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Independence East Mecklenburg

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The East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home conference game against Independence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 44-39.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	4	11	11	18	44
East Mecklenburg	6	8	9	16	39

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East Mecklenburg (23-24)

Independence

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	162	44	15	38	39	46
1	Tosh Alberga (Sr)	30	11	4	6	67	67
2	Kolbe Johnson (Sr)	18	1	0	2	0	0
3	Yancey Thomason (Sr)	20	14	5	11	45	59
4	Kameron Jasper (Sr)	31	9	3	6	50	50
10	Z. Bosley-Slade (Sr)	11	6	2	3	67	83
11	Carter Lee (Jr)	6		0	0
12	Kaleb Jasper (Jr)	11		0	5	0	0
22	Nick Barnes (Jr)	18		0	2	0	0
23	Jaxson Neely (So)	12	3	1	3	33	50
33	Lusemo Macharia (Fr)	5		0	0

East Mecklenburg

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	39	12	36	33	38
0	Derrick Rupert (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
1	Bryson Heath (Sr)	16	3	14	21	21
3	James Mciver (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
4	Ahmari Hicks (Jr)	15	6	11	55	68
5	Jordan Buzzard (So)	6	3	7	43	43
10	I. Ramirez-toro (So)	2	0	1	0	0

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#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	162	44	5	20	25	9	19	47	10	18	56
1	Tosh Alberga (Sr)	30	11	0	1	0	3	4	75	4	5	80
2	Kolbe Johnson (Sr)	18	1	0	1	0	1	4	25	0	1	0
3	Yancey Thomason (Sr)	20	14	3	7	43	1	2	50	2	4	50
4	Kameron Jasper (Sr)	31	9	0	2	0	3	5	60	3	4	75
10	Z. Bosley-Slade (Sr)	11	6	1	2	50	1	2	50	1	1	100
11	Carter Lee (Jr)	6		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Kaleb Jasper (Jr)	11		0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Nick Barnes (Jr)	18		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Jaxson Neely (So)	12	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	2	0
33	Lusemo Macharia (Fr)	5		0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

East Mecklenburg

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	39	3	11	27	12	14	86	9	25	36
0	Derrick Rupert (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	Bryson Heath (Sr)	16	0	1	0	10	12	83	3	13	23
3	James Mciver (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	Ahmari Hicks (Jr)	15	3	6	50	0	0	0	3	5	60
5	Jordan Buzzard (So)	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	4	75
10	I. Ramirez-toro (So)	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	0	0

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#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	162	44	6	16	22	9	3	5	11	13
1	Tosh Alberga (Sr)	30	11	1	5	6	0	0	4	0	0
2	Kolbe Johnson (Sr)	18	1	1	4	5	1	0	0	2	2
3	Yancey Thomason (Sr)	20	14	0	2	2	1	1	0	3	3
4	Kameron Jasper (Sr)	31	9	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	3
10	Z. Bosley-Slade (Sr)	11	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
11	Carter Lee (Jr)	6		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
12	Kaleb Jasper (Jr)	11		1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2
22	Nick Barnes (Jr)	18		0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
23	Jaxson Neely (So)	12	3	1	0	1	2	1	1	3	0
33	Lusemo Macharia (Fr)	5		1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0

East Mecklenburg

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	39	6	19	25	1	3	1	10
0	Derrick Rupert (Jr)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
1	Bryson Heath (Sr)	16	0	3	3	0	0	0	2
3	James Mciver (Jr)	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	1
4	Ahmari Hicks (Jr)	15	0	2	2	0	1	0	3
5	Jordan Buzzard (So)	6	2	9	11	0	2	1	3
10	I. Ramirez-toro (So)	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1

Independence

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	0.82	0.27	0.23	0.39	1
1	Tosh Alberga (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00
2	Kolbe Johnson (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
3	Yancey Thomason (Sr)	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.00
4	Kameron Jasper (Sr)	1.50	0.50	0.33	0.00	1
22	Nick Barnes (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	Jaxson Neely (So)	0.67	0.33	1.00	1.00

East Mecklenburg

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.10	0.30	1	6
0	Derrick Rupert (Jr)	0.00	0.00	1	1
1	Bryson Heath (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0	2
3	James Mciver (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0	1
4	Ahmari Hicks (Jr)	0.00	0.33	0	1
5	Jordan Buzzard (So)	0.00	0.67	0	0
10	I. Ramirez-toro (So)	1.00	0.00	0	1

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North Carolina High School Basketball - East Mecklenburg nipped by Independence

January 10, 2024: Charlotte, NC 28212

The Independence Patriots tipped the host East Mecklenburg Eagles basketball team by a final score of 44-39 in Wednesday's league game.

In their next game, the Patriots face the Rocky River Ravens (Mint Hill, NC) in a 4A Southwestern game, on Friday, January 12. Independence will attempt to move on its 12-4 season record. The Ravens enter the game with a 7-9 record after their 63-57 league win over Providence (Charlotte, NC).

With the defeat, East Mecklenburg moves to 9-7 on the year. The Eagles host Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, NC) to face the Cougars in a 4A Southwestern game on Friday, January 12. The Cougars enter the game with a record of 11-4. Charlotte Catholic lost 68-60 in their recent league game against Butler (Matthews, NC)

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Independence (23-24)

Congratulations to #1 Tosh Alberga for being selected the Independence Basketball Player of the Game.

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Rankings & Records

Independence (23-24)

NC	Class
47	8

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
20-9	11-1	11-1	7-2	2-6	.690	.917	1,635	1,363

East Mecklenburg (23-24)

NC	Class
155	28

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-12	5-7	7-5	6-5	2-2	.556	.417	1,546	1,434

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	11.9	12.6	15.3	15.4	56.4
East Mecklenburg	14.2	11.7	15.5	14.5	57.3

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Head-to-Head

East Mecklenburg won on 12/30/2023

12/30 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final F

Independence 8 17 16 9 50 ✓
East Mecklenburg 7 8 10 9 34

The Independence (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost by forfeit in Saturday's neutral tournament game against East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC).
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Independence won on 1/10/2024

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Independence 4 11 11 18 44
East Mecklenburg 6 8 9 16 39

The Independence (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's away conference game against East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 44-39.
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Independence won on 2/9/2024

2/9 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

East Mecklenburg 9 15 14 16 54
Independence 17 9 15 16 57

The East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Independence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 57-54.
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Independence won on 2/22/2024

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East Mecklenburg 14 11 13 5 43
Independence 9 11 17 8 45

The East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's neutral conference tournament game against Independence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 45-43.
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12/30 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final	F
Independence	8	17	16	9	50	✓
East Mecklenburg	7	8	10	9	34

2/9 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
East Mecklenburg	9	15	14	16	54
Independence	17	9	15	16	57

2/22 @ 5p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
East Mecklenburg	14	11	13	5	43
Independence	9	11	17	8	45

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		East Mecklenburg
56.4	Points Per Game	56.8
28.3	Rebounds Per Game	25.0
12.0	Assists Per Game	10.1
9.8	Steals Per Game	6.0
5.2	Blocks Per Game	2.8

Team Leaders

Independence		East Mecklenburg	National Avg.
#3 Yancey Thomason9.8	Points Per Game	#4 Ahmari Hicks16.0	4.9
#1 Tosh Alberga6.7	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Jordan Buzzard8.4	2.6
#4 Kameron Jasper4.1	Assists Per Game	#1 Bryson Heath3.6	1.0
#1 Tosh Alberga1.6	Steals Per Game	#1 Bryson Heath2.0	0.8
#1 Tosh Alberga3.6	Blocks Per Game	#5 Jordan Buzzard1.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	10-2		East Mecklenburg	7-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/4/23	Independence	Porter Ridge	(W) 54-27	11/25/23	Porter Ridge	East Mecklenburg	(W) 88-47
12/12/23	Charlotte Catholic	Independence	(W) 59-45	1/16/24	Charlotte Catholic	East Mecklenburg	(L) 70-58
1/30/24	Independence	Charlotte Catholic	(L) 63-39	2/13/24	East Mecklenburg	Charlotte Catholic	(L) 58-51
12/15/23	Independence	Garinger	(W) 61-22	12/12/23	Garinger	East Mecklenburg	(W) 89-50
2/2/24	Garinger	Independence	(W) 85-24	1/30/24	East Mecklenburg	Garinger	(W) 71-41
1/5/24	Providence	Independence	(W) 56-32	1/19/24	East Mecklenburg	Providence	(W) 55-38
2/6/24	Independence	Providence	(W) 61-40	2/16/24	Providence	East Mecklenburg	(W) 58-44
				2/20/24	Providence	East Mecklenburg	(W) 58-47
1/16/24	Independence	Rocky River	(W) 64-55	12/8/23	East Mecklenburg	Rocky River	(W) 53-51
2/13/24	Rocky River	Independence	(W) 87-62	1/26/24	Rocky River	East Mecklenburg	(L) 66-58
1/19/24	Butler	Independence	(W) 52-41	12/15/23	East Mecklenburg	Butler	(L) 48-45
2/16/24	Independence	Butler	(W) 39-37	2/2/24	Butler	East Mecklenburg	(L) 60-39
2/23/24	Butler	Independence	(L) 54-52

Record Breakdown

Independence (23-24)		East Mecklenburg (23-24)
20-9	Overall	15-12
12-2	League	6-8
6-3	Non-League	6-1
3-1	Head to Head	1-3
10-2	Common Opponent	7-5
11-1	Home	7-5
7-2	Away	6-5
2-6	Neutral	2-2
2-1	Playoff	0-1
17-6	In-State	14-12
3-3	Out-of-State	1-0