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Sanderson Wake Forest

Spartans

Cougars

The Wake Forest (NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Sanderson (Raleigh, NC) in overtime by a score of 70-68.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Sanderson	12	20	9	13	11	3	68
Wake Forest	7	16	10	21	11	5	70

Final score provided by G. Ackles.

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Game Stats

Wake Forest (22-23)

Sanderson

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	202	68	22	66	33	39
5	Nathan Fife (So)	40	25	8	22	36	39
12	Jay Peterson (Sr)	20	5	1	10	10	10
21	Jacob Mares (Sr)	18	4	2	3	67	67
30	Charles Sledge (Sr)	12	2	0	2	0	0
31	Gordie Balas (So)	40	4	2	6	33	33
32	Patrick Dalton (Jr)	39	10	3	9	33	50
77	Tommy Lyon (Jr)	33	18	6	14	43	57

Wake Forest

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	70	24	53	45	49
1	Nigel Lucas (Sr)	7	3	6	50	50
2	Dashaun Grant (Sr)	12	4	8	50	56
3	Jaevian Alston (Jr)	26	8	15	53	57
4	Sam Frye (Sr)	12	4	8	50	63
5	A.j. Smalls (Sr)	7	2	10	20	20
12	Kavon Simmons (So)	4	2	3	67	67
15	F. Baret jr (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33

Sanderson

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	202	68	8	19	42	16	19	84	14	47	30
5	Nathan Fife (So)	40	25	1	5	20	8	9	89	7	17	41
12	Jay Peterson (Sr)	20	5	0	0	0	3	4	75	1	10	10
21	Jacob Mares (Sr)	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
30	Charles Sledge (Sr)	12	2	0	0	0	2	2	100	0	2	0
31	Gordie Balas (So)	40	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	33
32	Patrick Dalton (Jr)	39	10	3	6	50	1	2	50	0	3	0
77	Tommy Lyon (Jr)	33	18	4	8	50	2	2	100	2	6	33

Wake Forest

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	70	4	19	21	18	29	62	20	34	59
1	Nigel Lucas (Sr)	7	0	3	0	1	3	33	3	3	100
2	Dashaun Grant (Sr)	12	1	2	50	3	4	75	3	6	50
3	Jaevian Alston (Jr)	26	1	2	50	9	10	90	7	13	54
4	Sam Frye (Sr)	12	2	4	50	2	3	67	2	4	50
5	A.j. Smalls (Sr)	7	0	7	0	3	8	38	2	3	67
10	Braeden Markel (Jr)	0				0	1	0
12	Kavon Simmons (So)	4							2	3	67
15	F. Baret jr (Jr)	2	0	1	0				1	2	50

Sanderson

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	202	68	14	24	38	12	7	1	14	20
5	Nathan Fife (So)	40	25	0	11	11	7	3	0	4	2
12	Jay Peterson (Sr)	20	5	8	1	9	1	0	1	6	5
21	Jacob Mares (Sr)	18	4	3	0	3	1	2	0	0	1
30	Charles Sledge (Sr)	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
31	Gordie Balas (So)	40	4	2	8	10	0	2	0	2	4
32	Patrick Dalton (Jr)	39	10	1	4	5	1	0	0	1	4
77	Tommy Lyon (Jr)	33	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2

Wake Forest

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	70	3	24	27	17	5	5	12
1	Nigel Lucas (Sr)	7		7	7	4			2
2	Dashaun Grant (Sr)	12		2	2	4	1		5
3	Jaevian Alston (Jr)	26	1	11	12	5	2	3	2
4	Sam Frye (Sr)	12		2	2			1
5	A.j. Smalls (Sr)	7	2		2	1	2		1
10	Braeden Markel (Jr)	0		1	1				1
12	Kavon Simmons (So)	4				3		1
15	F. Baret jr (Jr)	2		1	1				1

Sanderson

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.86	0.50	0.35	0.05	3	6
5	Nathan Fife (So)	1.75	0.75	1.50	0.00	0	3
12	Jay Peterson (Sr)	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.20	0	0
21	Jacob Mares (Sr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0	1
30	Charles Sledge (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0
31	Gordie Balas (So)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	2	0
32	Patrick Dalton (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
77	Tommy Lyon (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1

Wake Forest

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.42	0.42
1	Nigel Lucas (Sr)	2.00
2	Dashaun Grant (Sr)	0.80	0.20
3	Jaevian Alston (Jr)	2.50	1.00
5	A.j. Smalls (Sr)	1.00	2.00

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Sanderson edged by Wake Forest

December 29, 2022: Raleigh, NC 27609

The Sanderson Spartans basketball team (Raleigh, NC), was nudged 70-68 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting Wake Forest Cougars (Wake Forest, NC)

The Cougars now possess a 8-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to South Granville for a non-league battle on Friday, December 30. Wake Forest will confront a Vikings team coming off a 67-65 non-league win over Orange (Hillsborough, NC). The Vikings record now stands at 7-2.

The Spartans (10-1) will now prepare for their battle against Athens Drive (Raleigh, NC). The Jaguars come into the 4A Conference 28 battle with a 7-6 record. In their last battle, Athens Drive edged Knightdale (Knightdale, NC), 59-45, in a non-league battle.

Players of the Game

Sanderson (22-23)

Sanderson has not selected any Players of the Game.

Wake Forest (22-23)

Congratulations to #3 Jaevian Alston for being selected the Wake Forest Basketball Player of the Game.

Sanderson vs Wake Forest Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 29, 2022 @ 7p

South Granville Invitational Christmas Tournament

The Wake Forest (NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Sanderson (Raleigh, NC) in overtime by a score of 70-68.

Rankings & Records

Sanderson (22-23)

NC	Class
71	8

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
19-8	6-4	9-3	9-3	1-2	.704	.600	1,582	1,406

Wake Forest (22-23)

NC	Class
104	13

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
18-11	5-5	9-4	7-7	2-0	.621	.500	1,935	1,874

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Sanderson	13.4	13.8	13.8	16.5	11.0	3.0	58.6
Wake Forest	15.4	14.1	16.3	17.7	9.4	8.0	66.7

Team Stat Comparison

Sanderson		Wake Forest
58.5	Points Per Game	66.3
26.3	Rebounds Per Game	26.4
10.7	Assists Per Game	14.5
6.2	Steals Per Game	8.9
1.3	Blocks Per Game	3.6

Team Leaders

Sanderson		Wake Forest	National Avg.
#5 Nathan Fife20.6	Points Per Game	#3 Jaevian Alston15.6	4.9
#12 Jay Peterson5.8	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Jaevian Alston6.7	2.6
#5 Nathan Fife4.7	Assists Per Game	#1 Nigel Lucas3.8	1.0
#5 Nathan Fife2.0	Steals Per Game	#1 Nigel Lucas2.2	0.8
#12 Jay Peterson0.5	Blocks Per Game	#3 Jaevian Alston1.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Sanderson	8-0		Wake Forest	5-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/22/22	Sanderson	Heritage	(W) 63-48	1/13/23	Heritage	Wake Forest	(W) 60-48
12/9/22	Heritage	Sanderson	(W) 72-43	2/3/23	Wake Forest	Heritage	(L) 76-73
				2/14/23	Heritage	Wake Forest	(W) 60-43
12/6/22	Knightdale	Sanderson	(W) 47-29	1/6/23	Wake Forest	Knightdale	(L) 65-47
12/13/22	Sanderson	Knightdale	(W) 53-44	1/27/23	Knightdale	Wake Forest	(W) 55-43
12/28/22	Sanderson	Green Level	(W) 62-57	12/17/22	Green Level	Wake Forest	(L) 54-34
				2/21/23	Green Level	Wake Forest	(W) 71-67
12/30/22	Orange	Sanderson	(W) 55-54	12/3/22	Orange	Wake Forest	(W) 65-47
1/18/23	Sanderson	Leesville Road	(W) 72-59	12/8/22	Leesville Road	Wake Forest	(L) 93-89
2/7/23	Leesville Road	Sanderson	(W) 54-51

Record Breakdown

Sanderson (22-23)		Wake Forest (22-23)
19-8	Overall	18-11
6-5	League	7-6
10-1	Non-League	7-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
8-0	Common Opponent	5-4
9-3	Home	9-4
9-3	Away	7-7
1-2	Neutral	2-0
1-1	Playoff	1-1
19-8	In-State	17-11
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0