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The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's neutral tournament game against Newton-Conover (Newton, NC) by a score of 60-33.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Newton-Conover	6	8	8	11	33
Alexander Central	20	7	15	18	60

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Alexander Central (23-24)

Newton-Conover

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	33	12	32	38	44
22	Grayson Rowe (Jr)	5	2	8	25	31
24	Sara Sain (Jr)	8	3	6	50	50
30	Jaylen Barnes (Sr)	10	4	7	57	71
30	Emma Smith (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
33	H. Swagger (Jr)	4	1	3	33	50
34	Ashton Rowe (Jr)	4	1	3	33	33
54	Samiyah Hope (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33

Alexander Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	60	23
2	Anna Jordan (Sr)	5	2
20	Meredith Wike (So)	18	6
21	Malayah Adams (So)	8	3
22	Addie Jack (So)	6	2
25	Aleia Hammer (Jr)	2	1
30	Ava Head (Fr)	6	2
31	Hallie Jarrett (Sr)	10	5
32	Kirstyn Herman (Sr)	3	1
33	Faith Burch (Fr)	2	1

Newton-Conover

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	33	4	11	36	5	15	33	8	21	38
22	Grayson Rowe (Jr)	5	1	3	33	0	5	0	1	5	20
24	Sara Sain (Jr)	8	0	0	0	2	4	50	3	6	50
30	Jaylen Barnes (Sr)	10	2	4	50	0	0	0	2	3	67
30	Emma Smith (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
33	H. Swagger (Jr)	4	1	3	33	1	2	50	0	0	0
34	Ashton Rowe (Jr)	4	0	1	0	2	2	100	1	2	50
54	Samiyah Hope (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33

Alexander Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3P%	FTM	FT%	2FGM	2FG%
	Team Totals	60	7		7		16
2	Anna Jordan (Sr)	5	1				1
20	Meredith Wike (So)	18	2		4		4
21	Malayah Adams (So)	8			2		3
22	Addie Jack (So)	6	2		0	0	0	0
25	Aleia Hammer (Jr)	2	0	0			1
30	Ava Head (Fr)	6	2				0	0
31	Hallie Jarrett (Sr)	10			0	0	5
32	Kirstyn Herman (Sr)	3	0	0	1		1
33	Faith Burch (Fr)	2					1

Newton-Conover

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	33	5	18	23	11	8	29	11
22	Grayson Rowe (Jr)	5	0	0	0	4	1	6	2
24	Sara Sain (Jr)	8	2	7	9	4	0	7	3
30	Jaylen Barnes (Sr)	10	0	1	1	2	2	4	0
30	Emma Smith (Jr)	0	1	6	7	0	4	5	3
33	H. Swagger (Jr)	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
34	Ashton Rowe (Jr)	4	2	3	5	1	1	3	0
44	Mikayla Ferson (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
54	Samiyah Hope (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3

Alexander Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	60	13	17	30	18	16	1	13	13
2	Anna Jordan (Sr)	5				1			2
3	Taylor Roseman (Sr)	0		2	2	1			2	2
5	Emily Haas (Jr)	0		3	3	1	1
15	Mattie Brashear (Jr)	0	2		2	1	1		1
20	Meredith Wike (So)	18	4	2	6	3	3
21	Malayah Adams (So)	8				5	6			1
22	Addie Jack (So)	6		2	2	1	1		1	2
25	Aleia Hammer (Jr)	2	2	1	3		1		2
30	Ava Head (Fr)	6		2	2		1		1	1
31	Hallie Jarrett (Sr)	10	3	2	5	2	2			4
32	Kirstyn Herman (Sr)	3	2	2	4	3		1	1	3
33	Faith Burch (Fr)	2		1	1				3

Newton-Conover

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Defl
	Team Totals	0.38	0.28	0.73	12
22	Grayson Rowe (Jr)	0.67	0.17	0.50	3
24	Sara Sain (Jr)	0.57	0.00	0.00	1
30	Jaylen Barnes (Sr)	0.50	0.50	2.00	1
30	Emma Smith (Jr)	0.00	0.80	1.33	5
34	Ashton Rowe (Jr)	0.33	0.33	1.00	1
44	Mikayla Ferson (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

Alexander Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.39	1.23	1.23	0.08
2	Anna Jordan (Sr)	0.50
3	Taylor Roseman (Sr)	0.50
15	Mattie Brashear (Jr)	1.00	1.00
21	Malayah Adams (So)			6.00
22	Addie Jack (So)	1.00	1.00	0.50
25	Aleia Hammer (Jr)		0.50
30	Ava Head (Fr)		1.00	1.00
31	Hallie Jarrett (Sr)			0.50
32	Kirstyn Herman (Sr)	3.00			0.33

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Alexander Central overwhelms Newton-Conover

December 27, 2023: Newton, NC 28658

Fans at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the Alexander Central Cougars (Taylorsville, NC) and the host Newton-Conover Red Devils (Newton, NC), saw Alexander Central's basketball squad wallop Newton-Conover by a tally of 60-33.

With the victory, Alexander Central improves its record to 12-0 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Hickory (Hickory, NC) to confront the Red Tornadoes in a non-league challenge on Thursday, December 28. The Red Tornadoes come into the challenge with a record of 5-3. Hickory won 47-39 in their recent non-league challenge against South Caldwell (Hudson, NC)

Next up, the Red Devils confront the South Caldwell Spartans (Hudson, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 28. Newton-Conover will attempt to improve on its 1-8 season record. The Spartans come into the challenge with a 7-4 record after their 47-39 non-league loss to Hickory (Hickory, NC).

NCHS vs ACHS Basketball Game Info

Wed., Dec. 27, 2023 @ 3p

Dick's Sporting Goods Classic @ CVCC

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's neutral tournament game against Newton-Conover (Newton, NC) by a score of 60-33.

Rankings & Records

Newton-Conover (23-24)

NC	Class
358	26

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-18	6-8	3-7	4-9	1-2	.308	.429	948	1,297

Alexander Central (23-24)

NC	Class
38	9

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
22-7	5-5	12-1	7-6	3-0	.759	.500	1,539	1,254

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Newton-Conover	8.0	8.9	8.9	11.1	7.0	36.5
Alexander Central	12.2	13.5	13.3	13.8	9.0	53.1

Head-to-Head

Alexander Central won on 11/28/2023

11/28 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

ACHS 15 21 9 12 57
Newton-Conover 4 5 6 18 33

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against Newton-Conover (Newton, NC) by a score of 57-33.
Box score
Alexander Central won on 12/27/2023

12/27 @ 3p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Newton-Conover 6 8 8 11 33
ACHS 20 7 15 18 60

The Newton-Conover (Newton, NC) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral tournament game against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 60-33.
Box score

11/28 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ACHS	15	21	9	12	57
Newton-Conover	4	5	6	18	33

Team Stat Comparison

Newton-Conover		Alexander Central
36.5	Points Per Game	53.0
27.5	Rebounds Per Game	31.0
10.1	Assists Per Game	14.6
7.8	Steals Per Game	11.2
2.8	Blocks Per Game	1.9

Team Leaders

Newton-Conover		Alexander Central	National Avg.
#33 Hadleigh Swagger10.2	Points Per Game	#20 Meredith Wike16.1	4.2
#24 Sara Sain10.3	Rebounds Per Game	#32 Kirstyn Herman8.6	2.8
#22 Grayson Rowe3.2	Assists Per Game	#21 Malayah Adams4.4	0.9
#24 Sara Sain2.2	Steals Per Game	#32 Kirstyn Herman2.7	1.1
#24 Sara Sain1.5	Blocks Per Game	#20 Meredith Wike0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Newton-Conover	0-7		Alexander Central	5-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/23	Newton-Conover	Foard	(L) 62-29	12/29/23	Foard	Alexander Central	(W) 50-34
11/30/23	Hickory	Newton-Conover	(L) 57-29	12/28/23	Alexander Central	Hickory	(W) 47-43
12/12/23	Newton-Conover	Hickory	(L) 58-40
12/7/23	Newton-Conover	Ashe County	(L) 54-20	1/12/24	Alexander Central	Ashe County	(L) 68-61
12/21/23	Ashe County	Newton-Conover	(L) 54-23	2/2/24	Ashe County	Alexander Central	(L) 66-55
12/8/23	Newton-Conover	Hibriten	(L) 56-16	1/23/24	Hibriten	Alexander Central	(W) 50-44
				2/13/24	Alexander Central	Hibriten	(L) 64-58
12/28/23	Newton-Conover	South Caldwell	(L) 52-36	1/18/24	South Caldwell	Alexander Central	(W) 46-28
				2/9/24	Alexander Central	South Caldwell	(W) 48-38

Record Breakdown

Newton-Conover (23-24)		Alexander Central (23-24)
8-18	Overall	22-7
7-9	League	6-6
0-7	Non-League	11-0
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-7	Common Opponent	5-3
3-7	Home	12-1
4-9	Away	7-6
1-2	Neutral	3-0
0-0	Playoff	2-1
8-18	In-State	22-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0