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Laurel Canton

Golden Tornadoes

Tigers

The Canton (MS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral playoff game against Laurel (MS) by a score of 40-32.

This game is a part of the "2024 MHSAA Girls Basketball Championships (Mississippi) - Girls 5A" tournament.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Laurel	9	17	7	7	40
Canton	5	4	13	10	32

Final score provided by L. Livingston.

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Game Stats

Laurel (23-24)

Canton (23-24)

Laurel

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	40	12	46	26	28
1	Takiyah Thames (Sr)	5	2	6	33	42
3	Marissa Ulmer (Sr)	9	2	11	18	23
4	Kalasia Carter (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Savannah Gant (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20
11	Laniyiah Abney (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Kayllis Walker (So)	19	6	15	40	40
24	Zy Evans (So)	5	1	7	14	14

Canton

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	32	12	43	28	29
0	Kaniyah Hawkins (Sr)	3	1	2	50	50
4	Nichayla Giles (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Kylei Rogers (8th)	6	2	6	33	42
11	Journee Brown (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Na'Miya Davis (Sr)	1	0	11	0	0
14	Caitlin Nelson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Emilyah Sutton (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
25	Shamira Morton (So)	22	9	19	47	47

Laurel

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	40	2	12	17	14	23	61	10	34	29
1	Takiyah Thames (Sr)	5	1	4	25				1	2	50
3	Marissa Ulmer (Sr)	9	1	3	33	4	9	44	1	8	13
4	Kalasia Carter (Jr)	0	0	1	0
10	Savannah Gant (Sr)	2	0	3	0				1	2	50
11	Laniyiah Abney (Sr)	0							0	1	0
23	Kayllis Walker (So)	19				7	10	70	6	15	40
24	Zy Evans (So)	5	0	1	0	3	4	75	1	6	17

Canton

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	32	1	7	14	7	16	44	11	36	31
0	Kaniyah Hawkins (Sr)	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	2	50
4	Nichayla Giles (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	Kylei Rogers (8th)	6	1	1	100	1	5	20	1	5	20
11	Journee Brown (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Na'Miya Davis (Sr)	1	0	5	0	1	4	25	0	6	0
14	Caitlin Nelson (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Emilyah Sutton (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25	Shamira Morton (So)	22	0	0	0	4	5	80	9	19	47

Laurel

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	40	16	17	33	4	15	6	18
1	Takiyah Thames (Sr)	5		5	5	1	1	2	1
3	Marissa Ulmer (Sr)	9	3	2	5	3	5		4
10	Savannah Gant (Sr)	2	2	1	3				3
11	Laniyiah Abney (Sr)	0	1	1	2
23	Kayllis Walker (So)	19	8	6	14		6	4	3
24	Zy Evans (So)	5	2	2	4		3		7

Canton

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	32	7	21	28	8	10	8	25	13
0	Kaniyah Hawkins (Sr)	3	1	1	2	0	4	0	2	1
2	Amya Hunter (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
3	Jasmine Britton (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
4	Nichayla Giles (Jr)	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	5
10	Kylei Rogers (8th)	6	3	2	5	1	0	0	3	0
11	Journee Brown (Fr)	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	4	0
12	Na'Miya Davis (Sr)	1	1	4	5	1	2	0	4	2
14	Caitlin Nelson (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	Emilyah Sutton (Sr)	0	1	5	6	1	1	1	3	0
25	Shamira Morton (So)	22	1	4	5	0	2	7	5	4

Laurel

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.22	0.83	1	17
1	Takiyah Thames (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1	2
3	Marissa Ulmer (Sr)	0.75	1.25		10
23	Kayllis Walker (So)		2.00		5
24	Zy Evans (So)		0.43

Canton

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.32	0.40	0.77	0.62
0	Kaniyah Hawkins (Sr)	0.00	2.00	4.00	0.00
4	Nichayla Giles (Jr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
10	Kylei Rogers (8th)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00
11	Journee Brown (Fr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	Na'Miya Davis (Sr)	0.25	0.50	1.00	0.00
14	Caitlin Nelson (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
23	Emilyah Sutton (Sr)	0.33	0.33	1.00	1.00
25	Shamira Morton (So)	0.00	0.40	0.50	1.75

Game Story

Mississippi High School Basketball - Laurel winner over Canton

March 1, 2024: Laurel, MS 39440

The Laurel Golden Tornadoes (Laurel, MS) basketball felled the visiting Canton Tigers (Canton, MS), 40-32 in Friday's non-league test.

The Tigers now own a 28-5 record.

Players of the Game

Laurel (23-24)

Congratulations to #23 Kayllis Walker for being selected the Laurel Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Canton (23-24)

Canton has not selected any Players of the Game.

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Rankings & Records

Laurel (23-24)

MS	Reg.
8	1

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
29-3	10-0	11-0	9-3	9-0	.906	1.000	1,832	970

Canton (23-24)

MS	Reg.
21	3

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
28-5	9-1	14-1	10-2	4-2	.848	.900	1,621	1,285

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Laurel	16.7	15.9	14.0	10.8	-	57.3
Canton	12.6	11.3	12.3	14.1	12.0	49.1

Team Stat Comparison

Laurel		Canton
55.3	Points Per Game	48.4
26.7	Rebounds Per Game	33.8
11.4	Assists Per Game	13.9
11.7	Steals Per Game	11.1
4.7	Blocks Per Game	7.3

Team Leaders

Laurel		Canton	National Avg.
#23 Kayllis Walker17.2	Points Per Game	#25 Shamira Morton20.1	4.2
#23 Kayllis Walker9.3	Rebounds Per Game	#25 Shamira Morton13.6	2.8
#3 Marissa Ulmer3.2	Assists Per Game	#12 Na'Miya Davis3.3	0.9
#3 Marissa Ulmer2.7	Steals Per Game	#12 Na'Miya Davis2.5	1.1
#23 Kayllis Walker2.7	Blocks Per Game	#25 Shamira Morton5.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Laurel	1-0		Canton	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
1/6/24	Florence	Laurel	(W) 45-36		2/27/24	Florence	Canton	(W) 52-38

Record Breakdown

Laurel (23-24)		Canton (23-24)
29-3	Overall	28-5
12-0	League	10-2
12-3	Non-League	12-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-0	Common Opponent	1-0
11-0	Home	14-1
9-3	Away	10-2
9-0	Neutral	4-2
4-0	Playoff	4-1
29-3	In-State	28-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0