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Butler East Mecklenburg

Bulldogs

Eagles

The East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Butler (Matthews, NC) by a score of 40-37.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Butler	17	0	14	9	40
East Mecklenburg	6	11	14	6	37

Final score provided by J. Powell-Massey.

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Game Stats

East Mecklenburg (24-25)

Butler

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	40	14	45	31	37
0	Terrance Badio (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
1	Caleb Milligan (Sr)	7	1	2	50	75
4	D. Currence (Sr)	6	3	9	33	33
5	Eli Grier (Jr)	9	3	13	23	23
15	Isaiah Keys (Sr)	10	4	6	67	83
22	Reece Starnes (Sr)	6	2	11	18	27
23	Aree Branch (So)	0	0	1	0	0

East Mecklenburg

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	37	17	43	40	42
1	Nixon Wright (So)	10	5	8	63	63
2	Vance Johnson (Sr)	8	4	7	57	57
3	James Mciver (Sr)	6	3	5	60	60
4	Ahmari Hicks (Sr)	5	2	11	18	23
10	I. Ramirez-Toro (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
23	Jordan Buzzard (Jr)	6	2	7	29	36

Butler

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	40	5	14	36	7	8	88	9	31	29
0	Terrance Badio (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
1	Caleb Milligan (Sr)	7	1	2	50	4	4	100	0	0	0
4	D. Currence (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	33
5	Eli Grier (Jr)	9	0	4	0	3	4	75	3	9	33
15	Isaiah Keys (Sr)	10	2	4	50	0	0	0	2	2	100
22	Reece Starnes (Sr)	6	2	3	67	0	0	0	0	8	0
23	Aree Branch (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

East Mecklenburg

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	37	2	11	18	1	2	50	15	32	47
1	Nixon Wright (So)	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	7	71
2	Vance Johnson (Sr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	57
3	James Mciver (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	60
4	Ahmari Hicks (Sr)	5	1	7	14	0	0	0	1	4	25
10	I. Ramirez-Toro (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
23	Jordan Buzzard (Jr)	6	1	2	50	1	2	50	1	5	20

Butler

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	40	4	18	22	7	7	11
0	Terrance Badio (Jr)	2	0	2	2	1	1	3
1	Caleb Milligan (Sr)	7	0	4	4	1	1	2
4	D. Currence (Sr)	6	0	3	3	3	2	2
5	Eli Grier (Jr)	9	0	1	1	0	2	2
15	Isaiah Keys (Sr)	10	1	0	1	0	0	1
22	Reece Starnes (Sr)	6	2	5	7	2	0	0
23	Aree Branch (So)	0	1	3	4	0	1	1

East Mecklenburg

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	37	7	19	26	10	2	3	14
1	Nixon Wright (So)	10	3	5	8	1	0	0	3
2	Vance Johnson (Sr)	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	2
3	James Mciver (Sr)	6	2	4	6	0	1	0	3
4	Ahmari Hicks (Sr)	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
5	B. Caldwell (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10	I. Ramirez-Toro (Jr)	2	0	1	1	4	1	0	2
23	Jordan Buzzard (Jr)	6	1	8	9	2	0	3	2

Butler

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.64	0.64	11
0	Terrance Badio (Jr)	0.33	0.33	1
1	Caleb Milligan (Sr)	0.50	0.50	1
4	D. Currence (Sr)	1.50	1.00	1
5	Eli Grier (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0
22	Reece Starnes (Sr)	2.00	0.00	4
23	Aree Branch (So)	0.00	1.00	4

East Mecklenburg

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.71	0.14
1	Nixon Wright (So)	0.33	0.00
2	Vance Johnson (Sr)	1.00	0.00
3	James Mciver (Sr)	0.00	0.33
4	Ahmari Hicks (Sr)	1.00	0.00
10	I. Ramirez-Toro (Jr)	2.00	0.50
23	Jordan Buzzard (Jr)	1.00	0.00

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Butler holds off East Mecklenburg

January 3, 2025: Charlotte, NC 28212

The Butler Bulldogs basketball team scored 40 points and limited the host East Mecklenburg Eagles to 37 in the Bulldogs league triumph on Friday.

The Bulldogs now have a 9-5 record. They play next when they travel to Rocky River for a 4A Southwestern game on Tuesday, January 7. Butler will confront a Ravens team coming off a 74-60 league loss to Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, NC). The Ravens record now stands at 5-7.

With the loss, East Mecklenburg falls to 8-4 on the campaign. The Eagles travel to Weddington (Matthews, NC) to confront the Warriors in a non-league game on Tuesday, January 7. The Warriors go into the game with a record of 9-4. Weddington lost 62-54 in their recent non-league game against Nation Ford (Fort Mill, SC)

Check In
1st Quarter
17 - 4 The scorer has checked in. Butler 17, East Mecklenburg 4

Posted @ 7:33p
Game Attendance
1st Quarter
Attendance Hundreds

Posted @ 7:33p
17 - 6

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg1st Quarter
East Mecklenburg - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 17, East Mecklenburg 6

Posted @ 7:33p
17 - 6

End of 1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
Butler 17, East Mecklenburg 6

Posted @ 7:33p
17 - 8

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg2nd Quarter
East Mecklenburg - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 17, East Mecklenburg 8

Posted @ 7:37p
17 - 10

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg2nd Quarter
East Mecklenburg - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 17, East Mecklenburg 10

Posted @ 7:38p
17 - 12

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg2nd Quarter
East Mecklenburg - #3 James Mciver makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 17, East Mecklenburg 12

Posted @ 7:41p
17 - 14

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg2nd Quarter
East Mecklenburg - #1 Nixon Wright makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 17, East Mecklenburg 14

Posted @ 7:42p
17 - 14

Timeout Alert
Butler2nd Quarter ~3 minutes to go
Timeout Butler. Butler 17, East Mecklenburg 14

Posted @ 7:42p
17 - 14

Foul Alert
Butler2nd Quarter ~1 minute to go
Foul on Butler. Butler 17, East Mecklenburg 14

Posted @ 7:47p
17 - 15

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg2nd Quarter
East Mecklenburg - #23 Jordan Buzzard makes a Free Throw. Butler 17, East Mecklenburg 15

Posted @ 7:47p
17 - 17

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg2nd Quarter
East Mecklenburg - #1 Nixon Wright makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 17, East Mecklenburg 17

Posted @ 7:47p
17 - 17

Halftime
Halftime
Butler 17, East Mecklenburg 17

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17 - 17

Start of 3rd Quarter
Butler3rd Quarter
Butler's ball.

Posted @ 8p
20 - 17

Score Correction
Butler3rd Quarter
Score correction for Butler in Q3. Butler 20, East Mecklenburg 17

Posted @ 8p
20 - 19

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg3rd Quarter
East Mecklenburg - #10 Ian Ramirez-Toro makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 20, East Mecklenburg 19

Posted @ 8p
20 - 21

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg3rd Quarter
East Mecklenburg - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 20, East Mecklenburg 21

Posted @ 8:02p
22 - 21

Score Alert
Butler3rd Quarter
Butler - #15 Isaiah Keys makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 22, East Mecklenburg 21

Posted @ 8:02p
22 - 24

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg3rd Quarter
East Mecklenburg - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Butler 22, East Mecklenburg 24

Posted @ 8:03p
24 - 24

Score Alert
Butler3rd Quarter
Butler - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 24, East Mecklenburg 24

Posted @ 8:03p
24 - 24

Timeout Alert
East Mecklenburg3rd Quarter ~4 minutes to go
Timeout East Mecklenburg. Butler 24, East Mecklenburg 24

Posted @ 8:04p
24 - 27

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg3rd Quarter
East Mecklenburg - #4 Ahmari Hicks makes a 3pt Field Goal. Butler 24, East Mecklenburg 27

Posted @ 8:06p
24 - 27

Foul Alert
East Mecklenburg3rd Quarter ~3 minutes to go
Foul on East Mecklenburg - #23 Jordan Buzzard. Butler 24, East Mecklenburg 27

Posted @ 8:07p
25 - 27

Score Alert
Butler3rd Quarter
Butler - #5 Eli Grier makes a Free Throw. Butler 25, East Mecklenburg 27

Posted @ 8:07p
26 - 27

Score Alert
Butler3rd Quarter
Butler - #5 Eli Grier makes a Free Throw. Butler 26, East Mecklenburg 27

Posted @ 8:08p
26 - 27

Foul Alert
East Mecklenburg3rd Quarter ~3 minutes to go
Foul on East Mecklenburg - #10 Ian Ramirez-Toro. Butler 26, East Mecklenburg 27

Posted @ 8:08p
26 - 29

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg3rd Quarter
East Mecklenburg - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 26, East Mecklenburg 29

Posted @ 8:09p
26 - 29

Foul Alert
East Mecklenburg3rd Quarter ~1 minute to go
Foul on East Mecklenburg. Butler 26, East Mecklenburg 29

Posted @ 8:10p
27 - 29

Score Alert
Butler3rd Quarter
Butler - #5 Eli Grier makes a Free Throw. Butler 27, East Mecklenburg 29

Posted @ 8:11p
27 - 31

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg3rd Quarter
East Mecklenburg - #0 Derrick Rupert makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 27, East Mecklenburg 31

Posted @ 8:12p
29 - 31

Score Alert
Butler3rd Quarter
Butler - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 29, East Mecklenburg 31

Posted @ 8:12p
31 - 31

Score Alert
Butler3rd Quarter
Butler - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 31, East Mecklenburg 31

Posted @ 8:14p
31 - 31

End of 3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
Butler 31, East Mecklenburg 31

Posted @ 8:14p
33 - 31

Score Correction
Butler4th Quarter
Score correction for Butler in Q4. Butler 33, East Mecklenburg 31

Posted @ 8:19p
33 - 33

Score Correction
East Mecklenburg4th Quarter
Score correction for East Mecklenburg in Q4. Butler 33, East Mecklenburg 33

Posted @ 8:19p
33 - 35

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg4th Quarter
East Mecklenburg - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 33, East Mecklenburg 35

Posted @ 8:21p
36 - 35

Score Alert
Butler4th Quarter
Butler - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Butler 36, East Mecklenburg 35

Posted @ 8:25p
36 - 35

Timeout Alert
Butler4th Quarter ~1 minute to go
Timeout Butler. Butler 36, East Mecklenburg 35

Posted @ 8:26p
36 - 35

Timeout Alert
Butler4th Quarter Under a minute
Timeout Butler. Butler 36, East Mecklenburg 35

Posted @ 8:30p
36 - 35

Foul Alert
East Mecklenburg4th Quarter Under a minute
Foul on East Mecklenburg - #1 Nixon Wright. Butler 36, East Mecklenburg 35

Posted @ 8:33p
37 - 35

Score Alert
Butler4th Quarter
Butler - #1 Caleb Milligan makes a Free Throw. Butler 37, East Mecklenburg 35

Posted @ 8:35p
38 - 35

Score Alert
Butler4th Quarter
Butler - #1 Caleb Milligan makes a Free Throw. Butler 38, East Mecklenburg 35

Posted @ 8:35p
38 - 35

Timeout Alert
East Mecklenburg4th Quarter Under a minute
Timeout East Mecklenburg. Butler 38, East Mecklenburg 35

Posted @ 8:35p
38 - 37

Score Alert
East Mecklenburg4th Quarter
East Mecklenburg - #2 Vance Johnson makes a 2pt Field Goal. Butler 38, East Mecklenburg 37

Posted @ 8:36p
38 - 37

Timeout Alert
East Mecklenburg4th Quarter Under a minute
Timeout East Mecklenburg. Butler 38, East Mecklenburg 37

Posted @ 8:37p
38 - 37

Foul Alert
East Mecklenburg4th Quarter Under a minute
Foul on East Mecklenburg. Butler 38, East Mecklenburg 37

Posted @ 8:38p
39 - 37

Score Alert
Butler4th Quarter
Butler - #1 Caleb Milligan makes a Free Throw. Butler 39, East Mecklenburg 37

Posted @ 8:39p
40 - 37

Score Alert
Butler4th Quarter
Butler - #1 Caleb Milligan makes a Free Throw. Butler 40, East Mecklenburg 37

Posted @ 8:40p
40 - 37

End of Game
Final
Butler 40, East Mecklenburg 37

Posted @ 8:40p

Players of the Game

Butler (24-25)

Congratulations to #22 Reece Starnes for being selected the Butler Basketball Player of the Game.

East Mecklenburg (24-25)

East Mecklenburg has not selected any Players of the Game.

Butler @ EMHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 3, 2025 @ 7:30p

The East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Butler (Matthews, NC) by a score of 40-37.

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Rankings & Records

Butler (24-25)

NC	Class
120	20

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-13	7-5	6-4	6-8	3-1	.536	.583	1,608	1,472

East Mecklenburg (24-25)

NC	Class
135	24

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-11	7-5	9-2	4-6	2-3	.577	.583	1,434	1,360

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Butler	15.6	11.0	14.2	16.2	57.4
East Mecklenburg	13.1	13.5	13.3	15.5	55.2

Head-to-Head

Butler won on 1/3/2025

1/3 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Butler 17 0 14 9 40
East Mecklenburg 6 11 14 6 37

The Butler (Matthews, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 40-37.
Box score
Butler won on 1/31/2025

1/31 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

East Mecklenburg 12 12 13 14 51
Butler 15 10 8 22 55

The East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Butler (Matthews, NC) by a score of 55-51.
Box score

1/31 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
East Mecklenburg	12	12	13	14	51
Butler	15	10	8	22	55

Team Stat Comparison

Butler		East Mecklenburg
55.1	Points Per Game	53.2
26.9	Rebounds Per Game	24.7
13.2	Assists Per Game	11.4
10.1	Steals Per Game	6.0
3.1	Blocks Per Game	3.0

Team Leaders

Butler		East Mecklenburg	National Avg.
#0 Terrance Badio14.4	Points Per Game	#4 Ahmari Hicks16.8	4.9
#12 Isaiah White6.3	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Jordan Buzzard8.2	2.6
#4 DeQuadre Currence4.1	Assists Per Game	#2 Vance Johnson3.7	1.0
#0 Terrance Badio1.9	Steals Per Game	#2 Vance Johnson1.4	0.8
#12 Isaiah White1.6	Blocks Per Game	#23 Jordan Buzzard2.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Butler	9-8		East Mecklenburg	10-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/24	Butler	Central Cabarrus	(W) 80-60	1/29/25	Central Cabarrus	East Mecklenburg	(W) 69-51
11/26/24	Sun Valley	Butler	(W) 68-43	12/3/24	Sun Valley	East Mecklenburg	(W) 59-45
12/10/24	Weddington	Butler	(L) 56-50	1/7/25	East Mecklenburg	Weddington	(L) 56-47
12/17/24	Garinger	Butler	(W) 66-17	12/20/24	East Mecklenburg	Garinger	(W) 70-45
1/24/25	Butler	Garinger	(W) 63-33	1/28/25	Garinger	East Mecklenburg	(W) 78-33
12/20/24	Providence	Butler	(W) 57-45	1/17/25	Providence	East Mecklenburg	(W) 56-52
1/28/25	Butler	Providence	(W) 68-47	2/14/25	East Mecklenburg	Providence	(W) 54-45
				2/18/25	Providence	East Mecklenburg	(L) 57-49
12/27/24	Palisades	Butler	(L) 82-81	11/19/24	Palisades	East Mecklenburg	(W) 59-54
1/7/25	Butler	Rocky River	(L) 58-56	12/17/24	Rocky River	East Mecklenburg	(W) 72-47
2/4/25	Rocky River	Butler	(L) 48-47	1/24/25	East Mecklenburg	Rocky River	(W) 43-39
2/18/25	Butler	Rocky River	(W) 77-68
1/9/25	Butler	Charlotte Catholic	(L) 75-54	1/14/25	East Mecklenburg	Charlotte Catholic	(L) 79-54
2/7/25	Charlotte Catholic	Butler	(L) 52-50	2/11/25	Charlotte Catholic	East Mecklenburg	(L) 63-57
2/20/25	Butler	Charlotte Catholic	(W) 65-61
1/17/25	Independence	Butler	(W) 56-44	1/9/25	East Mecklenburg	Independence	(L) 69-45
2/14/25	Butler	Independence	(L) 48-44	2/7/25	Independence	East Mecklenburg	(W) 58-55
2/21/25	Butler	Independence	(L) 70-32

Record Breakdown

Butler (24-25)		East Mecklenburg (24-25)
15-13	Overall	15-11
9-6	League	7-6
4-4	Non-League	6-3
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
9-8	Common Opponent	10-5
6-4	Home	9-2
6-8	Away	4-6
3-1	Neutral	2-3
0-1	Playoff	0-1
15-11	In-State	15-11
0-2	Out-of-State	0-0