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Pender East Bladen

Patriots

Eagles

The East Bladen (Elizabethtown, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Pender (Burgaw, NC) by a score of 61-23.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Pender	2	7	2	12	23
East Bladen	26	12	20	3	61

Final score provided by P. Evers.

Recap
Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

East Bladen (24-25)

Pender

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	23	10
11	M. Francis (Fr)	18	8
12	Solange Stewart (Fr)	4	2
22	Kenyatta Jacobs (So)	1

East Bladen

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	61	25	35	71	74
1	NeNe Ward (Sr)	15	7	9	78	83
3	Aaliyah Monroe (So)	7	3	5	60	60
4	Ariel Cromartie (Jr)	17	8	9	89	89
10	Cabria Baldwin (Jr)	7	2	3	67	83
13	Tatum Allen (So)	0	0	1	0	0
21	Taylor Dowless (So)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Laila Smith (Sr)	14	5	6	83	83
31	Niyah Wooten (Jr)	1	0	1	0	0

Pender

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FTM	2FGM
	Team Totals	23	3	10
11	M. Francis (Fr)	18	2	8
12	Solange Stewart (Fr)	4		2
22	Kenyatta Jacobs (So)	1	1

East Bladen

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	61	2	8	25	9	11	82	23	27	85
1	NeNe Ward (Sr)	15	1	3	33	0	0	0	6	6	100
3	Aaliyah Monroe (So)	7	0	0	0	1	1	100	3	5	60
4	Ariel Cromartie (Jr)	17	0	1	0	1	1	100	8	8	100
10	Cabria Baldwin (Jr)	7	1	2	50	2	2	100	1	1	100
13	Tatum Allen (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Taylor Dowless (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Laila Smith (Sr)	14	0	0	0	4	5	80	5	6	83
31	Niyah Wooten (Jr)	1	0	1	0	1	2	50	0	0	0

Pender

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	23	18	3	4	27	6
1	Olivia White (Sr)						1
3	Jayda Tozour (Sr)		1	2	1	6
10	K. McAllister (Jr)		4		1	7	1
11	M. Francis (Fr)	18	9			2	3
12	Solange Stewart (Fr)	4	2	1		8	1
14	Zyiah Williams (Jr)				1	2
15	Nevasha Bonds (So)					1
22	Kenyatta Jacobs (So)	1	2		1	1

East Bladen

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	61	16	15	31	20	24	4	5
1	NeNe Ward (Sr)	15	1	2	3	5	4	0	0
2	Nevaeh Brown (So)	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0
3	Aaliyah Monroe (So)	7	2	0	2	1	2	0	0
4	Ariel Cromartie (Jr)	17	4	2	6	5	4	0	1
10	Cabria Baldwin (Jr)	7	0	2	2	2	4	0	1
11	Tyliah Freeman (So)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
13	Tatum Allen (So)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
21	Taylor Dowless (So)	0	1	1	2	0	2	2	0
23	Laila Smith (Sr)	14	2	2	4	2	5	0	1
31	Niyah Wooten (Jr)	1	4	2	6	5	3	0	0

Pender

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F
	Team Totals	0.11	0.15	0.67
3	Jayda Tozour (Sr)	0.33	0.17
10	K. McAllister (Jr)		0.14	1.00
12	Solange Stewart (Fr)	0.13
14	Zyiah Williams (Jr)		0.50
22	Kenyatta Jacobs (So)		1.00

East Bladen

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	4.00	4.80
1	NeNe Ward (Sr)	5.00	4.00
3	Aaliyah Monroe (So)	1.00	2.00
4	Ariel Cromartie (Jr)	5.00	4.00
10	Cabria Baldwin (Jr)	2.00	4.00
21	Taylor Dowless (So)	0.00	2.00
23	Laila Smith (Sr)	2.00	5.00
31	Niyah Wooten (Jr)	5.00	3.00

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - East Bladen overwhelms Pender

January 3, 2025: Elizabethtown, NC 28337

The East Bladen Eagles basketball team scored 61 points and limited the visiting Pender Patriots to 23 in the Eagles league triumph on Friday.

The Eagles now possess a 11-2 record. They play next when they host Heide Trask for a 1A/2A Waccamaw game on Tuesday, January 7. East Bladen will play a Titans team coming off a 71-18 non-league loss to Aussie Travelers (Brisbane, Australia) (, NC). The Titans record now stands at 5-8.

With the loss, Pender falls to 1-3 on the campaign. The Patriots travel to Red Springs (Red Springs, NC) to play the Red Devils in a non-league game on Monday, January 6. The Red Devils go into the game with a record of 2-9. Red Springs lost 54-34 in their recent non-league game against Dillon (Dillon, SC)

Players of the Game

Pender (24-25)

Pender has not selected any Players of the Game.

East Bladen (24-25)

Congratulations to #4 Ariel Cromartie for being selected the East Bladen Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Pender @ East Bladen Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 3, 2025 @ 6p

The East Bladen (Elizabethtown, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Pender (Burgaw, NC) by a score of 61-23.

Rankings & Records

Pender (24-25)

NC	Class
515	36

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
4-12	4-8	2-5	2-7	.250	.333	511	621

East Bladen (24-25)

NC	Class
95	2

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
26-4	12-0	12-2	14-2	.867	1.000	1,851	1,044

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Pender	8.2	9.0	7.2	9.8	31.9
East Bladen	18.1	18.3	15.0	10.9	61.7

Head-to-Head

East Bladen won on 1/3/2025

1/3 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Pender 2 7 2 12 23
East Bladen 26 12 20 3 61

The Pender (Burgaw, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against East Bladen (Elizabethtown, NC) by a score of 61-23.
Box score
East Bladen won on 2/10/2025

2/10 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

East Bladen 20 21 10 1 52
Pender 6 2 7 10 25

The East Bladen (Elizabethtown, NC) varsity basketball team won Monday's away conference game against Pender (Burgaw, NC) by a score of 52-25.
Box score

2/10 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
East Bladen	20	21	10	1	52
Pender	6	2	7	10	25

Team Stat Comparison

Pender		East Bladen
30.3	Points Per Game	61.4
21.3	Rebounds Per Game	37.4
3.8	Assists Per Game	16.3
5.1	Steals Per Game	22.2
0.4	Blocks Per Game	4.0

Team Leaders

Pender		East Bladen	National Avg.
#11 Maddison Francis13.1	Points Per Game	#1 NeNe Ward19.4	4.1
#11 Maddison Francis8.9	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Laila Smith8.2	2.8
#3 Jayda Tozour1.4	Assists Per Game	#1 NeNe Ward4.1	0.9
#10 Kimora McAllister1.6	Steals Per Game	#1 NeNe Ward5.2	1.1
#11 Maddison Francis0.4	Blocks Per Game	#23 Laila Smith1.1	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Pender	4-7		East Bladen	11-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/24	Pender	Wallace-Rose Hill	(L) 32-25	12/11/24	East Bladen	Wallace-Rose Hill	(W) 54-50
12/20/24	Pender	South Columbus	(W) 34-28	2/3/25	South Columbus	East Bladen	(W) 66-18
1/28/25	South Columbus	Pender	(W) 62-30	2/4/25	East Bladen	South Columbus	(W) 61-9
1/16/25	Pender	Whiteville	(L) 43-31	1/17/25	Whiteville	East Bladen	(W) 70-32
2/7/25	Whiteville	Pender	(L) 38-26	2/11/25	East Bladen	Whiteville	(W) 72-33
1/17/25	West Columbus	Pender	(W) 57-8	1/29/25	East Bladen	West Columbus	(W) 58-17
2/11/25	Pender	West Columbus	(W) 37-31	2/7/25	West Columbus	East Bladen	(W) 59-8
1/27/25	Pender	East Columbus	(L) 50-23	12/20/24	East Bladen	East Columbus	(W) 63-30
2/4/25	East Columbus	Pender	(L) 49-26	1/28/25	East Columbus	East Bladen	(W) 73-48
2/5/25	Pender	Heide Trask	(L) 24-21	12/13/24	East Bladen	Heide Trask	(W) 52-12
2/14/25	Heide Trask	Pender	(L) 38-32	1/7/25	Heide Trask	East Bladen	(W) 64-23

Record Breakdown

Pender (24-25)		East Bladen (24-25)
4-12	Overall	26-4
4-8	League	12-0
0-4	Non-League	9-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
4-7	Common Opponent	11-0
2-5	Home	12-2
2-7	Away	14-2
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	5-1
4-12	In-State	26-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0