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Highlands Shaler Area

Golden Rams

Titans

The Shaler Area (Pittsburgh, PA) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Highlands (Natrona Heights, PA) by a score of 77-54.

Game Details: Plum High School

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highlands	12	9	17	16	54
Shaler Area	22	18	17	20	77

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Game Stats

Highlands (11-12)

Highlands has not entered stats for this game.

Shaler Area (11-12)

Shaler Area

Scoring/Shooting: Points, Field Goals, and Three-Pointers

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	3FGM	3FGA	3FG%
	Team Totals	77	29	60	48	2	9	22
1	Zack Taylor (Sr)	7	2	6	33	1	1	100
5	Sean Gavin (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0	3	0
10	John Holtz (Sr)	12	5	11	45	0	0	0
12	Sean Bittner (Sr)	6	3	4	75	0	0	0
21	Brian Bittner (Sr)	7	2	6	33	0	0	0
22	M. Titterington (Sr)	6	3	7	43	0	2	0
23	Geno Thorpe (Jr)	33	12	18	67	0	2	0
25	Bill Reinheimer (Jr)	1	0	0		0	0	0
31	Ryan Mincher (Sr)	5	2	4	50	1	1	100

Shaler Area

Scoring/Shooting: Two-Pointers and Free Throws

#	Athlete Name	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%
	Team Totals	27	51	53	17	30	57
1	Zack Taylor (Sr)	1	5	20	2	2	100
5	Sean Gavin (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	0
10	John Holtz (Sr)	5	11	45	2	9	22
12	Sean Bittner (Sr)	3	4	75	0	0	0
21	Brian Bittner (Sr)	2	6	33	3	4	75
22	M. Titterington (Sr)	3	5	60	0	1	0
23	Geno Thorpe (Jr)	12	16	75	9	11	82
25	Bill Reinheimer (Jr)	0	0	0	1	2	50
31	Ryan Mincher (Sr)	1	3	33	0	1	0

Shaler Area

Rebounds, Assists, Steals and Turnovers

#	Athlete Name	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	Asst	Stls	TO
	Team Totals	15	20	35	12	15	11
0	Team Team (Sr)	1	1	2	0	0	0
1	Zack Taylor (Sr)	0	4	4	2	1	2
5	Sean Gavin (Sr)	1	0	1	2	3	0
10	John Holtz (Sr)	4	4	8	0	1	2
12	Sean Bittner (Sr)	1	1	2	0	1	0
21	Brian Bittner (Sr)	5	1	6	0	3	1
22	M. Titterington (Sr)	0	2	2	1	0	0
23	Geno Thorpe (Jr)	2	1	3	4	4	3
25	Bill Reinheimer (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	Ryan Mincher (Sr)	1	6	7	2	1	3
35	S. Strackhouse (Sr)	0	0	0	1	0	0

Shaler Area

Blocks, Deflections, Charges, and Fouls

#	Athlete Name	Blk Shts	PF	TF
	Team Totals	3	20	1
1	Zack Taylor (Sr)	0	3	0
5	Sean Gavin (Sr)	0	1	0
10	John Holtz (Sr)	0	2	1
12	Sean Bittner (Sr)	0	1	0
21	Brian Bittner (Sr)	1	3	0
22	M. Titterington (Sr)	0	3	0
23	Geno Thorpe (Jr)	0	5	0
31	Ryan Mincher (Sr)	2	2	0

Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Basketball - Highlands ripped by Shaler Area

December 9, 2011: Pittsburgh, PA 15209

In Friday's non-league match, the host Shaler Area Titans basketball team scored a decisive 77-54 triumph over the Highlands Golden Rams.

In their next game, the Titans confront the Ambridge Bridgers (Ambridge, PA) in a non-league match, on Tuesday, December 13. Shaler Area will attempt to better on its 1-0 season record. The Bridgers enter the match with a 2-0 record after their 62-44 non-league win over Sewickley Academy (Sewickley, PA).

With the defeat, Highlands moves to 0-1 on the year. The Golden rams travel to Plum (Pittsburgh, PA) to confront the Mustangs in a non-league match on Saturday, December 10. The Mustangs enter the match with a record of 1-0. Plum won 62-32 in their recent non-league match against Valley (New Kensington, PA)

Rankings & Records

Highlands (11-12)

National	PA	Class
8,150	319	87

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-15	6-8	4-4	3-6	2-5	.375	.429	1,401	1,483

Shaler Area (11-12)

National	PA	Class
507	7	4

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
25-4	11-1	9-0	8-2	8-2	.862	.917	1,866	1,429

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Highlands	11.5	15.0	18.0	19.0	-	58.4
Shaler Area	15.3	16.0	16.8	16.1	6.0	64.3

Team Stat Comparison

Highlands		Shaler Area
-	Points Per Game	64.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	26.9
-	Assists Per Game	14.1
-	Steals Per Game	12.9
-	Blocks Per Game	1.1

Team Leaders

Highlands		Shaler Area	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#23 Geno Thorpe21.4	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#10 John Holtz6.2	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#1 Zack Taylor3.1	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#23 Geno Thorpe2.3	.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#31 Ryan Mincher.3	.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highlands	1-2		Shaler Area	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/10/11	Highlands	Plum	(L) 84-54	12/22/11	Plum	Shaler Area	(W) 67-53
				2/25/12	Plum	Shaler Area	(W) 57-48
12/20/11	Valley	Highlands	(L) 70-60	12/10/11	Shaler Area	Valley	(W) 77-37
1/24/12	Highlands	Valley	(W) 61-53

Record Breakdown

Highlands (11-12)		Shaler Area (11-12)
9-15	Overall	25-4
6-8	League	11-1
3-6	Non-League	5-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-2	Common Opponent	3-0
4-4	Home	9-0
3-6	Away	8-2
2-5	Neutral	8-2
0-0	Playoff	5-2
9-15	In-State	23-3
0-0	Out-of-State	2-1