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The Neshoba Central (Philadelphia, MS) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Northwest Rankin (Brandon, MS) by a score of 68-61.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Northwest Rankin	12	23	10	16	61
Neshoba Central	17	22	11	18	68

Final score provided by J. Childs.

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Game Stats

Neshoba Central (25-26)

Northwest Rankin

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	163	63	23	54	43	49
0	Jordan Samuel (Jr)	32	11	4	15	27	27
3	Kayden Lee (Jr)	27	4	1	9	11	11
4	David Beard (Jr)	7	3	1	3	33	50
5	C. Sanders (Jr)	32	15	6	12	50	58
11	Alex Robinson (Sr)	4	2	1	1	100	100
12	Ryan Beasley (Jr)	8	2	1	1	100	100
15	Caleb Hobson (Jr)	24	14	5	8	63	81
35	Eden Watson (Sr)	29	12	4	5	80	90

Neshoba Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	25	51	49	59
0	JQ Hughes (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
2	Devin Griffin (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
3	Alex Thompson (Jr)	20	8	12	67	83
5	K. Thomas (Jr)	12	5	10	50	50
14	Kodi Thomas (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
15	Emjae Willis (Sr)	8	2	4	50	75
21	T. Shumake (Jr)	19	6	11	55	73
22	K. Thomas (Jr)	5	2	6	33	33

Northwest Rankin

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	163	63	7	19	37	10	14	71	16	35	46
0	Jordan Samuel (Jr)	32	11	0	3	0	3	4	75	4	12	33
3	Kayden Lee (Jr)	27	4	0	4	0	2	3	67	1	5	20
4	David Beard (Jr)	7	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	C. Sanders (Jr)	32	15	2	3	67	1	2	50	4	9	44
11	Alex Robinson (Sr)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
12	Ryan Beasley (Jr)	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
15	Caleb Hobson (Jr)	24	14	3	6	50	1	1	100	2	2	100
35	Eden Watson (Sr)	29	12	1	1	100	3	4	75	3	4	75

Neshoba Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	10	24	42	8	16	50	15	27	56
0	JQ Hughes (Sr)	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
2	Devin Griffin (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Alex Thompson (Jr)	20	4	8	50	0	0	0	4	4	100
5	K. Thomas (Jr)	12	0	1	0	2	6	33	5	9	56
14	Kodi Thomas (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Emjae Willis (Sr)	8	2	2	100	2	4	50	0	2	0
21	T. Shumake (Jr)	19	4	8	50	3	4	75	2	3	67
22	K. Thomas (Jr)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	6	33

Northwest Rankin

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	163	63	12	20	32	11	10	2	19	17
0	Jordan Samuel (Jr)	32	11	3	3	6	8	2	0	5	4
3	Kayden Lee (Jr)	27	4	0	2	2	1	2	0	1	1
4	David Beard (Jr)	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	C. Sanders (Jr)	32	15	5	3	8	1	1	0	7	1
11	Alex Robinson (Sr)	4	2	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	1
12	Ryan Beasley (Jr)	8	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
15	Caleb Hobson (Jr)	24	14	0	1	1	0	4	0	3	3
35	Eden Watson (Sr)	29	12	3	7	10	0	1	2	2	4

Neshoba Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	68	9	13	22	16	4	2	19	12
0	JQ Hughes (Sr)	4	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	1
2	Devin Griffin (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
3	Alex Thompson (Jr)	20	1	5	6	0	0	0	2	0
5	K. Thomas (Jr)	12	2	1	3	5	1	1	4	1
14	Kodi Thomas (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2
15	Emjae Willis (Sr)	8	2	0	2	7	1	1	1	2
21	T. Shumake (Jr)	19	2	4	6	0	0	0	3	2
22	K. Thomas (Jr)	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	5	3

Northwest Rankin

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.58	0.53	0.59	0.12	2	12	1
0	Jordan Samuel (Jr)	1.60	0.40	0.50	0.00	1	1	0
3	Kayden Lee (Jr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	1	4	0
5	C. Sanders (Jr)	0.14	0.14	1.00	0.00	0	2	0
12	Ryan Beasley (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2	0
15	Caleb Hobson (Jr)	0.00	1.33	1.33	0.00	0	0	1
35	Eden Watson (Sr)	0.00	0.50	0.25	0.50	0	3	0

Neshoba Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.84	0.21	0.33	0.17	1	7
0	JQ Hughes (Sr)	3.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0
2	Devin Griffin (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
3	Alex Thompson (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
5	K. Thomas (Jr)	1.25	0.25	1.00	1.00	0	2
14	Kodi Thomas (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0	0
15	Emjae Willis (Sr)	7.00	1.00	0.50	0.50	1	3
21	T. Shumake (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Basketball - Northwest Rankin can't hold off Neshoba Central

November 6, 2025: Philadelphia, MS 39350

The Neshoba Central Rockets nipped the visiting Northwest Rankin Cougars basketball squad by a final score of 68-63 in Thursday's non-league outing.

Next, the Rockets face the Starkville Yellowjackets (Starkville, MS) in a non-league outing, on Tuesday, November 11. Neshoba Central will attempt to upgrade on its 2-0 season record. The Yellowjackets enter the outing with a 1-0 record after their 58-47 non-league win over Meridian (Meridian, MS).

The Cougars (0-1) will now prepare for their game against Callaway (Jackson, MS). The Chargers go into the non-league game with a 0-2 record. In their last game, Callaway was edged by Holmes County Central (Lexington, MS), 57-56, in a non-league game.

Players of the Game

Northwest Rankin (25-26)

Northwest Rankin has not selected any Players of the Game.

Neshoba Central (25-26)

Congratulations to #3 Alex Thompson for being selected the Neshoba Central Basketball Player of the Game.

NRHS @ NCHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Nov. 6, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Neshoba Central (Philadelphia, MS) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Northwest Rankin (Brandon, MS) by a score of 68-61.

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Rankings & Records

Northwest Rankin (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
2-5	2-1	0-3	0-1	.286	351	395

Neshoba Central (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	PF	PA
2-3	1-0	1-3	.400	297	316

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Northwest Rankin	12.5	18.0	14.0	18.5	50.1
Neshoba Central	14.6	14.0	14.8	16.0	59.4

Team Stat Comparison

Northwest Rankin		Neshoba Central
50.5	Points Per Game	59.0
27.0	Rebounds Per Game	31.6
11.0	Assists Per Game	13.6
6.5	Steals Per Game	6.6
1.0	Blocks Per Game	3.2

Team Leaders

Northwest Rankin		Neshoba Central	National Avg.
#0 Jordan Samuel14.0	Points Per Game	#21 Tae'Shaun Shumake12.4	5.9
#5 Christopher Sanders8.0	Rebounds Per Game	#21 Tae'Shaun Shumake7.2	3.1
#0 Jordan Samuel8.0	Assists Per Game	#15 Emjae Willis4.8	1.3
#2 Deshawn Dillon3.0	Steals Per Game	#15 Emjae Willis1.6	1.2
#35 Eden Watson0.8	Blocks Per Game	#21 Tae'Shaun Shumake1.2	0.4

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Northwest Rankin	1-2		Neshoba Central	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/1/25	Northwest Rankin	Leake Central	(L) 28-27	12/4/25	Neshoba Central	Leake Central
				12/30/25	Leake Central	Neshoba Central
11/8/25	Northwest Rankin	Callaway	(L) 74-65	1/16/26	Callaway	Neshoba Central
				2/3/26	Neshoba Central	Callaway
11/18/25	Choctaw Central	Northwest Rankin	(W) 61-53	11/13/25	Neshoba Central	Choctaw Central	(L) 67-66
				12/16/25	Choctaw Central	Neshoba Central
12/12/25	Northwest Rankin	Starkville		11/11/25	Neshoba Central	Starkville	(L) 74-40
12/16/25	Canton	Northwest Rankin		1/2/26	Canton	Neshoba Central
				1/20/26	Neshoba Central	Canton
12/18/25	Northwest Rankin	Meridian		11/18/25	Neshoba Central	Meridian	(L) 61-45
12/19/25	Northwest Rankin	Meridian
1/13/26	Meridian	Northwest Rankin
1/20/26	Brandon	Northwest Rankin		2/6/26	Neshoba Central	Brandon
2/3/26	Northwest Rankin	Brandon
2/6/26	Ridgeland	Northwest Rankin		1/9/26	Neshoba Central	Ridgeland
				1/27/26	Ridgeland	Neshoba Central

Record Breakdown

Northwest Rankin (25-26)		Neshoba Central (25-26)
2-5	Overall	2-3
0-0	League	0-0
2-4	Non-League	2-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-2	Common Opponent	0-3
2-1	Home	1-0
0-3	Away	1-3
0-1	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
1-5	In-State	2-3
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0