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Staples Newtown

Wreckers

Nighthawks

The Newtown (CT) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Staples (Westport, CT) by a score of 48-47.

Game Details: Newtown High School-Gym

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Staples	11	4	16	17	48
Newtown	6	16	13	12	47

Final score provided by T. Tallcouch.

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Game Stats

Newtown (22-23)

Staples

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	161	48	20	60	33	38
0	Ryland Noorily (Sr)	3		0	1	0	0
1	Adam Udell (So)	19	2	1	4	25	25
2	Ethan Cukier (Sr)	10	2	1	1	100	100
3	Charlie Honig (Sr)	12	3	1	4	25	38
4	Cody Sale (Sr)	29	12	5	14	36	39
10	Caleb Smith (Jr)	19	7	3	6	50	58
12	Chris Zajac (Sr)	32	14	7	16	44	44
20	G. Rothenberg (Sr)	17		0	4	0	0
24	Sam Clachko (Fr)	20	8	2	10	20	30

Newtown

Shooting

Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
Team Totals	47	20	46	43	48
C. Dullinger (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
Connor Hintze (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
Declan Regan (Jr)	14	7	10	70	70
Elijah Williams (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
Makai Coleman (Jr)	31	12	28	43	50
Saahil Ray (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0

Staples

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	161	48	5	22	23	3	4	75	15	38	39
0	Ryland Noorily (Sr)	3		0	1	0				0	0	0
1	Adam Udell (So)	19	2	0	1	0				1	3	33
2	Ethan Cukier (Sr)	10	2							1	1	100
3	Charlie Honig (Sr)	12	3	1	2	50				0	2	0
4	Cody Sale (Sr)	29	12	1	4	25	1	1	100	4	10	40
10	Caleb Smith (Jr)	19	7	1	2	50				2	4	50
12	Chris Zajac (Sr)	32	14	0	1	0				7	15	47
20	G. Rothenberg (Sr)	17		0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
24	Sam Clachko (Fr)	20	8	2	8	25	2	2	100	0	2	0

Newtown

Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
Team Totals	47	4	13	31	3	5	60	16	33	48
Ben Barber (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
C. Dullinger (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Connor Hintze (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Declan Regan (Jr)	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	10	70
Elijah Williams (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
Makai Coleman (Jr)	31	4	9	44	3	3	100	8	19	42
Saahil Ray (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Staples

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	161	48	9	20	29	13	7	1	6	9
0	Ryland Noorily (Sr)	3								1
1	Adam Udell (So)	19	2				2	1
2	Ethan Cukier (Sr)	10	2		1	1
3	Charlie Honig (Sr)	12	3	1		1	1
4	Cody Sale (Sr)	29	12				2	1		1
10	Caleb Smith (Jr)	19	7	2	3	5	1	2	1		2
12	Chris Zajac (Sr)	32	14	5	12	17	3	2		2	3
20	G. Rothenberg (Sr)	17			2	2	1			2	2
24	Sam Clachko (Fr)	20	8	1	2	3	3	1			2

Newtown

Totals

Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
Team Totals	47	23	12	9	7	6
Ben Barber (Jr)	0	1	1	2	0	0
Connor Hintze (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	0
Declan Regan (Jr)	14	6	0	0	1	1
Elijah Williams (Sr)	2	9	2	2	5	1
Makai Coleman (Jr)	31	2	3	3	0	4
Saahil Ray (Sr)	0	5	6	2	0	0

Staples

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	2.17	1.17	0.78	0.11
4	Cody Sale (Sr)	2.00	1.00
10	Caleb Smith (Jr)			1.00	0.50
12	Chris Zajac (Sr)	1.50	1.00	0.67
20	G. Rothenberg (Sr)	0.50
24	Sam Clachko (Fr)			0.50

Newtown

Misc Totals

Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
Team Totals	2.00	1.50
Ben Barber (Jr)	1.00	2.00
Elijah Williams (Sr)	2.00	2.00
Makai Coleman (Jr)	0.75	0.75
Saahil Ray (Sr)	6.00	2.00

Game Story

Connecticut High School Basketball - Newtown can't hold off Staples

January 3, 2023: Newtown, CT 06482

The Staples Wreckers basketball team scored 48 points and held the host Newtown Nighthawks to 47 in the Wreckers non-league triumph on Tuesday.

The Wreckers now sport a 4-0 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Ridgefield for a Fairfield County contest on Friday, January 6. Staples will battle a Tigers team coming off a 72-60 non-league win over Notre Dame Catholic (Fairfield, CT). The Tigers record now stands at 3-1.

The Nighthawks (2-2) will now prepare for their contest against New Fairfield (New Fairfield, CT). The Rebels enter the Southwest contest with a 3-2 record.

Players of the Game

Staples (22-23)

Congratulations to #12 Chris Zajac for being selected the Staples Basketball Player of the Game.

Newtown (22-23)

Newtown has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Staples (22-23)

CT	Class
12	4

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
21-7	10-5	10-2	8-3	3-2	.750	.667	1,705	1,398

Newtown (22-23)

CT	Class
44	19

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
14-9	9-4	6-5	8-3	0-1	.609	.692	1,211	1,173

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Staples	13.8	12.8	15.9	16.1	8.0	60.9
Newtown	10.6	13.6	13.3	13.7	9.5	52.7

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Team Stat Comparison

Staples		Newtown
60.7	Points Per Game	52.3
28.5	Rebounds Per Game	30.1
15.5	Assists Per Game	11.0
7.1	Steals Per Game	7.9
2.9	Blocks Per Game	4.0

Team Leaders

Staples		Newtown	National Avg.
#12 Chris Zajac16.2	Points Per Game	Makai Coleman20.0	4.9
#12 Chris Zajac10.8	Rebounds Per Game	Declan Regan9.3	2.6
#1 Adam Udell3.3	Assists Per Game	Saahil Ray3.8	1.0
#1 Adam Udell1.2	Steals Per Game	Elijah Williams2.3	0.8
#12 Chris Zajac2.0	Blocks Per Game	Elijah Williams2.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Staples	5-1		Newtown	3-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/22/22	Staples	Stratford	(W) 66-30	1/27/23	Newtown	Stratford	(W) 59-46
12/27/22	Pomperaug	Staples	(W) 61-38	2/2/23	Newtown	Pomperaug	(W) 55-37
1/13/23	Staples	Greenwich	(W) 56-38	1/7/23	Greenwich	Newtown	(L) 51-45
1/31/23	Staples	Wilton	(L) 69-68	12/16/22	Newtown	Wilton	(L) 82-60
2/25/23	Staples	Wilton	(W) 53-43
2/22/23	Darien	Staples	(W) 55-39	12/28/22	Newtown	Darien	(W) 58-52

Record Breakdown

Staples (22-23)		Newtown (22-23)
21-7	Overall	14-9
12-6	League	10-5
5-0	Non-League	4-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
5-1	Common Opponent	3-2
10-2	Home	6-5
8-3	Away	8-3
3-2	Neutral	0-1
4-1	Playoff	0-1
21-7	In-State	14-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0