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The Pinecrest (Southern Pines, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against South Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) in overtime by a score of 80-77.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
South Mecklenburg	22	13	16	22	4	77
Pinecrest	16	24	14	19	7	80

Final score provided by C. McDonald.

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Game Stats

Pinecrest (24-25)

South Mecklenburg

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	77	25	59	42	53
2	Ben Houpt (Jr)	19	7	15	47	63
3	Connor Yett (Jr)	9	4	5	80	80
5	Pierce Page (Jr)	6	2	4	50	63
10	Aj Sanner (Jr)	6	2	5	40	60
12	Jaelen King (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
15	Charlie Parker (So)	2	1	3	33	33
22	Jim Gatehouse (Jr)	29	7	18	39	50
23	Chief Hunter (So)	4	1	5	20	30

Pinecrest

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	80
2	Savion Jackson (Sr)	12
3	Elijah Melton (Sr)	20
5	Zymire Spencer (Sr)	29
12	Blake Hillyard (Sr)	9
14	Eric Melton (So)	7
22	T. McLaughlin (Jr)	2
34	K. Van Scoyoc (Sr)	1

South Mecklenburg

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	77	13	35	37	14	21	67	12	24	50
2	Ben Houpt (Jr)	19	5	12	42	0	1	0	2	3	67
3	Connor Yett (Jr)	9	0	0	0	1	3	33	4	5	80
5	Pierce Page (Jr)	6	1	3	33	1	3	33	1	1	100
10	Aj Sanner (Jr)	6	2	5	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Jaelen King (Jr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
15	Charlie Parker (So)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
22	Jim Gatehouse (Jr)	29	4	11	36	11	12	92	3	7	43
23	Chief Hunter (So)	4	1	1	100	1	2	50	0	4	0

Pinecrest

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	80
2	Savion Jackson (Sr)	12
3	Elijah Melton (Sr)	20
5	Zymire Spencer (Sr)	29
12	Blake Hillyard (Sr)	9
14	Eric Melton (So)	7
22	T. McLaughlin (Jr)	2
34	K. Van Scoyoc (Sr)	1

South Mecklenburg

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	77	12	19	31	13	14	9	21	16
2	Ben Houpt (Jr)	19	0	2	2	7	3	1	10	4
3	Connor Yett (Jr)	9	6	5	11	1	2	3	3	4
5	Pierce Page (Jr)	6	2	2	4	1	0	0	2	1
10	Aj Sanner (Jr)	6	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	1
11	Cameron Fuller (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	Jaelen King (Jr)	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	2
15	Charlie Parker (So)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
20	Luke Gathings (Jr)	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0
22	Jim Gatehouse (Jr)	29	0	4	4	0	2	4	3	4
23	Chief Hunter (So)	4	2	1	3	3	2	0	0	0

Pinecrest

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	80
2	Savion Jackson (Sr)	12
3	Elijah Melton (Sr)	20
5	Zymire Spencer (Sr)	29
12	Blake Hillyard (Sr)	9
14	Eric Melton (So)	7
22	T. McLaughlin (Jr)	2
34	K. Van Scoyoc (Sr)	1

South Mecklenburg

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.62	0.67	0.88	0.56	9
2	Ben Houpt (Jr)	0.70	0.30	0.75	0.25	2
3	Connor Yett (Jr)	0.33	0.67	0.50	0.75	2
5	Pierce Page (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
10	Aj Sanner (Jr)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	1
12	Jaelen King (Jr)	0.00	2.00	1.00	0.00	1
15	Charlie Parker (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
20	Luke Gathings (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1
22	Jim Gatehouse (Jr)	0.00	0.67	0.50	1.00	0
23	Chief Hunter (So)	3.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	2

Misc Totals

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - South Mecklenburg held off by Pinecrest

December 11, 2024: Southern Pines, NC 28387

In Wednesday's non-league test, the Pinecrest Patriots (Southern Pines, NC) basketball squad got by the visiting South Mecklenburg Sabres (Charlotte, NC), by a score of 80-77.

Next, the Patriots encounter the Southern Lee Cavaliers (Sanford, NC) in a 3A/4A Sandhills test, on Friday, December 13. Pinecrest will attempt to improve on its 5-2 season record. The Cavaliers come into the test with a 9-0 record after their 90-36 league win over Scotland (Laurinburg, NC).

The Sabres (3-5) will now prepare for their test against Richmond (Rockingham, NC). The Raiders come into the non-league test with a 1-6 record. In their last test, Richmond was nipped by Pinecrest (Southern Pines, NC), 62-58, in a league test.

Players of the Game

South Mecklenburg (24-25)

Congratulations to #22 Jim Gatehouse for being selected the South Mecklenburg Basketball Player of the Game.

Pinecrest (24-25)

Pinecrest has not selected any Players of the Game.

SMHS @ Pinecrest Basketball Game Info

Wed., Dec. 11, 2024 @ 7:30p

Pinecrest High Gym

The Pinecrest (Southern Pines, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against South Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) in overtime by a score of 80-77.

Rankings & Records

South Mecklenburg (24-25)

NC	Class
114	19

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
17-11	10-4	10-3	6-6	1-2	.607	.714	1,789	1,711

Pinecrest (24-25)

NC	Class
216	30

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-10	8-6	9-2	5-7	1-1	.600	.571	1,411	1,404

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
South Mecklenburg	14.9	14.4	18.4	15.7	4.7	8.0	63.9
Pinecrest	13.2	14.1	14.3	16.3	11.7	-	56.4

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Team Stat Comparison

South Mecklenburg		Pinecrest
63.7	Points Per Game	42.1
24.6	Rebounds Per Game	6.8
12.3	Assists Per Game	2.6
6.6	Steals Per Game	3.0
3.0	Blocks Per Game	0.4

Team Leaders

South Mecklenburg		Pinecrest	National Avg.
#2 Ben Houpt15.3	Points Per Game	#5 Zymire Spencer19.9	4.9
#3 Connor Yett5.4	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Elijah Melton2.4	2.6
#2 Ben Houpt4.0	Assists Per Game	#5 Zymire Spencer1.8	1.0
#4 Myles Howard1.4	Steals Per Game	#5 Zymire Spencer1.7	0.8
#22 Jim Gatehouse0.9	Blocks Per Game	#3 Elijah Melton0.3	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
South Mecklenburg	2-0		Pinecrest	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/19/24	Providence	South Mecklenburg	(W) 81-77	1/3/25	Providence	Pinecrest	(W) 64-63
12/12/24	Richmond Senior	South Mecklenburg	(W) 90-83	12/10/24	Richmond Senior	Pinecrest	(W) 62-58
				1/28/25	Pinecrest	Richmond Senior	(L) 66-54
				2/18/25	Pinecrest	Richmond Senior	(L) 71-61

Record Breakdown

South Mecklenburg (24-25)		Pinecrest (24-25)
17-11	Overall	15-10
11-4	League	8-6
6-6	Non-League	5-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-0	Common Opponent	2-2
10-3	Home	9-2
6-6	Away	5-7
1-2	Neutral	1-1
0-1	Playoff	0-1
17-11	In-State	15-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0