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Pontiac Canton

Indians

Little Giants

The Canton (IL) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Pontiac (IL) by a score of 65-36.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Pontiac	-	-	-	-	36
Canton	-	-	-	-	65

Final score provided by J. Dura.

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Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Pontiac (23-24)

Pontiac has not entered stats for this game.

Canton (23-24)

Canton

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	158	64	27	50	54	59
1	Ava Wenger (Sr)	18	5	2	3	67	83
2	Brooklyn Dennis (Jr)	22	7	3	6	50	58
10	Natalie Downing (Jr)	15	4	2	4	50	50
11	Ella Demler (Jr)	22	16	7	9	78	89
12	Emma Turner (So)	11	0	0	2	0	0
13	Jena Goforth (Sr)	19	10	4	5	80	90
15	M. Correa (So)	10	0	0	3	0	0
21	Grace Spencer (So)	11	6	2	5	40	40
23	Allison Wheeler (Jr)	19	14	6	12	50	50
32	Rachel Parry (Sr)	11	2	1	1	100	100

Canton

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	158	64	5	13	38	5	11	45	22	37	59
1	Ava Wenger (Sr)	18	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	1	100
2	Brooklyn Dennis (Jr)	22	7	1	3	33	0	0	0	2	3	67
10	Natalie Downing (Jr)	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	50
11	Ella Demler (Jr)	22	16	2	3	67	0	0	0	5	6	83
12	Emma Turner (So)	11	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Jena Goforth (Sr)	19	10	1	1	100	1	2	50	3	4	75
15	M. Correa (So)	10	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
21	Grace Spencer (So)	11	6	0	0	0	2	4	50	2	5	40
23	Allison Wheeler (Jr)	19	14	0	1	0	2	3	67	6	11	55
32	Rachel Parry (Sr)	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100

Canton

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	158	64	4	20	24	21	12	3	12	13
1	Ava Wenger (Sr)	18	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	1
2	Brooklyn Dennis (Jr)	22	7	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	3
10	Natalie Downing (Jr)	15	4	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	1
11	Ella Demler (Jr)	22	16	1	4	5	7	1	1	4	1
12	Emma Turner (So)	11	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
13	Jena Goforth (Sr)	19	10	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	2
15	M. Correa (So)	10	0	0	2	2	1	4	1	1	2
21	Grace Spencer (So)	11	6	2	3	5	1	0	0	1	1
23	Allison Wheeler (Jr)	19	14	0	3	3	2	0	1	2	1
32	Rachel Parry (Sr)	11	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1

Canton

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.75	1.00	0.92	0.23	19
1	Ava Wenger (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
2	Brooklyn Dennis (Jr)	4.00	3.00	1.00	0.00	4
10	Natalie Downing (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
11	Ella Demler (Jr)	1.75	0.25	1.00	1.00	2
12	Emma Turner (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
13	Jena Goforth (Sr)	2.00	4.00	2.00	0.00	1
15	M. Correa (So)	1.00	4.00	2.00	0.50	4
21	Grace Spencer (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
23	Allison Wheeler (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	3
32	Rachel Parry (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Pontiac overwhelmed by Canton

December 16, 2023: Pontiac, IL 61764

The Pontiac Indians basketball team (Pontiac, IL), was overwhelmed 65-36 in Saturday's non-league battle with the visiting Canton Little Giants (Canton, IL)

The Little Giants now possess a 12-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to LaSalle-Peru for a non-league battle on Saturday, December 16. Canton will confront a Cavaliers team coming off a 59-14 non-league win over Mendota (Mendota, IL). The Cavaliers record now stands at 6-6.

The Indians (5-8) will now prepare for their battle against St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph, IL). The Spartans come into the Illini Prairie battle with a 4-5 record.

Players of the Game

Pontiac (23-24)

Pontiac has not selected any Players of the Game.

Canton (23-24)

Congratulations to #11 Ella Demler for being selected the Canton Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Pontiac vs Canton Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 16, 2023 @ 2:15p

@Love Gym Ottawa Holiday Tournament

The Canton (IL) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Pontiac (IL) by a score of 65-36.

Rankings & Records

Pontiac (23-24)

IL	Class
299	73

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
14-13	6-3	6-4	7-5	1-4	.519	.667	1,277	1,187

Canton (23-24)

IL	Class
54	11

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
25-9	10-4	6-3	10-6	9-0	.735	.714	1,735	1,459

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Pontiac	10.2	10.4	12.0	8.8	47.3
Canton	12.3	9.7	14.3	11.7	51.0

Team Stat Comparison

Pontiac		Canton
-	Points Per Game	51.0
-	Rebounds Per Game	24.9
-	Assists Per Game	13.8
-	Steals Per Game	9.8
-	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Pontiac		Canton	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#23 Allison Wheeler12.4	4.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Ella Demler6.2	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#11 Ella Demler4.1	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#13 Jena Goforth2.0	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#11 Ella Demler1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Pontiac	0-4		Canton	5-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/13/23	Limestone	Pontiac	(L) 56-49	1/17/24	Limestone	Canton	(W) 58-36
				2/6/24	Canton	Limestone	(W) 44-40
11/14/23	Peoria Notre Dame	Pontiac	(L) 77-20	11/29/23	Canton	Peoria Notre Dame	(L) 79-44
12/16/23	Pontiac	LaSalle-Peru	(L) 50-38	12/16/23	Canton	LaSalle-Peru	(W) 50-28
2/12/24	Metamora	Pontiac	(L) 67-44	12/12/23	Canton	Metamora	(W) 52-44
				12/22/23	Metamora	Canton	(W) 55-48
				1/24/24	Metamora	Canton	(L) 46-37

Record Breakdown

Pontiac (23-24)		Canton (23-24)
14-13	Overall	25-9
6-3	League	10-4
6-3	Non-League	5-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-4	Common Opponent	5-2
6-4	Home	6-3
7-5	Away	10-6
1-4	Neutral	9-0
0-1	Playoff	2-1
14-13	In-State	25-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0