Walnut vs Wheeler | Basketball | 12/29/2020

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Walnut Wheeler

Wildcats

Eagles

The Wheeler (MS) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Walnut (MS) by a score of 67-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Walnut	14	18	6	15	53
Wheeler	11	17	18	21	67

Final score provided by J. Vuncannon.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Wheeler (20-21)

Walnut

Scoring

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FG	FGA	FG%
	Team Totals	53	18	44	41
1	B. Porterfield (Jr)	13	4	12	33
2	Ty Dowdy (Jr)	6	1	2	50
4	Drew Jackson (Fr)		0	1	0
10	Ky Wilbanks (So)	11	3	11	27
21	Jack Pulse (Jr)	6	2	4	50
22	Andrew Crum (Jr)	13	6	11	55
32	Mario Zuniga (Sr)	4	2	3	67

Wheeler

Scoring

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FG
	Team Totals	67	21
11	Carson Mckee (Sr)	5	2
15	Zach McKinney (So)	2
20	Cayden Howell (Fr)	35	11
22	N. Hutcheson (So)	13	5
33	Alex Bryan (Jr)	11	3
34	Jacob Hamblin (So)	1

Walnut

Three-Pointers

#	Athlete Name	3FG	3FGA	3FG%
	Team Totals	5	20	25
1	B. Porterfield (Jr)	3	7	43
2	Ty Dowdy (Jr)	1	2	50
4	Drew Jackson (Fr)	0	1	0
10	Ky Wilbanks (So)	0	5	0
22	Andrew Crum (Jr)	1	5	20

Wheeler

Three-Pointers

#	Athlete Name	3FG
	Team Totals	3
11	Carson Mckee (Sr)	1
20	Cayden Howell (Fr)	2

Walnut

Two-Pointers

#	Athlete Name	2FG	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	13	24	54
1	B. Porterfield (Jr)	1	5	20
10	Ky Wilbanks (So)	3	6	50
21	Jack Pulse (Jr)	2	4	50
22	Andrew Crum (Jr)	5	6	83
32	Mario Zuniga (Sr)	2	3	67

Wheeler

Two-Pointers

#	Athlete Name	2FG
	Team Totals	18
11	Carson Mckee (Sr)	1
20	Cayden Howell (Fr)	9
22	N. Hutcheson (So)	5
33	Alex Bryan (Jr)	3

Walnut

Free Throws

#	Athlete Name	FT	FTA	FT%
	Team Totals	12	19	63
1	B. Porterfield (Jr)	2	2	100
2	Ty Dowdy (Jr)	3	3	100
10	Ky Wilbanks (So)	5	7	71
21	Jack Pulse (Jr)	2	4	50
32	Mario Zuniga (Sr)	0	3	0

Wheeler

Free Throws

#	Athlete Name	FT	FTA	FT%
	Team Totals	22	32	69
15	Zach McKinney (So)	2	2	100
20	Cayden Howell (Fr)	11	15	73
22	N. Hutcheson (So)	3	6	50
24	Joseph Miller (Jr)	0	2	0
33	Alex Bryan (Jr)	5	5	100
34	Jacob Hamblin (So)	1	2	50

Walnut

Rebs, Asst, Steals and TOs

#	Athlete Name	Off	Def	Tot Reb	Ast	Stls	TO
	Team Totals	7	17	24	5	5	16
1	B. Porterfield (Jr)	0	1	1	0	1	2
2	Ty Dowdy (Jr)	0	5	5	0	1	2
4	Drew Jackson (Fr)	0	1	1	0	1	0
10	Ky Wilbanks (So)	2	3	5	3	1	9
12	Cade Hunt (Sr)	1	1	2	1	0	0
21	Jack Pulse (Jr)	0	3	3	0	1	1
22	Andrew Crum (Jr)	2	1	3	1	0	1
24	Landon Wilbanks (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	0
32	Mario Zuniga (Sr)	2	1	3	0	0	1

Wheeler

Rebs, Asst, Steals and TOs

#	Athlete Name	Off	Def	Tot Reb	Ast	Stls
	Team Totals	6	31	37	14	5
11	Carson Mckee (Sr)		2	2	1
15	Zach McKinney (So)				1
20	Cayden Howell (Fr)	1	6	7	4	2
22	N. Hutcheson (So)	2	5	7	2	1
24	Joseph Miller (Jr)		2	2
33	Alex Bryan (Jr)	2	8	10	2
34	Jacob Hamblin (So)		3	3
44	Levi Swinney (So)	1	5	6	4	2

Walnut

Blocks, Charges and Fouls

#	Athlete Name	Blk	Defl	Chrg	PF	TF
	Team Totals	2	13	2	24	1
1	B. Porterfield (Jr)	1	1		4	1
2	Ty Dowdy (Jr)	1	4		0
10	Ky Wilbanks (So)	0	2		3
12	Cade Hunt (Sr)	0			4
21	Jack Pulse (Jr)	0	1		5
22	Andrew Crum (Jr)	0	4	2	4
24	Landon Wilbanks (Sr)	0			2
32	Mario Zuniga (Sr)	0	1		2

Wheeler

Blocks, Charges and Fouls

#	Athlete Name	Blk	Chrg
	Team Totals	1	2
33	Alex Bryan (Jr)	1
44	Levi Swinney (So)		2

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Basketball - Wheeler winner over Walnut

December 29, 2020: Wheeler, MS 38880

The Wheeler Eagles (Wheeler, MS) basketball felled the visiting Walnut Wildcats (Walnut, MS), 67-53 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Eagles (5-8) will now prepare for their test against North Pontotoc (Ecru, MS). The Vikings go into the non-league test with a 5-3 record.

The Wildcats now own a 0-9 record. They play next when they host Houlka for a non-league test on Tuesday, January 5. Walnut will encounter a Wildcats squad coming off a 35-34 non-league win over Wheeler (Wheeler, MS). The Wildcats record now stands at 5-5.

Rankings & Records

Walnut (20-21)

National	MS	Reg.
13,607	289	33

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-17	2-3	1-5	4-12	.227	.400	1,107	1,373

Wheeler (20-21)

National	MS	Reg.
12,250	257	29

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
7-17	0-5	4-7	3-10	.292	.000	1,248	1,287

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Walnut	11.0	12.8	12.5	14.2	15.0	50.3
Wheeler	8.0	11.8	14.4	12.2	-	52.0

Team Stat Comparison

Walnut		Wheeler
50.3	Points Per Game	52.0
25.1	Rebounds Per Game	30.9
10.0	Assists Per Game	13.3
5.4	Steals Per Game	6.8
2.3	Blocks Per Game	2.3

Team Leaders

Walnut		Wheeler	National Avg.
#1 Brantley Porterfield13.9	Points Per Game	#20 Cayden Howell16.3	5.1
#21 Jack Pulse4.6	Rebounds Per Game	#20 Cayden Howell5.9	2.7
#10 Ky Wilbanks2.4	Assists Per Game	#20 Cayden Howell3.7	1.1
#1 Brantley Porterfield1.0	Steals Per Game	#20 Cayden Howell1.7	0.8
#1 Brantley Porterfield0.6	Blocks Per Game	#20 Cayden Howell0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Walnut	3-7		Wheeler	2-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/17/20	Pine Grove	Walnut	(L) 62-39	12/21/20	Pine Grove	Wheeler	(L) 61-53
12/8/20	Tremont	Walnut	(L) 77-34	1/19/21	Wheeler	Tremont	(L) 54-48
12/14/20	Walnut	Tupelo Christian Prep	(L) 70-65	11/9/20	Tupelo Christian Prep	Wheeler	(L) 54-48
				1/22/21	Tupelo Christian Prep	Wheeler	(L) 76-64
1/5/21	Houlka	Walnut	(L) 61-49	12/28/20	Wheeler	Houlka	(L) 35-34
1/15/21	Mantachie	Walnut	(L) 58-44	11/3/20	Mantachie	Wheeler	(W) 51-45
2/13/21	Walnut	Mantachie	(W) 62-48	2/2/21	Wheeler	Mantachie	(W) 59-54
1/19/21	Walnut	East Union	(W) 65-36	1/12/21	Wheeler	East Union	(L) 49-39
2/8/21	Walnut	East Union	(W) 65-59	2/4/21	East Union	Wheeler	(L) 48-39
1/29/21	New Site	Walnut	(L) 69-40	12/4/20	Wheeler	New Site	(L) 65-55
2/11/21	Walnut	New Site	(L) 72-48	12/15/20	New Site	Wheeler	(L) 66-46

Record Breakdown

Walnut (20-21)		Wheeler (20-21)
5-17	Overall	7-17
4-4	League	0-5
0-9	Non-League	6-11
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-7	Common Opponent	2-9
1-5	Home	4-7
4-12	Away	3-10
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-0
5-17	In-State	7-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0