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Murphy Polk County

Bulldogs

Wildcats

The Polk County (Benton, TN) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Murphy (NC) by a score of 62-58.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphy	-	-	-	-	62
Polk County	-	-	-	-	58

Final score provided by R. Payne.

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Game Stats

Polk County (24-25)

Murphy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	62	25	80	31	35
4	Aaron Harger (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
5	Bradey Golden (Sr)	16	6	15	40	50
10	Brady Grant (Jr)	4	2	7	29	29
11	Ryan Payne (Jr)	4	2	8	25	25
12	Tyler Payne (Jr)	7	3	13	23	27
13	Cale Harger (Jr)	14	5	16	31	38
14	Connor Golden (Sr)	4	1	8	13	13
15	Abram Twiggs (Jr)	9	4	11	36	36
24	Grayson Hall (So)	2	1	1	100	100

Polk County

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	58	18	59	31	37
1	Zeb Ratcliff (So)	3	1	3	33	50
2	Benjamin Webb (Fr)	13	1	7	14	14
10	Behr Burrows (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Zaden Branham (Sr)	21	9	18	50	56
13	Zanten Branham (So)	6	2	13	15	23
21	Cade Brewer (Sr)	3	1	2	50	50
23	Jayven Burger (Jr)	12	4	13	31	42
33	Jesse Holden (So)	0	0	2	0	0

Murphy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	62	6	19	32	6	12	50	19	61	31
4	Aaron Harger (Jr)	2							1	1	100
5	Bradey Golden (Sr)	16	3	5	60	1	2	50	3	10	30
10	Brady Grant (Jr)	4	0	2	0				2	5	40
11	Ryan Payne (Jr)	4	0	2	0				2	6	33
12	Tyler Payne (Jr)	7	1	2	50	0	2	0	2	11	18
13	Cale Harger (Jr)	14	2	5	40	2	4	50	3	11	27
14	Connor Golden (Sr)	4	0	3	0	2	2	100	1	5	20
15	Abram Twiggs (Jr)	9				1	2	50	4	11	36
24	Grayson Hall (So)	2							1	1	100

Polk County

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	58	8	35	23	14	29	48	10	24	42
1	Zeb Ratcliff (So)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Benjamin Webb (Fr)	13	0	5	0	11	16	69	1	2	50
10	Behr Burrows (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Zaden Branham (Sr)	21	2	7	29	1	3	33	7	11	64
13	Zanten Branham (So)	6	2	9	22	0	0	0	0	4	0
14	Colby Lawson (So)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
21	Cade Brewer (Sr)	3	0	0	0	1	4	25	1	2	50
23	Jayven Burger (Jr)	12	3	10	30	1	4	25	1	3	33
33	Jesse Holden (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Murphy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	62	13	37	50	14	4	4
4	Aaron Harger (Jr)	2		2	2
5	Bradey Golden (Sr)	16	3	3	6		1	1
10	Brady Grant (Jr)	4		1	1	1
11	Ryan Payne (Jr)	4	1	6	7	3	1
12	Tyler Payne (Jr)	7	1	2	3	3	2
13	Cale Harger (Jr)	14	3	6	9	2
14	Connor Golden (Sr)	4		4	4	2
15	Abram Twiggs (Jr)	9	5	13	18	3		3
24	Grayson Hall (So)	2

Polk County

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	58	10	16	26	13	7	4	15
1	Zeb Ratcliff (So)	3	1	2	3	1	1	1	3
2	Benjamin Webb (Fr)	13	2	2	4	1	2	2	1
10	Behr Burrows (Fr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
11	Caden Torbett (Fr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
12	Zaden Branham (Sr)	21	2	2	4	0	2	1	2
13	Zanten Branham (So)	6	0	7	7	7	1	0	4
21	Cade Brewer (Sr)	3	2	1	3	1	0	0	2
23	Jayven Burger (Jr)	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
33	Jesse Holden (So)	0	1	2	3	2	0	0	1

Murphy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1	6
5	Bradey Golden (Sr)		1
10	Brady Grant (Jr)		1
11	Ryan Payne (Jr)	1
12	Tyler Payne (Jr)		1
13	Cale Harger (Jr)		2
15	Abram Twiggs (Jr)		1

Polk County

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	3.25	1.75	0.47
1	Zeb Ratcliff (So)	1.00	1.00	0.33
2	Benjamin Webb (Fr)	0.50	1.00	2.00
12	Zaden Branham (Sr)	0.00	2.00	1.00
13	Zanten Branham (So)	7.00	1.00	0.25
21	Cade Brewer (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00
23	Jayven Burger (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.50
33	Jesse Holden (So)	2.00	0.00	0.00

Game Story

Tennessee High School Basketball - Murphy sneaks past Polk County

January 7, 2025: Benton, TN 37307

The Murphy Bulldogs (Murphy, NC) basketball edged the host Polk County Wildcats (Benton, TN), 62-58 in Tuesday's non-league bout.

The Bulldogs now possess a 5-4 record. They play next when they host Nantahala for a non-league bout on Thursday, January 9. Murphy will play a Hawks team coming off a 78-59 non-league win over Summit Charter (Cashiers, NC). The Hawks record now stands at 5-5.

With the loss, Polk County falls to 6-6 on the campaign. The Wildcats host Copper Basin (Copperhill, TN) to play the Cougars in a non-league bout on Monday, January 13. The Cougars go into the bout with a record of 2-10. Copper Basin lost 67-38 in their recent league bout against Sale Creek (Sale Creek, TN)

Murphy @ Polk County Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 7, 2025 @ 6p

Polk County High School

The Polk County (Benton, TN) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Murphy (NC) by a score of 62-58.

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Rankings & Records

Murphy (24-25)

NC	Class
502	40

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
14-12	4-6	5-4	7-7	2-1	.538	.400	1,660	1,492

Polk County (24-25)

TN	Class
275	43

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
13-11	4-7	6-4	6-5	1-2	.542	.364	1,613	1,524

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphy	18.6	16.8	10.4	16.6	63.8
Polk County	19.3	20.7	16.0	14.7	67.2

Head-to-Head

Murphy won on 12/28/2024

12/28 @ 2:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Murphy - - - - 76
Polk County - - - - 75

The Murphy (NC) varsity basketball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Polk County (Benton, TN) by a score of 76-75.
Box score
Murphy won on 1/7/2025

1/7 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Murphy - - - - 62
Polk County - - - - 58

The Murphy (NC) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against Polk County (Benton, TN) by a score of 62-58.
Box score

12/28 @ 2:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphy	-	-	-	-	76
Polk County	-	-	-	-	75

Team Stat Comparison

Murphy		Polk County
59.1	Points Per Game	67.2
31.2	Rebounds Per Game	31.8
14.3	Assists Per Game	15.8
6.8	Steals Per Game	10.0
2.3	Blocks Per Game	1.3

Team Leaders

Murphy		Polk County	National Avg.
#13 Cale Harger11.8	Points Per Game	#2 Benjamin Webb15.6	4.9
#13 Cale Harger7.3	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Zaden Branham5.4	2.6
#11 Ryan Payne4.9	Assists Per Game	#1 Zeb Ratcliff3.3	1.0
#15 Abram Twiggs1.4	Steals Per Game	#2 Benjamin Webb2.0	0.8
#15 Abram Twiggs1.0	Blocks Per Game	#13 Zanten Branham0.4	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Murphy	4-4		Polk County	5-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/19/24	Franklin	Murphy	(L) 76-49	12/27/24	Polk County	Franklin	(L) 82-52
12/23/24	Murphy	Franklin	(L) 79-60
12/20/24	Murphy	Hiwassee Dam	(W) 68-39	1/22/25	Hiwassee Dam	Polk County	(W) 64-61
2/6/25	Hiwassee Dam	Murphy	(W) 60-45	2/14/25	Polk County	Hiwassee Dam	(W) 90-43
1/9/25	Nantahala	Murphy	(W) 90-52	12/6/24	Polk County	Nantahala	(W) 90-51
				12/20/24	Nantahala	Polk County	(W) 90-47
1/24/25	Hayesville	Murphy	(L) 62-54	12/30/24	Polk County	Hayesville	(W) 91-69
2/11/25	Murphy	Hayesville	(L) 58-53
2/15/25	Murphy	Hayesville	(W) 59-54

Record Breakdown

Murphy (24-25)		Polk County (24-25)
14-12	Overall	13-11
4-7	League	4-7
8-4	Non-League	9-3
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
4-4	Common Opponent	5-1
5-4	Home	6-4
7-7	Away	6-5
2-1	Neutral	1-2
0-1	Playoff	0-0
11-10	In-State	8-8
3-2	Out-of-State	5-3