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Bloom Hammond Central

Blazing Trojan

Wolves

The Hammond Central (Hammond, IN) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) by a score of 70-54.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Bloom	20	13	20	17	70
Hammond Central	14	10	14	16	54

Final score provided by D. Maddox.

Recap
Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Hammond Central (24-25)

Bloom

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	12	0	0	0
33	Joe Jones (Jr)	12	0	0	0

Hammond Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	177	54	14	46	30	35
1	Cylin Pointer (Jr)	27	6	1	4	25	38
2	Marcus Browder (Sr)	29	15	3	13	23	27
3	Gregory Dotson (Sr)	32	15	4	7	57	57
4	Zierre Taylor (Jr)	28	7	3	7	43	50
5	Semaj Davis (Jr)	20	2	1	5	20	20
10	Dominic Alvarez (So)	4	0	0	0
11	I. Whitehead (Jr)	22	6	1	7	14	14
12	Elijah Lewis (Jr)	9	3	1	3	33	50
21	Raul Ayon (Jr)	3	0	0	0
33	Derwin Hawkins (Sr)	3	0	0	0

Bloom

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Joe Jones (Jr)	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Hammond Central

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	177	54	4	24	17	22	32	69	10	22	45
1	Cylin Pointer (Jr)	27	6	1	3	33	3	4	75	0	1	0
2	Marcus Browder (Sr)	29	15	1	9	11	8	8	100	2	4	50
3	Gregory Dotson (Sr)	32	15	0	1	0	7	10	70	4	6	67
4	Zierre Taylor (Jr)	28	7	1	3	33	0	2	0	2	4	50
5	Semaj Davis (Jr)	20	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
10	Dominic Alvarez (So)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	I. Whitehead (Jr)	22	6	0	5	0	4	6	67	1	2	50
12	Elijah Lewis (Jr)	9	3	1	2	50	0	2	0	0	1	0
21	Raul Ayon (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Derwin Hawkins (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bloom

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	12	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	2
33	Joe Jones (Jr)	12	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	2

Hammond Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	177	54	7	14	21	5	9	19	26
1	Cylin Pointer (Jr)	27	6	1	1	2	0	1	3	5
2	Marcus Browder (Sr)	29	15	0	2	2	1	4	2	4
3	Gregory Dotson (Sr)	32	15	0	1	1	4	0	6	4
4	Zierre Taylor (Jr)	28	7	2	3	5	0	1	1	3
5	Semaj Davis (Jr)	20	2	1	5	6	0	1	2	1
10	Dominic Alvarez (So)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	I. Whitehead (Jr)	22	6	0	2	2	0	2	2	5
12	Elijah Lewis (Jr)	9	3	3	0	3	0	0	2	3
21	Raul Ayon (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Derwin Hawkins (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Misc Totals

Bloom has not entered any misc totals stats.

Hammond Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.26	0.47	0.35	4	1
1	Cylin Pointer (Jr)	0.00	0.33	0.20	1	0
2	Marcus Browder (Sr)	0.50	2.00	1.00	1	0
3	Gregory Dotson (Sr)	0.67	0.00	0.00	2	0
4	Zierre Taylor (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.33	0	0
5	Semaj Davis (Jr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	0	0
11	I. Whitehead (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.40	0	1

Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Bloom knocks off Hammond Central

December 10, 2024: Hammond, IN 46320

In Tuesday's non-league contest, the visiting Bloom Blazing Trojan basketball team scored a good 70-54 win over the Hammond Central Wolves.

The Blazing Trojan (5-1) will now prepare for their contest against Lindblom (Chicago, IL). The Eagles come into the non-league contest with a 1-5 record.

In their next game, the Wolves battle the Gary West Side Cougars (Gary, IN) in a Great Lakes contest, on Friday, December 13. Hammond Central will attempt to better on its 3-4 season record. The Cougars come into the contest with a 2-3 record after their 52-44 non-league loss to Lake Central (St. John, IN).

Players of the Game

Bloom (24-25)

Bloom has not selected any Players of the Game.

Hammond Central (24-25)

Congratulations to #3 Gregory Dotson for being selected the Hammond Central Basketball Player of the Game.

Bloom @ HCHS Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 10, 2024 @ 7p

The Hammond Central (Hammond, IN) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) by a score of 70-54.

Rankings & Records

Bloom (24-25)

IL	Class
56	33

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
21-9	9-3	11-1	5-2	5-6	.700	.750	1,841	1,499

Hammond Central (24-25)

IN	Class
158	62

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-15	0-3	4-7	3-6	2-2	.375	.000	1,418	1,487

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Bloom	14.1	14.6	19.2	12.1	6.7	61.4
Hammond Central	12.2	15.2	16.7	14.5	-	59.1

Team Stat Comparison

Bloom		Hammond Central
3.9	Points Per Game	59.4
3.0	Rebounds Per Game	22.8
0.4	Assists Per Game	13.8
0.6	Steals Per Game	9.5
0.7	Blocks Per Game	1.9

Team Leaders

Bloom		Hammond Central	National Avg.
#0 Vincent Kelly4.1	Points Per Game	#2 Marcus Browder22.0	4.9
#33 Joe Jones2.7	Rebounds Per Game	#2 Marcus Browder6.2	2.6
#0 Vincent Kelly0.9	Assists Per Game	#2 Marcus Browder4.0	1.0
#0 Vincent Kelly2.1	Steals Per Game	#2 Marcus Browder3.4	0.8
#33 Joe Jones0.6	Blocks Per Game	#23 Naeem Pete0.7	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Bloom	4-3		Hammond Central	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/26/24	Thornton Fractional South	Bloom	(W) 74-50	11/29/24	Hammond Central	Thornton Fractional South	(W) 67-64
2/26/25	Thornton Fractional South	Bloom	(W) 72-44
11/29/24	Bloom	Homewood-Flossmoor	(L) 69-52	11/26/24	Hammond Central	Homewood-Flossmoor	(L) 78-31
3/4/25	Homewood-Flossmoor	Bloom	(L) 41-36
1/4/25	Gary West Side	Bloom	(L) 60-57	12/13/24	Gary West Side	Hammond Central	(L) 68-57
1/17/25	Thornton	Bloom	(W) 58-49	12/21/24	Thornton	Hammond Central	(W) 52-46
2/14/25	Bloom	Thornton	(W) 53-46

Record Breakdown

Bloom (24-25)		Hammond Central (24-25)
21-9	Overall	9-15
9-3	League	0-3
5-2	Non-League	7-9
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
4-3	Common Opponent	2-2
11-1	Home	4-7
5-2	Away	3-6
5-6	Neutral	2-2
2-1	Playoff	0-1
20-8	In-State	5-12
1-1	Out-of-State	4-3