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The Connersville (IN) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Pendleton Heights (Pendleton, IN) by a score of 56-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Pendleton Heights	16	8	10	11	45
Connersville	12	14	12	18	56

Final score provided by B. Hutton.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Connersville (22-23)

Pendleton Heights

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	160	45	16	39	41	51
3	Dontrez Braxton (Jr)	20	4	1	3	33	50
4	Isaac Wilson (Jr)	20	4	0	5	0	0
13	Caden Sims (Jr)	1
20	Aaron Cookston (Jr)	27	9	4	10	40	45
21	Brayden Kanitz (Jr)	13	2	1	1	100	100
24	Evan Mozingo (So)	32	16	6	12	50	67
31	Reese Caplinger (Jr)	22
34	Josiah Gustin (Jr)	25	10	4	8	50	63

Connersville

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	56	18	36	50	56
5	Brayden Pearson (Sr)	3	1	2	50	75
10	Gavin Pearson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	Josh Williams (Sr)	23	7	9	78	94
32	Braxton Myers (Sr)	6	2	7	29	29
34	Lucas Barron (Sr)	16	4	10	40	40
42	James Williams (Sr)	8	4	7	57	57

Pendleton Heights

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	160	45	8	24	33	5	6	83	8	15	53
3	Dontrez Braxton (Jr)	20	4	1	3	33	1	2	50
4	Isaac Wilson (Jr)	20	4	0	3	0	4	4	100	0	2	0
13	Caden Sims (Jr)	1
20	Aaron Cookston (Jr)	27	9	1	4	25				3	6	50
21	Brayden Kanitz (Jr)	13	2							1	1	100
24	Evan Mozingo (So)	32	16	4	9	44				2	3	67
31	Reese Caplinger (Jr)	22
34	Josiah Gustin (Jr)	25	10	2	5	40				2	3	67

Connersville

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	56	4	10	40	16	23	70	14	26	54
5	Brayden Pearson (Sr)	3	1	2	50	0	1	0	0	0	0
10	Gavin Pearson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Josh Williams (Sr)	23	3	4	75	6	7	86	4	5	80
32	Braxton Myers (Sr)	6	0	1	0	2	2	100	2	6	33
34	Lucas Barron (Sr)	16	0	2	0	8	11	73	4	8	50
42	James Williams (Sr)	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	7	57

Pendleton Heights

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	160	45	11	14	25	10	6	1	16	22
3	Dontrez Braxton (Jr)	20	4	2		2	4	1		2	1
4	Isaac Wilson (Jr)	20	4	2		2		3		1	4
13	Caden Sims (Jr)	1									1
20	Aaron Cookston (Jr)	27	9	1	1	2	1				4
21	Brayden Kanitz (Jr)	13	2		2	2	1			2	3
24	Evan Mozingo (So)	32	16	5	3	8	2			1	1
31	Reese Caplinger (Jr)	22		1	1	2		2		3	4
34	Josiah Gustin (Jr)	25	10		7	7	2		1	7	4

Connersville

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	56	6	12	18	14	9	2	7	12
5	Brayden Pearson (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
10	Gavin Pearson (Sr)	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	5
14	Cody Naylor (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
24	Josh Williams (Sr)	23	1	4	5	6	2	1	2	0
32	Braxton Myers (Sr)	6	0	2	2	3	1	0	0	0
34	Lucas Barron (Sr)	16	2	2	4	2	2	1	1	1
42	James Williams (Sr)	8	3	2	5	2	2	0	3	3

Pendleton Heights

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	0.63	0.38	0.27	0.05	1
3	Dontrez Braxton (Jr)	2.00	0.50	1.00
4	Isaac Wilson (Jr)		3.00	0.75
20	Aaron Cookston (Jr)					1
21	Brayden Kanitz (Jr)	0.50
24	Evan Mozingo (So)	2.00
31	Reese Caplinger (Jr)		0.67	0.50
34	Josiah Gustin (Jr)	0.29			0.25

Connersville

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	2.00	1.29	0.75	0.17	1	5
10	Gavin Pearson (Sr)	1.00	2.00	0.40	0.00	0	0
24	Josh Williams (Sr)	3.00	1.00	2.00	1.00	0	2
32	Braxton Myers (Sr)	3.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1	1
34	Lucas Barron (Sr)	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	0	1
42	James Williams (Sr)	0.67	0.67	0.67	0.00	0	1

Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Pendleton Heights topped by Connersville

December 10, 2022: Connersville, IN 47331

The Connersville Spartans basketball team scored 56 points and restricted the visiting Pendleton Heights Arabians to 45 in the Spartans non-league victory on Saturday.

The Spartans now sport a 3-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host South Dearborn for a Eastern Indiana contest on Friday, December 16.

The Arabians (1-5) will now prepare for their contest against Guerin Catholic (Noblesville, IN). The Golden Eagles come into the non-league contest with a 2-3 record. In their last contest, Guerin Catholic was defeated by Westfield (Westfield, IN), 59-43, in a non-league contest.

Coaches Summary

First Quarter

Great start by the Arabians as they outscored the Spartans by 4 points. Josiah Gustin scored 8 big points on 1 of 1 field goals and 2 of 2 from three point range.

Fourth Quarter

The fourth quarter was a rough one as the Spartans hit just about every shot and the Arabians didn't. The overall effort by the Pendleton players was intense and they keep getting better.

Players of the Game

Pendleton Heights (22-23)

Pendleton Heights has not selected any Players of the Game.

Connersville (22-23)

Congratulations to #24 Josh Williams for being selected the Connersville Basketball Player of the Game.

PHHS @ Connersville Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 10, 2022 @ 7:30p

The Connersville (IN) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Pendleton Heights (Pendleton, IN) by a score of 56-45.

Rankings & Records

Pendleton Heights (22-23)

IN	Class
167	75

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-17	0-7	3-8	2-8	3-1	.320	.000	1,291	1,350

Connersville (22-23)

IN	Class
37	6

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
18-5	7-0	12-2	6-2	0-1	.783	1.000	1,176	945

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Pendleton Heights	11.1	11.8	12.2	16.0	7.0	51.6
Connersville	11.2	11.5	13.4	15.2	14.0	51.1

Team Stat Comparison

Pendleton Heights		Connersville
51.6	Points Per Game	51.1
22.4	Rebounds Per Game	22.9
10.0	Assists Per Game	11.4
5.4	Steals Per Game	6.0
2.8	Blocks Per Game	1.3

Team Leaders

Pendleton Heights		Connersville	National Avg.
#34 Josiah Gustin13.3	Points Per Game	#24 Josh Williams15.4	4.9
#34 Josiah Gustin7.6	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Josh Williams5.6	2.6
#3 Dontrez Braxton2.4	Assists Per Game	#24 Josh Williams4.6	1.0
#4 Isaac Wilson1.4	Steals Per Game	#24 Josh Williams1.9	0.8
#34 Josiah Gustin2.4	Blocks Per Game	#34 Lucas Barron0.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Pendleton Heights	1-6		Connersville	4-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/9/22	Pendleton Heights	Mt. Vernon	(L) 53-50	1/27/23	Connersville	Mt. Vernon	(W) 75-70
1/12/23	New Palestine	Pendleton Heights	(L) 58-41	2/11/23	New Palestine	Connersville	(W) 58-52
3/3/23	Pendleton Heights	New Palestine	(L) 48-35
1/14/23	Shelbyville	Pendleton Heights	(L) 58-55	12/3/22	Connersville	Shelbyville	(L) 44-42
1/20/23	Pendleton Heights	Delta	(L) 60-56	11/26/22	Connersville	Delta	(L) 44-41
2/14/23	Pendleton Heights	New Castle	(L) 59-41	1/7/23	New Castle	Connersville	(W) 54-48
2/28/23	Pendleton Heights	Richmond	(W) 62-58	12/17/22	Connersville	Richmond	(W) 41-39

Record Breakdown

Pendleton Heights (22-23)		Connersville (22-23)
8-17	Overall	18-5
0-7	League	7-0
5-8	Non-League	10-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-6	Common Opponent	4-2
3-8	Home	12-2
2-8	Away	6-2
3-1	Neutral	0-1
1-1	Playoff	0-1
8-17	In-State	18-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0