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Birdville Abilene

Hawks

Eagles

The Abilene (TX) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's neutral non-conference game against Birdville (North Richland Hills, TX) by a score of 52-50.

Game Details: TBA

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Birdville	17	17	9	9	52
Abilene	5	19	9	17	50

Recap
Box Score
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Game Stats

Birdville (11-12)

Birdville

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

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	3FGM	3FGA	3FG%
	Team Totals	52	20	34	59	7	13	54
10	Jimmy King (Sr)	4	2	6	33	0	1	0
15	Cris Sawyer (Sr)	17	6	9	67	5	7	71
20	Jalen Murphy (Sr)	7	3	3	100	1	1	100
25	Aaron Esslinger (Sr)	7	3	6	50	1	2	50
30	Aaron Hughes (Sr)	10	5	6	83
32	Jeremy Crane (So)	4	1	3	33	0	2	0
33	Kendall Johnson (So)	3	0	1	0

Birdville

Scoring/Shooting: Two-Pointers and Free Throws

#	Athlete Name	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%
	Team Totals	13	21	62	5	10	50
10	Jimmy King (Sr)	2	5	40
12	Sam Northey (So)				0	2	0
15	Cris Sawyer (Sr)	1	2	50
20	Jalen Murphy (Sr)	2	2	100
25	Aaron Esslinger (Sr)	2	4	50
30	Aaron Hughes (Sr)	5	6	83	0	2	0
32	Jeremy Crane (So)	1	1	100	2	2	100
33	Kendall Johnson (So)	0	1	0	3	4	75

Birdville

Rebounds, Assists, Steals and Turnovers

#	Athlete Name	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	Asst	Stls	TO
	Team Totals	7	14	21	19	8	17
10	Jimmy King (Sr)		2	2	8	1	3
12	Sam Northey (So)					1
15	Cris Sawyer (Sr)	1	2	3	3	3	2
20	Jalen Murphy (Sr)	1	2	3	4	1	4
21	Myles Holmes (Jr)				1		2
25	Aaron Esslinger (Sr)		5	5	2		4
30	Aaron Hughes (Sr)	2	2	4		2	1
32	Jeremy Crane (So)	1		1	1		1
33	Kendall Johnson (So)	2	1	3

Birdville

Blocks, Deflections, Charges, and Fouls

#	Athlete Name	Blk Shts	Defl	PF
	Team Totals	4	9	1
10	Jimmy King (Sr)			1
15	Cris Sawyer (Sr)		2
20	Jalen Murphy (Sr)		2
25	Aaron Esslinger (Sr)		3
30	Aaron Hughes (Sr)	3
32	Jeremy Crane (So)	1
33	Kendall Johnson (So)		2

Abilene (11-12)

Abilene has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Texas High School Basketball - Birdville nudges Abilene

December 27, 2011: North Richland Hills, TX 76180

In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Birdville Hawks (North Richland Hills, TX) basketball squad edged the visiting Abilene Eagles (Abilene, TX), by a count of 52-50.

The Hawks (10-7) will now prepare for their outing against Mineral Wells (Mineral Wells, TX). The Rams go into the non-league outing with a 7-10 record. In their last outing, Mineral Wells nipped Lake View (San Angelo, TX), 72-45, in a non-league outing.

The Eagles now hold a 3-8 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Mineral Wells for a non-league game on Tuesday, December 27. Abilene will face a Rams team coming off a 65-46 non-league win over Holliday (Holliday, TX). The Rams record now stands at 5-10.

Rankings & Records

Birdville (11-12)

National	TX	Section	State Div.
2,070	241	58	62

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
22-11	11-3	8-2	9-3	5-6	.667	.786	1,866	1,591

Abilene (11-12)

National	TX	Section	State Div.
5,940	532	122	202

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
4-11	1-2	1-1	0-4	3-6	.267	.333	653	713

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	OT3	OT4	Final
Birdville	14.2	14.0	13.2	13.7	7.0	9.0	9.0	6.0	56.5
Abilene	5.7	15.3	7.7	15.3	-	-	-	-	43.5

Team Stat Comparison

Birdville		Abilene
55.1	Points Per Game	-
25.8	Rebounds Per Game	-
14.0	Assists Per Game	-
7.1	Steals Per Game	-
3.3	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Birdville		Abilene	National Avg.
#25 Aaron Esslinger12.3	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#30 Aaron Hughes5.5	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#10 Jimmy King5.4	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#25 Aaron Esslinger2.0	Steals Per Game	-	.8
#30 Aaron Hughes1.9	Blocks Per Game	-	.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Birdville	2-3		Abilene	0-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/29/11	Birdville	Fossil Ridge	(L) 48-41	12/28/11	Fossil Ridge	Abilene	(L) 62-37
12/3/11	Fossil Ridge	Birdville	(L) 56-55
12/27/11	Fossil Ridge	Birdville	(L) 57-51
12/9/11	Midland Legacy	Birdville	(W) 60-50	1/13/12	Abilene	Midland Legacy
12/28/11	Birdville	Mineral Wells	(W) 78-55	12/27/11	Abilene	Mineral Wells	(L) 51-50

Record Breakdown

Birdville (11-12)		Abilene (11-12)
22-11	Overall	4-11
11-3	League	1-2
7-3	Non-League	3-7
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-3	Common Opponent	0-2
8-2	Home	1-1
9-3	Away	0-4
5-6	Neutral	3-6
0-1	Playoff	0-0
22-11	In-State	4-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0