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The Nantahala (Topton, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Blue Ridge Early College (Cashiers, NC) by a score of 79-72.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
BREC	-	-	-	-	79
Nantahala	-	-	-	-	72

Final score provided by B. Henson.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Blue Ridge Early College (22-23)

Nantahala (22-23)

Blue Ridge Early College

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	79	32	86	37	40
2	Eric Puskarich (Jr)	14	6	21	29	33
5	Riley Nicholson (Jr)	8	4	8	50	50
14	Tyler Green (So)	13	5	15	33	33
15	A. Baumgarner (Fr)	6	2	8	25	25
22	Ethan Henson (Jr)	18	7	17	41	44
23	Ashtin Zachary (Sr)	4	1	1	100	100

Nantahala

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	72	24	67	36	41
2	Cole McCoy (Fr)	54	16	34	47	56
5	Chase McMahan (Fr)	5	2	7	29	29
15	Dylan Baldwin (Fr)	5	2	3	67	83
21	M. Pendergrass (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
25	Matteo Garate (Fr)	4	2	6	33	33
30	Jacen Carver (Jr)	4	2	9	22	22
34	Curtis Douthit (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
35	Hunter Bryant (Fr)	0	0	6	0	0

Blue Ridge Early College

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	79	5	18	28	10	35	29	27	68	40
2	Eric Puskarich (Jr)	14	2	7	29	0	1	0	4	14	29
5	Riley Nicholson (Jr)	8				0	4	0	4	8	50
14	Tyler Green (So)	13				3	11	27	5	15	33
15	A. Baumgarner (Fr)	6	0	2	0	2	6	33	2	6	33
22	Ethan Henson (Jr)	18	1	2	50	3	7	43	6	15	40
23	Ashtin Zachary (Sr)	4				2	4	50	1	1	100

Nantahala

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	72	7	23	30	17	35	49	17	44	39
2	Cole McCoy (Fr)	54	6	13	46	16	27	59	10	21	48
5	Chase McMahan (Fr)	5	0	0	0	1	4	25	2	7	29
15	Dylan Baldwin (Fr)	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	1	100
21	M. Pendergrass (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Matteo Garate (Fr)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
30	Jacen Carver (Jr)	4	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	8	25
34	Curtis Douthit (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35	Hunter Bryant (Fr)	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Blue Ridge Early College

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	79	54	21	11	5	21
2	Eric Puskarich (Jr)	14	9	7	1
5	Riley Nicholson (Jr)	8	9	1	1	1	2
11	Evan Pressley (Fr)		1
14	Tyler Green (So)	13	7	1	3	2	3
15	A. Baumgarner (Fr)	6	5	4	2		3
22	Ethan Henson (Jr)	18	14	4	1	1	0
23	Ashtin Zachary (Sr)	4	1

Nantahala

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	72	7	25	32	4	11	2	28	26
2	Cole McCoy (Fr)	54	0	7	7	2	8	0	11	4
5	Chase McMahan (Fr)	5	2	5	7	1	1	2	2	0
15	Dylan Baldwin (Fr)	5	1	3	4	0	1	0	6	4
21	M. Pendergrass (Fr)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
25	Matteo Garate (Fr)	4	3	3	6	1	1	0	2	2
30	Jacen Carver (Jr)	4	0	5	5	0	0	0	2	5
34	Curtis Douthit (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
35	Hunter Bryant (Fr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	5

Blue Ridge Early College

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.00	0.52
5	Riley Nicholson (Jr)	0.50	0.50
14	Tyler Green (So)	0.33	1.00
15	A. Baumgarner (Fr)	1.33	0.67
22	Ethan Henson (Jr)	4.00	1.00

Nantahala

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.14	0.39	0.42	0.08	3
2	Cole McCoy (Fr)	0.18	0.73	2.00	0.00	3
5	Chase McMahan (Fr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	2.00	0
15	Dylan Baldwin (Fr)	0.00	0.17	0.25	0.00	0
25	Matteo Garate (Fr)	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.00	0

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Nantahala can't hold off Blue Ridge Early College

December 16, 2022: Topton, NC 28781

The Blue Ridge Early College Bobcats basketball team scored 79 points and restricted the host Nantahala Hawks to 72 in the Bobcats non-league victory on Friday.

The Bobcats now sport a 2-5 record. They put it on the line next when they host Invest Collegiate Imagine for a non-league contest on Monday, December 19.

The Hawks (3-5) will now prepare for their contest against Murphy (Murphy, NC). The Bulldogs come into the non-league contest with a 2-5 record.

BREC @ Nantahala Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 16, 2022 @ 7:30p

The Nantahala (Topton, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Blue Ridge Early College (Cashiers, NC) by a score of 79-72.

Rankings & Records

Blue Ridge Early College (22-23)

NC	Class
655	52

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
4-18	2-4	2-9	2-8	0-1	.182	.333	1,046	1,493

Nantahala (22-23)

NC	Class
660	53

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
2-16	0-6	2-8	0-8	.111	.000	718	1,405

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Blue Ridge Early College	13.1	8.6	9.6	9.8	47.5
Nantahala	11.9	11.7	9.7	11.2	39.9

Head-to-Head

Blue Ridge Early College won on 12/16/2022

12/16 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

BREC - - - - 79
Nantahala - - - - 72

The Blue Ridge Early College (Cashiers, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Nantahala (Topton, NC) by a score of 79-72.
Box score
Blue Ridge Early College won on 2/3/2023

2/3 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Nantahala - - - - 33
BREC - - - - 64

The Nantahala (Topton, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Blue Ridge Early College (Cashiers, NC) by a score of 64-33.
Box score

2/3 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Nantahala	-	-	-	-	33
BREC	-	-	-	-	64

Team Stat Comparison

Blue Ridge Early College		Nantahala
47.5	Points Per Game	39.7
21.0	Rebounds Per Game	21.3
6.0	Assists Per Game	6.2
4.1	Steals Per Game	7.2
1.5	Blocks Per Game	0.6

Team Leaders

Blue Ridge Early College		Nantahala	National Avg.
#2 Eric Puskarich15.3	Points Per Game	#2 Cole McCoy20.6	4.9
#22 Ethan Henson3.9	Rebounds Per Game	#2 Cole McCoy4.8	2.6
#2 Eric Puskarich2.0	Assists Per Game	#2 Cole McCoy3.2	1.0
#15 Anthony Baumgarner0.7	Steals Per Game	#2 Cole McCoy3.3	0.8
#14 Tyler Green1.0	Blocks Per Game	#5 Chase McMahan0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Blue Ridge Early College	2-14		Nantahala	1-13

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/29/22	Andrews	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 78-25	12/9/22	Nantahala	Andrews	(L) 85-32
1/6/23	Blue Ridge Early College	Andrews	(L) 59-23	1/16/23	Andrews	Nantahala	(L) 89-34
12/2/22	Hayesville	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 75-25	1/9/23	Nantahala	Hayesville	(L) 72-14
1/28/23	Blue Ridge Early College	Hayesville	(L) 100-37	1/17/23	Hayesville	Nantahala	(L) 87-33
12/6/22	Blue Ridge Early College	Swain County	(L) 74-40	1/30/23	Nantahala	Swain County	(L) 70-31
12/14/22	Swain County	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 65-27
12/9/22	Summit Charter	Blue Ridge Early College	(W) 62-28	11/15/22	Summit Charter	Nantahala	(W) 79-68
2/1/23	Blue Ridge Early College	Summit Charter	(W) 75-41
1/10/23	Blue Ridge Early College	Robbinsville	(L) 62-38	12/2/22	Robbinsville	Nantahala	(L) 85-43
1/17/23	Murphy	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 73-29	1/6/23	Murphy	Nantahala	(L) 93-26
1/26/23	Hiwassee Dam	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 69-56	1/27/23	Hiwassee Dam	Nantahala	(L) 74-34
2/9/23	Blue Ridge Early College	Hiwassee Dam	(L) 92-32	2/7/23	Nantahala	Hiwassee Dam	(L) 87-47
				2/14/23	Hiwassee Dam	Nantahala	(L) 81-20
1/27/23	Blue Ridge Early College	Highlands	(L) 59-52	12/13/22	Highlands	Nantahala	(L) 89-56
2/7/23	Highlands	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 67-54	2/9/23	Nantahala	Highlands	(L) 77-41
2/14/23	Blue Ridge Early College	Highlands	(L) 66-41
2/6/23	Cherokee	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 77-60	1/10/23	Nantahala	Cherokee	(L) 82-33

Record Breakdown

Blue Ridge Early College (22-23)		Nantahala (22-23)
4-18	Overall	2-16
2-5	League	0-7
2-13	Non-League	2-9
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
2-14	Common Opponent	1-13
2-9	Home	2-8
2-8	Away	0-8
0-1	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
4-17	In-State	2-16
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0