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Highland Tech Bessemer City

Rams

Yellow Jackets

The Bessemer City (NC) varsity basketball team won Monday's home conference game against Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) by a score of 83-48.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland Tech	-	-	-	-	48
Bessemer City	-	-	-	-	83

Final score provided by M. Barnette.

Recap
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Game Stats

Bessemer City (22-23)

Highland Tech

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	48	19	43	44	53
1	Elijah Whitted (Jr)	22	9	19	47	58
2	Aiden Faust (Sr)	5	2	2	100	125
3	E. Sherrill (So)	9	3	7	43	50
5	G. Blackwood (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Cameron Newman (Sr)	3	1	1	100	150
11	Yoel Mussie (Jr)	7	3	9	33	39
15	Erwing Soza (So)	0	0	1	0	0
42	Garrick Spake (So)	2	1	3	33	33

Bessemer City

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	83	29	41	71	78
1	Nazari Smarr (Sr)	15	7	8	88	88
3	Keyshawn Adams (Sr)	25	9	15	60	73
5	Jameer Holmes (Sr)	8	3	5	60	60
11	Randall Pettus (Sr)	26	10	13	77	85
15	T. Smith (Sr)	11

Highland Tech

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	48	8	17	47	2	7	29	11	26	42
1	Elijah Whitted (Jr)	22	4	7	57				5	12	42
2	Aiden Faust (Sr)	5	1	1	100				1	1	100
3	E. Sherrill (So)	9	1	3	33	2	3	67	2	4	50
4	Micah Hinton (Jr)	0				0	2	0
5	G. Blackwood (Sr)	0							0	1	0
10	Cameron Newman (Sr)	3	1	1	100
11	Yoel Mussie (Jr)	7	1	5	20				2	4	50
15	Erwing Soza (So)	0							0	1	0
42	Garrick Spake (So)	2				0	2	0	1	3	33

Bessemer City

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	83	6	9	67	8	11	73	23	32	72
1	Nazari Smarr (Sr)	15				1	1	100	7	8	88
3	Keyshawn Adams (Sr)	25	4	6	67	3	4	75	5	9	56
5	Jameer Holmes (Sr)	8				2	4	50	3	5	60
11	Randall Pettus (Sr)	26	2	3	67	2	2	100	8	10	80
15	T. Smith (Sr)	11

Highland Tech

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	48	7	13	20	15	7	3	15	9
1	Elijah Whitted (Jr)	22	1	1	2	2	3		3
2	Aiden Faust (Sr)	5	1		1					1
3	E. Sherrill (So)	9	1	3	4	3	3		2	1
4	Micah Hinton (Jr)	0				1			1
5	G. Blackwood (Sr)	0	1	2	3	5			2	3
10	Cameron Newman (Sr)	3	1	2	3
11	Yoel Mussie (Jr)	7	1		1	4	1		5	2
15	Erwing Soza (So)	0						1	2	2
42	Garrick Spake (So)	2	1	5	6			2

Bessemer City

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	83	7	6	18	3	2	7
1	Nazari Smarr (Sr)	15			5
3	Keyshawn Adams (Sr)	25	7	6	13	3	2	7
5	Jameer Holmes (Sr)	8	5	6	11
11	Randall Pettus (Sr)	26	5	5	10	9	8
15	T. Smith (Sr)	11

Highland Tech

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.00	0.47	0.78	0.33
1	Elijah Whitted (Jr)	0.67	1.00
3	E. Sherrill (So)	1.50	1.50	3.00
4	Micah Hinton (Jr)	1.00
5	G. Blackwood (Sr)	2.50
11	Yoel Mussie (Jr)	0.80	0.20	0.50
15	Erwing Soza (So)				0.50

Misc Totals

Bessemer City has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Bessemer City trounces Highland Tech

February 13, 2023: Bessemer City, NC 28016

The Bessemer City Yellow Jackets (Bessemer City, NC) basketball crushed the visiting Highland Tech Rams (Gastonia, NC), 83-48 in Monday's league test.

The Yellow Jackets (16-7) will now prepare for their test against Shelby (Shelby, NC). The Golden Lions go into the non-league test with a 17-6 record. In their last test, Shelby walloped Thomas Jefferson (Mooresboro, NC), 70-44, in a non-league test.

The Rams now own a 5-19 record.

Rankings & Records

Highland Tech (22-23)

NC	Class
497	36

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
5-19	1-12	1-9	4-8	0-2	.208	.077	1,225	1,556

Bessemer City (22-23)

NC	Class
154	7

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
19-9	9-5	10-4	9-4	0-1	.679	.643	1,913	1,696

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Highland Tech	9.8	13.7	13.1	14.3	-	51.0
Bessemer City	14.0	16.1	17.6	19.9	18.0	68.3

Head-to-Head

Bessemer City won on 1/13/2023

1/13 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Bessemer City 16 16 20 19 71
Highland Tech 8 6 15 3 32

The Bessemer City (NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) by a score of 71-32.
Box score
Bessemer City won on 2/7/2023

2/7 @ 7:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Highland Tech - - - - 53
Bessemer City - - - - 84

The Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Bessemer City (NC) by a score of 84-53.
Box score
Bessemer City won on 2/13/2023

2/13 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Highland Tech - - - - 48
Bessemer City - - - - 83

The Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) varsity basketball team lost Monday's away conference game against Bessemer City (NC) by a score of 83-48.
Box score

1/13 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Bessemer City	16	16	20	19	71
Highland Tech	8	6	15	3	32

2/7 @ 7:15p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland Tech	-	-	-	-	53
Bessemer City	-	-	-	-	84

Team Stat Comparison

Highland Tech		Bessemer City
50.9	Points Per Game	68.0
23.7	Rebounds Per Game	36.4
12.2	Assists Per Game	11.8
10.3	Steals Per Game	10.8
3.3	Blocks Per Game	7.2

Team Leaders

Highland Tech		Bessemer City	National Avg.
#3 Elijah Sherrill12.8	Points Per Game	#11 Randall Pettus24.4	4.9
#3 Elijah Sherrill4.3	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Keyshawn Adams12.2	2.6
#5 Gavin Blackwood3.4	Assists Per Game	#11 Randall Pettus8.2	1.0
#3 Elijah Sherrill2.7	Steals Per Game	#11 Randall Pettus6.7	0.8
#0 Dante Harriston1.0	Blocks Per Game	#3 Keyshawn Adams4.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland Tech	1-11		Bessemer City	8-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/22/22	Huss	Highland Tech	(L) 86-50	12/6/22	Bessemer City	Huss	(W) 67-60
2/1/23	Highland Tech	Huss	(L) 67-51	12/13/22	Huss	Bessemer City	(L) 73-69
12/16/22	Burns	Highland Tech	(L) 72-67	1/10/23	Burns	Bessemer City	(W) 80-59
1/24/23	Highland Tech	Burns	(L) 77-40	2/3/23	Bessemer City	Burns	(W) 60-59
12/20/22	Highland Tech	Thomas Jefferson	(W) 54-37	12/16/22	Thomas Jefferson	Bessemer City	(W) 81-55
1/31/23	Thomas Jefferson	Highland Tech	(L) 49-23	1/24/23	Bessemer City	Thomas Jefferson	(W) 78-59
1/6/23	Shelby	Highland Tech	(L) 68-41	1/4/23	Shelby	Bessemer City	(W) 66-49
1/27/23	Highland Tech	Shelby	(L) 60-34	1/18/23	Bessemer City	Shelby	(L) 69-58
				2/15/23	Bessemer City	Shelby	(W) 56-54
1/10/23	Cherryville	Highland Tech	(L) 73-72	1/6/23	Bessemer City	Cherryville	(W) 76-56
2/3/23	Highland Tech	Cherryville	(L) 62-48	1/27/23	Cherryville	Bessemer City	(L) 83-78
1/20/23	East Gaston	Highland Tech	(L) 76-49	12/20/22	Bessemer City	East Gaston	(L) 75-63
2/10/23	Highland Tech	East Gaston	(L) 80-54	1/31/23	East Gaston	Bessemer City	(L) 65-52
				2/17/23	Bessemer City	East Gaston	(L) 76-75

Record Breakdown

Highland Tech (22-23)		Bessemer City (22-23)
5-19	Overall	19-9
1-12	League	10-5
4-5	Non-League	6-2
0-3	Head to Head	3-0
1-11	Common Opponent	8-6
1-9	Home	10-4
4-8	Away	9-4
0-2	Neutral	0-1
0-0	Playoff	2-1
5-17	In-State	18-8
0-2	Out-of-State	1-1