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Hazleton Area Liberty

Cougars

Hurricanes

The Liberty (Bethlehem, PA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Hazleton Area (Hazleton, PA) by a score of 79-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hazleton Area	31	16	13	19	79
Liberty	12	14	13	14	53

Final score provided by L. Kutney.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Liberty (23-24)

Hazleton Area

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	79
2	Sophia Benyo (Fr)	6
14	Kaitlyn Bindas (Fr)	29
15	Olivia Williams (Jr)	5
23	Evelyn Shults (So)	2
30	Kayla Lagowy (So)	3
31	Alexis Reimold (So)	10
33	Sophia Shults (Jr)	24

Liberty

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	18	58	31	34
2	Iysis Nickens (Sr)	0	0	5	0	0
5	Anijah Davis (Jr)	13	5	13	38	42
11	Ava Kopetskie (So)	18	6	14	43	50
13	Ruby Miller (Sr)	8	2	9	22	22
15	Abby Thompson (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
22	Tula Sobrinski (Jr)	0	0	4	0	0
23	Jordan Thompson (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
24	Emma Pukszyn (Sr)	4	1	4	25	25
32	Shawna Beatty (Jr)	8	3	6	50	50

Hazleton Area

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	79
2	Sophia Benyo (Fr)	6
14	Kaitlyn Bindas (Fr)	29
15	Olivia Williams (Jr)	5
23	Evelyn Shults (So)	2
30	Kayla Lagowy (So)	3
31	Alexis Reimold (So)	10
33	Sophia Shults (Jr)	24

Liberty

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	3	20	15	14	16	88	15	38	39
2	Iysis Nickens (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	Anijah Davis (Jr)	13	1	3	33	2	2	100	4	10	40
11	Ava Kopetskie (So)	18	2	5	40	4	6	67	4	9	44
13	Ruby Miller (Sr)	8	0	5	0	4	4	100	2	4	50
15	Abby Thompson (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
22	Tula Sobrinski (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23	Jordan Thompson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	Emma Pukszyn (Sr)	4	0	1	0	2	2	100	1	3	33
32	Shawna Beatty (Jr)	8	0	1	0	2	2	100	3	5	60

Hazleton Area

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	79
2	Sophia Benyo (Fr)	6
14	Kaitlyn Bindas (Fr)	29
15	Olivia Williams (Jr)	5
23	Evelyn Shults (So)	2
30	Kayla Lagowy (So)	3
31	Alexis Reimold (So)	10
33	Sophia Shults (Jr)	24

Liberty

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	53	13	24	37	7	11	7	30	19
2	Iysis Nickens (Sr)	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	2
5	Anijah Davis (Jr)	13	2	1	3	0	1	0	1	5
11	Ava Kopetskie (So)	18	2	5	7	0	4	0	4	5
13	Ruby Miller (Sr)	8	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0
15	Abby Thompson (Sr)	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	1
22	Tula Sobrinski (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0
23	Jordan Thompson (Sr)	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	3	0
24	Emma Pukszyn (Sr)	4	3	2	5	0	1	1	8	2
30	Julia Medaska (Sr)	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	0
32	Shawna Beatty (Jr)	8	4	9	13	0	1	3	7	4

Misc Totals

Hazleton Area has not entered any misc totals stats.

Liberty

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.23	0.37	0.58	0.37	15
2	Iysis Nickens (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	2
5	Anijah Davis (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.20	0.00	0
11	Ava Kopetskie (So)	0.00	1.00	0.80	0.00	2
13	Ruby Miller (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0
15	Abby Thompson (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
22	Tula Sobrinski (Jr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	1.00	4
23	Jordan Thompson (Sr)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
24	Emma Pukszyn (Sr)	0.00	0.13	0.50	0.50	3
30	Julia Medaska (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0
32	Shawna Beatty (Jr)	0.00	0.14	0.25	0.75	1

Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Basketball - Liberty ripped by Hazleton Area

December 23, 2023: Bethlehem, PA 18018

The Hazleton Area Cougars basketball team scored 79 points and held the host Liberty Hurricanes to 53 in the Cougars non-league triumph on Saturday.

The Cougars now sport a 5-1 record. They put it on the line next when they host Tunkhannock for a Wyoming Valley 3 contest on Wednesday, December 27. Hazleton Area will battle a Tigers team coming off a 45-32 non-league loss to Delaware Valley (Milford, PA). The Tigers record now stands at 0-2.

The Hurricanes (5-2) will now prepare for their contest against Abington Heights (Clarks Summit, PA). The Comets enter the non-league contest with a 4-0 record. In their last contest, Abington Heights triumphed over Loyalsock Township (Williamsport, PA), 47-37, in a non-league contest.

Hazleton Area @ Liberty Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 23, 2023 @ 1p

The Liberty (Bethlehem, PA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Hazleton Area (Hazleton, PA) by a score of 79-53.

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Rankings & Records

Hazleton Area (23-24)

PA	Class
36	14

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
24-5	12-3	11-2	9-1	4-2	.828	.800	1,786	1,276

Liberty (23-24)

PA	Class
163	51

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
14-13	11-5	5-4	7-5	2-4	.519	.688	1,204	1,184

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Hazleton Area	19.6	18.0	14.5	12.0	11.0	61.6
Liberty	10.0	11.0	11.5	11.7	8.0	44.6

Team Stat Comparison

Hazleton Area		Liberty
62.6	Points Per Game	44.6
31.7	Rebounds Per Game	25.6
15.7	Assists Per Game	9.5
15.6	Steals Per Game	9.0
4.1	Blocks Per Game	2.3

Team Leaders

Hazleton Area		Liberty	National Avg.
#14 Kaitlyn Bindas15.1	Points Per Game	#11 Ava Kopetskie11.7	4.2
#2 Sophia Benyo7.1	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Ava Kopetskie5.1	2.8
#33 Sophia Shults3.0	Assists Per Game	#24 Emma Pukszyn2.4	0.9
#31 Alexis Reimold3.0	Steals Per Game	#11 Ava Kopetskie2.3	1.1
#33 Sophia Shults1.9	Blocks Per Game	#30 Julia Medaska0.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hazleton Area	1-0		Liberty	2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/23	Nazareth Area	Hazleton Area	(W) 46-29	1/12/24	Nazareth Area	Liberty	(L) 43-24
				2/5/24	Liberty	Nazareth Area	(W) 48-42
				2/23/24	Nazareth Area	Liberty	(W) 43-35

Record Breakdown

Hazleton Area (23-24)		Liberty (23-24)
24-5	Overall	14-13
14-3	League	12-6
4-1	Non-League	1-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-0	Common Opponent	2-1
11-2	Home	5-4
9-1	Away	7-5
4-2	Neutral	2-4
3-1	Playoff	1-2
24-5	In-State	14-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0