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Palisades Independence

Pumas

Patriots

The Independence (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Palisades (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 51-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Palisades	6	12	20	13	51
Independence	12	14	9	10	45

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Independence (24-25)

Palisades

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	160	51	16	46	35	37
1	Joshua Harris (Jr)	11	2	1	1	100	100
2	Jayen Reeves (Jr)	25	22	6	12	50	58
3	Matthew Dillard (Sr)	27	6	3	11	27	27
4	Brighton Lester (So)	26	5	2	4	50	50
5	Tymon Simpkins (Sr)	26	6	1	5	20	20
15	Micah VanFossen (Jr)	6	0	0	3	0	0
22	Aurek Fenn (Sr)	24	6	2	3	67	67

Independence

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	218	45	17	61	28	31
1	Lusemo Macharia (So)	20	6	2	7	29	29
2	Ayden Davis (Sr)	16	4	1	3	33	50
4	Nick Barnes (Sr)	32		0	6	0	0
5	Daniel Waritay (Sr)	35	20	8	16	50	53
10	Dylan McFarland (Jr)	13	4	2	9	22	22
11	Omarion Burgess (Jr)	29	3	1	2	50	50
12	Kaleb Jasper (Sr)	31		0	6	0	0
22	Sawyer Fike (Jr)	3		0	0
23	Jaxson Neely (Jr)	39	8	3	12	25	33

Palisades

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	160	51	2	8	25	17	23	74	14	38	37
1	Joshua Harris (Jr)	11	2							1	1	100
2	Jayen Reeves (Jr)	25	22	2	3	67	8	10	80	4	9	44
3	Matthew Dillard (Sr)	27	6				0	2	0	3	11	27
4	Brighton Lester (So)	26	5	0	2	0	1	1	100	2	2	100
5	Tymon Simpkins (Sr)	26	6				4	4	100	1	5	20
15	Micah VanFossen (Jr)	6	0	0	2	0				0	1	0
22	Aurek Fenn (Sr)	24	6				2	4	50	2	3	67

Independence

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	218	45	4	27	15	7	13	54	13	34	38
1	Lusemo Macharia (So)	20	6	0	0	0	2	2	100	2	7	29
2	Ayden Davis (Sr)	16	4	1	3	33	1	2	50	0	0	0
4	Nick Barnes (Sr)	32		0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Daniel Waritay (Sr)	35	20	1	3	33	3	6	50	7	13	54
10	Dylan McFarland (Jr)	13	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
11	Omarion Burgess (Jr)	29	3	0	1	0	1	1	100	1	1	100
12	Kaleb Jasper (Sr)	31		0	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	0
22	Sawyer Fike (Jr)	3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Jaxson Neely (Jr)	39	8	2	8	25	0	0	0	1	4	25

Palisades

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	160	51	9	30	39	11	6	3	16	16
1	Joshua Harris (Jr)	11	2	1		1		1		2	2
2	Jayen Reeves (Jr)	25	22	0	5	5	5			1	4
3	Matthew Dillard (Sr)	27	6	4	1	5	1	1	1	1	1
4	Brighton Lester (So)	26	5	1	5	6	2	2		5	1
5	Tymon Simpkins (Sr)	26	6	2	3	5	1	2		3	5
15	Micah VanFossen (Jr)	6	0		1	1
22	Aurek Fenn (Sr)	24	6		8	8			2	3	2

Independence

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	218	45	8	19	27	6	10	5	11	15
1	Lusemo Macharia (So)	20	6	5	4	9	0	1	2	2	0
2	Ayden Davis (Sr)	16	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
4	Nick Barnes (Sr)	32		1	1	2	0	1	2	0	1
5	Daniel Waritay (Sr)	35	20	2	3	5	0	2	1	2	0
10	Dylan McFarland (Jr)	13	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
11	Omarion Burgess (Jr)	29	3	0	0		1	2	0	1	2
12	Kaleb Jasper (Sr)	31		0	2	2	4	1	0	3	4
22	Sawyer Fike (Jr)	3		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
23	Jaxson Neely (Jr)	39	8	0	6	6	1	3	0	2	3
31	W. Whipper-Daniel (Sr)	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	1
32	Moreno Fisher (So)	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	1

Palisades

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.69	0.38	0.38	0.19	6
1	Joshua Harris (Jr)		0.50	0.50
2	Jayen Reeves (Jr)	5.00
3	Matthew Dillard (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1
4	Brighton Lester (So)	0.40	0.40	2.00		1
5	Tymon Simpkins (Sr)	0.33	0.67	0.40		2
22	Aurek Fenn (Sr)				1.00

Independence

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	0.55	0.91	0.67	0.33	1
1	Lusemo Macharia (So)	0.00	0.50	1.00	2.00
2	Ayden Davis (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
4	Nick Barnes (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	2.00
5	Daniel Waritay (Sr)	0.00	1.00	2.00	1.00
11	Omarion Burgess (Jr)	1.00	2.00	1.00	0.00
12	Kaleb Jasper (Sr)	1.33	0.33	0.25	0.00
23	Jaxson Neely (Jr)	0.50	1.50	1.00	0.00

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Palisades holds off Independence

December 10, 2024: Charlotte, NC 28227

The Palisades Pumas basketball team scored 51 points and limited the host Independence Patriots to 45 in the Pumas non-league triumph on Tuesday.

The Pumas now possess a 4-3 record. They play next when they travel to Cox Mill for a non-league contest on Saturday, December 14.

In their next game, the Patriots battle the Wakefield Wolverines (Raleigh, NC) in a non-league contest, on Saturday, December 14. Independence will attempt to better on its 6-1 season record. The Wolverines go into the contest with a 3-2 record after their 81-70 non-league win over Leesville Road (Raleigh, NC).

Players of the Game

Palisades (24-25)

Congratulations to #2 Jayen Reeves for being selected the Palisades Basketball Player of the Game.

Independence (24-25)

Congratulations to #5 Daniel Waritay for being selected the Independence Basketball Player of the Game.

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Palisades
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Palisades @ Independence Basketball Game Info

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

The Independence (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Palisades (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 51-45.

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Rankings & Records

Palisades (24-25)

NC	Class
161	29

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
13-13	6-7	6-3	6-8	1-2	.500	.462	1,490	1,415

Independence (24-25)

NC	Class
34	7

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
23-6	10-2	14-2	8-3	1-1	.793	.833	1,801	1,404

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Palisades	11.9	12.9	14.6	15.2	9.5	57.3
Independence	14.7	16.7	14.9	15.1	11.0	62.1

Head-to-Head

Palisades won on 12/10/2024

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

Palisades 6 12 20 13 51
Independence 12 14 9 10 45

The Palisades (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against Independence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 51-45.
Box score
Independence won on 2/25/2025

2/25 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Palisades 6 4 17 7 34
Independence 11 17 10 16 54

The Palisades (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away playoff game against Independence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 54-34.
Box score

2/25 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Palisades	6	4	17	7	34
Independence	11	17	10	16	54

Team Stat Comparison

Palisades		Independence
57.2	Points Per Game	62.1
28.8	Rebounds Per Game	26.4
12.2	Assists Per Game	11.9
7.8	Steals Per Game	9.9
2.7	Blocks Per Game	4.2

Team Leaders

Palisades		Independence	National Avg.
#0 Kingston Henry17.2	Points Per Game	#1 Lusemo Macharia10.7	4.9
#5 Tymon Simpkins5.9	Rebounds Per Game	#1 Lusemo Macharia7.2	2.6
#5 Tymon Simpkins3.0	Assists Per Game	#12 Kaleb Jasper4.9	1.0
#4 Brighton Lester1.7	Steals Per Game	#11 Omarion Burgess2.3	0.8
#22 Aurek Fenn1.0	Blocks Per Game	#1 Lusemo Macharia2.4	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Palisades	3-4		Independence	6-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/16/24	West Cabarrus	Palisades	(W) 46-43	12/2/24	Independence	West Cabarrus	(W) 53-38
11/19/24	Palisades	East Mecklenburg	(L) 59-54	1/9/25	East Mecklenburg	Independence	(W) 69-45
				2/7/25	Independence	East Mecklenburg	(L) 58-55
12/3/24	Catawba Ridge	Palisades	(W) 54-36	12/28/24	Catawba Ridge	Independence	(W) 55-31
12/4/24	Palisades	Lancaster	(L) 62-50	12/27/24	Lancaster	Independence	(L) 70-66
12/27/24	Palisades	Butler	(W) 82-81	1/17/25	Independence	Butler	(L) 56-44
				2/14/25	Butler	Independence	(W) 48-44
				2/21/25	Butler	Independence	(W) 70-32
1/3/25	South Mecklenburg	Palisades	(L) 72-67	12/6/24	Independence	South Mecklenburg	(W) 62-51
1/31/25	Palisades	South Mecklenburg	(L) 63-61

Record Breakdown

Palisades (24-25)		Independence (24-25)
13-13	Overall	23-6
6-7	League	12-2
5-4	Non-League	9-3
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
3-4	Common Opponent	6-3
6-3	Home	14-2
6-8	Away	8-3
1-2	Neutral	1-1
0-1	Playoff	2-1
12-11	In-State	21-5
1-2	Out-of-State	2-1

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North Carolina High School Basketball - Palisades holds off Independence

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