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Central String Theory

Lancers

The String Theory (Philadelphia, PA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Central (Philadelphia, PA) by a score of 50-32.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central	4	6	15	7	32
String Theory	17	9	10	14	50

Final score provided by M. Brino.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

String Theory (23-24)

Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	32	31	10	34	29	38
4	Y. Knight-parker (So)	32	22	7	17	41	56
15	Malachi Brown (Sr)		9	3	17	18	21

String Theory

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	50	19	43	44	50
1	Martin Long (Fr)	5	2	7	29	29
3	Luca Varallo (Jr)	8	3	5	60	60
5	J. Robertson (Sr)	15	6	19	32	39
12	R. Lafaliese (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
21	Jason Pezzetti (Sr)	15	6	6	100	117
23	C. Houston (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
30	Dawud Jones (Sr)	4	1	3	33	33
	E. Wilkes-Williams (Sr)	1	0	0

Central

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	32	31	6	18	33	5	13	38	4	16	25
4	Y. Knight-parker (So)	32	22	5	11	45	3	7	43	2	6	33
15	Malachi Brown (Sr)		9	1	7	14	2	6	33	2	10	20

String Theory

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	50	5	22	23	7	15	47	14	21	67
1	Martin Long (Fr)	5	0	4	0	1	2	50	2	3	67
3	Luca Varallo (Jr)	8	0	2	0	2	3	67	3	3	100
5	J. Robertson (Sr)	15	3	13	23	0	1	0	3	6	50
12	R. Lafaliese (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Jason Pezzetti (Sr)	15	2	2	100	1	1	100	4	4	100
23	C. Houston (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
30	Dawud Jones (Sr)	4	0	0	0	2	6	33	1	3	33
	E. Wilkes-Williams (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0

Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	32	31	2	16	18	3	3	1
4	Y. Knight-parker (So)	32	22	2	4	6	1		1
15	Malachi Brown (Sr)		9	0	12	12	2	3	0

String Theory

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	50	8	25	33	6	12	3	12
1	Martin Long (Fr)	5	0	1	1		1
2	D. Williams (Sr)	0							1
3	Luca Varallo (Jr)	8				2	1		1
5	J. Robertson (Sr)	15		2	2	1	4		2
12	R. Lafaliese (Jr)	0	1	4	5		1		5
21	Jason Pezzetti (Sr)	15	2	7	9	2	1	2	1
23	C. Houston (Sr)	2	1	3	4		2
30	Dawud Jones (Sr)	4	4	6	10	1	1	1	2
	E. Wilkes-Williams (Sr)	1	0	2	2		1

Misc Totals

Central has not entered any misc totals stats.

String Theory

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.50	1.00
3	Luca Varallo (Jr)	2.00	1.00
5	J. Robertson (Sr)	0.50	2.00
12	R. Lafaliese (Jr)		0.20
21	Jason Pezzetti (Sr)	2.00	1.00
30	Dawud Jones (Sr)	0.50	0.50

Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Basketball - String Theory topples Central

January 16, 2024: Philadelphia, PA 19102

In Tuesday's league outing, the String Theory (Philadelphia, PA) basketball squad beat the visiting Central Lancers (Philadelphia, PA), by a count of 50-32.

The (6-7) will now prepare for their outing against Boys' Latin Charter (Philadelphia, PA). The go into the Philadelphia Public - Liberty outing with a 2-5 record. In their last outing, Boys' Latin Charter defeated Olney (Philadelphia, PA), 42-35, in a league outing.

The Lancers now hold a 5-11 record. They play next when they host Carver High School of Engineering & Science for a Philadelphia Public - Liberty outing on Thursday, January 18. Central will clash with a squad coming off a 60-48 league win over Paul Robeson (Philadelphia, PA). The record now stands at 11-3.

Players of the Game

Central (23-24)

Central has not selected any Players of the Game.

String Theory (23-24)

Congratulations to #5 Justus Robertson for being selected the String Theory Basketball Player of the Game.

Central @ String Theory Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 16, 2024 @ 3:45p

Location: 2201 S 16th St, Phila., PA 19145

The String Theory (Philadelphia, PA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Central (Philadelphia, PA) by a score of 50-32.

Rankings & Records

Central (23-24)

PA	Class
584	109

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
7-16	4-8	4-5	2-11	1-0	.304	.333	1,032	1,268

String Theory (23-24)

PA	Class
413	52

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
11-12	6-6	6-3	4-8	1-1	.478	.500	1,258	1,294

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Central	8.3	8.3	11.7	9.0	-	44.9
String Theory	13.9	14.4	13.3	16.0	3.0	54.7

Team Stat Comparison

Central		String Theory
29.9	Points Per Game	55.1
9.4	Rebounds Per Game	38.7
3.3	Assists Per Game	10.0
2.3	Steals Per Game	10.1
1.5	Blocks Per Game	3.1

Team Leaders

Central		String Theory	National Avg.
#4 Yamir Knight-parker17.9	Points Per Game	#5 Justus Robertson16.6	4.9
#15 Malachi Brown6.2	Rebounds Per Game	#30 Dawud Jones11.3	2.6
#15 Malachi Brown2.4	Assists Per Game	#21 Jason Pezzetti2.8	1.0
#4 Yamir Knight-parker1.3	Steals Per Game	#21 Jason Pezzetti2.1	0.8
#4 Yamir Knight-parker1.2	Blocks Per Game	#21 Jason Pezzetti1.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Central	4-11		String Theory	6-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/23	Science Leadership Academy at Beeber	Central	(L) 65-51	1/29/24	Science Leadership Academy at Beeber	String Theory	(L) 73-72
				2/26/24	String Theory	Science Leadership Academy at Beeber	(L) 63-62
12/7/23	Northeast	Central	(L) 60-20	12/19/23	String Theory	Northeast	(L) 58-43
2/8/24	Central	Northeast	(L) 73-36
12/8/23	Paul Robeson	Central	(L) 60-49	12/5/23	Paul Robeson	String Theory	(L) 66-62
1/30/24	Central	Paul Robeson	(L) 56-48
12/12/23	Central	Olney	(W) 40-37	12/7/23	String Theory	Olney	(W) 62-54
12/14/23	Boys' Latin Charter	Central	(W) 46-43	1/18/24	Boys' Latin Charter	String Theory	(W) 57-55
12/18/23	Central	Roxborough	(L) 55-41	2/8/24	Roxborough	String Theory	(W) 68-63
12/19/23	Frankford	Central	(L) 54-41	1/4/24	Frankford	String Theory	(L) 54-40
1/11/24	Central	Academy at Palumbo	(L) 48-44	12/12/23	String Theory	Academy at Palumbo	(W) 58-48
1/13/24	Central	Penncrest	(L) 58-44	12/9/23	String Theory	Penncrest	(L) 56-43
1/18/24	Carver High School of Engineering & Science	Central	(L) 63-50	1/30/24	String Theory	Carver High School of Engineering & Science	(W) 61-56
1/23/24	Central	George Washington	(L) 58-50	12/14/23	String Theory	George Washington	(L) 71-56
1/25/24	Central	Maritime Academy Charter	(W) 69-39	1/23/24	Maritime Academy Charter	String Theory	(W) 63-42
1/29/24	Simon Gratz	Central	(W) 50-47	1/11/24	String Theory	Simon Gratz	(L) 64-54

Record Breakdown

Central (23-24)		String Theory (23-24)
7-16	Overall	11-12
4-8	League	6-6
2-5	Non-League	3-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-11	Common Opponent	6-8
4-5	Home	6-3
2-11	Away	4-8
1-0	Neutral	1-1
0-1	Playoff	2-2
7-16	In-State	10-12
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0