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Triton Western Harnett

Hawks

Eagles

The Western Harnett (Lillington, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Triton (Erwin, NC) in overtime by a score of 67-62.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Triton	17	11	16	6	7	5	62
Western Harnett	6	10	12	22	7	10	67

Final score provided by K. Starr.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Western Harnett (24-25)

Triton

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	62	24	61	39	43
1	Neveah Hawley (Jr)	5	1	8	13	13
2	Ja'Niah Smith (Sr)	16	6	15	40	40
3	N. McNeil-Watlington (Jr)	32	13	24	54	60
10	Akirah Hicks (Jr)	5	2	4	50	63
12	Winter McNeil (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
21	Addison Giles (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
22	Abby Johnson (So)	4	2	3	67	67
24	Kelsey Matthews (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
30	Anna Jackson (So)	0	0	2	0	0

Western Harnett

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	67	21	65	32	38
2	J. McDougald (So)	9	3	10	30	35
4	T. Elliott (Fr)	10	4	10	40	45
5	Faith Woodard (Jr)	6	2	9	22	22
11	Zoey Raleigh (Fr)	0	0	7	0	0
14	Morgan McAuley (So)	4	2	3	67	67
22	Tamara Hayes (Fr)	34	9	22	41	55
24	Jamera Hepburn (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
30	NaDara Peterson (Jr)	4	1	2	50	50

Triton

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	62	4	18	22	10	25	40	20	43	47
1	Neveah Hawley (Jr)	5	0	3	0	3	4	75	1	5	20
2	Ja'Niah Smith (Sr)	16	0	4	0	4	13	31	6	11	55
3	N. McNeil-Watlington (Jr)	32	3	9	33	3	6	50	10	15	67
10	Akirah Hicks (Jr)	5	1	2	50	0	2	0	1	2	50
12	Winter McNeil (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Addison Giles (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	Abby Johnson (So)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
24	Kelsey Matthews (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	Anna Jackson (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Western Harnett

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	67	8	25	32	17	30	57	13	40	33
2	J. McDougald (So)	9	1	3	33	2	5	40	2	7	29
4	T. Elliott (Fr)	10	1	3	33	1	1	100	3	7	43
5	Faith Woodard (Jr)	6	0	2	0	2	4	50	2	7	29
11	Zoey Raleigh (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14	Morgan McAuley (So)	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	3	67
22	Tamara Hayes (Fr)	34	6	14	43	10	12	83	3	8	38
24	Jamera Hepburn (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30	NaDara Peterson (Jr)	4	0	0	0	2	4	50	1	2	50

Triton

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	62	10	21	31	14	11	23	20
1	Neveah Hawley (Jr)	5	3	0	3	0	0	6	0
2	Ja'Niah Smith (Sr)	16	1	2	3	7	4	3	3
3	N. McNeil-Watlington (Jr)	32	0	8	8	5	5	5	3
4	Iliana Eason (So)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
10	Akirah Hicks (Jr)	5	1	2	3	0	0	3	4
11	Avery Matthews (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	Winter McNeil (Jr)	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	0
21	Addison Giles (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3
22	Abby Johnson (So)	4	1	3	4	0	0	0	1
24	Kelsey Matthews (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
30	Anna Jackson (So)	0	2	4	6	1	1	1	5

Western Harnett

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	67	9	26	35	3	7	2	15	19
2	J. McDougald (So)	9	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	3
4	T. Elliott (Fr)	10	4	4	8	1	0	1	0	4
5	Faith Woodard (Jr)	6	2	7	9	1	1	1	0	4
11	Zoey Raleigh (Fr)	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2
14	Morgan McAuley (So)	4	2	5	7	0	2	0	0	2
20	Amaya Pruitt (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
22	Tamara Hayes (Fr)	34	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	3
24	Jamera Hepburn (Fr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	NaDara Peterson (Jr)	4	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	0

Triton

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F
	Team Totals	0.61	0.48	0.55
2	Ja'Niah Smith (Sr)	2.33	1.33	1.33
3	N. McNeil-Watlington (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.67
12	Winter McNeil (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00
30	Anna Jackson (So)	1.00	1.00	0.20

Western Harnett

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.20	0.47	0.37	0.11
2	J. McDougald (So)	0.00	2.00	0.67	0.00
4	T. Elliott (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.25
5	Faith Woodard (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.25	0.25
11	Zoey Raleigh (Fr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00
14	Morgan McAuley (So)	0.00	2.00	1.00	0.00
22	Tamara Hayes (Fr)	0.00	1.00	0.33	0.00
30	NaDara Peterson (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Western Harnett holds off Triton

January 31, 2025: Lillington, NC 27546

The Western Harnett Eagles basketball team scored 67 points and limited the visiting Triton Hawks to 62 in the Eagles league triumph on Friday.

The Eagles now possess a 5-14 record. They play next when they host E.E. Smith for a 3A/4A All-American game on Tuesday, February 4. Western Harnett will confront a Golden Bulls team coming off a 30-29 league win over Pine Forest (Fayetteville, NC). The Golden Bulls record now stands at 11-6.

With the loss, Triton falls to 7-13 on the campaign. The Hawks host Pine Forest (Fayetteville, NC) to confront the Trojans in a 3A/4A All-American game on Tuesday, February 4. The Trojans go into the game with a record of 9-10. Pine Forest lost 30-29 in their recent league game against E.E. Smith (Fayetteville, NC)

Players of the Game

Triton (24-25)

Triton has not selected any Players of the Game.

Western Harnett (24-25)

Congratulations to #22 Tamara Hayes for being selected the Western Harnett Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Triton @ WHHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 31, 2025 @ 6p

The Western Harnett (Lillington, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Triton (Erwin, NC) in overtime by a score of 67-62.

Rankings & Records

Triton (24-25)

NC	Class
322	34

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-18	3-12	4-5	3-9	1-4	.308	.200	1,041	1,393

Western Harnett (24-25)

NC	Class
389	42

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
5-18	3-12	3-5	2-9	0-4	.217	.200	766	1,222

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Triton	9.1	10.1	10.6	9.3	7.0	5.0	40.0
Western Harnett	5.9	6.9	9.6	7.6	7.0	10.0	33.3

Head-to-Head

Triton won on 1/3/2025

1/3 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Western Harnett 5 15 12 5 37
Triton 8 13 16 16 53

The Western Harnett (Lillington, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Triton (Erwin, NC) by a score of 53-37.
Box score
Western Harnett won on 1/31/2025

1/31 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 OT2 Final

Triton 17 11 16 6 7 5 62
Western Harnett 6 10 12 22 7 10 67

The Triton (Erwin, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Western Harnett (Lillington, NC) in overtime by a score of 67-62.
Box score

1/3 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Western Harnett	5	15	12	5	37
Triton	8	13	16	16	53

Team Stat Comparison

Triton		Western Harnett
38.4	Points Per Game	27.5
13.1	Rebounds Per Game	12.3
5.2	Assists Per Game	1.3
7.2	Steals Per Game	2.3
1.1	Blocks Per Game	0.7

Team Leaders

Triton		Western Harnett	National Avg.
#3 Nashara McNeil-Watlington15.7	Points Per Game	#22 Tamara Hayes13.4	4.1
#3 Nashara McNeil-Watlington2.4	Rebounds Per Game	#4 Ta'Ziyah Elliott4.9	2.8
#2 Ja'Niah Smith1.8	Assists Per Game	#2 Jamiah McDougald0.6	0.9
#2 Ja'Niah Smith2.5	Steals Per Game	#2 Jamiah McDougald1.4	1.1
#30 Anna Jackson0.3	Blocks Per Game	#4 Ta'Ziyah Elliott0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Triton	4-13		Western Harnett	3-13

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/18/24	Triton	Overhills	(L) 69-16	11/20/24	Overhills	Western Harnett	(L) 65-25
1/9/25	Triton	Overhills	(L) 77-47	12/12/24	Overhills	Western Harnett	(L) 67-34
2/7/25	Overhills	Triton	(L) 59-31	1/28/25	Western Harnett	Overhills	(L) 61-32
				2/17/25	Western Harnett	Overhills	(L) 78-39
11/19/24	Harnett Central	Triton	(W) 47-27	11/18/24	Western Harnett	Harnett Central	(W) 53-52
1/14/25	Triton	Harnett Central	(W) 45-29	12/6/24	Harnett Central	Western Harnett	(W) 38-35
2/11/25	Harnett Central	Triton	(W) 32-22	1/17/25	Western Harnett	Harnett Central	(W) 44-22
12/6/24	Triton	E.E. Smith	(L) 72-32	1/7/25	Western Harnett	E.E. Smith	(L) 51-32
1/17/25	E.E. Smith	Triton	(L) 53-27	2/4/25	E.E. Smith	Western Harnett	(L) 50-33
2/17/25	Triton	E.E. Smith	(L) 52-49
12/10/24	Terry Sanford	Triton	(L) 72-19	1/14/25	Terry Sanford	Western Harnett	(L) 63-10
2/6/25	Triton	Terry Sanford	(L) 88-32	2/11/25	Western Harnett	Terry Sanford	(L) 78-14
12/13/24	Triton	Westover	(L) 63-40	1/9/25	Westover	Western Harnett	(L) 40-24
1/28/25	Westover	Triton	(L) 46-34	2/7/25	Western Harnett	Westover	(L) 40-24
2/17/25	Triton	Westover	(L) 46-34
12/20/24	Southern Lee	Triton	(W) 61-55	12/3/24	Western Harnett	Southern Lee	(L) 56-37
1/7/25	Triton	Pine Forest	(L) 47-40	12/10/24	Western Harnett	Pine Forest	(L) 53-10
2/4/25	Pine Forest	Triton	(L) 55-43	1/29/25	Pine Forest	Western Harnett	(L) 55-25

Record Breakdown

Triton (24-25)		Western Harnett (24-25)
8-18	Overall	5-18
3-13	League	3-12
4-3	Non-League	1-2
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
4-13	Common Opponent	3-13
4-5	Home	3-5
3-9	Away	2-9
1-4	Neutral	0-4
0-0	Playoff	0-0
8-17	In-State	5-18
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0