Tri County Area vs Ionia | Basketball

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Tri County Area Ionia

Vikings

Bulldogs

The Ionia (MI) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Tri County Area (Howard City, MI) by a score of 75-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Tri County Area	7	13	20	5	45
Ionia	23	21	20	11	75

Final score provided by A. Newell.

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Game Stats

Tri County Area (22-23)

Tri County Area

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	16	38	42	47
3	Brett Flintoff (Sr)	6	3	3	100	100
11	Gavin Rykse (Jr)	9	4	9	44	50
20	Blake Nelson (Sr)	17	5	9	56	72
23	Logan Hallman (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	Mikey Stout (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
33	Ty Merlington (Sr)	10	3	14	21	21

Tri County Area

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	4	13	31	8	11	73	12	25	48
3	Brett Flintoff (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100
11	Gavin Rykse (Jr)	9	1	2	50	0	0	0	3	7	43
20	Blake Nelson (Sr)	17	3	6	50	4	5	80	2	3	67
23	Logan Hallman (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Mikey Stout (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
33	Ty Merlington (Sr)	10	0	4	0	4	6	67	3	10	30

Tri County Area

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	44	6	12	18	9	4	1	19	5
1	Tytan Ketelaar (Jr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	Brett Flintoff (Sr)	6	1	2	3	1	0	0	3	3
5	Lucas Rosso (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	Gavin Rykse (Jr)	9	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	0
13	Trenton Mcnees (Jr)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
20	Blake Nelson (Sr)	17	0	1	1	4	2	0	4	0
20	Cole Plotts (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Andrew Lenon (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	Logan Hallman (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0
24	Mikey Stout (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Ty Merlington (Sr)	10	4	3	7	2	0	1	4	2

Tri County Area

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.47	0.21	0.80	0.20	5
3	Brett Flintoff (Sr)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
11	Gavin Rykse (Jr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	1
13	Trenton Mcnees (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
20	Blake Nelson (Sr)	1.00	0.50	2.00	0.00	0
23	Logan Hallman (Sr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	0.00	1
33	Ty Merlington (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.50	2

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Ionia (22-23)

Ionia has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Michigan High School Basketball - Tri County Area ripped by Ionia

February 21, 2023: Ionia, MI 48846

The Ionia Bulldogs basketball team scored 75 points and held the visiting Tri County Area Vikings to 45 in the Bulldogs non-league triumph on Tuesday.

The Bulldogs now sport a 16-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Sexton for a Capital Area - White contest on Friday, February 24. Ionia will meet a Big Reds team coming off a 70-60 non-league win over Haslett (Haslett, MI). The Big Reds record now stands at 10-9.

The Vikings (6-12) will now prepare for their contest against Big Rapids (Big Rapids, MI). The Cardinals enter the Central State - Gold contest with a 16-2 record. In their last contest, Big Rapids was routed by Cadillac (Cadillac, MI), 57-56, in a non-league contest.

Rankings & Records

Tri County Area (22-23)

MI	Class
524	147

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
8-15	1-8	2-4	6-10	0-1	.348	.111	1,244	1,368

Ionia (22-23)

MI	Class
100	30

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
18-6	8-2	8-2	9-3	1-1	.750	.800	1,319	1,088

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Tri County Area	12.4	13.2	15.1	12.7	-	54.1
Ionia	10.0	7.8	8.3	4.5	55.5	55.0

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Team Stat Comparison

Tri County Area		Ionia
53.0	Points Per Game	-
28.2	Rebounds Per Game	-
9.3	Assists Per Game	-
7.2	Steals Per Game	-
1.6	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Tri County Area		Ionia	National Avg.
#33 Ty Merlington18.6	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#33 Ty Merlington9.4	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#20 Blake Nelson2.9	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#3 Brett Flintoff1.9	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#33 Ty Merlington0.7	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Tri County Area	0-3		Ionia	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/22	Greenville	Tri County Area	(L) 74-49	2/28/23	Ionia	Greenville	(W) 59-40
1/31/23	Tri County Area	Hastings	(L) 65-39	1/3/23	Ionia	Hastings	(W) 62-52
3/8/23	Tri County Area	Alma	(L) 60-43	2/14/23	Ionia	Alma	(W) 47-41

Record Breakdown

Tri County Area (22-23)		Ionia (22-23)
8-15	Overall	18-6
2-8	League	8-2
5-6	Non-League	9-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-3	Common Opponent	3-0
2-4	Home	8-2
6-10	Away	9-3
0-1	Neutral	1-1
1-0	Playoff	0-0
8-15	In-State	18-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0