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East Columbus East Bladen

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Eagles

The East Bladen (Elizabethtown, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral conference tournament game against East Columbus (Lake Waccamaw, NC) by a score of 50-43.

Game Details: Conference Tournament Championship Game

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
East Columbus	11	10	14	15	50
East Bladen	8	5	13	17	43

Final score provided by J. Nance.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup

Game Stats

East Bladen (23-24)

East Columbus

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	167	50	21	50	42	43
1	Malayah Hines (Jr)	33	8	3	10	30	30
4	Kaley Mitchell (Sr)	33	5	2	6	33	42
11	Malia Graham (So)	32	23	9	14	64	64
14	D. Mitchell (Sr)	31	0	0	8	0	0
15	Chynna Patrick (Sr)	28	14	7	10	70	70
21	Shamiah Johnson (Jr)	10	0	0	2	0	0

East Bladen

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	43	17	63	27	31
1	NeNe Ward (Jr)	11	4	12	33	42
4	Ariel Cromartie (So)	3	1	5	20	30
10	Cabria Baldwin (So)	0	0	3	0	0
14	Zoe Smith (Sr)	0	0	6	0	0
21	Taylor Dowless (Fr)	2	1	2	50	50
23	Laila Smith (Jr)	27	11	32	34	38
31	Niyah Wooten (So)	0	0	3	0	0

East Columbus

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	167	50	1	11	9	7	15	47	20	39	51
1	Malayah Hines (Jr)	33	8	0	0	0	2	7	29	3	10	30
4	Kaley Mitchell (Sr)	33	5	1	4	25	0	0	0	1	2	50
11	Malia Graham (So)	32	23	0	0	0	5	8	63	9	14	64
14	D. Mitchell (Sr)	31	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	Chynna Patrick (Sr)	28	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10	70
21	Shamiah Johnson (Jr)	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

East Bladen

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	43	5	27	19	4	8	50	12	36	33
1	NeNe Ward (Jr)	11	2	9	22	1	2	50	2	3	67
4	Ariel Cromartie (So)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	Cabria Baldwin (So)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Zoe Smith (Sr)	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Taylor Dowless (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
23	Laila Smith (Jr)	27	2	7	29	3	5	60	9	25	36
31	Niyah Wooten (So)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0

East Columbus

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	167	50	18	30	48	9	5	4	23	10
1	Malayah Hines (Jr)	33	8	0	3	3	6	4	0	10	1
4	Kaley Mitchell (Sr)	33	5	0	4	4	1	0	0	2	0
11	Malia Graham (So)	32	23	9	7	16	0	0	1	2	2
14	D. Mitchell (Sr)	31	0	1	4	5	2	1	1	8	1
15	Chynna Patrick (Sr)	28	14	6	9	15	0	0	2	0	3
21	Shamiah Johnson (Jr)	10	0	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	3

East Bladen

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	43	14	13	27	9	14	2	14
1	NeNe Ward (Jr)	11	1	5	6	3	3	0	2
4	Ariel Cromartie (So)	3	1	0	1	0	2	1	0
10	Cabria Baldwin (So)	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	1
11	Tyliah Freeman (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
14	Zoe Smith (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3
21	Taylor Dowless (Fr)	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
23	Laila Smith (Jr)	27	5	5	10	2	5	1	6
31	Niyah Wooten (So)	0	5	2	7	0	0	0	1

East Columbus

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.39	0.22	0.50	0.40	10
1	Malayah Hines (Jr)	0.60	0.40	4.00	0.00	1
4	Kaley Mitchell (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
11	Malia Graham (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	3
14	D. Mitchell (Sr)	0.25	0.13	1.00	1.00	2
15	Chynna Patrick (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.67	1
21	Shamiah Johnson (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

East Bladen

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.64	1.00
1	NeNe Ward (Jr)	1.50	1.50
4	Ariel Cromartie (So)	0.00	2.00
10	Cabria Baldwin (So)	4.00	2.00
14	Zoe Smith (Sr)	0.00	0.33
21	Taylor Dowless (Fr)	0.00	1.00
23	Laila Smith (Jr)	0.33	0.83

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - East Columbus nips East Bladen

February 23, 2024: Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450

Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the East Columbus Gators (Lake Waccamaw, NC) and the visiting East Bladen Eagles (Elizabethtown, NC), saw East Columbus's basketball squad hold off East Bladen by a tally of 50-43.

With the victory, East Columbus improves its record to 21-1 on the campaign.

Players of the Game

East Columbus (23-24)

Congratulations to #11 Malia Graham for being selected the East Columbus Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

East Bladen (23-24)

Congratulations to #23 Laila Smith for being selected the East Bladen Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

East Columbus (23-24)

NC	Class
78	1

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
26-2	11-1	16-0	9-2	1-0	.929	.917	1,571	949

East Bladen (23-24)

NC	Class
103	2

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
25-5	11-1	12-1	12-3	1-1	.833	.917	1,741	1,211

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
East Columbus	11.9	13.5	13.9	14.8	14.0	56.1
East Bladen	15.3	14.0	16.3	12.5	-	58.0

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Head-to-Head

East Bladen won on 1/3/2024

1/3 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

East Columbus 16 12 20 9 57
East Bladen 12 20 13 15 60

The East Columbus (Lake Waccamaw, NC) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against East Bladen (Elizabethtown, NC) by a score of 60-57.
Box score
East Columbus won on 1/30/2024

1/30 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

East Bladen 11 7 20 15 53
East Columbus 12 18 17 11 58

The East Bladen (Elizabethtown, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against East Columbus (Lake Waccamaw, NC) by a score of 58-53.
Box score
East Columbus won on 2/23/2024

2/23 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

East Columbus 11 10 14 15 50
East Bladen 8 5 13 17 43

The East Columbus (Lake Waccamaw, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral conference tournament game against East Bladen (Elizabethtown, NC) by a score of 50-43.
Box score
East Columbus won on 3/11/2024

3/11 @ 2p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

East Bladen 11 10 18 27 66
East Columbus 11 22 20 23 76

The East Bladen (Elizabethtown, NC) varsity basketball team lost Monday's away playoff game against East Columbus (Lake Waccamaw, NC) by a score of 76-66.
Box score

1/3 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
East Columbus	16	12	20	9	57
East Bladen	12	20	13	15	60

1/30 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
East Bladen	11	7	20	15	53
East Columbus	12	18	17	11	58

3/11 @ 2p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
East Bladen	11	10	18	27	66
East Columbus	11	22	20	23	76

Team Stat Comparison

East Columbus		East Bladen
53.8	Points Per Game	58.4
35.6	Rebounds Per Game	34.7
10.8	Assists Per Game	14.3
14.2	Steals Per Game	21.2
3.2	Blocks Per Game	3.0

Team Leaders

East Columbus		East Bladen	National Avg.
#11 Malia Graham17.9	Points Per Game	#1 NeNe Ward20.0	4.2
#11 Malia Graham10.9	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Laila Smith8.8	2.8
#1 Malayah Hines4.7	Assists Per Game	#23 Laila Smith3.3	0.9
#1 Malayah Hines3.3	Steals Per Game	#1 NeNe Ward5.2	1.1
#11 Malia Graham1.6	Blocks Per Game	#23 Laila Smith0.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
East Columbus	11-0		East Bladen	12-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/15/23	Pender	East Columbus	(W) 48-23	1/5/24	East Bladen	Pender	(W) 58-51
1/24/24	East Columbus	Pender	(W) 53-35	2/2/24	Pender	East Bladen	(W) 67-41
				2/22/24	East Bladen	Pender	(W) 74-56
1/5/24	South Columbus	East Columbus	(W) 59-10	12/14/23	South Columbus	East Bladen	(W) 62-33
2/2/24	East Columbus	South Columbus	(W) 58-14	1/25/24	East Bladen	South Columbus	(W) 55-13
2/21/24	South Columbus	East Columbus	(W) 69-24
1/10/24	East Columbus	Whiteville	(W) 48-42	1/19/24	East Bladen	Whiteville	(W) 72-47
2/9/24	Whiteville	East Columbus	(W) 46-33	2/13/24	Whiteville	East Bladen	(W) 56-26
1/19/24	East Columbus	Heide Trask	(W) 55-21	1/10/24	East Bladen	Heide Trask	(W) 56-30
2/13/24	Heide Trask	East Columbus	(W) 61-18	2/9/24	Heide Trask	East Bladen	(W) 67-26
1/23/24	West Columbus	East Columbus	(W) 65-10	1/31/24	West Columbus	East Bladen	(W) 53-10
2/16/24	East Columbus	West Columbus	(W) 68-21	2/6/24	East Bladen	West Columbus	(W) 67-26
				2/20/24	West Columbus	East Bladen	(W) 63-11

Record Breakdown

East Columbus (23-24)		East Bladen (23-24)
26-2	Overall	25-5
12-1	League	12-2
8-0	Non-League	7-2
3-1	Head to Head	1-3
11-0	Common Opponent	12-0
16-0	Home	12-1
9-2	Away	12-3
1-0	Neutral	1-1
5-1	Playoff	4-1
26-2	In-State	25-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0