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Murphy McMinn County

Bulldogs

Cherokees

The McMinn County (Athens, TN) varsity basketball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Murphy (NC) by a score of 72-66.

Game Details: McMinn County High School

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphy	-	-	-	-	66
McMinn County	-	-	-	-	72

Final score provided by L. Denny.

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Game Stats

Murphy (23-24)

Murphy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	66	23	41	56	66
4	Xander Wachacha (Sr)	10	3	9	33	50
11	Ryan Payne (So)	10	3	7	43	57
12	Hunter Carson (Sr)	7	2	2	100	125
13	Zach Skogen (Sr)	22	9	11	82	82
15	Cale Harger (So)	5	1	3	33	33
31	Will Joyner (Sr)	8	3	6	50	67
32	Tyler Payne (So)	4	2	3	67	67

Murphy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	66	8	19	42	12	19	63	15	22	68
4	Xander Wachacha (Sr)	10	3	6	50	1	2	50	0	3	0
11	Ryan Payne (So)	10	2	5	40	2	2	100	1	2	50
12	Hunter Carson (Sr)	7	1	1	100	2	2	100	1	1	100
13	Zach Skogen (Sr)	22	0	2	0	4	8	50	9	9	100
15	Cale Harger (So)	5				3	3	100	1	3	33
31	Will Joyner (Sr)	8	2	5	40				1	1	100
32	Tyler Payne (So)	4				0	2	0	2	3	67

Murphy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	66	3	21	24	22	6	1
4	Xander Wachacha (Sr)	10		3	3	5	2	1
5	Andrew Barolet (Sr)					1
10	Bradey Golden (Jr)			1	1	1
11	Ryan Payne (So)	10	1		1	6	1
12	Hunter Carson (Sr)	7	1	3	4	3
13	Zach Skogen (Sr)	22	1	10	11	3	1
15	Cale Harger (So)	5					1
31	Will Joyner (Sr)	8		4	4	3	1
32	Tyler Payne (So)	4

Murphy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Defl
	Team Totals	4
4	Xander Wachacha (Sr)	2
31	Will Joyner (Sr)	2

McMinn County (23-24)

McMinn County has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Tennessee High School Basketball - Murphy can't hold off McMinn County

January 8, 2024: Athens, TN 37303

The McMinn County Cherokees basketball team scored 72 points and restricted the visiting Murphy Bulldogs to 66 in the Cherokees non-league victory on Monday.

The Cherokees now sport a 4-9 record. They put it on the line next when they host Cleveland for a 4A District 5 bout on Friday, January 12. McMinn County will play a Blue Raiders squad coming off a 69-53 non-league loss to Oak Ridge (Oak Ridge, TN). The Blue Raiders record now stands at 2-10.

Next up, the Bulldogs play the Nantahala Hawks (Topton, NC) in a 1A Smoky Mountain bout, on Tuesday, January 9. Murphy will attempt to upgrade on its 8-5 season record. The Hawks go into the bout with a 3-5 record after their 76-65 league loss to Blue Ridge Early College (Cashiers, NC).

Rankings & Records

Murphy (23-24)

NC	Class
283	12

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
18-10	9-5	10-3	6-6	2-1	.643	.643	1,821	1,527

McMinn County (23-24)

TN	Class
180	60

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
13-13	3-4	8-3	4-8	1-2	.500	.429	1,588	1,701

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphy	13.3	15.0	13.3	17.8	65.0
McMinn County	15.5	18.0	16.5	13.8	61.1

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Team Stat Comparison

Murphy		McMinn County
65.0	Points Per Game	-
33.2	Rebounds Per Game	-
14.5	Assists Per Game	-
6.3	Steals Per Game	-
1.7	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Murphy		McMinn County	National Avg.
#24 Dominick Rummler15.1	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#13 Zach Skogen9.8	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#4 Xander Wachacha4.1	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#4 Xander Wachacha1.5	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#24 Dominick Rummler0.7	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Record Breakdown

Murphy (23-24)		McMinn County (23-24)
18-10	Overall	13-13
9-6	League	3-4
4-2	Non-League	8-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
10-3	Home	8-3
6-6	Away	4-8
2-1	Neutral	1-2
2-1	Playoff	0-0
15-7	In-State	11-12
3-3	Out-of-State	2-1