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NewportHighlands
Wildcats
57
Bluebirds
50

The Highlands (Fort Thomas, KY) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home conference game against Newport (KY) by a score of 57-50.

Game Details: 36th District Seed Game

Q1Q2Q3Q4Final
Newport1613121657
Highlands1313131150
Final score provided by J. Atkins.
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Game Stats

Newport (22-23)

Newport

Shooting

#Athlete NameMinPtsFGMFGAFG%AFG%
Team Totals1605722415459
0Taylen Kinney (Fr)30155143636
1D. Anderson (So)315125075
2J. Covington (Jr)3113586375
4James Turner (Fr)297356070
5Marquez Miller (Sr)2412687575
11Noah Silverton (So)125245050
12Amontae Lowe (8th)3
Newport

#Athlete NameMinPts3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%2FGM2FGA2FG%
Team Totals16057494491369183256
0Taylen Kinney (Fr)30150305510051145
1D. Anderson (So)315111002450010
2J. Covington (Jr)31132210013333650
4James Turner (Fr)29712500002367
5Marquez Miller (Sr)24120000006875
11Noah Silverton (So)125010111002367
12Amontae Lowe (8th)3
Newport

Totals

#Athlete NameMinPtsORebDRebRebAstStlBlkTOPF
Team Totals16057620261457108
0Taylen Kinney (Fr)301522451211
1D. Anderson (So)31501121112
2J. Covington (Jr)311316721132
4James Turner (Fr)29726821141
5Marquez Miller (Sr)241204431212
11Noah Silverton (So)125112
12Amontae Lowe (8th)3
Newport

Misc Totals

#Athlete NameAst:TOStl:TOStl:PFBlk:PFChrDeflTF
Team Totals1.400.500.630.88
0Taylen Kinney (Fr)5.001.001.002.00
1D. Anderson (So)2.001.000.500.50
2J. Covington (Jr)0.670.330.500.50
4James Turner (Fr)0.500.251.001.00
5Marquez Miller (Sr)3.001.000.501.00

Highlands (22-23)

Highlands has not entered stats for this game.

Recap Video

Game Story

Kentucky High School Basketball - Newport nudges Highlands

January 7, 2023: Fort Thomas, KY 41075

In Saturday's league outing, the Newport Wildcats (Newport, KY) basketball squad edged the host Highlands Bluebirds (Fort Thomas, KY), by a count of 57-50.

The Wildcats (12-3) will now prepare for their outing against Beechwood (Fort Mitchell, KY). The Tigers go into the non-league outing with a 5-9 record. In their last outing, Beechwood was tipped by Covington Catholic (Park Hills, KY), 70-52, in a league outing.

The Bluebirds now hold a 12-4 record. They play next when they host Simon Kenton for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 10. Highlands will clash with a Pioneers squad coming off a 76-46 non-league win over Bryan Station (Lexington, KY). The Pioneers record now stands at 11-4.

Highlight Videos

  • Play video icon 2 Steals vs Newport 0:22
  • Play video icon 2 Steals vs Newport 0:22

Players of the Game

Newport (22-23)

Congratulations to #2 Jabari Covington for being selected the Newport Basketball Player of the Game.

Highlands (22-23)

Highlands has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Newport (22-23)

KY
41
OverallDistrictHomeAwayNeutralWin %District %PFPA
28-76-010-09-59-2.8001.0002,2271,783

Highlands (22-23)

KY
55
OverallDistrictHomeAwayNeutralWin %District %PFPA
22-113-212-37-43-4.667.6002,5302,200

Team Scoring Averages

Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2Final
Newport		15.615.116.715.911.08.063.6
Highlands		16.318.317.618.8--76.7

Newport Videos

Highlands Videos

Head-to-Head

  • Newport won on 1/7/2023
    1/7 @ 7:30pQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
    Newport1613121657
    Highlands1313131150

    The Newport (KY) varsity basketball team won Saturday's away conference game against Highlands (Fort Thomas, KY) by a score of 57-50.

    Box score
  • Newport won on 2/24/2023
    2/24 @ 7pQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
    Highlands1513141961
    Newport1917171972

    The Highlands (Fort Thomas, KY) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral conference game against Newport (KY) by a score of 72-61.

    Box score

Team Stat Comparison

NewportHighlands
63.6Points Per Game-
29.9Rebounds Per Game-
15.7Assists Per Game-
7.6Steals Per Game-
5.0Blocks Per Game-

Team Leaders

NewportHighlandsNational Avg.
#5 Marquez Miller15.9Points Per Game
-
4.9
#4 James Turner6.5Rebounds Per Game
-
2.6
#2 Jabari Covington4.9Assists Per Game
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1.0
#2 Jabari Covington2.3Steals Per Game
-
0.8
#4 James Turner2.7Blocks Per Game
-
0.3

Common Opponents

SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.
Newport19-5Highlands15-4
DateAwayHomeResultDateAwayHomeResult
11/30/22NewportBishop Brossart(L) 81-751/23/23HighlandsBishop Brossart(W) 106-99
12/3/22NewportAugusta(W) 72-5712/21/22HighlandsAugusta(W) 91-53
12/6/22NewportBoone County(W) 74-5712/1/22Boone CountyHighlands(W) 85-58
12/8/22NewportCampbell County(L) 61-4012/13/22Campbell CountyHighlands(W) 101-85
12/10/22ScottNewport(W) 58-4511/29/22HighlandsScott(W) 102-75
12/13/22NewportLloyd Memorial(W) 55-382/7/23HighlandsLloyd Memorial(W) 75-68
3/5/23Lloyd MemorialNewport(W) 49-42
12/15/22Dixie HeightsNewport(W) 55-331/13/23Dixie HeightsHighlands(W) 72-58
12/17/22RyleNewport(W) 54-442/2/23RyleHighlands(W) 80-69
12/21/22HolmesNewport(W) 52-191/26/23HighlandsHolmes(L) 68-67
12/22/22Newport Central CatholicNewport(W) 69-521/21/23Newport Central CatholicHighlands(W) 75-45
1/19/23NewportNewport Central Catholic(W) 76-582/22/23Newport Central CatholicHighlands(W) 81-61
1/10/23NewportBeechwood(W) 81-502/17/23BeechwoodHighlands(W) 92-64
1/25/23NewportBeechwood(L) 52-41
2/27/23NewportBeechwood(W) 74-46
1/13/23St. HenryNewport(W) 53-3712/9/22St. HenryHighlands(W) 88-80
2/14/23St. HenryNewport(W) 70-64
1/14/23Holy CrossNewport(L) 74-721/4/23HighlandsHoly Cross(L) 83-77
1/23/23NewportConner(L) 69-642/10/23ConnerHighlands(L) 86-52
2/1/23BellevueNewport(W) 80-312/3/23BellevueHighlands(W) 94-42
2/22/23BellevueNewport(W) 79-42
2/9/23CooperNewport(W) 44-421/27/23HighlandsCooper(W) 69-63
3/7/23CooperNewport(W) 44-423/1/23CooperHighlands(L) 68-62
2/13/23NewportDayton(W) 76-381/5/23HighlandsDayton(W) 79-37

Record Breakdown

Newport (22-23)

Highlands (22-23)
28-7
Overall
22-11
6-0
League
4-2
19-6
Non-League
15-7
2-0
Head to Head
0-2
19-5
Common Opponent
15-4
10-0
Home
12-3
9-5
Away
7-4
9-2
Neutral
3-4
2-1
Playoff
0-0
25-7
In-State
21-11
3-0
Out-of-State
1-0