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Essex King William

Trojans

Cavaliers

The King William (VA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Essex (Tappahannock, VA) by a score of 46-40.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Essex	13	11	10	12	46
King William	7	7	10	16	40

Final score provided by J. Mercer.

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Game Stats

Essex (23-24)

Essex

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	46	15	64	23	25
10	Morgan Self (So)	5	1	10	10	10
11	Keimare Gray (Sr)	11	3	15	20	23
12	Amani Brown (So)	4	2	8	25	25
15	Jaylah Mercer (Sr)	20	7	18	39	42
20	M. Williams (Jr)	4	1	9	11	11
21	Octavia Floyd (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
24	D. Russell (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
31	J. Holmes (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0

Essex

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	46	2	11	18	14	32	44	13	53	25
10	Morgan Self (So)	5				3	6	50	1	10	10
11	Keimare Gray (Sr)	11	1	4	25	4	8	50	2	11	18
12	Amani Brown (So)	4	0	3	0				2	5	40
15	Jaylah Mercer (Sr)	20	1	4	25	5	12	42	6	14	43
20	M. Williams (Jr)	4				2	6	33	1	9	11
21	Octavia Floyd (Jr)	2							1	2	50
24	D. Russell (Jr)	0							0	1	0
31	J. Holmes (Sr)	0							0	1	0

Essex

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	46	20	28	50	8	12	9	28	16
10	Morgan Self (So)	5	7	8	15	1		6		3
11	Keimare Gray (Sr)	11	3	7	10		4		8	3
12	Amani Brown (So)	4	1	2	3	3			6	3
15	Jaylah Mercer (Sr)	20	2		2	4	7	1	5
20	M. Williams (Jr)	4	5	9	14		1	2	4	3
21	Octavia Floyd (Jr)	2	1		1				2
24	D. Russell (Jr)	0	1	2	3				2	2
31	J. Holmes (Sr)	0			2				1	2

Essex

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	TF
	Team Totals	0.29	0.43	0.75	0.56	1
10	Morgan Self (So)				2.00
11	Keimare Gray (Sr)		0.50	1.33
12	Amani Brown (So)	0.50
15	Jaylah Mercer (Sr)	0.80	1.40
20	M. Williams (Jr)		0.25	0.33	0.67	1

King William (23-24)

King William has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Virginia High School Basketball - Essex edges King William

December 5, 2023: King William, VA 23086

The Essex Trojans (Tappahannock, VA) basketball nipped the host King William Cavaliers (King William, VA), 46-40 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Trojans (3-0) will now prepare for their test against Charles City (Charles City, VA). The Panthers go into the non-league test with a 1-4 record. In their last test, Charles City was tipped by York (Yorktown, VA), 46-45, in a non-league test.

The Cavaliers now own a 1-3 record. They play next when they travel to Middlesex for a Tidewater test on Thursday, December 7.

Players of the Game

Essex (23-24)

Congratulations to #15 Jaylah Mercer for being selected the Essex Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

King William (23-24)

King William has not selected any Players of the Game.

Essex @ King William Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 5, 2023 @ 7p

The King William (VA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Essex (Tappahannock, VA) by a score of 46-40.

Rankings & Records

Essex (23-24)

VA	Div.
136	9

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
23-1	12-0	12-1	11-0	.958	1.000	1,213	731

King William (23-24)

VA	Div.
266	28

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
15-5	12-0	8-3	7-2	.750	1.000	988	777

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Essex	13.5	12.2	12.5	14.3	50.5
King William	8.5	5.5	9.0	10.0	49.4

Team Stat Comparison

Essex		King William
50.4	Points Per Game	-
42.2	Rebounds Per Game	-
8.9	Assists Per Game	-
14.4	Steals Per Game	-
8.1	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Essex		King William	National Avg.
#15 Jaylah Mercer20.1	Points Per Game	-	4.2
#10 Morgan Self14.1	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
#15 Jaylah Mercer4.5	Assists Per Game	-	0.9
#15 Jaylah Mercer6.0	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#10 Morgan Self5.3	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Essex	7-0		King William	10-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/30/23	Charles City	Essex	(W) 76-12	1/24/24	King William	Charles City	(W) 58-45
12/7/23	Essex	Charles City	(W) 49-30	2/1/24	Charles City	King William	(W) 61-40
12/4/23	Essex	Caroline	(W) 37-30	11/29/23	Caroline	King William	(W) 63-53
1/4/24	Essex	Mathews	(W) 55-29	12/12/23	King William	Mathews	(W) 46-33
				1/18/24	Mathews	King William	(W) 63-27
				1/18/24	Mathews	King William	(W) 63-27
1/8/24	Essex	King & Queen Central	(W) 72-32	1/26/24	King William	King & Queen Central	(W) 65-35
2/5/24	King & Queen Central	Essex	(W) 62-23	2/13/24	King & Queen Central	King William	(W) 48-12
2/21/24	West Point	Essex	(W) 53-25	1/4/24	West Point	King William	(W) 44-24
				1/30/24	King William	West Point	(W) 54-48

Record Breakdown

Essex (23-24)		King William (23-24)
23-1	Overall	15-5
12-0	League	12-0
8-0	Non-League	3-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
7-0	Common Opponent	10-0
12-1	Home	8-3
11-0	Away	7-2
0-0	Neutral	0-0
3-1	Playoff	0-1
23-1	In-State	15-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0