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MacArthur Taft

Generals

Eagles

The Taft (Chicago, IL) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against MacArthur (Decatur, IL) by a score of 47-35.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MacArthur	6	7	6	16	35
Taft	11	16	13	7	47

Final score provided by B. Lathon.

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Game Stats

Taft (23-24)

MacArthur

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	35	16	68	24	24
1	Kylee Jackson (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
2	Crystal Cathey (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
4	Khylee Carson (So)	12	6	18	33	33
10	Zahnya Gibbs (Fr)	3	1	5	20	30
12	Iyshonti Ayres (So)	0	0	1	0	0
13	Casey Jackson (Jr)	0	0	8	0	0
21	Amerie Stewart (So)	5	2	10	20	20
24	Lexi Meyer (So)	15	7	22	32	32

Taft

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	149	40	17	41	41	44
2	Olivia Kennedy (Sr)	11	2	1	2	50	50
4	Morgan Tucker (Sr)	13	0	0	2	0	0
10	Emily Chavez (Sr)	23	4	1	5	20	30
20	Madison Baez (Sr)	3	0	0	2	0	0
22	Abbey Vancil (So)	23
23	M. Morales (Sr)	2
24	Grace Brumley (Sr)	25	14	6	13	46	50
34	G. Gonzalez (So)	24	12	5	10	50	50
45	Elena Gonzalez (Jr)	19	8	4	6	67	67

MacArthur

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	35	1	11	9	2	9	22	15	57	26
1	Kylee Jackson (Sr)	0	0	2	0				0	1	0
2	Crystal Cathey (Sr)	0	0	1	0
4	Khylee Carson (So)	12							6	18	33
10	Zahnya Gibbs (Fr)	3	1	3	33				0	2	0
12	Iyshonti Ayres (So)	0							0	1	0
13	Casey Jackson (Jr)	0	0	4	0				0	4	0
21	Amerie Stewart (So)	5				1	6	17	2	10	20
24	Lexi Meyer (So)	15	0	1	0	1	3	33	7	21	33

Taft

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	149	40	2	13	15	4	12	33	15	28	54
2	Olivia Kennedy (Sr)	11	2	0	1	0				1	1	100
4	Morgan Tucker (Sr)	13	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
10	Emily Chavez (Sr)	23	4	1	3	33	1	6	17	0	2	0
20	Madison Baez (Sr)	3	0							0	2	0
22	Abbey Vancil (So)	23
23	M. Morales (Sr)	2
24	Grace Brumley (Sr)	25	14	1	5	20	1	2	50	5	8	63
34	G. Gonzalez (So)	24	12	0	1	0	2	4	50	5	9	56
45	Elena Gonzalez (Jr)	19	8	0	1	0				4	5	80

MacArthur

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	35
4	Khylee Carson (So)	12
10	Zahnya Gibbs (Fr)	3
21	Amerie Stewart (So)	5
24	Lexi Meyer (So)	15

Taft

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	149	40	3	13	16	6	10	9	4
2	Olivia Kennedy (Sr)	11	2				1	3
4	Morgan Tucker (Sr)	13	0
10	Emily Chavez (Sr)	23	4
20	Madison Baez (Sr)	3	0	1		1
22	Abbey Vancil (So)	23
23	M. Morales (Sr)	2
24	Grace Brumley (Sr)	25	14	1	3	4			3
33	Mia De Leon (Sr)							1
34	G. Gonzalez (So)	24	12		5	5	2	5	2
45	Elena Gonzalez (Jr)	19	8	1	5	6	3		2	2

Misc Totals

MacArthur has not entered any misc totals stats.

Taft

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.67	1.11	2.50	1	10
2	Olivia Kennedy (Sr)					4
24	Grace Brumley (Sr)					2
34	G. Gonzalez (So)	1.00	2.50		1
45	Elena Gonzalez (Jr)	1.50				3

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - MacArthur topped by Taft

November 25, 2023: Decatur, IL 62522

The MacArthur Generals basketball team (Decatur, IL), dropped 47-35 in Saturday's non-league battle with the visiting Taft Eagles (Chicago, IL)

The Eagles now sport a 4-4 record. They put it on the line next when they host Canton for a non-league battle on Saturday, November 25. Taft will battle a Little Giants team coming off a 43-34 non-league loss to Rock Island (Rock Island, IL). The Little Giants record now stands at 3-2.

The Generals (3-3) will now prepare for their battle against Rock Island (Rock Island, IL). The Rocks come into the non-league battle with a 2-2 record. In their last battle, Rock Island prevailed over Canton (Canton, IL), 43-34, in a non-league battle.

Players of the Game

MacArthur (23-24)

MacArthur has not selected any Players of the Game.

Taft (23-24)

Congratulations to #34 Gabriela Gonzalez for being selected the Taft Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

MacArthur (23-24)

IL	Class
296	72

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
11-18	4-7	6-6	4-9	1-3	.379	.364	1,241	1,405

Taft (23-24)

IL	Class
161	61

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
18-13	5-3	8-3	3-4	7-6	.581	.625	1,401	1,174

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
MacArthur	9.9	10.9	12.1	10.9	9.0	42.8
Taft	11.5	11.8	12.6	9.5	-	45.2

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Team Stat Comparison

MacArthur		Taft
40.7	Points Per Game	43.5
11.6	Rebounds Per Game	28.6
3.6	Assists Per Game	10.3
7.0	Steals Per Game	11.5
0.7	Blocks Per Game	1.9

Team Leaders

MacArthur		Taft	National Avg.
#24 Lexi Meyer9.9	Points Per Game	#24 Grace Brumley16.0	4.2
#24 Lexi Meyer2.6	Rebounds Per Game	#45 Elena Gonzalez6.3	2.8
#24 Lexi Meyer1.3	Assists Per Game	#45 Elena Gonzalez3.2	0.9
#4 Khylee Carson1.6	Steals Per Game	#45 Elena Gonzalez3.2	1.1
#21 Amerie Stewart0.2	Blocks Per Game	#22 Abbey Vancil0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
MacArthur	0-3		Taft	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/24/23	Canton	MacArthur	(L) 48-34	11/25/23	Canton	Taft	(L) 44-40
11/24/23	Lutheran	MacArthur	(L) 73-43	11/24/23	Lutheran	Taft	(L) 63-57
11/25/23	MacArthur	Rock Island	(L) 51-33	11/24/23	Rock Island	Taft	(L) 44-37

Record Breakdown

MacArthur (23-24)		Taft (23-24)
11-18	Overall	18-13
4-7	League	5-4
6-4	Non-League	6-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-3	Common Opponent	0-3
6-6	Home	8-3
4-9	Away	3-4
1-3	Neutral	7-6
0-0	Playoff	1-1
11-18	In-State	18-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0