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East Mecklenburg Butler

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The Butler (Matthews, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 48-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
East Mecklenburg	14	5	9	17	45
Butler	12	16	8	12	48

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Butler (23-24)

East Mecklenburg

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	45	18	50	36	38
0	Derrick Rupert (Jr)	9	4	7	57	57
1	Bryson Heath (Sr)	9	4	12	33	33
2	Vance Johnson (Jr)	2	0	5	0	0
3	James Mciver (Jr)	4	1	1	100	100
4	Ahmari Hicks (Jr)	15	7	18	39	42
5	Jordan Buzzard (So)	6	2	6	33	42
10	I. Ramirez-toro (So)	0	0	1	0	0

Butler

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	48	14	45	31	34
0	Ashton Lawrence (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
1	Caleb Milligan (Jr)	4	1	6	17	17
4	D. Currence (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
5	Eli Grier (So)	7	3	9	33	39
11	Tyler Showalter (Sr)	21	4	13	31	35
12	Tofiq Azar (So)	0	0	2	0	0
15	Terrance Badio (So)	9	3	5	60	60
23	Aree Branch (Fr)	3	1	3	33	50

East Mecklenburg

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	45	2	15	13	7	9	78	16	35	46
0	Derrick Rupert (Jr)	9	0	1	0	1	1	100	4	6	67
1	Bryson Heath (Sr)	9	0	1	0	1	2	50	4	11	36
2	Vance Johnson (Jr)	2	0	4	0	2	2	100	0	1	0
3	James Mciver (Jr)	4	0	0	0	2	2	100	1	1	100
4	Ahmari Hicks (Jr)	15	1	7	14	0	0	0	6	11	55
5	Jordan Buzzard (So)	6	1	2	50	1	2	50	1	4	25
10	I. Ramirez-toro (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Butler

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	48	3	17	18	17	21	81	11	28	39
0	Ashton Lawrence (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
1	Caleb Milligan (Jr)	4	0	5	0	2	2	100	1	1	100
4	D. Currence (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	20
5	Eli Grier (So)	7	1	5	20	0	0	0	2	4	50
11	Tyler Showalter (Sr)	21	1	3	33	12	15	80	3	10	30
12	Tofiq Azar (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Terrance Badio (So)	9	0	0	0	3	4	75	3	5	60
23	Aree Branch (Fr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	1	0

East Mecklenburg

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	45	15	15	30	9	6	2	13
0	Derrick Rupert (Jr)	9	4	3	7	1	1	0	1
1	Bryson Heath (Sr)	9	2	2	4	4	3	0	4
2	Vance Johnson (Jr)	2	2	1	3	3	2	0	3
3	James Mciver (Jr)	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
4	Ahmari Hicks (Jr)	15	1	6	7	1	0	0	1
5	Jordan Buzzard (So)	6	5	3	8	0	0	2	3

Butler

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	48	6	13	19	7	10	1	11
0	Ashton Lawrence (Sr)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
1	Caleb Milligan (Jr)	4	2	1	3	0	0	0	3
4	D. Currence (Jr)	2	1	1	2	3	2	0	1
5	Eli Grier (So)	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
11	Tyler Showalter (Sr)	21	0	7	7	0	2	1	4
12	Tofiq Azar (So)	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0
15	Terrance Badio (So)	9	1	1	2	1	0	0	2
23	Aree Branch (Fr)	3	1	1	2	1	2	0	0

East Mecklenburg

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.69	0.46	2	6
0	Derrick Rupert (Jr)	1.00	1.00	2	1
1	Bryson Heath (Sr)	1.00	0.75	0	2
2	Vance Johnson (Jr)	1.00	0.67	0	1
4	Ahmari Hicks (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0	0
5	Jordan Buzzard (So)	0.00	0.00	0	2

Butler

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.64	0.91	7
4	D. Currence (Jr)	3.00	2.00	3
5	Eli Grier (So)	0.00	3.00	2
11	Tyler Showalter (Sr)	0.00	0.50	1
12	Tofiq Azar (So)	2.00	1.00	1
15	Terrance Badio (So)	0.50	0.00	0
23	Aree Branch (Fr)	1.00	2.00	0

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East Mecklenburg vs Butler Game Highlights - Dec. 15, 2023 805 views 1:38

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Butler nudges East Mecklenburg

December 15, 2023: Matthews, NC 28105

In Friday's league outing, the Butler Bulldogs (Matthews, NC) basketball squad edged the visiting East Mecklenburg Eagles (Charlotte, NC), by a count of 48-45.

The Bulldogs (4-4) will now prepare for their outing against Berry (Charlotte, NC). The Cardinal go into the non-league outing with a 1-8 record. In their last outing, Berry was tipped by Ardrey Kell (Charlotte, NC), 75-69, in a league outing.

The Eagles now hold a 7-2 record. They play next when they host Marvin Ridge for a non-league outing on Tuesday, December 19. East Mecklenburg will clash with a Mavericks squad coming off a 54-52 non-league win over West Cabarrus (Concord, NC). The Mavericks record now stands at 6-2.

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East Mecklenburg (23-24)

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Butler (23-24)

Congratulations to #11 Tyler Showalter for being selected the Butler Basketball Player of the Game.

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Rankings & Records

East Mecklenburg (23-24)

NC	Class
155	28

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-12	5-7	7-5	6-5	2-2	.556	.417	1,546	1,434

Butler (23-24)

NC	Class
69	14

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
20-9	10-2	8-3	7-4	5-2	.690	.833	1,750	1,507

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
East Mecklenburg	14.2	11.8	15.5	14.3	-	-	57.3
Butler	15.7	12.9	15.1	15.7	6.5	11.0	60.3

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Head-to-Head

Butler won on 12/15/2023

12/15 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

East Mecklenburg 14 5 9 17 45
Butler 12 16 8 12 48

The East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Butler (Matthews, NC) by a score of 48-45.
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Butler won on 2/2/2024

2/2 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Butler 14 15 15 16 60
East Mecklenburg 12 8 9 10 39

The Butler (Matthews, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 60-39.
Box score

2/2 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Butler	14	15	15	16	60
East Mecklenburg	12	8	9	10	39

Team Stat Comparison

East Mecklenburg		Butler
56.8	Points Per Game	60.3
25.0	Rebounds Per Game	29.5
10.1	Assists Per Game	13.4
6.0	Steals Per Game	8.9
2.8	Blocks Per Game	2.9

Team Leaders

East Mecklenburg		Butler	National Avg.
#4 Ahmari Hicks16.0	Points Per Game	#11 Tyler Showalter21.5	4.9
#5 Jordan Buzzard8.4	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Tyler Showalter8.7	2.6
#1 Bryson Heath3.6	Assists Per Game	#4 DeQuadre Currence4.5	1.0
#1 Bryson Heath2.0	Steals Per Game	#11 Tyler Showalter1.6	0.8
#5 Jordan Buzzard1.9	Blocks Per Game	#11 Tyler Showalter2.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
East Mecklenburg	11-8		Butler	14-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/17/23	East Mecklenburg	Berry	(W) 61-49	12/20/23	Berry	Butler	(W) 60-49
12/1/23	East Mecklenburg	Sun Valley	(W) 52-45	1/16/24	Butler	Sun Valley	(W) 71-53
12/5/23	Piedmont	East Mecklenburg	(W) 74-54	11/28/23	Piedmont	Butler	(W) 56-44
12/28/23	Piedmont	East Mecklenburg	(W) 57-49
12/8/23	East Mecklenburg	Rocky River	(W) 53-51	1/5/24	Rocky River	Butler	(W) 63-54
1/26/24	Rocky River	East Mecklenburg	(L) 66-58	2/6/24	Butler	Rocky River	(W) 66-53
				2/22/24	Rocky River	Butler	(W) 76-62
12/12/23	Garinger	East Mecklenburg	(W) 89-50	12/8/23	Butler	Garinger	(W) 88-50
1/30/24	East Mecklenburg	Garinger	(W) 71-41	1/26/24	Garinger	Butler	(W) 67-34
				2/20/24	Garinger	Butler	(W) 66-23
12/30/23	Independence	East Mecklenburg	(W) 50-34	1/19/24	Butler	Independence	(L) 52-41
1/10/24	Independence	East Mecklenburg	(L) 44-39	2/16/24	Independence	Butler	(L) 39-37
2/9/24	East Mecklenburg	Independence	(L) 57-54	2/23/24	Butler	Independence	(W) 54-52
2/22/24	East Mecklenburg	Independence	(L) 45-43
1/4/24	Weddington	East Mecklenburg	(L) 69-55	12/5/23	Butler	Weddington	(L) 69-61
2/27/24	East Mecklenburg	Weddington	(L) 67-52	3/1/24	Butler	Weddington	(L) 56-51
1/16/24	Charlotte Catholic	East Mecklenburg	(L) 70-58	1/10/24	Charlotte Catholic	Butler	(W) 68-60
2/13/24	East Mecklenburg	Charlotte Catholic	(L) 58-51	2/9/24	Butler	Charlotte Catholic	(W) 58-46
1/19/24	East Mecklenburg	Providence	(W) 55-38	12/12/23	Butler	Providence	(W) 64-46
2/16/24	Providence	East Mecklenburg	(W) 58-44	1/30/24	Providence	Butler	(W) 59-42
2/20/24	Providence	East Mecklenburg	(W) 58-47

Record Breakdown

East Mecklenburg (23-24)		Butler (23-24)
15-12	Overall	20-9
6-8	League	13-2
6-1	Non-League	4-5
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
11-8	Common Opponent	14-4
7-5	Home	8-3
6-5	Away	7-4
2-2	Neutral	5-2
0-1	Playoff	1-1
14-12	In-State	20-7
1-0	Out-of-State	0-2