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The Bessemer City (NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Cherryville (NC) by a score of 54-37.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Cherryville	-	-	-	-	37
Bessemer City	-	-	-	-	54

Final score provided by D. McDowell.

Recap
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Bessemer City (24-25)

Cherryville

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	37	13	45	29	29
3	Kate Bookout (Jr)	4	2	6	33	33
11	Lanie Jones (So)	4	1	3	33	33
22	Emily Allen (Jr)	11	3	13	23	23
31	Raylei Gidney (Jr)	16	6	17	35	35
32	E. McDowell (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
33	Morgan Wray (So)	2	1	3	33	33

Bessemer City

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	54	23	33	70	74
11	Tionna Pettus (Sr)	44	18	25	72	78
12	Kionna Pettus (Jr)	10	5	8	63	63

Cherryville

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	37	6	11	26	42	13	39	33
3	Kate Bookout (Jr)	4	1	0	0	0	2	5	40
11	Lanie Jones (So)	4	1	2	5	40	1	2	50
22	Emily Allen (Jr)	11	4	5	10	50	3	9	33
31	Raylei Gidney (Jr)	16	0	4	11	36	6	17	35
32	E. McDowell (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
33	Morgan Wray (So)	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	33

Bessemer City

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	54	3	5	60	5	8	63	20	28	71
11	Tionna Pettus (Sr)	44	3	5	60	5	8	63	15	20	75
12	Kionna Pettus (Jr)	10							5	8	63

Cherryville

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	37	11	15	26	9	16	2	39	12
3	Kate Bookout (Jr)	4	0	2	2	0	6	0	9	2
11	Lanie Jones (So)	4	1	0	1	1	2	0	7	1
22	Emily Allen (Jr)	11	2	2	4	4	4	2	9	3
31	Raylei Gidney (Jr)	16	7	9	16	2	1	0	3	3
32	E. McDowell (Sr)	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	11	3
33	Morgan Wray (So)	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

Bessemer City

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	54	13	12	25	11	18	6
11	Tionna Pettus (Sr)	44	7	8	15		12	4
12	Kionna Pettus (Jr)	10	6	4	10	11	6	2

Cherryville

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.23	0.41	1.33	0.17
3	Kate Bookout (Jr)	0.00	0.67	3.00	0.00
11	Lanie Jones (So)	0.14	0.29	2.00	0.00
22	Emily Allen (Jr)	0.44	0.44	1.33	0.67
31	Raylei Gidney (Jr)	0.67	0.33	0.33	0.00
32	E. McDowell (Sr)	0.18	0.18	0.67	0.00
33	Morgan Wray (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00

Misc Totals

Bessemer City has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Bessemer City thwarts Cherryville

January 31, 2025: Bessemer City, NC 28016

The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Bessemer City Yellow Jackets (Bessemer City, NC) and the visiting Cherryville Ironmen (Cherryville, NC), observed Bessemer City's basketball team knock off Cherryville by a score of 54-37.

The Yellow Jackets (10-9) will now prepare for their challenge against East Gaston (Mt. Holly, NC). The Warriors come into the 1A/2A Southern Piedmont challenge with a 2-18 record. In their last challenge, East Gaston dropped by Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (Mooresboro, NC), 47-3, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Ironmen encounter the Burns Bulldogs (Lawndale, NC) in a 1A/2A Southern Piedmont challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Cherryville will attempt to improve on its 9-11 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 12-8 record after their 52-45 non-league loss to Crest (Shelby, NC).

Cherryville @ Bessemer City Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 31, 2025 @ 6p

The Bessemer City (NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Cherryville (NC) by a score of 54-37.

Rankings & Records

Cherryville (24-25)

NC	Class
461	39

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-16	3-10	5-6	4-9	0-1	.360	.231	896	1,364

Bessemer City (24-25)

NC	Class
351	30

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
14-13	7-7	7-5	7-8	.519	.500	1,470	1,201

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Cherryville	6.4	8.1	9.0	7.6	-	-	35.8
Bessemer City	11.6	13.0	12.8	12.6	7.0	9.0	54.4

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Head-to-Head

Bessemer City won on 1/10/2025

1/10 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Bessemer City 22 15 12 14 63
Cherryville 3 8 11 9 31

The Bessemer City (NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Cherryville (NC) by a score of 63-31.
Box score
Bessemer City won on 1/31/2025

1/31 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Cherryville - - - - 37
Bessemer City - - - - 54

The Cherryville (NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Bessemer City (NC) by a score of 54-37.
Box score
Bessemer City won on 2/17/2025

2/17 @ 5p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Cherryville - - - - 29
Bessemer City - - - - 66

The Cherryville (NC) varsity basketball team lost Monday's away conference game against Bessemer City (NC) by a score of 66-29.
Box score

1/10 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Bessemer City	22	15	12	14	63
Cherryville	3	8	11	9	31

2/17 @ 5p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Cherryville	-	-	-	-	29
Bessemer City	-	-	-	-	66

Team Stat Comparison

Cherryville		Bessemer City
35.5	Points Per Game	54.0
27.2	Rebounds Per Game	27.0
5.1	Assists Per Game	7.1
9.3	Steals Per Game	13.7
2.2	Blocks Per Game	5.2

Team Leaders

Cherryville		Bessemer City	National Avg.
#31 Raylei Gidney13.9	Points Per Game	#11 Tionna Pettus38.7	4.1
#31 Raylei Gidney12.3	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Tionna Pettus14.5	2.8
#23 Krista Davis3.1	Assists Per Game	#12 Kionna Pettus6.3	0.9
#23 Krista Davis4.6	Steals Per Game	#11 Tionna Pettus10.1	1.1
#32 Evionna McDowell1.0	Blocks Per Game	#11 Tionna Pettus4.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Cherryville	6-9		Bessemer City	7-10

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/26/24	Cherryville	Piedmont Community Charter	(W) 47-45	11/22/24	Bessemer City	Piedmont Community Charter	(L) 67-60
1/17/25	Piedmont Community Charter	Cherryville	(W) 55-48	12/13/24	Piedmont Community Charter	Bessemer City	(W) 63-12
12/3/24	North Gaston	Cherryville	(W) 55-42	11/20/24	Bessemer City	North Gaston	(W) 77-53
12/28/24	North Gaston	Cherryville	(L) 55-36	11/26/24	North Gaston	Bessemer City	(W) 60-30
12/20/24	Shelby	Cherryville	(L) 66-38	1/7/25	Shelby	Bessemer City	(L) 68-62
1/28/25	Cherryville	Shelby	(L) 75-36	2/5/25	Bessemer City	Shelby	(L) 61-59
12/26/24	Cherryville	Forestview	(L) 65-51	12/3/24	Forestview	Bessemer City	(L) 73-69
				12/9/24	Bessemer City	Forestview	(L) 73-36
1/3/25	Cherryville	Burns	(L) 75-25	1/14/25	Burns	Bessemer City	(L) 56-54
2/12/25	Cherryville	Burns	(L) 69-11	2/7/25	Bessemer City	Burns	(L) 38-34
1/7/25	Cherryville	East Gaston	(W) 49-28	1/3/25	Bessemer City	East Gaston	(W) 68-28
1/21/25	East Gaston	Cherryville	(W) 47-36	2/4/25	East Gaston	Bessemer City	(W) 67-16
1/14/25	Cherryville	Highland Tech	(W) 44-39	1/17/25	Bessemer City	Highland Tech	(W) 53-45
2/7/25	Highland Tech	Cherryville	(L) 42-24	2/12/25	Highland Tech	Bessemer City	(W) 57-17
1/24/25	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	Cherryville	(L) 81-11	12/19/24	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	Bessemer City	(L) 64-57
2/13/25	Cherryville	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	(L) 55-7	1/28/25	Bessemer City	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	(L) 46-23
				2/18/25	Bessemer City	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	(L) 62-36

Record Breakdown

Cherryville (24-25)		Bessemer City (24-25)
9-16	Overall	14-13
3-10	League	7-7
6-3	Non-League	7-5
0-3	Head to Head	3-0
6-9	Common Opponent	7-10
5-6	Home	7-5
4-9	Away	7-8
0-1	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-1
9-16	In-State	14-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0