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Murphysboro Sparta

Red Devils

Bulldogs S

The Sparta (IL) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Murphysboro (IL) by a score of 50-49.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphysboro	28	12	6	3	49
Sparta	6	18	11	15	50

Final score provided by R. Kirk.

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Game Stats

Murphysboro (24-25)

Murphysboro has not entered stats for this game.

Sparta (24-25)

Sparta

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	150	50	18	50	36	44
2	Liberti Johnson (Jr)	24	6	2	11	18	23
4	S. Richardson (Jr)	23	7	2	5	40	50
15	Ruthie Pillers (Jr)	23	14	5	10	50	70
22	Maddie Schulein (Sr)	23	8	3	10	30	40
23	Alexis Tadlock (So)	23	2	1	3	33	33
24	Emma Stork (Fr)	11	0	0	0
30	Sierra Starr (Fr)	23	13	5	11	45	45

Sparta

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	150	50	8	25	32	6	26	23	10	25	40
2	Liberti Johnson (Jr)	24	6	1	7	14	1	4	25	1	4	25
4	S. Richardson (Jr)	23	7	1	2	50	2	6	33	1	3	33
15	Ruthie Pillers (Jr)	23	14	4	7	57	0	2	0	1	3	33
22	Maddie Schulein (Sr)	23	8	2	6	33	0	0	0	1	4	25
23	Alexis Tadlock (So)	23	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	33
24	Emma Stork (Fr)	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Sierra Starr (Fr)	23	13	0	3	0	3	10	30	5	8	63

Sparta

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	TO
	Team Totals	150	50	10	26	36	23
2	Liberti Johnson (Jr)	24	6	1	2	3	7
4	S. Richardson (Jr)	23	7	2	4	6	2
15	Ruthie Pillers (Jr)	23	14	1	8	9	4
22	Maddie Schulein (Sr)	23	8	1	1	2	3
23	Alexis Tadlock (So)	23	2	2	6	8	3
24	Emma Stork (Fr)	11	0	0	1	1	0
30	Sierra Starr (Fr)	23	13	3	4	7	4

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Sparta nudges Murphysboro

December 7, 2024: Sparta, IL 62286

The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Sparta Bulldogs (Sparta, IL) and the visiting Murphysboro Red Devils (Murphysboro, IL), observed Sparta's basketball team edge Murphysboro by a score of 50-49.

The Bulldogs (3-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Chester (Chester, IL). The Yellowjackets come into the Cahokia - Illinois challenge with a 2-7 record. In their last challenge, Chester was tipped by Carlyle (Carlyle, IL), 75-39, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Red Devils encounter the Herrin Tigers (Herrin, IL) in a Southern Illinois River-to-River - Ohio challenge, on Tuesday, December 10. Murphysboro will attempt to improve on its 1-7 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 5-4 record after their 43-40 non-league win over Steeleville (Steeleville, IL).

Players of the Game

Murphysboro (24-25)

Murphysboro has not selected any Players of the Game.

Sparta (24-25)

Congratulations to #4 Serenity Richardson for being selected the Sparta Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Murphysboro @ Sparta Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 7, 2024 @ 11a

The Sparta (IL) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Murphysboro (IL) by a score of 50-49.

Rankings & Records

Murphysboro (24-25)

IL	Class
558	159

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-23	0-8	6-8	3-7	0-8	.281	.000	1,239	1,672

Sparta (24-25)

IL	Class
462	132

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
7-16	0-10	5-8	0-6	2-2	.304	.000	861	1,153

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphysboro	11.2	10.0	11.1	9.3	38.7
Sparta	7.5	8.5	11.1	10.2	37.4

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Team Stat Comparison

Murphysboro		Sparta
-	Points Per Game	36.4
-	Rebounds Per Game	34.6
-	Steals Per Game	2.6

Team Leaders

Murphysboro		Sparta	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#30 Sierra Starr10.5	4.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	#30 Sierra Starr8.3	2.8
-	Steals Per Game	#5 Kenzie Pierce3.7	1.1

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Murphysboro	0-4		Sparta	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/24	Murphysboro	DuQuoin	(L) 68-35	11/25/24	DuQuoin	Sparta	(L) 54-36
1/23/25	DuQuoin	Murphysboro	(L) 56-41
2/15/25	Murphysboro	DuQuoin	(L) 41-27
1/4/25	Trico	Murphysboro	(L) 51-22	11/19/24	Trico	Sparta	(W) 41-36
				1/29/25	Trico	Sparta	(L) 42-39

Record Breakdown

Murphysboro (24-25)		S Sparta (24-25)
9-23	Overall	7-16
0-8	League	0-10
9-6	Non-League	6-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-4	Common Opponent	1-2
6-8	Home	5-8
3-7	Away	0-6
0-8	Neutral	2-2
0-1	Playoff	0-0
9-23	In-State	7-16
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0