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The Normal University (Normal, IL) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Prairie Central (Fairbury, IL) by a score of 48-27.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Prairie Central	-	-	-	-	27
Normal University	-	-	-	-	48

Final score provided by D. Oloffson.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Prairie Central (23-24)

Prairie Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	27	10	39	26	28
0	Alayna Anderson (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
5	Kyrsten Atkins (Sr)	3	1	2	50	50
11	Lucy Whitfill (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0
12	Jayla Hammond (Fr)	8	2	10	20	20
21	Abi Nimbler (So)	3	1	9	11	17
23	Kelly Wilkey (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33
24	Sawyer Ashman (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
31	Carmen Gradberg (Sr)	5	2	4	50	63

Prairie Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	27	2	16	13	5	7	71	8	23	35
0	Alayna Anderson (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
5	Kyrsten Atkins (Sr)	3	0	0	0	1	1	100	1	2	50
11	Lucy Whitfill (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Jayla Hammond (Fr)	8	0	3	0	4	6	67	2	7	29
21	Abi Nimbler (So)	3	1	7	14	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	Kelly Wilkey (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	33
24	Sawyer Ashman (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
31	Carmen Gradberg (Sr)	5	1	3	33	0	0	0	1	1	100

Prairie Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	27	6	10	16	4	9	14
0	Alayna Anderson (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	Kyrsten Atkins (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0	1	0
11	Lucy Whitfill (Sr)	0	1	3	4	0	1	2
12	Jayla Hammond (Fr)	8	1	0	1	0	1	1
21	Abi Nimbler (So)	3	0	1	1	0	4	2
23	Kelly Wilkey (Sr)	4	3	1	4	2	1	3
24	Sawyer Ashman (Sr)	2	0	2	2	1	1	3
25	Madie Mcculloh (So)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
31	Carmen Gradberg (Sr)	5	1	1	2	1	0	2

Prairie Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.29	0.64
5	Kyrsten Atkins (Sr)	0.00	1.00
11	Lucy Whitfill (Sr)	0.00	0.50
12	Jayla Hammond (Fr)	0.00	1.00
21	Abi Nimbler (So)	0.00	2.00
23	Kelly Wilkey (Sr)	0.67	0.33
24	Sawyer Ashman (Sr)	0.33	0.33
31	Carmen Gradberg (Sr)	0.50	0.00

Normal University (23-24)

Normal University has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Normal University overwhelms Prairie Central

December 7, 2023: Normal, IL 61761

Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Normal University Pioneers (Normal, IL) and the visiting Prairie Central Hawks (Fairbury, IL), saw Normal University's basketball squad wallop Prairie Central by a count of 48-27.

With the victory, Normal University upgrades its record to 1-8 on the campaign. The Pioneers host Rochester (Rochester, IL) to play the Rockets in a Central State Eight challenge on Saturday, December 9. The Rockets come into the challenge with a record of 4-5. Rochester lost 48-39 in their recent non-league challenge against Normal West (Normal, IL)

Next up, the Hawks play the Coal City Coalers (Coal City, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, December 11. Prairie Central will attempt to upgrade on its 1-9 season record. The Coalers come into the challenge with a 8-1 record after their 53-19 league win over Wilmington (Wilmington, IL).

PCHS @ NU Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 7, 2023 @ 7p

The Normal University (Normal, IL) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Prairie Central (Fairbury, IL) by a score of 48-27.

Rankings & Records

Prairie Central (23-24)

IL	Class
529	147

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
4-27	0-9	1-12	2-9	1-6	.129	.000	924	1,417

Normal University (23-24)

IL	Class
351	84

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-23	4-6	3-7	4-8	1-8	.258	.400	1,021	1,391

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Prairie Central	7.9	8.4	9.2	5.8	29.8
Normal University	8.1	7.2	7.2	8.0	32.9

Team Stat Comparison

Prairie Central		Normal University
29.8	Points Per Game	-
27.1	Rebounds Per Game	-
3.4	Assists Per Game	-
7.4	Steals Per Game	-
0.6	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Prairie Central		Normal University	National Avg.
#12 Jayla Hammond7.6	Points Per Game	-	4.2
#11 Lucy Whitfill6.0	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
#21 Abi Nimbler0.8	Assists Per Game	-	0.9
#21 Abi Nimbler1.9	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#23 Kelly Wilkey0.3	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Prairie Central	0-5		Normal University	0-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/14/23	Ottawa	Prairie Central	(L) 52-14	2/2/24	Normal University	Ottawa	(L) 49-29
11/16/23	Mahomet-Seymour	Prairie Central	(L) 50-11	1/18/24	Normal University	Mahomet-Seymour	(L) 51-47
11/18/23	Pontiac	Prairie Central	(L) 46-22	11/25/23	Pontiac	Normal University	(L) 48-41
1/11/24	Pontiac	Prairie Central	(L) 64-27
1/29/24	Bloomington Central Catholic	Prairie Central	(L) 69-34	11/18/23	Bloomington Central Catholic	Normal University	(L) 59-35

Record Breakdown

Prairie Central (23-24)		Normal University (23-24)
4-27	Overall	8-23
0-9	League	4-6
2-10	Non-League	4-8
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-5	Common Opponent	0-4
1-12	Home	3-7
2-9	Away	4-8
1-6	Neutral	1-8
1-1	Playoff	0-1
4-27	In-State	8-23
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0