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Lovejoy Melissa

Leopards

Cardinals

The Melissa (TX) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Lovejoy (Lucas, TX) by a score of 39-37.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lovejoy	-	-	-	-	37
Melissa	-	-	-	-	39

Final score provided by K. Stinton.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Lovejoy (23-24)

Lovejoy has not entered stats for this game.

Melissa (23-24)

Melissa

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	39	17	44	39	40
2	Sienna Ayyad (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0
3	Katie DiFloria (Sr)	7	3	7	43	43
10	Lilly Sanford (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
15	Noelle Pletcher (Jr)	10	4	12	33	33
23	Kennedy Stout (Jr)	18	8	14	57	61
25	Caigan Crabtree (Jr)	4	2	5	40	40
33	Lynli Dittfurth (So)	0	0	1	0	0

Melissa

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	39	1	8	13	4	7	57	16	36	44
2	Sienna Ayyad (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	Katie DiFloria (Sr)	7	0	2	0	1	2	50	3	5	60
10	Lilly Sanford (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	Noelle Pletcher (Jr)	10	0	1	0	2	3	67	4	11	36
23	Kennedy Stout (Jr)	18	1	3	33	1	2	50	7	11	64
25	Caigan Crabtree (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
33	Lynli Dittfurth (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Melissa

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	39	9	22	31	12	7	4	20	11
2	Sienna Ayyad (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	2
3	Katie DiFloria (Sr)	7	2	4	6	3	2	0	6	2
10	Lilly Sanford (Fr)	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	3	1
15	Noelle Pletcher (Jr)	10	2	5	7	3	1	1	4	3
22	Ebunoluwa Akapo (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	Kennedy Stout (Jr)	18	3	5	8	4	1	2	2	0
25	Caigan Crabtree (Jr)	4	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	3
33	Lynli Dittfurth (So)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0

Melissa

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.60	0.35	0.64	0.36	1	4
2	Sienna Ayyad (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0
3	Katie DiFloria (Sr)	0.50	0.33	1.00	0.00	1	1
10	Lilly Sanford (Fr)	0.67	0.33	1.00	0.00	0	0
15	Noelle Pletcher (Jr)	0.75	0.25	0.33	0.33	0	1
23	Kennedy Stout (Jr)	2.00	0.50	1.00	2.00	0	2
25	Caigan Crabtree (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	0	0

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Game Story

Texas High School Basketball - Melissa edges Lovejoy

December 12, 2023: Melissa, TX 75454

The Melissa Cardinals (Melissa, TX) basketball nipped the visiting Lovejoy Leopards (Lucas, TX), 39-37 in Tuesday's league test.

The Cardinals (11-7) will now prepare for their test against Van Alstyne (Van Alstyne, TX). The Panthers go into the non-league test with a 10-5 record. In their last test, Van Alstyne got by Sanger (Sanger, TX), 43-33, in a non-league test.

The Leopards now own a 12-7 record. They play next when they host Greenville for a 5A Region II District 13 test on Friday, December 15. Lovejoy will encounter a Lions squad coming off a 94-6 league loss to McKinney North (McKinney, TX). The Lions record now stands at 0-17.

Lovejoy @ Melissa Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 12, 2023 @ 5:45p

The Melissa (TX) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Lovejoy (Lucas, TX) by a score of 39-37.

Rankings & Records

Lovejoy (23-24)

TX	Section	State Div.
186	45	35

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
21-15	6-6	5-4	7-5	9-6	.583	.500	1,912	1,559

Melissa (23-24)

TX	Section	State Div.
248	57	51

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
21-12	8-4	12-4	6-5	3-3	.636	.667	1,572	1,174

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lovejoy	15.4	12.4	14.5	11.0	53.1
Melissa	11.8	10.3	9.8	10.0	47.6

Head-to-Head

Melissa won on 12/12/2023

12/12 @ 5:45p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Lovejoy - - - - 37
Melissa - - - - 39

The Lovejoy (Lucas, TX) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Melissa (TX) by a score of 39-37.
Box score
Melissa won on 1/16/2024

1/16 @ 5:45p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Melissa - - - - 47
Lovejoy - - - - 46

The Melissa (TX) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Lovejoy (Lucas, TX) by a score of 47-46.
Box score

1/16 @ 5:45p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Melissa	-	-	-	-	47
Lovejoy	-	-	-	-	46

Team Stat Comparison

Lovejoy		Melissa
-	Points Per Game	47.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	28.7
-	Assists Per Game	9.8
-	Steals Per Game	13.8
-	Blocks Per Game	1.8

Team Leaders

Lovejoy		Melissa	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#23 Kennedy Stout11.2	4.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Kennedy Stout6.6	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#3 Katie DiFloria3.6	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#3 Katie DiFloria2.8	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#23 Kennedy Stout0.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Lovejoy	8-5		Melissa	7-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/14/23	Lovejoy	Heritage	(W) 58-46	11/3/23	Heritage	Melissa	(L) 45-32
11/21/23	Lovejoy	Sunnyvale	(L) 59-46	12/2/23	Melissa	Sunnyvale	(L) 44-23
12/15/23	Greenville	Lovejoy	(W) 82-12	12/19/23	Melissa	Greenville	(W) 73-11
1/19/24	Lovejoy	Greenville	(W) 83-12	1/23/24	Greenville	Melissa	(W) 94-12
12/19/23	Lovejoy	Sherman	(W) 62-37	1/2/24	Sherman	Melissa	(W) 76-33
1/23/24	Sherman	Lovejoy	(W) 63-36	1/26/24	Melissa	Sherman	(W) 47-30
12/29/23	North Lamar	Lovejoy	(W) 41-33	11/10/23	North Lamar	Melissa	(W) 35-33
1/2/24	Denison	Lovejoy	(W) 82-20	1/5/24	Melissa	Denison	(W) 49-39
1/26/24	Lovejoy	Denison	(W) 59-27	1/30/24	Denison	Melissa	(W) 59-32
1/5/24	Lovejoy	Princeton	(L) 47-31	1/9/24	Princeton	Melissa	(L) 58-46
1/30/24	Princeton	Lovejoy	(L) 46-39	2/2/24	Melissa	Princeton	(L) 42-34
1/9/24	McKinney North	Lovejoy	(L) 55-37	1/12/24	Melissa	McKinney North	(L) 51-28
2/2/24	Lovejoy	McKinney North	(L) 73-40	2/6/24	McKinney North	Melissa	(L) 59-27

Record Breakdown

Lovejoy (23-24)		Melissa (23-24)
21-15	Overall	21-12
6-6	League	8-4
6-3	Non-League	8-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
8-5	Common Opponent	7-6
5-4	Home	12-4
7-5	Away	6-5
9-6	Neutral	3-3
0-1	Playoff	0-1
21-15	In-State	20-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0