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Murphy Cherokee

Bulldogs

Braves

The Cherokee (NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Murphy (NC) by a score of 72-61.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphy	-	-	-	-	72
Cherokee	-	-	-	-	61

Final score provided by R. Payne.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Murphy (24-25)

Murphy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	72	25	60	42	48
4	Aaron Harger (Jr)	4	1	6	17	17
5	Bradey Golden (Sr)	28	8	13	62	69
11	Ryan Payne (Jr)	8	3	5	60	80
12	Tyler Payne (Jr)	10	4	10	40	45
13	Cale Harger (Jr)	13	6	15	40	43
14	Connor Golden (Sr)	7	2	7	29	36
24	Grayson Hall (So)	2	1	4	25	25

Murphy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	72	7	24	29	15	19	79	18	36	50
4	Aaron Harger (Jr)	4	0	1	0	2	3	67	1	5	20
5	Bradey Golden (Sr)	28	2	6	33	10	11	91	6	7	86
11	Ryan Payne (Jr)	8	2	3	67				1	2	50
12	Tyler Payne (Jr)	10	1	2	50	1	2	50	3	8	38
13	Cale Harger (Jr)	13	1	5	20				5	10	50
14	Connor Golden (Sr)	7	1	4	25	2	3	67	1	3	33
24	Grayson Hall (So)	2	0	3	0				1	1	100

Murphy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	72	9	34	43	17	3	1
4	Aaron Harger (Jr)	4	3	1	4	1	1
5	Bradey Golden (Sr)	28		4	4	1		1
11	Ryan Payne (Jr)	8		4	4	5	1
12	Tyler Payne (Jr)	10	1	4	5	4	1
13	Cale Harger (Jr)	13	4	13	17	3
14	Connor Golden (Sr)	7	1	7	8	3
24	Grayson Hall (So)	2		1	1

Murphy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	3	6
4	Aaron Harger (Jr)		2
5	Bradey Golden (Sr)		1
11	Ryan Payne (Jr)	1	1
12	Tyler Payne (Jr)		1
13	Cale Harger (Jr)	2	1

Cherokee (24-25)

Cherokee has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Cherokee toppled by Murphy

January 21, 2025: Cherokee, NC 28719

Murphy Bulldogs (Murphy, NC) supporters left the game satisfied Tuesday as they witnessed their basketball squad notch a victory over the host Cherokee Braves (Cherokee, NC), 72-61 in a league match.

With the victory, Murphy advances its record to 9-5 on the year. The Bulldogs host Hayesville (Hayesville, NC) to face the Yellowjackets in a 1A Smoky Mountain match on Friday, January 24. The Yellowjackets enter the match with a record of 4-9. Hayesville lost 78-72 in their recent league match against Andrews (Andrews, NC)

The Braves now own a 5-4 record. They put it on the line next when they host Robbinsville for a 1A Smoky Mountain match on Friday, January 24. Cherokee will face a Black Knights squad coming off a 60-17 league win over Highlands (Highlands, NC). The Black Knights record now stands at 8-5.

Murphy @ Cherokee Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 21, 2025 @ 8p

The Cherokee (NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Murphy (NC) by a score of 72-61.

Rankings & Records

Murphy (24-25)

NC	Class
502	40

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
14-12	4-6	5-4	7-7	2-1	.538	.400	1,660	1,492

Cherokee (24-25)

NC	Class
489	39

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
11-10	6-4	4-4	7-5	0-1	.524	.600	1,447	1,290

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Murphy	18.6	16.8	10.4	16.6	-	63.8
Cherokee	17.4	18.3	17.4	13.4	7.0	68.9

Head-to-Head

Murphy won on 1/21/2025

1/21 @ 8p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Murphy - - - - 72
Cherokee - - - - 61

The Murphy (NC) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Cherokee (NC) by a score of 72-61.
Box score
Cherokee won on 2/7/2025

2/7 @ 8p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Cherokee - - - - 72
Murphy - - - - 49

The Cherokee (NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Murphy (NC) by a score of 72-49.
Box score

2/7 @ 8p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Cherokee	-	-	-	-	72
Murphy	-	-	-	-	49

Team Stat Comparison

Murphy		Cherokee
59.1	Points Per Game	-
31.2	Rebounds Per Game	-
14.3	Assists Per Game	-
6.8	Steals Per Game	-
2.3	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Murphy		Cherokee	National Avg.
#13 Cale Harger11.8	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#13 Cale Harger7.3	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#11 Ryan Payne4.9	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#15 Abram Twiggs1.4	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#15 Abram Twiggs1.0	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Murphy	10-8		Cherokee	9-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/24	Murphy	Robbinsville	(L) 70-51	1/24/25	Robbinsville	Cherokee	(L) 57-48
1/28/25	Robbinsville	Murphy	(L) 60-55	2/11/25	Cherokee	Robbinsville	(L) 55-46
2/18/25	Murphy	Robbinsville	(L) 76-64
12/19/24	Franklin	Murphy	(L) 76-49	11/26/24	Franklin	Cherokee	(L) 62-54
12/23/24	Murphy	Franklin	(L) 79-60
12/20/24	Murphy	Hiwassee Dam	(W) 68-39	1/17/25	Cherokee	Hiwassee Dam	(W) 85-59
2/6/25	Hiwassee Dam	Murphy	(W) 60-45
1/6/25	Highlands	Murphy	(W) 82-33	1/7/25	Cherokee	Highlands	(W) 75-56
1/15/25	Murphy	Highlands	(W) 65-25
1/9/25	Nantahala	Murphy	(W) 90-52	2/10/25	Nantahala	Cherokee	(W) 96-55
1/17/25	Murphy	Blue Ridge Early College	(W) 99-37	12/10/24	Cherokee	Blue Ridge Early College	(W) 77-30
1/24/25	Hayesville	Murphy	(L) 62-54	12/17/24	Hayesville	Cherokee	(W) 70-52
2/11/25	Murphy	Hayesville	(L) 58-53	1/31/25	Cherokee	Hayesville	(L) 58-53
2/15/25	Murphy	Hayesville	(W) 59-54
1/31/25	Swain County	Murphy	(W) 75-39	2/4/25	Cherokee	Swain County	(W) 79-62
2/10/25	Murphy	Swain County	(W) 87-62	2/13/25	Swain County	Cherokee	(W) 103-63
2/4/25	Murphy	Andrews	(L) 55-45	12/13/24	Andrews	Cherokee	(W) 71-55
2/13/25	Andrews	Murphy	(W) 54-42	1/28/25	Cherokee	Andrews	(W) 65-63
				2/18/25	Cherokee	Andrews	(L) 74-53

Record Breakdown

Murphy (24-25)		Cherokee (24-25)
14-12	Overall	11-10
4-7	League	6-5
8-4	Non-League	5-4
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
10-8	Common Opponent	9-5
5-4	Home	4-4
7-7	Away	7-5
2-1	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	0-1
11-10	In-State	11-9
3-2	Out-of-State	0-1