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South Pontotoc New Albany

Cougars

Bulldogs

The New Albany (MS) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against South Pontotoc (Pontotoc, MS) by a score of 66-62.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
South Pontotoc	12	10	14	26	62
New Albany	10	8	15	33	66

Final score provided by S. Shettles.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

New Albany (24-25)

South Pontotoc

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	22	44	50	59
1	Nash Guerin (Sr)	15	6	12	50	54
3	Eli Huffman (Jr)	15	6	11	55	68
4	T.j. Heard (Sr)	3	1	2	50	75
5	Noah Waldrop (Jr)	10	3	4	75	100
11	Josh Buchanan (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
15	B. Thompson (Jr)	7	3	6	50	58
24	Obryan Ivy (Sr)	7	2	5	40	40

New Albany

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	66	22	44	50	53
0	Decorion Hardin (Jr)	4	1	5	20	20
1	Avery Cathey (Sr)	7	1	6	17	25
4	Demarion Bailey (So)		0	5	0	0
10	Dedric Robinson (Sr)		0	1	0	0
14	Amari Hubbard (Sr)	17	5	7	71	71
15	Issac Gilbert (Sr)	24	10	11	91	91
20	Tristen Parker (Jr)		0	2	0	0
21	Isaiah Simpson (Jr)		0	2	0	0
23	Kylan King (Sr)	14	5	5	100	120

South Pontotoc

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	8	18	44	7	9	78	14	26	54
1	Nash Guerin (Sr)	15	1	5	20	2	2	100	5	7	71
3	Eli Huffman (Jr)	15	3	6	50	0	0	0	3	5	60
4	T.j. Heard (Sr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Noah Waldrop (Jr)	10	2	3	67	2	2	100	1	1	100
11	Josh Buchanan (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
15	B. Thompson (Jr)	7	1	2	50	0	0	0	2	4	50
24	Obryan Ivy (Sr)	7	0	0	0	3	5	60	2	5	40

New Albany

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	66	3	18	17	19	28	68	19	26	73
0	Decorion Hardin (Jr)	4	0	1	0	2	4	50	1	4	25
1	Avery Cathey (Sr)	7	1	6	17	4	4	100	0	0	0
4	Demarion Bailey (So)		0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	Dedric Robinson (Sr)		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Amari Hubbard (Sr)	17	0	1	0	7	10	70	5	6	83
15	Issac Gilbert (Sr)	24	0	0	0	4	6	67	10	11	91
20	Tristen Parker (Jr)		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Isaiah Simpson (Jr)		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Kylan King (Sr)	14	2	2	100	2	4	50	3	3	100

South Pontotoc

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	59	4	11	15	14	7	24	22
1	Nash Guerin (Sr)	15	0	3	3	3	2	3	3
3	Eli Huffman (Jr)	15	0	2	2	1	1	4	1
4	T.j. Heard (Sr)	3	1	0	1	1	0	3	3
5	Noah Waldrop (Jr)	10	0	1	1	2	1	5	5
11	Josh Buchanan (Sr)	2	0	2	2	6	2	5	5
15	B. Thompson (Jr)	7	1	2	3	0	0	1	2
24	Obryan Ivy (Sr)	7	2	1	3	1	1	3	3

New Albany

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	66	11	17	28	8	9	2	23	15
0	Decorion Hardin (Jr)	4	3	2	5	2	1	1	5	2
1	Avery Cathey (Sr)	7	3	0	3	2	3	0	4	3
4	Demarion Bailey (So)		0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
10	Dedric Robinson (Sr)		0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
14	Amari Hubbard (Sr)	17	0	0		3	1	0	5	4
15	Issac Gilbert (Sr)	24	4	6	10	0	2	1	1	3
20	Tristen Parker (Jr)		0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	Isaiah Simpson (Jr)		0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	Kylan King (Sr)	14	1	4	5	0	1	0	3	2
30	Emanuel Tucker (Jr)		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

South Pontotoc

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.58	0.29	0.32	3	16
1	Nash Guerin (Sr)	1.00	0.67	0.67	0	3
3	Eli Huffman (Jr)	0.25	0.25	1.00	0	1
4	T.j. Heard (Sr)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0	1
5	Noah Waldrop (Jr)	0.40	0.20	0.20	0	4
11	Josh Buchanan (Sr)	1.20	0.40	0.40	1	3
15	B. Thompson (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
24	Obryan Ivy (Sr)	0.33	0.33	0.33	2	2

New Albany

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	0.35	0.39	0.60	0.13	1
0	Decorion Hardin (Jr)	0.40	0.20	0.50	0.50	1
1	Avery Cathey (Sr)	0.50	0.75	1.00	0.00
10	Dedric Robinson (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
14	Amari Hubbard (Sr)	0.60	0.20	0.25	0.00
15	Issac Gilbert (Sr)	0.00	2.00	0.67	0.33
23	Kylan King (Sr)	0.00	0.33	0.50	0.00

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Basketball - South Pontotoc tipped by New Albany

January 16, 2025: New Albany, MS 38652

The New Albany Bulldogs nipped the visiting South Pontotoc Cougars basketball squad by a final score of 66-62 in Thursday's league outing.

Next, the Bulldogs clash with the Amory Panthers (Amory, MS) in a non-league outing, on Tuesday, January 21. New Albany will attempt to upgrade on its 15-5 season record.

The Cougars (12-9) will now prepare for their outing against North Pontotoc (Ecru, MS). The Vikings enter the 4A Region 2 outing with a 7-15 record. In their last outing, North Pontotoc got by Byhalia (Byhalia, MS), 72-57, in a league outing.

SPHS @ New Albany Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 16, 2025 @ 7:30p

The New Albany (MS) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against South Pontotoc (Pontotoc, MS) by a score of 66-62.

Rankings & Records

South Pontotoc (24-25)

MS	Class
114	20

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-13	4-5	8-3	5-7	6-3	.594	.444	1,808	1,590

New Albany (24-25)

MS	Class
80	15

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
21-8	7-1	12-1	6-5	3-2	.724	.875	1,877	1,637

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
South Pontotoc	13.8	13.8	12.4	17.3	56.5
New Albany	16.8	12.1	16.9	18.9	64.7

Head-to-Head

New Albany won on 1/16/2025

1/16 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

South Pontotoc 12 10 14 26 62
New Albany 10 8 15 33 66

The South Pontotoc (Pontotoc, MS) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against New Albany (MS) by a score of 66-62.
Box score
South Pontotoc won on 1/28/2025

1/28 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

New Albany 12 7 15 15 49
South Pontotoc 11 15 6 20 52

The New Albany (MS) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against South Pontotoc (Pontotoc, MS) by a score of 52-49.
Box score
New Albany won on 2/7/2025

2/7 @ 8p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

South Pontotoc 19 13 13 21 66
New Albany 20 14 19 15 68

The South Pontotoc (Pontotoc, MS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference tournament game against New Albany (MS) by a score of 68-66.
Box score

1/28 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
New Albany	12	7	15	15	49
South Pontotoc	11	15	6	20	52

2/7 @ 8p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
South Pontotoc	19	13	13	21	66
New Albany	20	14	19	15	68

Team Stat Comparison

South Pontotoc		New Albany
56.5	Points Per Game	64.7
22.6	Rebounds Per Game	29.9
12.8	Assists Per Game	7.9
9.5	Steals Per Game	9.7
1.1	Blocks Per Game	3.4

Team Leaders

South Pontotoc		New Albany	National Avg.
#1 Nash Guerin17.7	Points Per Game	#15 Issac Gilbert14.3	4.9
#15 Braighlen Thompson5.5	Rebounds Per Game	#15 Issac Gilbert9.6	2.6
#11 Josh Buchanan4.3	Assists Per Game	#14 Amari Hubbard2.0	1.0
#1 Nash Guerin3.2	Steals Per Game	#14 Amari Hubbard1.6	0.8
#1 Nash Guerin0.4	Blocks Per Game	#15 Issac Gilbert1.9	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
South Pontotoc	8-5		New Albany	12-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/9/24	South Pontotoc	Pontotoc	(L) 35-32	12/16/24	Pontotoc	New Albany	(W) 69-65
12/7/24	Pontotoc	South Pontotoc	(W) 51-47
11/25/24	West Union	South Pontotoc	(W) 71-52	12/3/24	New Albany	West Union	(L) 66-61
				1/9/25	New Albany	West Union	(W) 57-56
12/10/24	South Pontotoc	Byhalia	(L) 52-51	12/17/24	New Albany	Byhalia	(W) 71-45
1/31/25	Byhalia	South Pontotoc	(W) 71-31	1/23/25	Byhalia	New Albany	(W) 75-46
12/13/24	South Pontotoc	North Pontotoc	(W) 61-46	12/10/24	North Pontotoc	New Albany	(W) 79-67
1/21/25	North Pontotoc	South Pontotoc	(W) 64-54	1/14/25	New Albany	North Pontotoc	(W) 65-45
				2/6/25	North Pontotoc	New Albany	(W) 70-64
12/17/24	South Pontotoc	Senatobia	(L) 83-79	12/13/24	Senatobia	New Albany	(W) 66-64
1/14/25	Senatobia	South Pontotoc	(L) 64-56	1/7/25	New Albany	Senatobia	(W) 67-55
2/6/25	South Pontotoc	Senatobia	(W) 50-42
12/19/24	Houston	South Pontotoc	(W) 71-40	2/11/25	Houston	New Albany	(W) 59-47
1/7/25	South Pontotoc	Ingomar	(W) 51-45	12/5/24	Ingomar	New Albany	(W) 57-55
				1/11/25	Ingomar	New Albany	(L) 60-43
				1/30/25	New Albany	Ingomar	(W) 92-89
2/15/25	Itawamba Agricultural	South Pontotoc	(L) 73-67	11/25/24	Itawamba Agricultural	New Albany	(L) 51-49

Record Breakdown

South Pontotoc (24-25)		New Albany (24-25)
19-13	Overall	21-8
4-6	League	9-1
9-4	Non-League	10-5
1-2	Head to Head	2-1
8-5	Common Opponent	12-3
8-3	Home	12-1
5-7	Away	6-5
6-3	Neutral	3-2
1-1	Playoff	1-1
17-11	In-State	20-8
2-2	Out-of-State	1-0