Get Unlimited Access – for Free

See all the latest scores & stats from your favorite teams! Simply sign in or create your free MaxPreps account to unlock this page - it only takes a minute to join.

The Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Bessemer City (NC) by a score of 71-32.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Bessemer City	16	16	20	19	71
Highland Tech	8	6	15	3	32

Final score provided by J. Sherrill.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Highland Tech (22-23)

Bessemer City

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	71	29	52	56	60
1	Nazari Smarr (Sr)	15	5	12	42	50
3	Keyshawn Adams (Sr)	17	7	9	78	89
10	Jameer Holmes (Sr)	10	5	8	63	63
11	Randall Pettus (Sr)	14	6	13	46	46
15	T. Smith (Sr)	7	3	4	75	75
22	J'Vontre Duff (Sr)	1	0	1	0	0
23	Jamari Gaddy (So)	7	3	5	60	60

Highland Tech

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	32	12	33	36	36
0	Dante Harriston (Sr)	6	2	6	33	33
1	Elijah Whitted (Jr)	8	4	5	80	80
2	Aiden Faust (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
3	E. Sherrill (So)	2	0	7	0	0
5	G. Blackwood (Sr)	8	3	6	50	50
15	Erwing Soza (So)	0	0	1	0	0
30	Conner Redman (Jr)	1	0	1	0	0
33	J. Jefferies (So)	7	3	6	50	50

Bessemer City

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	71	4	8	50	9	13	69	25	44	57
1	Nazari Smarr (Sr)	15	2	5	40	3	4	75	3	7	43
3	Keyshawn Adams (Sr)	17	2	3	67	1	2	50	5	6	83
10	Jameer Holmes (Sr)	10							5	8	63
11	Randall Pettus (Sr)	14				2	2	100	6	13	46
15	T. Smith (Sr)	7				1	2	50	3	4	75
22	J'Vontre Duff (Sr)	1				1	2	50	0	1	0
23	Jamari Gaddy (So)	7				1	1	100	3	5	60

Highland Tech

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	32	0	9	0	8	16	50	12	24	50
0	Dante Harriston (Sr)	6	0	2	0	2	2	100	2	4	50
1	Elijah Whitted (Jr)	8				0	2	0	4	5	80
2	Aiden Faust (Sr)	0	0	1	0
3	E. Sherrill (So)	2	0	3	0	2	2	100	0	4	0
5	G. Blackwood (Sr)	8				2	2	100	3	6	50
10	Cameron Newman (Sr)	0				0	2	0
15	Erwing Soza (So)	0							0	1	0
30	Conner Redman (Jr)	1	0	1	0	1	2	50
33	J. Jefferies (So)	7	0	2	0	1	4	25	3	4	75

Bessemer City

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	71	20	22	42	17	16	13
1	Nazari Smarr (Sr)	15	3	3	6	2	2	3
3	Keyshawn Adams (Sr)	17	4	7	11	3	2	5
10	Jameer Holmes (Sr)	10	5	5	10	2	2	2
11	Randall Pettus (Sr)	14	6	5	11	8	8	3
15	T. Smith (Sr)	7	2	2	4	2	2
22	J'Vontre Duff (Sr)	1
23	Jamari Gaddy (So)	7

Highland Tech

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	32	1	16	17	11	8	1	27	13
0	Dante Harriston (Sr)	6		1	1	1			8
1	Elijah Whitted (Jr)	8	1	7	8	1	2		9	2
2	Aiden Faust (Sr)	0							1
3	E. Sherrill (So)	2		3	3	3	2		5	5
5	G. Blackwood (Sr)	8		1	1	6	2		1	3
10	Cameron Newman (Sr)	0		3	3		2			1
15	Erwing Soza (So)	0							1
30	Conner Redman (Jr)	1							1
33	J. Jefferies (So)	7							1
42	Garrick Spake (So)			1	1			1		2

Misc Totals

Bessemer City has not entered any misc totals stats.

Highland Tech

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.41	0.30	0.62	0.08
0	Dante Harriston (Sr)	0.13
1	Elijah Whitted (Jr)	0.11	0.22	1.00
3	E. Sherrill (So)	0.60	0.40	0.40
5	G. Blackwood (Sr)	6.00	2.00	0.67
10	Cameron Newman (Sr)			2.00
42	Garrick Spake (So)				0.50

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Bessemer City routs Highland Tech

January 13, 2023: Gastonia, NC 28052

In Friday's league outing, the Bessemer City Yellow Jackets (Bessemer City, NC) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Highland Tech Rams (Gastonia, NC), by a margin of 71-32.

The Yellow Jackets (12-4) will now prepare for their outing against Shelby (Shelby, NC). The Golden Lions go into the 1A/2A Conference 40 outing with a 8-5 record. In their last outing, Shelby smashed Thomas Jefferson (Mooresboro, NC), 72-26, in a league outing.

The Rams now own a 5-9 record. They play next when they host Bradford Prep for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 17. Highland Tech will clash with a Bears squad coming off a 76-29 non-league win over Jackson Day (Charlotte, NC). The Bears record now stands at 8-7.

Bessemer City @ Highland Tech Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 13, 2023 @ 7:30p

The Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Bessemer City (NC) by a score of 71-32.

Rankings & Records

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

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

Team Scoring Averages

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

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

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

2/13 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland Tech	-	-	-	-	48
Bessemer City	-	-	-	-	83

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

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

Common Opponents

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

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

Record Breakdown

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