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Highland Tech East Gaston

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The East Gaston (Mt. Holly, NC) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) by a score of 52-41.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland Tech	11	8	12	10	41
East Gaston	14	13	15	10	52

Final score provided by B. Messick.

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Game Stats

East Gaston (25-26)

Highland Tech

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	41	15	42	36	42
1	D. Stinson Jr (Fr)	11	5	19	26	26
2	Coleman Schafer (Jr)	6	2	8	25	31
3	Logan Sanders (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
4	Irvin Thompson (Jr)	9	3	5	60	60
11	Jacorey Davis (So)	0	0	2	0	0
15	Kypten Polston (So)	14	5	6	83	117
24	Jalen Bernard (Jr)	1	0	1	0	0

East Gaston

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	21	41	51	56
2	Ty Scott (Jr)	5	2	6	33	42
10	Amani Hayward (Sr)	9	4	7	57	57
11	R. De La Oz III (Jr)	6	2	8	25	25
15	KJ Smith (Sr)	13	4	6	67	92
20	DaeMeire Newton (Jr)	12	6	10	60	60
23	Evan Murphy (Jr)	7	3	4	75	75

Highland Tech

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	41	5	13	38	6	11	55	10	29	34
1	D. Stinson Jr (Fr)	11	0	5	0	1	2	50	5	14	36
2	Coleman Schafer (Jr)	6	1	3	33	1	1	100	1	5	20
3	Logan Sanders (Jr)	0							0	1	0
4	Irvin Thompson (Jr)	9				3	6	50	3	5	60
11	Jacorey Davis (So)	0							0	2	0
15	Kypten Polston (So)	14	4	5	80				1	1	100
24	Jalen Bernard (Jr)	1				1	2	50	0	1	0

East Gaston

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	4	12	33	6	6	100	17	29	59
2	Ty Scott (Jr)	5	1	4	25				1	2	50
10	Amani Hayward (Sr)	9				1	1	100	4	7	57
11	R. De La Oz III (Jr)	6	0	3	0	2	2	100	2	5	40
15	KJ Smith (Sr)	13	3	4	75	2	2	100	1	2	50
20	DaeMeire Newton (Jr)	12	0	1	0				6	9	67
23	Evan Murphy (Jr)	7				1	1	100	3	4	75

Highland Tech

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	41	4	14	18	9	10	1	20
1	D. Stinson Jr (Fr)	11		4	4	1			6
2	Coleman Schafer (Jr)	6	1	0	1	1	4		2
3	Logan Sanders (Jr)	0		1	1		1
4	Irvin Thompson (Jr)	9	3	5	8	2	4	1	2
5	M. Smith Jr (Jr)			1	1	1			1
11	Jacorey Davis (So)	0		2	2	3			4
12	Brandon Rice (Sr)						1		2
15	Kypten Polston (So)	14							1
24	Jalen Bernard (Jr)	1		1	1	1			2

East Gaston

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	52	10	19	31	7	15	2
2	Ty Scott (Jr)	5		2	2	0	1
3	Owen Burr (Sr)	0			2		1
10	Amani Hayward (Sr)	9	3	9	12	1	4
11	R. De La Oz III (Jr)	6				5	3
15	KJ Smith (Sr)	13		1	1		4	1
20	DaeMeire Newton (Jr)	12	2	5	7	1	1
23	Evan Murphy (Jr)	7	5	2	7		1	1

Highland Tech

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.45	0.50	6
1	D. Stinson Jr (Fr)	0.17		1
2	Coleman Schafer (Jr)	0.50	2.00
3	Logan Sanders (Jr)			2
4	Irvin Thompson (Jr)	1.00	2.00	1
5	M. Smith Jr (Jr)	1.00
11	Jacorey Davis (So)	0.75
12	Brandon Rice (Sr)		0.50	2
24	Jalen Bernard (Jr)	0.50

Misc Totals

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Highland Tech bested by East Gaston

December 2, 2025: Mt. Holly, NC 28120

East Gaston Warriors (Mt. Holly, NC) supporters left the game happy Tuesday as they witnessed their basketball squad run past the visiting Highland Tech Rams (Gastonia, NC), 52-41 in a league match.

With the victory, East Gaston advances its record to 2-2 on the year. The Warriors travel to Burns (Lawndale, NC) to meet the Bulldogs in a Southern Piedmont 2A/3A/4A match on Thursday, December 4. The Bulldogs enter the match with a record of 1-1. Burns won 65-55 in their recent league match against Stuart W. Cramer (Belmont, NC)

The Rams now own a 1-3 record. They play next when they host Central Academy of Technology & Arts for a non-league contest on Thursday, December 4. Highland Tech will battle a Cougars team coming off a 62-51 non-league win over Gray Stone Day (Misenheimer, NC). The Cougars record now stands at 2-2.

Highland Tech @ East Gaston Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 2, 2025 @ 7:30p

The East Gaston (Mt. Holly, NC) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) by a score of 52-41.

Rankings & Records

Highland Tech (25-26)

NC	Class
484	29

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
2-6	1-2	2-3	0-3	.250	.333	354	457

East Gaston (25-26)

NC	Class
424	38

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
3-5	2-1	2-2	1-3	.375	.667	398	448

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland Tech	11.3	10.2	13.0	9.8	44.3
East Gaston	9.3	10.3	15.4	13.0	49.8

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East Gaston won this month

12/2 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Highland Tech 11 8 12 10 41
East Gaston 14 13 15 10 52

The Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against East Gaston (Mt. Holly, NC) by a score of 52-41.
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Game on 1/16/2026
The East Gaston (Mt. Holly, NC) varsity basketball team has an away conference game @ Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) on Friday, January 16 @ 7:30p.
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Team Stat Comparison

Highland Tech		East Gaston
44.3	Points Per Game	33.6
19.9	Rebounds Per Game	16.9
7.1	Assists Per Game	3.0
4.5	Steals Per Game	5.9
2.9	Blocks Per Game	1.3

Team Leaders

Highland Tech		East Gaston	National Avg.
#1 Darius Stinson Jr16.5	Points Per Game	#11 Ramon De La Oz III13.7	5.3
#4 Irvin Thompson8.1	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Evan Murphy7.7	2.9
#24 Jalen Bernard2.0	Assists Per Game	#11 Ramon De La Oz III3.3	1.1
#4 Irvin Thompson2.3	Steals Per Game	#11 Ramon De La Oz III2.0	1.0
#11 Jacorey Davis0.8	Blocks Per Game	#20 DaeMeire Newton2.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland Tech	1-1		East Gaston	1-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/9/25	Bessemer City	Highland Tech	(L) 69-45	1/9/26	Bessemer City	East Gaston
1/23/26	Highland Tech	Bessemer City		2/10/26	East Gaston	Bessemer City
12/12/25	Cherryville	Highland Tech	(W) 60-58	12/9/25	Cherryville	East Gaston	(W) 67-44
1/27/26	Highland Tech	Cherryville		1/23/26	East Gaston	Cherryville
12/18/25	West Lincoln	Highland Tech		1/6/26	East Gaston	West Lincoln
1/30/26	Highland Tech	West Lincoln		2/6/26	West Lincoln	East Gaston
12/19/25	Highland Tech	Stuart W. Cramer		1/13/26	East Gaston	Stuart W. Cramer
2/3/26	Stuart W. Cramer	Highland Tech		2/13/26	Stuart W. Cramer	East Gaston
1/6/26	Burns	Highland Tech		12/4/25	East Gaston	Burns	(L) 72-46
2/6/26	Highland Tech	Burns		1/20/26	Burns	East Gaston
1/9/26	Highland Tech	Lincolnton		12/19/25	East Gaston	Lincolnton
2/10/26	Lincolnton	Highland Tech		2/3/26	Lincolnton	East Gaston
1/14/26	Shelby	Highland Tech		1/7/26	East Gaston	Shelby
1/20/26	Highland Tech	Shelby		1/30/26	Shelby	East Gaston
1/29/26	North Gaston	Highland Tech		11/14/25	North Gaston	East Gaston	(L) 60-31
				12/8/25	East Gaston	North Gaston	(L) 60-47

Record Breakdown

Highland Tech (25-26)		East Gaston (25-26)
2-6	Overall	3-5
1-2	League	2-1
1-4	Non-League	1-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-1	Common Opponent	1-3
2-3	Home	2-2
0-3	Away	1-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
2-6	In-State	3-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0