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The Hernando (Brooksville, FL) varsity basketball team won Monday's neutral tournament game against Merritt Island Christian (Merritt Island, FL) by a score of 52-39.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MICHS	-	-	-	-	39
Hernando	-	-	-	-	52

Final score provided by T. Wegner.

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Game Stats

Merritt Island Christian (22-23)

Merritt Island Christian has not entered stats for this game.

Hernando (22-23)

Hernando

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	19	54	35	38
0	Liandre Wright (Jr)	5	2	5	40	40
1	Drew Bittinger (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
2	RJ Wilson (Sr)	16	4	13	31	35
3	Josiah Wright (Jr)	10	4	12	33	33
4	Will Tigue (Sr)	6	2	6	33	42
10	M. Savarese (Sr)	15	7	13	54	58
11	Aaron Laskey (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
15	I. Abdul Salaam (So)	0	0	1	0	0

Hernando

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	3	19	16	11	15	73	16	35	46
0	Liandre Wright (Jr)	5	0	1	0	1	2	50	2	4	50
1	Drew Bittinger (Sr)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
2	RJ Wilson (Sr)	16	1	6	17	7	8	88	3	7	43
3	Josiah Wright (Jr)	10	0	3	0	2	2	100	4	9	44
4	Will Tigue (Sr)	6	1	3	33	1	2	50	1	3	33
10	M. Savarese (Sr)	15	1	2	50	0	1	0	6	11	55
11	Aaron Laskey (Jr)	0	0	2	0
15	I. Abdul Salaam (So)	0	0	1	0

Hernando

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	52	14	22	36	13	19	7	14	9
0	Liandre Wright (Jr)	5	2	0	2	2	2	0	1	3
1	Drew Bittinger (Sr)	0	1		1		1
2	RJ Wilson (Sr)	16	1	2	3	5	5	0	2	3
3	Josiah Wright (Jr)	10	3	5	8	0	2	0	1	1
4	Will Tigue (Sr)	6	1	7	8	1	3	4	2
10	M. Savarese (Sr)	15	3	6	9	3	6	2	5	1
11	Aaron Laskey (Jr)	0	2	2	4	2		1		1
23	CC Peeples (Jr)		1		1				3

Hernando

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.93	1.36	2.11	0.78	10
0	Liandre Wright (Jr)	2.00	2.00	0.67	0.00	2
2	RJ Wilson (Sr)	2.50	2.50	1.67	0.00	1
3	Josiah Wright (Jr)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	2
4	Will Tigue (Sr)	0.50	1.50			1
10	M. Savarese (Sr)	0.60	1.20	6.00	2.00	3
11	Aaron Laskey (Jr)				1.00	1

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Merritt Island Christian succumbs to Hernando

December 19, 2022: Merritt Island, FL 32952

The Hernando Leopards topped the host Merritt Island Christian Cougars basketball team by a final score of 52-39 in Monday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Leopards face the Gateway Eagles (Fort Myers, FL) in a non-league game, on Tuesday, December 20. Hernando will attempt to move on its 5-5 season record. The Eagles enter the game with a 6-3 record after their 49-44 non-league win over Zephyrhills (Zephyrhills, FL).

With the defeat, Merritt Island Christian moves to 4-3 on the year. The Cougars travel to Zephyrhills (Zephyrhills, FL) to face the Bulldogs in a non-league game on Tuesday, December 20. The Bulldogs enter the game with a record of 2-5. Zephyrhills lost 49-44 in their recent non-league game against Gateway (Fort Myers, FL)

Players of the Game

Merritt Island Christian (22-23)

Merritt Island Christian has not selected any Players of the Game.

Hernando (22-23)

Congratulations to #10 Michael Savarese for being selected the Hernando Basketball Player of the Game.

MICHS vs Hernando Basketball Game Info

Mon., Dec. 19, 2022 @ 5p

Hernando High School Holiday Tournament

The Hernando (Brooksville, FL) varsity basketball team won Monday's neutral tournament game against Merritt Island Christian (Merritt Island, FL) by a score of 52-39.

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Rankings & Records

Merritt Island Christian (22-23)

FL	Class
547	57

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-8	3-0	7-2	9-3	1-3	.680	1.000	1,366	942

Hernando (22-23)

FL	Class
532	76

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
10-16	3-3	7-2	1-8	2-6	.385	.500	1,418	1,458

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Merritt Island Christian	13.0	10.9	18.5	9.1	-	-	54.6
Hernando	14.1	14.6	13.3	13.2	8.0	12.0	54.5

Team Stat Comparison

Merritt Island Christian		Hernando
45.5	Points Per Game	54.0
20.2	Rebounds Per Game	34.1
10.9	Assists Per Game	10.9
11.1	Steals Per Game	14.5
1.2	Blocks Per Game	5.7

Team Leaders

Merritt Island Christian		Hernando	National Avg.
#15 Cayden Wegner18.2	Points Per Game	#2 RJ Wilson16.7	4.9
#10 Shawn Barton6.3	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Michael Savarese9.0	2.6
#15 Cayden Wegner4.0	Assists Per Game	#0 Liandre Wright2.4	1.0
#15 Cayden Wegner3.3	Steals Per Game	#2 RJ Wilson3.5	0.8
#10 Shawn Barton0.8	Blocks Per Game	#4 Will Tigue3.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merritt Island Christian	1-1		Hernando	1-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
12/20/22	Merritt Island Christian	Zephyrhills	(L) 53-25		12/27/22	Zephyrhills	Hernando	(L) 47-45
12/21/22	Merritt Island Christian	Hudson	(W) 65-28		11/22/22	Hudson	Hernando	(W) 67-25

Record Breakdown

Merritt Island Christian (22-23)		Hernando (22-23)
17-8	Overall	10-16
3-1	League	3-3
12-4	Non-League	5-8
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-1	Common Opponent	1-1
7-2	Home	7-2
9-3	Away	1-8
1-3	Neutral	2-6
0-0	Playoff	1-1
16-8	In-State	10-16
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0