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The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's neutral tournament game against St. Stephens (Hickory, NC) by a score of 43-33.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
St. Stephens	9	5	5	14	33
Alexander Central	14	3	5	21	43

Final score provided by J. Watts.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Alexander Central (22-23)

St. Stephens

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	33	12	46	26	33
1	Jordan Twitty (So)	0	0	1	0	0
2	Dalton Pyatte (So)	10	3	10	30	45
3	Ajay Swisher (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
4	Noah VanBeurden (Fr)	10	4	12	33	42
10	Peyton Young (Sr)	6	2	9	22	22
23	Dayton Anderson (Sr)	5	2	10	20	25
44	James Tate (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50

Alexander Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	43	14
5	Avery Cook (Sr)	25	8
24	Carter Fortner (Jr)	2
30	Chad Lasher (Jr)	4	2
33	G. Presnell (Sr)	12	4

St. Stephens

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	33	6	26	23	3	4	75	6	20	30
1	Jordan Twitty (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Dalton Pyatte (So)	10	3	9	33	1	2	50	0	1	0
3	Ajay Swisher (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	Noah VanBeurden (Fr)	10	2	7	29	0	0	0	2	5	40
10	Peyton Young (Sr)	6	0	3	0	2	2	100	2	6	33
23	Dayton Anderson (Sr)	5	1	6	17	0	0	0	1	4	25
44	James Tate (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50

Alexander Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	2FGM
	Team Totals	43	9	6	5
5	Avery Cook (Sr)	25	5	4	3
24	Carter Fortner (Jr)	2		2
30	Chad Lasher (Jr)	4			2
33	G. Presnell (Sr)	12	4

St. Stephens

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	33	4	19	21	10	4	1	6
1	Jordan Twitty (So)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
2	Dalton Pyatte (So)	10	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
3	Ajay Swisher (Sr)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
4	Noah VanBeurden (Fr)	10	0	2	2	1	2	0	1
5	Jacob Osborne (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	Peyton Young (Sr)	6	1	5	6	5	1	0	1
15	Trey McCrary (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
21	Chip Hendren (Sr)	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1
23	Dayton Anderson (Sr)	5	0	3	3	3	1	0	2
44	James Tate (Sr)	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0

Alexander Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	43	6	27	33	12	3	1	10	6
5	Avery Cook (Sr)	25		7	7	1	1	1		1
20	Luke Hammer (Sr)			2	2	1			1
21	Maddox Jack (Jr)		1	2	3					1
22	Andrew Fox (Sr)			1	1				1	1
24	Carter Fortner (Jr)	2	2	4	6	1				2
30	Chad Lasher (Jr)	4	3	7	10	1	1		2
33	G. Presnell (Sr)	12		2	2	8	1		4
34	Jenner Barnes (Sr)			2	2				2	1

St. Stephens

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.67	0.67	4.00	1.00	5
2	Dalton Pyatte (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
3	Ajay Swisher (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
4	Noah VanBeurden (Fr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0
10	Peyton Young (Sr)	5.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
21	Chip Hendren (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1
23	Dayton Anderson (Sr)	1.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	2
44	James Tate (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

Alexander Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.20	0.30	0.50	0.17
5	Avery Cook (Sr)			1.00	1.00
20	Luke Hammer (Sr)	1.00
30	Chad Lasher (Jr)	0.50	0.50
33	G. Presnell (Sr)	2.00	0.25

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Alexander Central thwarts St. Stephens

December 27, 2022: Hickory, NC 28601

The Alexander Central Cougars (Taylorsville, NC) basketball knocked off the host St. Stephens Indians (Hickory, NC), 43-33 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Cougars (7-3) will now prepare for their test against Hickory (Hickory, NC). The Red Tornadoes go into the non-league test with a 8-1 record. In their last test, Hickory notched a victory over Foard (Newton, NC), 74-30, in a non-league test.

The Indians now own a 4-6 record. They play next when they travel to Foard for a non-league test on Wednesday, December 28. St. Stephens will encounter a Tigers squad coming off a 74-30 non-league loss to Hickory (Hickory, NC). The Tigers record now stands at 2-8.

St. Stephens vs ACHS Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 27, 2022 @ 1:30p

Dicks Sporting Goods Classic First Round

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's neutral tournament game against St. Stephens (Hickory, NC) by a score of 43-33.

Rankings & Records

St. Stephens (22-23)

NC	Class
380	36

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
11-15	6-9	5-7	4-7	2-1	.423	.400	1,243	1,414

Alexander Central (22-23)

NC	Class
175	33

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
18-8	7-3	10-2	5-5	3-1	.692	.700	1,264	1,138

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
St. Stephens	11.4	10.2	10.3	13.0	11.0	-	47.8
Alexander Central	12.0	11.3	11.7	13.2	5.0	6.0	48.6

Team Stat Comparison

St. Stephens		Alexander Central
47.0	Points Per Game	48.7
25.2	Rebounds Per Game	26.1
8.2	Assists Per Game	14.1
5.9	Steals Per Game	5.1
1.9	Blocks Per Game	1.2

Team Leaders

St. Stephens		Alexander Central	National Avg.
#10 Peyton Young10.5	Points Per Game	#5 Avery Cook14.3	4.9
#10 Peyton Young8.4	Rebounds Per Game	#30 Chad Lasher6.3	2.6
#10 Peyton Young2.7	Assists Per Game	#33 Grayson Presnell5.2	1.0
#10 Peyton Young2.2	Steals Per Game	#5 Avery Cook1.2	0.8
#23 Dayton Anderson1.0	Blocks Per Game	#34 Jenner Barnes0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
St. Stephens	1-7		Alexander Central	4-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/22/22	South Caldwell	St. Stephens	(L) 61-51	1/12/23	Alexander Central	South Caldwell	(L) 44-42
12/29/22	South Caldwell	St. Stephens	(W) 47-42	2/3/23	South Caldwell	Alexander Central	(W) 60-46
				2/17/23	South Caldwell	Alexander Central	(W) 57-53
11/29/22	Newton-Conover	St. Stephens	(L) 54-41	12/9/22	Newton-Conover	Alexander Central	(W) 52-50
				12/29/22	Newton-Conover	Alexander Central	(W) 47-32
12/20/22	St. Stephens	North Iredell	(L) 53-35	12/6/22	Alexander Central	North Iredell	(L) 45-44
1/24/23	North Iredell	St. Stephens	(L) 48-31
2/13/23	St. Stephens	North Iredell	(L) 64-51
1/3/23	St. Stephens	Hickory	(L) 68-24	12/28/22	Alexander Central	Hickory	(L) 43-39
1/27/23	Hickory	St. Stephens	(L) 68-49

Record Breakdown

St. Stephens (22-23)		Alexander Central (22-23)
11-15	Overall	18-8
6-9	League	9-3
3-4	Non-League	7-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-7	Common Opponent	4-3
5-7	Home	10-2
4-7	Away	5-5
2-1	Neutral	3-1
0-1	Playoff	0-1
11-15	In-State	18-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0