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The Blue Ridge Early College (Cashiers, NC) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against Cherokee (NC) by a score of 77-60.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Cherokee	-	-	-	-	77
BREC	-	-	-	-	60

Final score provided by B. Henson.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Cherokee (22-23)

Cherokee has not entered stats for this game.

Blue Ridge Early College (22-23)

Blue Ridge Early College

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	60	22	62	35	37
2	Eric Puskarich (Jr)	26	8	24	33	35
5	Riley Nicholson (Jr)	5	2	5	40	40
11	Evan Pressley (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
14	Tyler Green (So)	3	1	7	14	14
15	A. Baumgarner (Fr)	6	3	6	50	50
22	Ethan Henson (Jr)	14	5	8	63	69
23	Ashtin Zachary (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33

Blue Ridge Early College

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	60	2	10	20	14	33	42	20	52	38
2	Eric Puskarich (Jr)	26	1	3	33	9	11	82	7	21	33
5	Riley Nicholson (Jr)	5				1	3	33	2	5	40
11	Evan Pressley (Fr)	0	0	1	0
14	Tyler Green (So)	3	0	2	0	1	6	17	1	5	20
15	A. Baumgarner (Fr)	6				0	5	0	3	6	50
22	Ethan Henson (Jr)	14	1	3	33	3	6	50	4	5	80
23	Ashtin Zachary (Sr)	4							2	6	33

Blue Ridge Early College

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	60	39	7	8	1	32
2	Eric Puskarich (Jr)	26	7	2			5
5	Riley Nicholson (Jr)	5	6				2
11	Evan Pressley (Fr)	0	2		1		2
14	Tyler Green (So)	3	3		1	1	3
15	A. Baumgarner (Fr)	6	2	1	1		8
22	Ethan Henson (Jr)	14	7	1	2		2
23	Ashtin Zachary (Sr)	4	7				3

Blue Ridge Early College

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr
	Team Totals	0.22	0.25	1
2	Eric Puskarich (Jr)	0.40
11	Evan Pressley (Fr)		0.50
14	Tyler Green (So)		0.33
15	A. Baumgarner (Fr)	0.13	0.13
22	Ethan Henson (Jr)	0.50	1.00
23	Ashtin Zachary (Sr)			1

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Cherokee thwarts Blue Ridge Early College

February 6, 2023: Cashiers, NC 28717

The Cherokee Braves (Cherokee, NC) basketball knocked off the host Blue Ridge Early College Bobcats (Cashiers, NC), 77-60 in Monday's non-league test.

The Braves (12-11) will now prepare for their test against Murphy (Murphy, NC). The Bulldogs go into the 1A Conference 43 - Big test with a 14-8 record. In their last test, Murphy notched a victory over Andrews (Andrews, NC), 69-50, in a league test.

The Bobcats now own a 4-15 record. They play next when they host Highlands for a 1A Conference 43 - Little test on Tuesday, February 7. Blue Ridge Early College will encounter a Highlanders squad coming off a 81-50 league loss to Hiwassee Dam (Murphy, NC). The Highlanders record now stands at 4-15.

Cherokee @ BREC Basketball Game Info

Mon., Feb. 6, 2023 @ 7:30p

The Blue Ridge Early College (Cashiers, NC) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against Cherokee (NC) by a score of 77-60.

Rankings & Records

Cherokee (22-23)

NC	Class
447	34

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
12-14	4-6	6-5	4-7	2-2	.462	.400	1,649	1,660

Blue Ridge Early College (22-23)

NC	Class
655	52

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
4-18	2-4	2-9	2-8	0-1	.182	.333	1,046	1,493

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Cherokee	15.3	13.9	15.4	17.8	8.0	63.4
Blue Ridge Early College	13.1	8.6	9.6	9.8	-	47.5

Team Stat Comparison

Cherokee		Blue Ridge Early College
3.5	Points Per Game	47.5
1.9	Rebounds Per Game	21.0
1.0	Assists Per Game	6.0
1.1	Steals Per Game	4.1
0.3	Blocks Per Game	1.5

Team Leaders

Cherokee		Blue Ridge Early College	National Avg.
#5 Jack Teesateskie11.5	Points Per Game	#2 Eric Puskarich15.3	4.9
#5 Jack Teesateskie7.0	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Ethan Henson3.9	2.6
#5 Jack Teesateskie4.5	Assists Per Game	#2 Eric Puskarich2.0	1.0
#12 Savian Davis5.0	Steals Per Game	#15 Anthony Baumgarner0.7	0.8
#12 Savian Davis3.0	Blocks Per Game	#14 Tyler Green1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Cherokee	8-7		Blue Ridge Early College	2-13

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/22	Cherokee	Highlands	(W) 57-46	1/27/23	Blue Ridge Early College	Highlands	(L) 59-52
1/6/23	Highlands	Cherokee	(W) 78-37	2/7/23	Highlands	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 67-54
				2/14/23	Blue Ridge Early College	Highlands	(L) 66-41
12/13/22	Cherokee	Robbinsville	(L) 72-68	1/10/23	Blue Ridge Early College	Robbinsville	(L) 62-38
1/24/23	Robbinsville	Cherokee	(L) 58-48
12/16/22	Andrews	Cherokee	(W) 70-60	11/29/22	Andrews	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 78-25
1/27/23	Cherokee	Andrews	(L) 59-47	1/6/23	Blue Ridge Early College	Andrews	(L) 59-23
12/20/22	Hayesville	Cherokee	(W) 82-74	12/2/22	Hayesville	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 75-25
1/31/23	Cherokee	Hayesville	(L) 75-59	1/28/23	Blue Ridge Early College	Hayesville	(L) 100-37
2/9/23	Cherokee	Hayesville	(L) 47-39
1/4/23	Cherokee	Swain County	(W) 70-63	12/6/22	Blue Ridge Early College	Swain County	(L) 74-40
2/2/23	Swain County	Cherokee	(L) 83-72	12/14/22	Swain County	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 65-27
1/10/23	Nantahala	Cherokee	(W) 82-33	12/16/22	Blue Ridge Early College	Nantahala	(W) 79-72
				2/3/23	Nantahala	Blue Ridge Early College	(W) 64-33
1/17/23	Cherokee	Hiwassee Dam	(W) 70-66	1/26/23	Hiwassee Dam	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 69-56
				2/9/23	Blue Ridge Early College	Hiwassee Dam	(L) 92-32
1/20/23	Murphy	Cherokee	(W) 82-75	1/17/23	Murphy	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 73-29
2/7/23	Cherokee	Murphy	(L) 82-77

Record Breakdown

Cherokee (22-23)		Blue Ridge Early College (22-23)
12-14	Overall	4-18
4-7	League	2-5
5-3	Non-League	2-13
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
8-7	Common Opponent	2-13
6-5	Home	2-9
4-7	Away	2-8
2-2	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	0-0
9-13	In-State	4-17
2-1	Out-of-State	0-0