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King & Queen Central Essex

Royal Tigers

Trojans

The Essex (Tappahannock, VA) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against King & Queen Central (King & Queen Court House, VA) by a score of 37-35.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
King & Queen Central	12	10	5	10	37
Essex	5	5	21	4	35

Final score provided by J. Mercer.

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Game Stats

Essex (22-23)

King & Queen Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA
	Team Totals	37	13	0
3	Ziyanna King (Sr)	12	4
10	Janiya Brown (So)	6	3
12	Aliyah Riley (Jr)	3	0
15	Makayla Holmes (Sr)	16	6

Essex

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	35	14	59	24	28
11	Keimare Gray (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
14	Haley Mahan (Sr)	11	5	15	33	37
15	Jaylah Mercer (Jr)	16	5	18	28	39
21	M. Williams (So)	2	1	2	50	50
22	Melody Turner (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
23	Aryeon Robinson (Fr)	4	2	11	18	18
30	J. Studvent (Sr)	0	0	5	0	0
31	J. Holmes (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0

King & Queen Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	37	5	0		6	20	30	8	0
3	Ziyanna King (Sr)	12	2			2	5	40	2
10	Janiya Brown (So)	6	0		0	0	6	0	3
12	Aliyah Riley (Jr)	3	0		0	3	5	60	0		0
15	Makayla Holmes (Sr)	16	3			1	2	50	3
21	Armani Green (Jr)	0	0		0	0	2	0	0		0

Essex

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	35	5	15	33	2	13	15	9	44	20
11	Keimare Gray (Jr)	2				0	2	0	1	4	25
14	Haley Mahan (Sr)	11	1	5	20	0	2	0	4	10	40
15	Jaylah Mercer (Jr)	16	4	8	50	2	5	40	1	10	10
21	M. Williams (So)	2							1	2	50
22	Melody Turner (Jr)	0							0	2	0
23	Aryeon Robinson (Fr)	4				0	2	0	2	11	18
30	J. Studvent (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	0
31	J. Holmes (Jr)	0							0	2	0

King & Queen Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	37	43	10	10	1	14
1	Amelia Moaney (So)	0	10	3	0	1	3
3	Ziyanna King (Sr)	12	7	4	4	0	3
10	Janiya Brown (So)	6	5	2	3	0	2
12	Aliyah Riley (Jr)	3	6	0	1	0	1
15	Makayla Holmes (Sr)	16	11	1	2	0	2
20	KyJuana Hence (So)	0	2	0	0	0	2
21	Armani Green (Jr)	0	2	0	0	0	1

Essex

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	35	16	31	47	8	6	2	21	15
11	Keimare Gray (Jr)	2		5	5		1		1	5
14	Haley Mahan (Sr)	11	4	5	9	2	1		7	2
15	Jaylah Mercer (Jr)	16	1	1	2	3	2		5	1
21	M. Williams (So)	2	3	1	4				2	4
22	Melody Turner (Jr)	0	1	2	3				1
23	Aryeon Robinson (Fr)	4	3	9	12		1	2	3
30	J. Studvent (Sr)	0	3	5	8	3	1		2	3
31	J. Holmes (Jr)	0	1	3	4

King & Queen Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	TF
	Team Totals	0.71	0.71	10
1	Amelia Moaney (So)	1.00	0.00	2
3	Ziyanna King (Sr)	1.33	1.33	1
10	Janiya Brown (So)	1.00	1.50	2
12	Aliyah Riley (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1
15	Makayla Holmes (Sr)	0.50	1.00	3
20	KyJuana Hence (So)	0.00	0.00	1

Essex

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.38	0.29	0.40	0.13
11	Keimare Gray (Jr)		1.00	0.20
14	Haley Mahan (Sr)	0.29	0.14	0.50
15	Jaylah Mercer (Jr)	0.60	0.40	2.00
23	Aryeon Robinson (Fr)		0.33
30	J. Studvent (Sr)	1.50	0.50	0.33

Game Story

Virginia High School Basketball - Essex can't hold off King & Queen Central

January 9, 2023: Tappahannock, VA 22560

The Essex Trojans basketball team (Tappahannock, VA), was nudged 37-35 in Monday's non-league battle with the visiting King & Queen Central Royal Tigers (King & Queen Court House, VA)

The Royal Tigers now possess a 5-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host Carver College and Career Academy for a non-league battle on Tuesday, January 10. King & Queen Central will battle a Wolverines team coming off a 45-8 non-league loss to Mathews (Mathews, VA). The Wolverines record now stands at 1-2.

The Trojans (2-4) will now prepare for their battle against Colonial Beach (Colonial Beach, VA). The Drifters come into the Northern Neck battle with a 5-5 record. In their last battle, Colonial Beach was nudged by Surry County (Dendron, VA), 24-22, in a non-league battle.

Players of the Game

King & Queen Central (22-23)

Congratulations to #15 Makayla Holmes for being selected the King & Queen Central Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Essex (22-23)

Congratulations to #15 Jaylah Mercer for being selected the Essex Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

King & Queen Central (22-23)

VA	Div.
225	16

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
19-5	10-0	11-1	8-4	.792	1.000	1,195	879

Essex (22-23)

VA	Div.
293	24

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
8-10	3-4	5-5	3-5	.444	.429	792	879

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
King & Queen Central	10.3	12.2	10.7	12.0	-	49.8
Essex	9.0	10.8	12.3	11.1	8.0	44.0

Head-to-Head

King & Queen Central won on 1/9/2023

1/9 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

KQCHS 12 10 5 10 37
Essex 5 5 21 4 35

The King & Queen Central (King & Queen Court House, VA) varsity basketball team won Monday's away non-conference game against Essex (Tappahannock, VA) by a score of 37-35.
Box score
Essex won on 2/9/2023

2/9 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

KQCHS 14 9 14 21 58
Essex 20 14 11 22 67

The King & Queen Central (King & Queen Court House, VA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against Essex (Tappahannock, VA) by a score of 67-58.
Box score
King & Queen Central won on 2/23/2023

2/23 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Essex 6 2 14 13 35
KQCHS 9 15 11 18 53

The Essex (Tappahannock, VA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away playoff game against King & Queen Central (King & Queen Court House, VA) by a score of 53-35.
Box score

1/9 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
KQCHS	12	10	5	10	37
Essex	5	5	21	4	35

2/9 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
KQCHS	14	9	14	21	58
Essex	20	14	11	22	67

2/23 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Essex	6	2	14	13	35
KQCHS	9	15	11	18	53

Team Stat Comparison

King & Queen Central		Essex
46.8	Points Per Game	44.0
32.4	Rebounds Per Game	43.6
8.7	Assists Per Game	9.0
14.3	Steals Per Game	11.5
1.8	Blocks Per Game	7.4

Team Leaders

King & Queen Central		Essex	National Avg.
#3 Ziyanna King20.6	Points Per Game	#15 Jaylah Mercer16.7	4.1
#15 Makayla Holmes9.0	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Morgan Self8.1	2.8
#3 Ziyanna King2.3	Assists Per Game	#15 Jaylah Mercer3.9	0.9
#3 Ziyanna King4.1	Steals Per Game	#15 Jaylah Mercer4.3	1.1
#1 Amelia Moaney0.9	Blocks Per Game	#10 Morgan Self2.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
King & Queen Central	3-3		Essex	4-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/7/22	King & Queen Central	Rappahannock	(L) 49-32	1/17/23	Essex	Rappahannock	(L) 54-36
12/14/22	Rappahannock	King & Queen Central	(L) 45-27	2/2/23	Rappahannock	Essex	(L) 61-39
2/25/23	King & Queen Central	Rappahannock	(L) 48-37
1/13/23	Mathews	King & Queen Central	(W) 50-37	1/5/23	Essex	Mathews	(W) 50-44
2/7/23	King & Queen Central	Mathews	(W) 41-38	2/6/23	Mathews	Essex	(W) 35-25
				2/21/23	Mathews	Essex	(W) 46-30
1/25/23	King & Queen Central	Colonial Beach		1/21/23	Colonial Beach	Essex	(L) 40-39
1/30/23	Colonial Beach	King & Queen Central	(W) 43-40	1/26/23	Essex	Colonial Beach	(W) 54-51

Record Breakdown

King & Queen Central (22-23)		Essex (22-23)
19-5	Overall	8-10
10-0	League	3-4
6-3	Non-League	4-5
2-1	Head to Head	1-2
3-3	Common Opponent	4-3
11-1	Home	5-5
8-4	Away	3-5
0-0	Neutral	0-0
2-2	Playoff	1-1
19-5	In-State	8-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0