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Hernando Central

Leopards

Bears

The Central (Brooksville, FL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Hernando (Brooksville, FL) in overtime by a score of 53-49.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Hernando	6	7	22	9	9	53
Central	16	8	7	13	5	49

Final score provided by J. Westfall.

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Game Stats

Central (24-25)

Hernando

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	16	39	41	54
0	D. Merizalde (Jr)	8	3	6	50	67
1	Joseph Rivera (Jr)	15	5	11	45	68
2	Sam Jackson (Sr)	9	1	4	25	25
3	Michael Brown (Jr)	8	3	7	43	43
4	Logan Mcguire (So)	2	1	2	50	50
5	Idris Abdul (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
12	Blake Williams (So)	11	3	7	43	64

Central

Shooting

Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
Team Totals	43	16	37	43	47
A. Canales (Jr)	4	2	6	33	33
Alvin Cortez (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
B. Prospero (Jr)	18	8	16	50	53
M. Fonseca (So)	1
Rommy Abreau (Jr)	1	0	3	0	0
Talyn Poole (Sr)	1	0
Xavior Haegele (Jr)	16	5	11	45	55

Hernando

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	10	24	42	11	17	65	6	15	40
0	D. Merizalde (Jr)	8	2	5	40				1	1	100
1	Joseph Rivera (Jr)	15	5	10	50				0	1	0
2	Sam Jackson (Sr)	9	0	1	0	7	11	64	1	3	33
3	Michael Brown (Jr)	8				2	2	100	3	7	43
4	Logan Mcguire (So)	2	0	1	0				1	1	100
5	Idris Abdul (Sr)	0							0	2	0
12	Blake Williams (So)	11	3	7	43	2	4	50

Central

Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
Team Totals	43	3	7		8	15	53	13	30	43
A. Canales (Jr)	4							2	6	33
Alvin Cortez (Jr)	2							1	1	100
B. Prospero (Jr)	18	1	3	33	1	1	100	7	13	54
M. Fonseca (So)	1				1	2	50
Rommy Abreau (Jr)	1				1	2	50	0	3	0
Talyn Poole (Sr)	1	0		0	1	2	50
Xavior Haegele (Jr)	16	2	4	50	4	8	50	3	7	43

Hernando

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	53	10	15	25	15	16	3	13	14
0	D. Merizalde (Jr)	8	1	3	4	5	5	1	1	3
1	Joseph Rivera (Jr)	15				3	2		4	4
2	Sam Jackson (Sr)	9	2	4	6	2	3		1
3	Michael Brown (Jr)	8	3		3	3	3	2	1	5
4	Logan Mcguire (So)	2				1	1		1	1
5	Idris Abdul (Sr)	0	1	2	3		1		3	1
12	Blake Williams (So)	11	3	6	9	1	1		2

Central

Totals

Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
Team Totals	43	15	7	9	4	14
A. Canales (Jr)	4		1	1	1
Alvin Cortez (Jr)	2	1	1	1	1	1
B. Prospero (Jr)	18	3	2	3	1	6
M. Fonseca (So)	1	1	1
Noel Torres (Jr)		2				1
Rommy Abreau (Jr)	1					2
Talyn Poole (Sr)	1			1	1
Xavior Haegele (Jr)	16	8	2	3		4

Hernando

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.15	1.23	1.14	0.21	12
0	D. Merizalde (Jr)	5.00	5.00	1.67	0.33	1
1	Joseph Rivera (Jr)	0.75	0.50	0.50		1
2	Sam Jackson (Sr)	2.00	3.00			2
3	Michael Brown (Jr)	3.00	3.00	0.60	0.40	3
4	Logan Mcguire (So)	1.00	1.00	1.00		2
5	Idris Abdul (Sr)		0.33	1.00		1
12	Blake Williams (So)	0.50	0.50			2

Central

Misc Totals

Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
Team Totals	0.50	0.64
Alvin Cortez (Jr)	1.00	1.00
B. Prospero (Jr)	0.33	0.50
Xavior Haegele (Jr)	0.50	0.75

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Hernando sneaks past Central

December 10, 2024: Brooksville, FL 34613

The Hernando Leopards (Brooksville, FL) basketball edged the host Central Bears (Brooksville, FL), 53-49 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Leopards now possess a 6-2 record. They play next when they travel to Weeki Wachee for a non-league bout on Tuesday, December 17.

With the loss, Central falls to 3-4 on the campaign. The Bears host Springstead (Spring Hill, FL) to play the Eagles in a non-league bout on Friday, December 13. The Eagles go into the bout with a record of 3-5. Springstead lost 49-34 in their recent non-league bout against Clearwater (Clearwater, FL)

Hernando @ Central Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 10, 2024 @ 7:30p

JV at 6PM

The Central (Brooksville, FL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Hernando (Brooksville, FL) in overtime by a score of 53-49.

Rankings & Records

Hernando (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
426	430	46

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-8	4-0	9-3	8-4	2-1	.704	1.000	1,472	1,330

Central (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
519	523	57

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
11-12	1-3	6-6	5-6	.478	.250	1,127	1,096

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Hernando	14.2	13.6	15.1	13.5	8.0	54.5
Central	15.0	12.1	12.2	12.8	5.0	49.0

Head-to-Head

Hernando won on 12/10/2024

12/10 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final

Hernando 6 7 22 9 9 53
Central 16 8 7 13 5 49

The Hernando (Brooksville, FL) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Central (Brooksville, FL) in overtime by a score of 53-49.
Box score
Hernando won on 1/24/2025

1/24 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Central - - - - 43
Hernando - - - - 54

The Central (Brooksville, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Hernando (Brooksville, FL) by a score of 54-43.
Box score

1/24 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central	-	-	-	-	43
Hernando	-	-	-	-	54

Team Stat Comparison

Hernando		Central
54.5	Points Per Game	48.1
28.0	Rebounds Per Game	26.4
12.6	Assists Per Game	12.3
10.8	Steals Per Game	8.9
2.7	Blocks Per Game	3.4

Team Leaders

Hernando		Central	National Avg.
#2 Sam Jackson11.9	Points Per Game	Braydon Prospero15.0	4.9
#2 Sam Jackson6.1	Rebounds Per Game	Calor Wade5.9	2.6
#0 Daniel Merizalde4.2	Assists Per Game	Braydon Prospero3.5	1.0
#1 Joseph Rivera2.2	Steals Per Game	Rommy Abreau2.3	0.8
#3 Michael Brown1.4	Blocks Per Game	Calor Wade1.5	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hernando	10-6		Central	9-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/19/24	Lecanto	Hernando	(L) 73-30	12/3/24	Central	Lecanto	(L) 66-33
1/21/25	Hernando	Lecanto	(L) 79-29	1/17/25	Lecanto	Central	(L) 76-36
11/22/24	Weeki Wachee	Hernando	(W) 61-46	12/14/24	Central	Weeki Wachee	(W) 76-53
12/17/24	Hernando	Weeki Wachee	(W) 70-45	1/14/25	Weeki Wachee	Central	(W) 49-37
12/3/24	Citrus	Hernando	(W) 64-56	1/8/25	Citrus	Central	(W) 75-51
1/17/25	Hernando	Citrus	(W) 70-57	1/28/25	Central	Citrus	(L) 53-46
2/3/25	Citrus	Hernando	(W) 79-69
12/6/24	Hernando	Crystal River	(L) 55-52	11/22/24	Central	Crystal River	(W) 61-60
1/14/25	Crystal River	Hernando	(W) 67-53	12/17/24	Crystal River	Central	(W) 49-37
12/9/24	Angeline Academy of Innovation	Hernando	(W) 68-38	12/16/24	Angeline Academy of Innovation	Central	(W) 62-25
1/13/25	Hernando	Angeline Academy of Innovation	(W) 77-29	1/6/25	Central	Angeline Academy of Innovation	(W) 59-24
12/28/24	Spring Hill Christian Academy	Hernando	(W) 77-33	11/18/24	Spring Hill Christian Academy	Central	(W) 48-46
				1/7/25	Central	Spring Hill Christian Academy	(W) 56-38
1/8/25	Nature Coast Tech	Hernando	(L) 58-32	1/10/25	Nature Coast Tech	Central	(L) 41-34
1/28/25	Hernando	Nature Coast Tech	(L) 57-37	1/31/25	Central	Nature Coast Tech	(L) 39-24
1/10/25	Hernando	Springstead	(L) 58-43	12/13/24	Springstead	Central	(L) 54-34
1/31/25	Springstead	Hernando	(W) 58-57	1/21/25	Central	Springstead	(L) 48-34

Record Breakdown

Hernando (24-25)		Central (24-25)
19-8	Overall	11-12
4-0	League	1-4
12-7	Non-League	10-8
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
10-6	Common Opponent	9-7
9-3	Home	6-6
8-4	Away	5-6
2-1	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	0-0
19-8	In-State	11-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0