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The Thornton Fractional North (Calumet City, IL) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Hammond Central (Hammond, IN) by a score of 66-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hammond Central	17	15	14	20	66
TFNHS	8	14	14	15	51

Final score provided by J. Boyette.

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Game Stats

Hammond Central (24-25)

Hammond Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	168	66	28	54	52	56
1	Cylin Pointer (Jr)	30	9	3	8	38	50
2	Marcus Browder (Sr)	30	30	14	20	70	73
3	Gregory Dotson (Sr)	30	13	5	9	56	56
4	Zierre Taylor (Jr)	22	4	2	3	67	67
10	Dominic Alvarez (So)	2	0	0	1	0	0
11	I. Whitehead (Jr)	20	3	1	7	14	21
12	Elijah Lewis (Jr)	6	2	1	1	100	100
14	M. Sanders (Sr)	2	0	0	1	0	0
21	Raul Ayon (Jr)	2	0	0	0
23	Naeem Pete (Sr)	24	5	2	4	50	50

Hammond Central

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	168	66	4	14	29	6	9	67	24	40	60
1	Cylin Pointer (Jr)	30	9	2	5	40	1	2	50	1	3	33
2	Marcus Browder (Sr)	30	30	1	3	33	1	2	50	13	17	76
3	Gregory Dotson (Sr)	30	13	0	1	0	3	3	100	5	8	63
4	Zierre Taylor (Jr)	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
10	Dominic Alvarez (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	I. Whitehead (Jr)	20	3	1	4	25	0	0	0	0	3	0
12	Elijah Lewis (Jr)	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
14	M. Sanders (Sr)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Raul Ayon (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Naeem Pete (Sr)	24	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	4	50

Hammond Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	168	66	18	13	31	16	14	4	9	11
1	Cylin Pointer (Jr)	30	9	3	1	4	3	4	0	1	3
2	Marcus Browder (Sr)	30	30	3	2	5	3	3	1	2	1
3	Gregory Dotson (Sr)	30	13	5	1	6	4	4	0	3	1
4	Zierre Taylor (Jr)	22	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1
10	Dominic Alvarez (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	I. Whitehead (Jr)	20	3	1	4	5	5	3	0	0	1
12	Elijah Lewis (Jr)	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	M. Sanders (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Raul Ayon (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Naeem Pete (Sr)	24	5	4	3	7	1	0	2	1	4

Hammond Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.78	1.56	1.27	0.36	14
1	Cylin Pointer (Jr)	3.00	4.00	1.33	0.00	2
2	Marcus Browder (Sr)	1.50	1.50	3.00	1.00	2
3	Gregory Dotson (Sr)	1.33	1.33	4.00	0.00	2
4	Zierre Taylor (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1
11	I. Whitehead (Jr)	5.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	4
23	Naeem Pete (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	3

Thornton Fractional North (24-25)

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Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Thornton Fractional North bested by Hammond Central

January 23, 2025: Calumet City, IL 60409

The Thornton Fractional North Meteors basketball squad (Calumet City, IL), lost 66-51 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting Hammond Central Wolves (Hammond, IN)

With the victory, Hammond Central advances its record to 6-10 on the year. The Wolves host Hammond Bishop Noll (Hammond, IN) to meet the Warriors in a non-league battle on Tuesday, January 28. The Warriors enter the battle with a record of 6-11. Hammond Bishop Noll won 61-48 in their recent league battle against Illiana Christian (Dyer, IN)

The Meteors now own a 10-8 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Lemont for a South Suburban battle on Tuesday, January 28. Thornton Fractional North will meet a Lemont HS squad coming off a 82-57 league win over Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL). The Lemont HS record now stands at 16-7.

Players of the Game

Hammond Central (24-25)

Congratulations to #2 Marcus Browder for being selected the Hammond Central Basketball Player of the Game.

Thornton Fractional North (24-25)

Thornton Fractional North has not selected any Players of the Game.

HCHS @ TFNHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 23, 2025 @ 6p

The Thornton Fractional North (Calumet City, IL) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Hammond Central (Hammond, IN) by a score of 66-51.

Rankings & Records

Hammond Central (24-25)

IN	Class
158	62

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-15	0-3	4-7	3-6	2-2	.375	.000	1,418	1,487

Thornton Fractional North (24-25)

IL	Class
237	68

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-13	9-4	5-3	9-7	1-3	.536	.692	1,630	1,506

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hammond Central	12.2	15.2	16.7	14.5	59.1
Thornton Fractional North	15.8	14.6	11.8	12.1	58.2

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Team Stat Comparison

Hammond Central		Thornton Fractional North
59.4	Points Per Game	-
22.8	Rebounds Per Game	-
13.8	Assists Per Game	-
9.5	Steals Per Game	-
1.9	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Hammond Central		Thornton Fractional North	National Avg.
#2 Marcus Browder22.0	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#2 Marcus Browder6.2	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#2 Marcus Browder4.0	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#2 Marcus Browder3.4	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#23 Naeem Pete0.7	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hammond Central	1-0		Thornton Fractional North	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
11/29/24	Hammond Central	Thornton Fractional South	(W) 67-64		2/11/25	Thornton Fractional South	Thornton Fractional North	(W) 56-54

Record Breakdown

Hammond Central (24-25)		Thornton Fractional North (24-25)
9-15	Overall	15-13
0-3	League	9-4
7-9	Non-League	5-8
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-0	Common Opponent	1-0
4-7	Home	5-3
3-6	Away	9-7
2-2	Neutral	1-3
0-1	Playoff	0-1
5-12	In-State	14-10
4-3	Out-of-State	1-3