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The State College (PA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Avonworth (Pittsburgh, PA) by a score of 44-42.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Avonworth	10	15	8	11	44
State College	13	9	13	7	42

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Game Stats

Avonworth (23-24)

Avonworth has not entered stats for this game.

State College (23-24)

State College

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	42	17	46	37	40
0	Ty Salazer (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
3	Xion Nichols (Sr)	12	6	12	50	50
4	Aidan Angus (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
10	Reed Melvin (Jr)	6	2	8	25	38
11	Nate Price (Sr)	5	2	4	50	63
11	Charlie Yartz (Jr)	5	1	5	20	20
20	Luke Torbic (Sr)	12	5	11	45	45

State College

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	42	3	17	18	5	8	63	14	29	48
0	Ty Salazer (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	Xion Nichols (Sr)	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	9	67
4	Aidan Angus (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
10	Reed Melvin (Jr)	6	2	7	29	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	Nate Price (Sr)	5	1	2	50	0	2	0	1	2	50
11	Charlie Yartz (Jr)	5	0	1	0	3	4	75	1	4	25
20	Luke Torbic (Sr)	12	0	1	0	2	2	100	5	10	50

State College

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	42	26	11	7	4	12
0	Ty Salazer (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	Xion Nichols (Sr)	12	4	0	1	0	1
4	Aidan Angus (Sr)	2	2	2	1	0	4
10	Reed Melvin (Jr)	6	5	2	1	1	3
11	Nate Price (Sr)	5	6	4	0	0	0
11	Charlie Yartz (Jr)	5	6	1	0	1	3
20	Luke Torbic (Sr)	12	3	1	4	2	1

State College

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.92	0.58
0	Ty Salazer (Jr)	1.00	0.00
3	Xion Nichols (Sr)	0.00	1.00
4	Aidan Angus (Sr)	0.50	0.25
10	Reed Melvin (Jr)	0.67	0.33
11	Nate Price (Sr)	4.00	0.00
11	Charlie Yartz (Jr)	0.33	0.00
20	Luke Torbic (Sr)	1.00	4.00

Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Basketball - Avonworth nips State College

December 28, 2023: State College, PA 16801

Avonworth Antelopes (Pittsburgh, PA) backers were pleased Thursday as they saw their basketball squad hold off the host State College Little Lions (State College, PA), 44-42 in a non-league bout.

With the victory, Avonworth upgrades its record to 6-2 on the campaign. The Antelopes host South Allegheny (McKeesport, PA) to play the Gladiators in a WPIAL 4A 4 bout on Tuesday, January 2. The Gladiators come into the bout with a record of 6-1. South Allegheny lost 63-61 in their recent non-league bout against Elizabeth Forward (Elizabeth, PA)

Next up, the Little Lions play the Carlisle Thundering Herd (Carlisle, PA) in a Mid-Penn - Commonwealth bout, on Wednesday, January 3. State College will attempt to upgrade on its 3-4 season record. The Thundering Herd come into the bout with a 7-2 record after their 76-48 non-league win over Boiling Springs (Boiling Springs, PA).

Avonworth @ State College Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 28, 2023 @ 5:30p

State College Area High School North Campus

The State College (PA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Avonworth (Pittsburgh, PA) by a score of 44-42.

Rankings & Records

Avonworth (23-24)

PA	Class
94	15

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
17-10	5-3	8-1	5-4	4-5	.630	.625	1,662	1,465

State College (23-24)

PA	Class
104	33

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
13-13	6-8	8-7	4-6	1-0	.500	.429	1,323	1,363

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	OT3	Final
Avonworth	14.3	13.3	13.3	17.0	-	-	-	61.6
State College	10.9	12.1	13.0	11.0	5.7	1.5	38.5	50.9

Team Stat Comparison

Avonworth		State College
-	Points Per Game	48.4
-	Rebounds Per Game	22.4
-	Assists Per Game	11.8
-	Steals Per Game	6.1
-	Blocks Per Game	2.9

Team Leaders

Avonworth		State College	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#20 Luke Torbic10.1	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Nate Price5.1	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#4 Aidan Angus4.2	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#20 Luke Torbic1.3	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#20 Luke Torbic0.9	0.3

Record Breakdown

Avonworth (23-24)		State College (23-24)
17-10	Overall	13-13
5-3	League	6-8
8-4	Non-League	4-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
8-1	Home	8-7
5-4	Away	4-6
4-5	Neutral	1-0
3-3	Playoff	2-1
17-10	In-State	13-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0