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The Ayden - Grifton (Ayden, NC) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against SouthWest Edgecombe (Pinetops, NC) by a score of 72-57.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
SouthWest Edgecombe	21	18	18	15	72
Ayden - Grifton	21	17	18	1	57

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Game Stats

Ayden - Grifton (24-25)

SouthWest Edgecombe

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	158	72	27	52	52	56
1	Rick Smith (Jr)	18	8	4	7	57	57
2	Zy Thigpen (Sr)	32	21	8	14	57	61
3	Justin Bridgers (Jr)	20	12	4	9	44	44
4	Xander Brown (Sr)	20	11	4	6	67	92
5	Kahleil Holder (Jr)	6	0	0	1	0	0
10	Devion Mayo, Jr (So)	15	2	1	2	50	50
12	Alijah Lassiter (Jr)	22	11	4	7	57	57
14	Trey Thigpen (Jr)	5	0	0	0
22	Qua Darden (Jr)	20	7	2	6	33	33

Ayden - Grifton

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	57	19	50	38	48
1	H. Jenkins (Sr)	21	7	15	47	60
3	EJ Ruffin (Jr)	3	1	7	14	21
4	Eli Sutton (Sr)	0	0	5	0	0
5	Nygel Morgan (Jr)	9	3	6	50	58
11	Zimere Nelson (Sr)	1	0	3	0	0
12	Jahmir Outlaw (Sr)	19	7	13	54	69
22	King Williams (So)	2	0	0
23	Jamiere Horton (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100

SouthWest Edgecombe

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	158	72	4	11	36	14	22	64	23	41	56
1	Rick Smith (Jr)	18	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	6	67
2	Zy Thigpen (Sr)	32	21	1	1	100	4	5	80	7	13	54
3	Justin Bridgers (Jr)	20	12	0	2	0	4	6	67	4	7	57
4	Xander Brown (Sr)	20	11	3	5	60	0	0	0	1	1	100
5	Kahleil Holder (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	Devion Mayo, Jr (So)	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
12	Alijah Lassiter (Jr)	22	11	0	1	0	3	4	75	4	6	67
14	Trey Thigpen (Jr)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Qua Darden (Jr)	20	7	0	0	0	3	6	50	2	6	33

Ayden - Grifton

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	57	10	25	40	9	12	75	9	25	36
1	H. Jenkins (Sr)	21	4	9	44	3	3	100	3	6	50
3	EJ Ruffin (Jr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	4	0
4	Eli Sutton (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	Nygel Morgan (Jr)	9	1	2	50	2	2	100	2	4	50
11	Zimere Nelson (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	3	0
12	Jahmir Outlaw (Sr)	19	4	8	50	1	1	100	3	5	60
22	King Williams (So)	2	0	0	0	2	4	50	0	0	0
23	Jamiere Horton (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100

SouthWest Edgecombe

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	158	72	7	24	31	19	2	7	13	12
1	Rick Smith (Jr)	18	8	2	3	5	2	0	0	1	0
2	Zy Thigpen (Sr)	32	21	0	2	2	8	1	0	6	1
3	Justin Bridgers (Jr)	20	12	3	8	11	5	0	5	5	3
4	Xander Brown (Sr)	20	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
5	Kahleil Holder (Jr)	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	Devion Mayo, Jr (So)	15	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2
12	Alijah Lassiter (Jr)	22	11	0	6	6	2	1	0	1	2
14	Trey Thigpen (Jr)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
22	Qua Darden (Jr)	20	7	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	1

Ayden - Grifton

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	57	3	14	17	14	8	1	14	16
1	H. Jenkins (Sr)	21	0	1	1	4	0	0	3	1
3	EJ Ruffin (Jr)	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	4
4	Eli Sutton (Sr)	0	2	2	4	3	2	0	4	0
5	Nygel Morgan (Jr)	9	0	5	5	3	2	1	3	2
11	Zimere Nelson (Sr)	1	1	4	5	0	0	0	1	3
12	Jahmir Outlaw (Sr)	19	0	2	2	2	2	0	2	3
22	King Williams (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
23	Jamiere Horton (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

SouthWest Edgecombe

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.46	0.15	0.17	0.58	1
1	Rick Smith (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
2	Zy Thigpen (Sr)	1.33	0.17	1.00	0.00	1
3	Justin Bridgers (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.67	0
10	Devion Mayo, Jr (So)	2.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0
12	Alijah Lassiter (Jr)	2.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0

Ayden - Grifton

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.00	0.57	0.50	0.06
1	H. Jenkins (Sr)	1.33	0.00	0.00	0.00
3	EJ Ruffin (Jr)	2.00	1.00	0.25	0.00
4	Eli Sutton (Sr)	0.75	0.50	2.00	0.00
5	Nygel Morgan (Jr)	1.00	0.67	1.00	0.50
12	Jahmir Outlaw (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.67	0.00
23	Jamiere Horton (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - SouthWest Edgecombe thwarts Ayden - Grifton

January 9, 2025: Ayden, NC 28513

The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the SouthWest Edgecombe Cougars (Pinetops, NC) and the host Ayden - Grifton Chargers (Ayden, NC), observed SouthWest Edgecombe's basketball team knock off Ayden - Grifton by a score of 72-57.

The Cougars (10-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Washington (Washington, NC). The Pam Pack come into the 2A Eastern Plains challenge with a 10-5 record. In their last challenge, Washington prevailed over North Pitt (Bethel, NC), 89-64, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Chargers encounter the North Lenoir Hawks (LaGrange, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 17. Ayden - Grifton will attempt to improve on its 7-7 season record.

Players of the Game

SouthWest Edgecombe (24-25)

Congratulations to #3 Justin Bridgers for being selected the SouthWest Edgecombe Basketball Player of the Game.

Ayden - Grifton (24-25)

Congratulations to #12 Jahmir Outlaw for being selected the Ayden - Grifton Basketball Player of the Game.

SWEHS @ AGHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 9, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Ayden - Grifton (Ayden, NC) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against SouthWest Edgecombe (Pinetops, NC) by a score of 72-57.

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Rankings & Records

SouthWest Edgecombe (24-25)

NC	Class
118	9

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
19-6	9-4	12-2	7-3	0-1	.760	.692	1,479	1,292

Ayden - Grifton (24-25)

NC	Class
319	23

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
11-16	3-11	6-4	3-9	2-3	.407	.214	1,616	1,674

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
SouthWest Edgecombe	13.5	14.0	15.7	15.9	10.5	59.2
Ayden - Grifton	12.8	16.1	15.9	15.6	10.0	59.9

Head-to-Head

SouthWest Edgecombe won on 1/9/2025

1/9 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

SWEHS 21 18 18 15 72
Ayden - Grifton 21 17 18 1 57

The SouthWest Edgecombe (Pinetops, NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Ayden - Grifton (Ayden, NC) by a score of 72-57.
Box score
SouthWest Edgecombe won on 2/7/2025

2/7 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final

Ayden - Grifton 9 17 13 17 10 66
SWEHS 17 9 14 16 13 69

The Ayden - Grifton (Ayden, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against SouthWest Edgecombe (Pinetops, NC) in overtime by a score of 69-66.
Box score

1/9 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
SWEHS	21	18	18	15	72
Ayden - Grifton	21	17	18	1	57

2/7 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Ayden - Grifton	9	17	13	17	10	66
SWEHS	17	9	14	16	13	69

Team Stat Comparison

SouthWest Edgecombe		Ayden - Grifton
59.0	Points Per Game	60.5
29.4	Rebounds Per Game	4.8
13.1	Assists Per Game	3.1
8.3	Steals Per Game	2.2
4.7	Blocks Per Game	0.6

Team Leaders

SouthWest Edgecombe		Ayden - Grifton	National Avg.
#2 Zy Thigpen13.2	Points Per Game	#1 Hatteras Jenkins16.5	4.9
#3 Justin Bridgers7.2	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Zimere Nelson0.9	2.6
#2 Zy Thigpen4.6	Assists Per Game	#1 Hatteras Jenkins1.1	1.0
#2 Zy Thigpen2.1	Steals Per Game	#1 Hatteras Jenkins0.5	0.8
#3 Justin Bridgers3.6	Blocks Per Game	#11 Zimere Nelson0.2	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
SouthWest Edgecombe	9-4		Ayden - Grifton	6-10

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/24	SouthWest Edgecombe	North Lenoir	(W) 42-35	12/16/24	North Lenoir	Ayden - Grifton	(W) 83-45
12/6/24	North Lenoir	SouthWest Edgecombe	(W) 65-25	12/28/24	North Lenoir	Ayden - Grifton	(W) 55-44
				1/17/25	Ayden - Grifton	North Lenoir	(W) 51-46
12/13/24	Farmville Central	SouthWest Edgecombe	(L) 79-40	12/20/24	Ayden - Grifton	Farmville Central	(L) 94-54
2/5/25	SouthWest Edgecombe	Farmville Central	(L) 73-34	1/29/25	Farmville Central	Ayden - Grifton	(L) 90-49
12/20/24	SouthWest Edgecombe	Greene Central	(W) 55-50	1/3/25	Greene Central	Ayden - Grifton	(L) 70-61
1/28/25	Greene Central	SouthWest Edgecombe	(W) 54-51	1/31/25	Ayden - Grifton	Greene Central	(L) 73-59
1/3/25	North Pitt	SouthWest Edgecombe	(W) 70-42	12/26/24	North Pitt	Ayden - Grifton	(L) 61-56
1/31/25	SouthWest Edgecombe	North Pitt	(W) 67-31	1/7/25	North Pitt	Ayden - Grifton	(W) 58-53
				2/4/25	Ayden - Grifton	North Pitt	(L) 55-51
1/17/25	Washington	SouthWest Edgecombe	(L) 63-49	1/27/25	Ayden - Grifton	Washington	(L) 83-63
2/11/25	SouthWest Edgecombe	Washington	(L) 83-54	2/13/25	Washington	Ayden - Grifton	(L) 88-57
				2/17/25	Ayden - Grifton	Washington	(L) 85-63
1/30/25	SouthWest Edgecombe	West Craven	(W) 65-50	12/13/24	Ayden - Grifton	West Craven	(L) 63-53
2/14/25	West Craven	SouthWest Edgecombe	(W) 50-49	2/10/25	West Craven	Ayden - Grifton	(W) 68-63
2/17/25	West Craven	SouthWest Edgecombe	(W) 64-46	2/18/25	Ayden - Grifton	West Craven	(W) 61-53

Record Breakdown

SouthWest Edgecombe (24-25)		Ayden - Grifton (24-25)
19-6	Overall	11-16
9-4	League	3-11
7-1	Non-League	7-2
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
9-4	Common Opponent	6-10
12-2	Home	6-4
7-3	Away	3-9
0-1	Neutral	2-3
1-1	Playoff	0-1
19-6	In-State	11-16
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0