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The West Johnston (Benson, NC) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Harnett Central (Angier, NC) in overtime by a score of 53-50.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Harnett Central	15	12	8	6	6	6	53
West Johnston	5	7	6	23	6	3	50

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West Johnston (23-24)

Harnett Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	21	76	28	31
3	DJ Brown (So)	2	1	3	33	33
4	Quan Dixon (Sr)	7	3	15	20	20
5	Kaleb McKinnis (Jr)	5	1	13	8	12
10	Kemaury Haywood (So)	11	4	9	44	50
15	Kyrese Williams (Fr)	12	5	19	26	29
20	L. Culbreth (Jr)	3	1	4	25	38
31	J. Strickland (Jr)	3	1	2	50	75
32	Isaiah Harris (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
44	Malachi Elliott (Jr)	8	4	9	44	44

West Johnston

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	50	18	59	31	33
1	Malaki Baker (Sr)	4	2	8	25	25
2	Kameron Taylor (Sr)	25	9	18	50	58
3	Raphael Hill (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20
5	Jayden Harris (Sr)	1	0	1	0	0
11	D. Williams (Jr)	4	1	12	8	8
21	Kolby Jarman (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0
22	J. De Faria Pereira (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	William Moore (Sr)	6	3	6	50	50

Harnett Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	5	27	19	6	16	38	16	49	33
3	DJ Brown (So)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
4	Quan Dixon (Sr)	7	0	5	0	1	3	33	3	10	30
5	Kaleb McKinnis (Jr)	5	1	9	11	2	4	50	0	4	0
10	Kemaury Haywood (So)	11	1	2	50	2	6	33	3	7	43
15	Kyrese Williams (Fr)	12	1	4	25	1	3	33	4	15	27
20	L. Culbreth (Jr)	3	1	4	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	J. Strickland (Jr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Isaiah Harris (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
44	Malachi Elliott (Jr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	44

West Johnston

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	50	3	21	14	11	23	48	15	38	39
1	Malaki Baker (Sr)	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	33
2	Kameron Taylor (Sr)	25	3	9	33	4	7	57	6	9	67
3	Raphael Hill (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
5	Jayden Harris (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	1	0
11	D. Williams (Jr)	4	0	8	0	2	2	100	1	4	25
21	Kolby Jarman (Jr)	2	0	0	0	2	4	50	0	1	0
22	J. De Faria Pereira (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	William Moore (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	6	50

Harnett Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	53	13	18	31	13	10	4	19	17
3	DJ Brown (So)	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2
4	Quan Dixon (Sr)	7	0	1	1	5	5	0	6	5
5	Kaleb McKinnis (Jr)	5	1	3	4	2	2	0	2	0
10	Kemaury Haywood (So)	11	4	4	8	0	0	2	4	4
15	Kyrese Williams (Fr)	12	1	0	1	3	1	0	1	0
20	L. Culbreth (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
23	Colby Fox (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
31	J. Strickland (Jr)	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	Isaiah Harris (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Rylan Beasley (Fr)	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	1	2
44	Malachi Elliott (Jr)	8	3	5	8	2	2	0	2	3

West Johnston

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	50	16	21	37	7	10	3	19	17
1	Malaki Baker (Sr)	4	1	3	4	1	1	0	6	0
2	Kameron Taylor (Sr)	25	5	3	8	2	3	0	2	3
3	Raphael Hill (Sr)	2	1	1	2	3	2	0	4	3
5	Jayden Harris (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11	D. Williams (Jr)	4	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	3
21	Kolby Jarman (Jr)	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
22	J. De Faria Pereira (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	William Moore (Sr)	6	3	7	10	1	0	2	0	4

Harnett Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.68	0.53	0.59	0.24
3	DJ Brown (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50
4	Quan Dixon (Sr)	0.83	0.83	1.00	0.00
5	Kaleb McKinnis (Jr)	1.00	1.00	2.00	0.00
10	Kemaury Haywood (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50
15	Kyrese Williams (Fr)	3.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
33	Rylan Beasley (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.50
44	Malachi Elliott (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.67	0.00

West Johnston

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.37	0.53	0.59	0.18	13
1	Malaki Baker (Sr)	0.17	0.17	1.00	0.00	1
2	Kameron Taylor (Sr)	1.00	1.50	1.00	0.00	2
3	Raphael Hill (Sr)	0.75	0.50	0.67	0.00	2
5	Jayden Harris (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
11	D. Williams (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.67	0.00	0
22	J. De Faria Pereira (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
23	William Moore (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	5

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Harnett Central nips West Johnston

November 30, 2023: Benson, NC 27504

Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Harnett Central Trojans (Angier, NC) and the host West Johnston Wildcats (Benson, NC), saw Harnett Central's basketball squad hold off West Johnston by a count of 53-50.

With the victory, Harnett Central upgrades its record to 3-1 on the campaign. The Trojans host Western Harnett (Lillington, NC) to play the Eagles in a 3A/4A All-American challenge on Tuesday, December 5. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 0-5. Western Harnett lost 72-40 in their recent non-league challenge against Chatham Central (Bear Creek, NC)

Next up, the Wildcats play the Southern Nash Firebirds (Bailey, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 5. West Johnston will attempt to upgrade on its 3-2 season record. The Firebirds come into the challenge with a 2-1 record after their 79-78 non-league win over Corinth Holders (Wendell, NC).

Players of the Game

Harnett Central (23-24)

Harnett Central has not selected any Players of the Game.

West Johnston (23-24)

Congratulations to #2 Kameron Taylor for being selected the West Johnston Basketball Player of the Game.

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HCHS @ West Johnston Basketball Game Info

Thu., Nov. 30, 2023 @ 7:30p

The West Johnston (Benson, NC) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Harnett Central (Angier, NC) in overtime by a score of 53-50.

Rankings & Records

Harnett Central (23-24)

NC	Class
498	47

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
7-15	2-12	4-7	3-8	.318	.143	991	1,164

West Johnston (23-24)

NC	Class
344	26

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
14-13	8-6	9-4	2-8	3-1	.519	.571	1,639	1,655

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Harnett Central	9.3	9.9	11.5	14.0	6.0	6.0	45.0
West Johnston	14.4	13.9	12.2	16.4	6.0	3.0	60.7

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Team Stat Comparison

Harnett Central		West Johnston
45.0	Points Per Game	57.8
28.5	Rebounds Per Game	27.6
7.6	Assists Per Game	11.8
9.0	Steals Per Game	9.3
3.3	Blocks Per Game	1.9

Team Leaders

Harnett Central		West Johnston	National Avg.
#15 Kyrese Williams9.5	Points Per Game	#2 Kameron Taylor16.2	4.9
#44 Malachi Elliott6.0	Rebounds Per Game	#23 William Moore6.7	2.6
#4 Quan Dixon2.4	Assists Per Game	#13 Caden Horay4.1	1.0
#4 Quan Dixon2.5	Steals Per Game	#2 Kameron Taylor1.9	0.8
#33 Rylan Beasley1.3	Blocks Per Game	#23 William Moore0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Harnett Central	1-1		West Johnston	2-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/23	Smithfield-Selma	Harnett Central	(W) 54-46		1/12/24	Smithfield-Selma	West Johnston	(W) 65-46
12/11/23	Harnett Central	Smithfield-Selma	(L) 69-66		2/6/24	West Johnston	Smithfield-Selma	(W) 85-49

Record Breakdown

Harnett Central (23-24)		West Johnston (23-24)
7-15	Overall	14-13
2-13	League	9-7
4-1	Non-League	2-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-1	Common Opponent	2-0
4-7	Home	9-4
3-8	Away	2-8
0-0	Neutral	3-1
0-0	Playoff	0-1
7-15	In-State	14-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0