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Highland TechPolk County
Rams
67
Wolverines
59

The Polk County (Columbus, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) by a score of 67-59.

Q1Q2Q3Q4Final
Highland Tech----67
Polk County----59
Final score provided by L. Jones.
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Game Stats

Highland Tech (22-23)

Highland Tech

Shooting

#Athlete NameMinPtsFGMFGAFG%AFG%
Team Totals6721494349
0Dante Harriston (Sr)135124246
1Elijah Whitted (Jr)134133131
2Aiden Faust (Sr)165114568
3E. Sherrill (So)15586363
5G. Blackwood (Sr)10236767
11Yoel Mussie (Jr)00200
Highland Tech

#Athlete NameMinPts3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%2FGM2FGA2FG%
Team Totals6762030193456152952
0Dante Harriston (Sr)13152025404757
1Elijah Whitted (Jr)130305105041040
2Aiden Faust (Sr)16510501250010
3E. Sherrill (So)1557715863
5G. Blackwood (Sr)10610602367
11Yoel Mussie (Jr)0020
Highland Tech

Totals

#Athlete NameMinPtsORebDRebRebAstStlBlkTOPF
Team Totals677222913166139
0Dante Harriston (Sr)131561235
1Elijah Whitted (Jr)13156561
2Aiden Faust (Sr)16134123
3E. Sherrill (So)1524616232
5G. Blackwood (Sr)1014561132
10Cameron Newman (Sr)11
15Erwing Soza (So)111
Highland Tech

Misc Totals

#Athlete NameAst:TOStl:TOStl:PFBlk:PFChrDeflTF
Team Totals1.001.231.780.6772
0Dante Harriston (Sr)0.200.401
1Elijah Whitted (Jr)6.00
2Aiden Faust (Sr)0.500.331
3E. Sherrill (So)0.332.003.001.003
5G. Blackwood (Sr)2.000.330.500.5031

Polk County (22-23)

Polk County has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Highland Tech thwarts Polk County

December 9, 2022: Columbus, NC 28722

The Highland Tech Rams (Gastonia, NC) basketball knocked off the host Polk County Wolverines (Columbus, NC), 67-59 in Friday's non-league test.

The Rams (3-3) will now prepare for their test against Polk County (Columbus, NC). The Wolverines go into the non-league test with a 3-2 record. In their last test, Polk County went down by Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC), 67-59, in a non-league test.

The Wolverines now own a 3-2 record. They play next when they travel to Highland Tech for a non-league test on Tuesday, December 13. Polk County will encounter a Rams squad coming off a 67-59 non-league win over Polk County (Columbus, NC). The Rams record now stands at 3-3.

Players of the Game

Highland Tech (22-23)

Congratulations to #2 Aiden Faust for being selected the Highland Tech Basketball Player of the Game.

Polk County (22-23)

Polk County has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Highland Tech (22-23)

NCClass
49736
OverallConferenceHomeAwayNeutralWin %Conference %PFPA
5-191-121-94-80-2.208.0771,2251,556

Polk County (22-23)

NCClass
51647
OverallConferenceHomeAwayWin %Conference %PFPA
6-172-105-71-10.261.1671,2021,420

Team Scoring Averages

Q1Q2Q3Q4Final
Highland Tech		9.813.713.114.351.0
Polk County		12.511.111.513.852.3

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Head-to-Head

  • Highland Tech won on 12/9/2022
    12/9 @ 7:30pQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
    Highland Tech----67
    Polk County----59

    The Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Polk County (Columbus, NC) by a score of 67-59.

    Box score
  • Highland Tech won on 12/13/2022
    12/13 @ 7:30pQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
    Polk County----61
    Highland Tech----64

    The Polk County (Columbus, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away non-conference game against Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) by a score of 64-61.

    Box score

Team Stat Comparison

Highland TechPolk County
50.9Points Per Game-
23.7Rebounds Per Game-
12.2Assists Per Game-
10.3Steals Per Game-
3.3Blocks Per Game-

Team Leaders

Highland TechPolk CountyNational Avg.
#3 Elijah Sherrill12.8Points Per Game
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4.9
#3 Elijah Sherrill4.3Rebounds Per Game
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2.6
#5 Gavin Blackwood3.4Assists Per Game
-
1.0
#3 Elijah Sherrill2.7Steals Per Game
-
0.8
#0 Dante Harriston1.0Blocks Per Game
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0.3

Common Opponents

SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.
Highland Tech0-2Polk County1-0
DateAwayHomeResultDateAwayHomeResult
11/21/22Piedmont Community CharterHighland Tech(L) 71-6911/29/22Piedmont Community CharterPolk County(W) 70-62
12/6/22Highland TechPiedmont Community Charter(L) 70-63

Record Breakdown

Highland Tech (22-23)

Polk County (22-23)
5-19
Overall
6-17
1-12
League
2-11
4-5
Non-League
4-6
2-0
Head to Head
0-2
0-2
Common Opponent
1-0
1-9
Home
5-7
4-8
Away
1-10
0-2
Neutral
0-0
0-0
Playoff
0-0
5-17
In-State
6-15
0-2
Out-of-State
0-2