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Murphy Polk County

Bulldogs

Wildcats

The Polk County (Benton, TN) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Murphy (NC) by a score of 53-30.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphy	11	3	5	11	30
Polk County	11	13	18	11	53

Final score provided by G. Thompson.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Murphy (24-25)

Murphy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	30	12	42	29	31
1	Cayla Geer (Sr)	0	0	5	0	0
2	Ilie Smith (So)	0	0	6	0	0
3	Kennedy White (So)	9	4	10	40	45
5	Charlie Stalcup (So)	2	1	1	100	100
10	Julia Dockery (Sr)	8	3	9	33	39
14	M. Blackwell (So)	0	0	2	0	0
15	P. Garrett (So)	0	0	1	0	0
21	Ella Howard (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Emma Hensley (So)	7	2	4	50	50
24	Emma Laney (Jr)	4	2	3	67	67

Murphy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	30	2	19	11	4	6	67	10	23	43
1	Cayla Geer (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	Ilie Smith (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3	Kennedy White (So)	9	1	5	20	0	0	0	3	5	60
5	Charlie Stalcup (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
10	Julia Dockery (Sr)	8	1	6	17	1	2	50	2	3	67
14	M. Blackwell (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	P. Garrett (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Ella Howard (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Emma Hensley (So)	7	0	0	0	3	4	75	2	4	50
24	Emma Laney (Jr)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	100

Murphy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	30	7	12	19	8	10	1
1	Cayla Geer (Sr)	0	0	2	2	1	0	0
2	Ilie Smith (So)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	Kennedy White (So)	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Charlie Stalcup (So)	2	1	0	1	1	0	0
10	Julia Dockery (Sr)	8	1	4	5	1	3	0
14	M. Blackwell (So)	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
15	P. Garrett (So)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Ella Howard (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
23	Emma Hensley (So)	7	3	3	6	4	0	0
24	Emma Laney (Jr)	4	0	2	2	1	2	0

Murphy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Defl
	Team Totals	8
2	Ilie Smith (So)	1
10	Julia Dockery (Sr)	2
21	Ella Howard (Jr)	1
23	Emma Hensley (So)	4

Polk County (24-25)

Polk County has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Tennessee High School Basketball - Murphy routed by Polk County

January 7, 2025: Benton, TN 37307

The Polk County Wildcats bounced the visiting Murphy Bulldogs basketball squad by a final score of 53-30 in Tuesday's non-league outing.

Next, the Wildcats face the Sweetwater Wildcats (Sweetwater, TN) in a 2A District 3 outing, on Friday, January 10. Polk County will attempt to upgrade on its 6-6 season record. The Wildcats enter the outing with a 6-7 record after their 63-51 non-league win over Sequoyah (Madisonville, TN).

The Bulldogs (4-7) will now prepare for their outing against Summit Charter (Cashiers, NC). The Bears enter the non-league outing with a 2-5 record. In their last outing, Summit Charter routed Swain County (Bryson City, NC), 36-34, in a non-league outing.

Murphy @ Polk County Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 7, 2025 @ 6p

The Polk County (Benton, TN) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Murphy (NC) by a score of 53-30.

Rankings & Records

Murphy (24-25)

NC	Class
294	24

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
11-17	3-7	4-5	4-8	3-4	.393	.300	1,085	1,409

Polk County (24-25)

TN	Class
219	40

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-15	1-9	3-7	4-7	2-1	.375	.100	1,049	1,204

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphy	9.5	9.7	10.2	9.6	38.8
Polk County	12.7	12.0	12.2	14.5	43.7

Head-to-Head

Polk County won on 12/28/2024

12/28 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Polk County - - - - 59
Murphy - - - - 29

The Polk County (Benton, TN) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference game against Murphy (NC) by a score of 59-29.
Box score
Polk County won on 1/7/2025

1/7 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Murphy 11 3 5 11 30
Polk County 11 13 18 11 53

The Murphy (NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away non-conference game against Polk County (Benton, TN) by a score of 53-30.
Box score

12/28 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Polk County	-	-	-	-	59
Murphy	-	-	-	-	29

Team Stat Comparison

Murphy		Polk County
32.9	Points Per Game	-
27.1	Rebounds Per Game	-
7.8	Assists Per Game	-
7.7	Steals Per Game	-
1.1	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Murphy		Polk County	National Avg.
#23 Emma Hensley6.8	Points Per Game	-	4.1
#23 Emma Hensley6.7	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
#10 Julia Dockery1.8	Assists Per Game	-	0.9
#2 Ilie Smith1.3	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#10 Julia Dockery0.5	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Murphy	2-4		Polk County	5-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/25/24	Greenback	Murphy	(W) 48-23	11/26/24	Greenback	Polk County	(W) 50-28
				12/9/24	Polk County	Greenback	(W) 43-21
11/26/24	Seymour	Murphy	(L) 67-35	11/25/24	Seymour	Polk County	(L) 49-45
12/19/24	Franklin	Murphy	(L) 59-47	12/27/24	Polk County	Franklin	(W) 54-52
12/23/24	Murphy	Franklin	(W) 61-48
12/20/24	Murphy	Hiwassee Dam	(L) 63-32	1/22/25	Hiwassee Dam	Polk County	(W) 58-49
2/6/25	Hiwassee Dam	Murphy	(L) 69-39	2/14/25	Polk County	Hiwassee Dam	(W) 54-48

Record Breakdown

Murphy (24-25)		Polk County (24-25)
11-17	Overall	9-15
3-8	League	1-10
7-7	Non-League	7-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
2-4	Common Opponent	5-1
4-5	Home	3-7
4-8	Away	4-7
3-4	Neutral	2-1
0-1	Playoff	0-0
9-12	In-State	4-14
2-5	Out-of-State	5-1