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Neshoba Central Meridian

Rockets

Wildcats

The Meridian (MS) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Neshoba Central (Philadelphia, MS) by a score of 61-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Neshoba Central	11	16	11	7	45
Meridian	13	18	12	18	61

Final score provided by J. Gentry.

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Game Stats

Neshoba Central (25-26)

Neshoba Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	45	16	43	37	42
0	JQ Hughes (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20
2	Devin Griffin (Sr)	6	2	2	100	125
3	Alex Thompson (Jr)	8	2	4	50	75
5	K. Thomas (Jr)	8	3	6	50	50
15	Emjae Willis (Sr)	7	2	8	25	31
21	T. Shumake (Jr)	6	2	8	25	25
22	K. Thomas (Jr)	8	4	10	40	40

Neshoba Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	45	4	17	24	9	11	82	12	26	46
0	JQ Hughes (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
2	Devin Griffin (Sr)	6	1	1	100	1	2	50	1	1	100
3	Alex Thompson (Jr)	8	2	4	50	2	2	100	0	0	0
5	K. Thomas (Jr)	8	0	0	0	2	2	100	3	6	50
15	Emjae Willis (Sr)	7	1	4	25	2	3	67	1	4	25
21	T. Shumake (Jr)	6	0	6	0	2	2	100	2	2	100
22	K. Thomas (Jr)	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	9	44

Neshoba Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	45	8	18	26	10	10	20	12
0	JQ Hughes (Sr)	2	0	1	1	0	2	3	4
2	Devin Griffin (Sr)	6	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
3	Alex Thompson (Jr)	8	1	6	7	0	0	3	2
5	K. Thomas (Jr)	8	3	3	6	0	0	5	0
15	Emjae Willis (Sr)	7	3	1	4	8	4	3	2
21	T. Shumake (Jr)	6	0	3	3	0	1	3	2
22	K. Thomas (Jr)	8	1	4	5	1	2	2	1

Neshoba Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.50	0.50	0.83	9
0	JQ Hughes (Sr)	0.00	0.67	0.50	2
2	Devin Griffin (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1
15	Emjae Willis (Sr)	2.67	1.33	2.00	3
21	T. Shumake (Jr)	0.00	0.33	0.50	1
22	K. Thomas (Jr)	0.50	1.00	2.00	2

Neshoba Central's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Meridian (25-26)

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Basketball - Neshoba Central bested by Meridian

November 18, 2025: Meridian, MS 39305

The Neshoba Central Rockets basketball squad (Philadelphia, MS), lost 61-45 in Tuesday's non-league battle with the host Meridian Wildcats (Meridian, MS)

With the victory, Meridian advances its record to 1-3 on the year. The Wildcats travel to Madison Central (Madison, MS) to battle the Jaguars in a non-league challenge on Thursday, November 20. The Jaguars come into the challenge with a record of 3-1. Madison Central won 59-57 in their recent non-league challenge against Terry (Terry, MS)

In their next game, the Rockets battle the Laurel Golden Tornadoes (Laurel, MS) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, November 25. Neshoba Central will attempt to better on its 2-3 season record. The Golden Tornadoes enter the match with a 1-3 record after their 65-35 non-league loss to Jefferson Davis County (Bassfield, MS).

Players of the Game

Neshoba Central (25-26)

Congratulations to #2 Devin Griffin for being selected the Neshoba Central Basketball Player of the Game.

Meridian (25-26)

Meridian has not selected any Players of the Game.

J. Gentry
End of 4th Quarter

NCHS
Rockets
45 - 61

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Wildcats

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J. Gentry
Final

NCHS
Rockets
45 - 61

Meridian
Wildcats

Posted @ 12:26a

NCHS @ Meridian Basketball Game Info

Tue., Nov. 18, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Meridian (MS) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Neshoba Central (Philadelphia, MS) by a score of 61-45.

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Rankings & Records

Neshoba Central (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	PF	PA
4-3	3-0	1-3	.571	391	344

Meridian (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	PF	PA
3-3	2-2	1-1	.500	332	352

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Neshoba Central	15.8	15.3	15.5	15.5	55.9
Meridian	13.0	18.0	12.0	18.0	55.3

Team Stat Comparison

Neshoba Central		Meridian
59.0	Points Per Game	-
31.6	Rebounds Per Game	-
13.6	Assists Per Game	-
6.6	Steals Per Game	-
3.2	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Neshoba Central		Meridian	National Avg.
#21 Tae'Shaun Shumake12.4	Points Per Game	-	5.8
#21 Tae'Shaun Shumake7.2	Rebounds Per Game	-	3.1
#15 Emjae Willis4.8	Assists Per Game	-	1.3
#15 Emjae Willis1.6	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#21 Tae'Shaun Shumake1.2	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Neshoba Central	2-1		Meridian	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/6/25	Northwest Rankin	Neshoba Central	(W) 68-61	12/18/25	Northwest Rankin	Meridian
				1/13/26	Meridian	Northwest Rankin
11/11/25	Neshoba Central	Starkville	(L) 74-40	11/7/25	Starkville	Meridian	(L) 58-47
11/25/25	Laurel	Neshoba Central	(W) 76-28	12/5/25	Laurel	Meridian
				12/12/25	Meridian	Laurel
12/4/25	Neshoba Central	Leake Central		12/29/25	Meridian	Leake Central
12/30/25	Leake Central	Neshoba Central
2/6/26	Neshoba Central	Brandon		1/9/26	Meridian	Brandon
				1/27/26	Brandon	Meridian

Record Breakdown

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