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Hernando Crystal River

Leopards

Pirates

The Crystal River (FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Hernando (Brooksville, FL) by a score of 55-52.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hernando	12	17	8	15	52
Crystal River	12	13	15	15	55

Final score provided by J. Westfall.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Crystal River (24-25)

Hernando

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	21	57	37	39
0	D. Merizalde (Jr)	14	6	13	46	50
1	Joseph Rivera (Jr)	10	5	10	50	50
2	Sam Jackson (Sr)	12	3	11	27	27
3	Michael Brown (Jr)	7	3	6	50	50
4	Logan Mcguire (So)	0	0	4	0	0
5	Idris Abdul (Sr)	4	2	2	100	100
12	Blake Williams (So)	5	2	11	18	23

Crystal River

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	55	19	44	43	50
0	Ej Jenkins (So)	10	4	8	50	56
1	Jake Yost (Jr)	12	4	12	33	38
2	Gavin Eddings (Sr)	3	1	3	33	33
3	T. Capozziello (Jr)	8	2	3	67	83
11	Riley Helmdach (Jr)	11	4	6	67	92
13	Carter Harris (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
20	Sovaunn Samms (Jr)	4	2	4	50	50
52	V. Christmas (Jr)	7	2	6	33	33

Hernando

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	2	17	12	8	12	67	19	40	48
0	D. Merizalde (Jr)	14	1	4	25	1	1	100	5	9	56
1	Joseph Rivera (Jr)	10	0	2	0	0	1	0	5	8	63
2	Sam Jackson (Sr)	12	0	2	0	6	6	100	3	9	33
3	Michael Brown (Jr)	7				1	4	25	3	6	50
4	Logan Mcguire (So)	0	0	4	0
5	Idris Abdul (Sr)	4							2	2	100
12	Blake Williams (So)	5	1	5	20				1	6	17

Crystal River

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	55	6	20	30	11	16	69	13	24	54
0	Ej Jenkins (So)	10	1	4	25	1	1	100	3	4	75
1	Jake Yost (Jr)	12	1	7	14	3	4	75	3	5	60
2	Gavin Eddings (Sr)	3	0	1	0	1	2	50	1	2	50
3	T. Capozziello (Jr)	8	1	1	100	3	5	60	1	2	50
11	Riley Helmdach (Jr)	11	3	5	60				1	1	100
13	Carter Harris (Jr)	0							0	2	0
20	Sovaunn Samms (Jr)	4	0	2	0				2	2	100
52	V. Christmas (Jr)	7				3	4	75	2	6	33

Hernando

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	52	10	16	26	14	11	3	17	11
0	D. Merizalde (Jr)	14	2	2	4	4	3	1	2	1
1	Joseph Rivera (Jr)	10		2	2	7	3		4	1
2	Sam Jackson (Sr)	12	3	6	9	2	2	1	8	1
3	Michael Brown (Jr)	7	1	1	2		2	1	2	4
4	Logan Mcguire (So)	0		1	1
5	Idris Abdul (Sr)	4	1	3	4	1			1	3
12	Blake Williams (So)	5	3	1	4		1			1

Crystal River

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	55	9	22	31	12	11	5
0	Ej Jenkins (So)	10	2	3	5		2	2
1	Jake Yost (Jr)	12	1	2	3	3	3
2	Gavin Eddings (Sr)	3		3	3	3	2
3	T. Capozziello (Jr)	8	3		3
10	Colton Cooper (Jr)			1	1			1
11	Riley Helmdach (Jr)	11		2	2	1	2
13	Carter Harris (Jr)	0	1	3	4	2	1	2
20	Sovaunn Samms (Jr)	4		2	2	1	1
23	D. Williams (Sr)					1
52	V. Christmas (Jr)	7	2	6	8	1

Hernando

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.82	0.65	1.00	0.27	6
0	D. Merizalde (Jr)	2.00	1.50	3.00	1.00	1
1	Joseph Rivera (Jr)	1.75	0.75	3.00
2	Sam Jackson (Sr)	0.25	0.25	2.00	1.00	2
3	Michael Brown (Jr)		1.00	0.50	0.25	1
5	Idris Abdul (Sr)	1.00				1
12	Blake Williams (So)			1.00		1

Misc Totals

Crystal River has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Crystal River nudges Hernando

December 6, 2024: Crystal River, FL 34428

The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Crystal River Pirates (Crystal River, FL) and the visiting Hernando Leopards (Brooksville, FL), observed Crystal River's basketball team edge Hernando by a score of 55-52.

The Pirates (3-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Lecanto (Lecanto, FL). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 4-0 record. In their last challenge, Lecanto edged Springstead (Spring Hill, FL), 66-45, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Leopards encounter the Angeline Academy of Innovation Archers (Land O' Lakes, FL) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, December 9. Hernando will attempt to improve on its 4-2 season record. The Archers come into the challenge with a 0-5 record after their 79-19 non-league loss to Fivay (Hudson, FL).

Hernando @ Crystal River Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 6, 2024 @ 7p

The Crystal River (FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Hernando (Brooksville, FL) by a score of 55-52.

Rankings & Records

Hernando (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
426	430	46

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-8	4-0	9-3	8-4	2-1	.704	1.000	1,472	1,330

Crystal River (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
478	482	51

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
15-10	6-3	6-6	3-1	.600	1,448	1,405

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Hernando	14.2	13.6	15.1	13.5	8.0	54.5
Crystal River	15.1	14.5	15.0	15.6	7.0	57.9

Head-to-Head

Crystal River won on 12/6/2024

12/6 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Hernando 12 17 8 15 52
Crystal River 12 13 15 15 55

The Hernando (Brooksville, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against Crystal River (FL) by a score of 55-52.
Box score
Hernando won on 1/14/2025

1/14 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Crystal River 22 9 14 8 53
Hernando 12 18 23 14 67

The Crystal River (FL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away non-conference game against Hernando (Brooksville, FL) by a score of 67-53.
Box score

1/14 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Crystal River	22	9	14	8	53
Hernando	12	18	23	14	67

Team Stat Comparison

Hernando		Crystal River
54.5	Points Per Game	56.3
28.0	Rebounds Per Game	33.4
12.6	Assists Per Game	16.0
10.8	Steals Per Game	10.4
2.7	Blocks Per Game	5.4

Team Leaders

Hernando		Crystal River	National Avg.
#2 Sam Jackson11.9	Points Per Game	#1 Jake Yost12.4	4.9
#2 Sam Jackson6.1	Rebounds Per Game	#14 Jordan Dumal8.4	2.6
#0 Daniel Merizalde4.2	Assists Per Game	#1 Jake Yost4.3	1.0
#1 Joseph Rivera2.2	Steals Per Game	#2 Gavin Eddings1.8	0.8
#3 Michael Brown1.4	Blocks Per Game	#14 Jordan Dumal2.2	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hernando	10-5		Crystal River	7-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/19/24	Lecanto	Hernando	(L) 73-30	12/10/24	Lecanto	Crystal River	(L) 80-54
1/21/25	Hernando	Lecanto	(L) 79-29	1/24/25	Crystal River	Lecanto	(L) 72-40
11/22/24	Weeki Wachee	Hernando	(W) 61-46	1/10/25	Weeki Wachee	Crystal River	(W) 84-57
12/17/24	Hernando	Weeki Wachee	(W) 70-45	1/31/25	Crystal River	Weeki Wachee	(W) 72-65
12/3/24	Citrus	Hernando	(W) 64-56	12/13/24	Citrus	Crystal River	(W) 76-51
1/17/25	Hernando	Citrus	(W) 70-57	1/21/25	Crystal River	Citrus	(W) 56-54
2/3/25	Citrus	Hernando	(W) 79-69
12/5/24	Hernando	Hudson	(W) 64-47	12/18/24	Hudson	Crystal River	(W) 64-55
1/22/25	Hudson	Hernando	(W) 64-49	1/9/25	Crystal River	Hudson	(W) 51-42
12/10/24	Hernando	Central	(W) 53-49	11/22/24	Central	Crystal River	(L) 61-60
1/24/25	Central	Hernando	(W) 54-43	12/17/24	Crystal River	Central	(L) 49-37
1/8/25	Nature Coast Tech	Hernando	(L) 58-32	12/3/24	Crystal River	Nature Coast Tech	(L) 58-40
1/28/25	Hernando	Nature Coast Tech	(L) 57-37	1/17/25	Nature Coast Tech	Crystal River	(W) 63-57
1/10/25	Hernando	Springstead	(L) 58-43	1/8/25	Crystal River	Springstead	(L) 56-45
1/31/25	Springstead	Hernando	(W) 58-57	1/28/25	Springstead	Crystal River	(L) 64-43

Record Breakdown

Hernando (24-25)		Crystal River (24-25)
19-8	Overall	15-10
4-0	League	1-0
12-7	Non-League	14-9
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
10-5	Common Opponent	7-7
9-3	Home	6-3
8-4	Away	6-6
2-1	Neutral	3-1
1-1	Playoff	0-1
19-8	In-State	15-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0