.00
2	Tharius Suggs (Fr)	0.33	0.33	0.25
4	S. Gillisslee (So)	2.00	3.00	0.75
5	Tyler Carpenter (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00
33	Quincy Pugh (Fr)	0.00	1.00	0.33

Apex

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.46	0.46
3	Sal Curcuru (Sr)	2.50	1.00
10	Duke Fruehauf (Sr)	1.50	0.50
11	Denzel Jacobson (Sr)	4.00	1.00
22	Jaylon Gibson (Jr)	1.00
32	A. Barnes, Jr. (Sr)		1.00
40	Alex Baker (Sr)	0.67

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Apex tops Middle Creek

February 20, 2018: Apex, NC 27519

Fans at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Apex Cougars (Apex, NC) and the visiting Middle Creek Mustangs (Apex, NC), saw Apex's basketball squad knock off Middle Creek by a tally of 68-56.

With the victory, Apex improves its record to 12-14 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Hoke County (Raeford, NC) to play the Bucks in a non-league challenge on Thursday, February 22. The Bucks come into the challenge with a record of 25-1. Hoke County won 73-65 in their recent non-league challenge against Scotland (Laurinburg, NC)

Rankings & Records

Middle Creek (17-18)

National	NC	Class
6,884	237	56

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-18	5-5	5-6	3-10	1-2	.333	.500	1,717	1,888

Apex (17-18)

National	NC	Class
4,471	152	40

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
12-15	7-3	6-3	5-10	1-2	.444	.700	1,580	1,558

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Middle Creek	16.4	15.3	15.5	17.2	63.6
Apex	13.4	13.1	15.8	16.1	58.5

Head-to-Head

Middle Creek won on 1/26/2018

1/26 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Apex 11 19 14 17 61
Middle Creek 18 16 16 23 73

The Apex (NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Middle Creek (Apex, NC) by a score of 73-61.
Box score
Apex won on 1/31/2018

1/31 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Middle Creek 12 12 12 21 57
Apex 15 11 21 15 62

The Middle Creek (Apex, NC) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Apex (NC) by a score of 62-57.
Box score
Apex won on 2/20/2018

2/20 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Middle Creek 8 16 15 17 56
Apex 17 16 22 13 68

The Middle Creek (Apex, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away playoff game against Apex (NC) by a score of 68-56.
Box score

1/26 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Apex	11	19	14	17	61
Middle Creek	18	16	16	23	73

1/31 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Middle Creek	12	12	12	21	57
Apex	15	11	21	15	62

Team Stat Comparison

Middle Creek		Apex
63.6	Points Per Game	58.7
23.3	Rebounds Per Game	29.3
12.8	Assists Per Game	13.9
8.4	Steals Per Game	5.8
1.4	Blocks Per Game	4.2

Team Leaders

Middle Creek		Apex	National Avg.
#0 Ryan Tankelewicz14.1	Points Per Game	#5 Chavis Coachman15.5	5.0
#0 Ryan Tankelewicz4.2	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Chavis Coachman7.4	2.6
#3 Brandon Kiaku3.9	Assists Per Game	#3 Sal Curcuru3.4	1.0
#3 Brandon Kiaku1.9	Steals Per Game	#3 Sal Curcuru1.6	0.8
#23 Sam Perez0.5	Blocks Per Game	#22 Jaylon Gibson2.2	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Middle Creek	6-11		Apex	8-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/17	Middle Creek	Athens Drive	(L) 79-70	1/15/18	Apex	Athens Drive	(L) 80-50
12/1/17	Green Hope	Middle Creek	(L) 71-46	12/12/17	Apex	Green Hope	(L) 67-61
				12/19/17	Green Hope	Apex	(W) 64-52
12/5/17	Panther Creek	Middle Creek	(L) 53-42	12/1/17	Panther Creek	Apex	(L) 56-52
12/18/17	Middle Creek	Panther Creek	(L) 70-62	12/15/17	Apex	Panther Creek	(W) 56-45
12/7/17	Middle Creek	Broughton	(L) 71-53	11/20/17	Apex	Broughton	(L) 80-71
12/12/17	Middle Creek	Cary	(L) 62-58	11/17/17	Cary	Apex	(L) 72-58
12/20/17	Cary	Middle Creek	(W) 80-71	12/8/17	Apex	Cary	(L) 34-33
1/8/18	Garner	Middle Creek	(L) 74-51	2/6/18	Apex	Garner	(L) 81-58
1/23/18	Middle Creek	Garner	(L) 77-66	2/9/18	Garner	Apex	(L) 63-43
2/14/18	Middle Creek	Garner	(L) 86-39
1/9/18	Fuquay - Varina	Middle Creek	(W) 82-62	1/12/18	Apex	Fuquay - Varina	(W) 44-34
1/30/18	Middle Creek	Fuquay - Varina	(W) 61-59	2/2/18	Fuquay - Varina	Apex	(W) 60-36
1/12/18	Middle Creek	Apex Friendship	(W) 60-56	1/23/18	Apex Friendship	Apex	(W) 70-38
2/2/18	Apex Friendship	Middle Creek	(W) 88-62	2/5/18	Apex	Apex Friendship	(W) 60-54
2/13/18	Apex Friendship	Middle Creek	(W) 79-72
1/24/18	Holly Springs	Middle Creek	(L) 73-66	1/9/18	Holly Springs	Apex	(W) 69-54
2/6/18	Middle Creek	Holly Springs	(L) 58-56	1/30/18	Apex	Holly Springs	(W) 54-50
				2/14/18	Apex	Holly Springs	(L) 57-55

Record Breakdown

Middle Creek (17-18)		Apex (17-18)
9-18	Overall	12-15
6-6	League	7-4
2-9	Non-League	4-9
1-2	Head to Head	2-1
6-11	Common Opponent	8-9
5-6	Home	6-3
3-10	Away	5-10
1-2	Neutral	1-2
0-1	Playoff	1-1
9-18	In-State	12-14
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1