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The Laurel (MS) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Wayne County (Waynesboro, MS) by a score of 53-50.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Wayne County	14	12	9	15	50
Laurel	13	11	18	11	53

Final score provided by s. cooley.

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Game Stats

Wayne County (22-23)

Wayne County has not entered stats for this game.

Laurel (22-23)

Laurel

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	18	49	37	41
3	Marissa Ulmer (Jr)	9	3	17	18	18
10	Savannah Gant (Jr)	15	6	12	50	63
11	TP Abney (Jr)	4	2	6	33	33
15	Neveah Gressett (So)	5	2	4	50	63
23	Kayllis Walker (Fr)	4	1	1	100	100
24	Zy Evans (Fr)	12	3	8	38	38
32	Morgan Evans (Jr)	4	1	1	100	100

Laurel

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	4	17	24	13	22	59	14	32	44
3	Marissa Ulmer (Jr)	9	0	3	0	3	3	100	3	14	21
10	Savannah Gant (Jr)	15	3	8	38	0	1	0	3	4	75
11	TP Abney (Jr)	4	0	2	0				2	4	50
15	Neveah Gressett (So)	5	1	3	33				1	1	100
23	Kayllis Walker (Fr)	4				2	6	33	1	1	100
24	Zy Evans (Fr)	12	0	1	0	6	8	75	3	7	43
32	Morgan Evans (Jr)	4				2	4	50	1	1	100

Laurel

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	53	11	12	23	11	12	3	12
3	Marissa Ulmer (Jr)	9	2	2	4	6	5		4
10	Savannah Gant (Jr)	15	1	3	4		2
11	TP Abney (Jr)	4	1		1				1
15	Neveah Gressett (So)	5		1	1	1	3		3
20	Autumn Mcgill (Fr)		2		2
23	Kayllis Walker (Fr)	4	4	2	6	1		3	2
24	Zy Evans (Fr)	12		1	1	3	2		2
32	Morgan Evans (Jr)	4	1	3	4

Laurel

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.92	1.00
3	Marissa Ulmer (Jr)	1.50	1.25
15	Neveah Gressett (So)	0.33	1.00
23	Kayllis Walker (Fr)	0.50
24	Zy Evans (Fr)	1.50	1.00

Game Story

Mississippi High School Basketball - Wayne County nipped by Laurel

January 20, 2023: Laurel, MS 39440

The Laurel Golden Tornadoes tipped the visiting Wayne County War Eagles basketball team by a final score of 53-50 in Friday's league game.

In their next game, the Golden Tornadoes face the Hattiesburg Tigers (Hattiesburg, MS) in a 5A Region 6 game, on Tuesday, January 24. Laurel will attempt to move on its 13-5 season record.

With the defeat, Wayne County moves to 2-6 on the year. The War eagles travel to Hattiesburg (Hattiesburg, MS) to face the Tigers in a 5A Region 6 game on Friday, January 27. The Tigers enter the game with a record of 7-7.

Players of the Game

Wayne County (22-23)

Wayne County has not selected any Players of the Game.

Laurel (22-23)

Congratulations to #24 Zy Evans for being selected the Laurel Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Wayne County @ Laurel Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 20, 2023 @ 6p

The Laurel (MS) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Wayne County (Waynesboro, MS) by a score of 53-50.

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Rankings & Records

Wayne County (22-23)

MS	Class
113	15

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
4-10	0-2	0-3	0-3	4-4	.286	.000	613	638

Laurel (22-23)

MS	Class
45	7

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-9	5-1	7-2	4-4	8-3	.679	.833	1,223	1,195

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Wayne County	13.3	10.5	8.5	10.5	2.0	43.8
Laurel	9.4	9.8	11.1	12.5	11.5	43.7

Head-to-Head

Laurel won on 1/6/2023

1/6 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final

Laurel 7 14 9 19 9 58
Wayne County 14 14 12 9 2 51

The Laurel (MS) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Wayne County (Waynesboro, MS) in overtime by a score of 58-51.
Box score
Laurel won on 1/20/2023

1/20 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Wayne County 14 12 9 15 50
Laurel 13 11 18 11 53

The Wayne County (Waynesboro, MS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Laurel (MS) by a score of 53-50.
Box score
Laurel won on 2/10/2023

2/10 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Wayne County 12 4 4 11 31
Laurel 14 6 9 6 35

The Wayne County (Waynesboro, MS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral conference tournament game against Laurel (MS) by a score of 35-31.
Box score

1/6 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Laurel	7	14	9	19	9	58
Wayne County	14	14	12	9	2	51

2/10 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Wayne County	12	4	4	11	31
Laurel	14	6	9	6	35

Team Stat Comparison

Wayne County		Laurel
-	Points Per Game	43.6
-	Rebounds Per Game	25.0
-	Assists Per Game	7.3
-	Steals Per Game	8.9
-	Blocks Per Game	4.2

Team Leaders

Wayne County		Laurel	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#3 Marissa Ulmer14.3	4.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	#1 Takiyah Thames5.6	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#3 Marissa Ulmer3.1	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#3 Marissa Ulmer2.6	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#23 Kayllis Walker1.1	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Wayne County	0-3		Laurel	4-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/22	Bay Springs	Wayne County	(L) 44-41	11/15/22	Bay Springs	Laurel	(W) 59-47
1/31/23	Wayne County	Bay Springs	(L) 48-29
12/23/22	Wayne County	Northeast Jones	(L) 54-52	12/6/22	Northeast Jones	Laurel	(W) 45-33
				12/29/22	Northeast Jones	Laurel	(W) 39-29
1/13/23	Hattiesburg	Wayne County		1/10/23	Laurel	Hattiesburg	(L) 56-44
1/27/23	Wayne County	Hattiesburg		1/24/23	Hattiesburg	Laurel	(W) 58-37

Record Breakdown

Wayne County (22-23)		Laurel (22-23)
4-10	Overall	19-9
0-3	League	7-1
0-5	Non-League	10-7
0-3	Head to Head	3-0
0-3	Common Opponent	4-1
0-3	Home	7-2
0-3	Away	4-4
4-4	Neutral	8-3
1-1	Playoff	2-1
4-7	In-State	19-9
0-3	Out-of-State	0-0