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Starkville Columbus

Yellowjackets

Falcons

The Columbus (MS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Starkville (MS) by a score of 41-37.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Starkville	12	14	7	8	41
Columbus	11	9	8	9	37

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Starkville (23-24)

Starkville

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	41	14	57	25	25
4	Faith Yeates (Jr)	3	1	4	25	25
11	Kendel Thompson (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
21	Ashlyn Johnson (Sr)	3	0	9	0	0
22	Tootie Lockett (Sr)	10	4	14	29	29
30	Jada Gay (So)	7	0	6	0	0
31	Zariyah Edwards (Jr)	18	9	21	43	43

Starkville

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	41	0	7	0	13	27	48	14	50	28
4	Faith Yeates (Jr)	3				1	4	25	1	4	25
11	Kendel Thompson (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0
21	Ashlyn Johnson (Sr)	3	0	3	0	3	4	75	0	6	0
22	Tootie Lockett (Sr)	10	0	1	0	2	4	50	4	13	31
30	Jada Gay (So)	7				7	10	70	0	6	0
31	Zariyah Edwards (Jr)	18				0	3	0	9	21	43

Starkville

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	41	16	18	34	8	6	3	12
4	Faith Yeates (Jr)	3	2	2	4				0
11	Kendel Thompson (Sr)	0	3	0	3	2			2
20	Antaja Harkins (Sr)	0	1	2	3				2
21	Ashlyn Johnson (Sr)	3	0	3	3	1	3		0
22	Tootie Lockett (Sr)	10	1	6	7	2	1		1
30	Jada Gay (So)	7	4	0	4	2	2	3	2
31	Zariyah Edwards (Jr)	18	5	5	10	1			5

Starkville

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.67	0.50
11	Kendel Thompson (Sr)	1.00
21	Ashlyn Johnson (Sr)	1.00	3.00
22	Tootie Lockett (Sr)	2.00	1.00
30	Jada Gay (So)	1.00	1.00
31	Zariyah Edwards (Jr)	0.20

Columbus (23-24)

Columbus has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Mississippi High School Basketball - Columbus nipped by Starkville

December 8, 2023: Columbus, MS 39702

The Starkville Yellowjackets tipped the host Columbus Falcons basketball team by a final score of 41-37 in Friday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Yellowjackets face the Northwest Rankin Cougars (Brandon, MS) in a non-league game, on Saturday, December 9. Starkville will attempt to move on its 9-0 season record. The Cougars enter the game with a 5-5 record after their 34-14 non-league loss to Morton (Morton, MS).

With the defeat, Columbus moves to 1-8 on the year. The Falcons travel to Amory (Amory, MS) to face the Panthers in a non-league game on Saturday, December 9. The Panthers enter the game with a record of 2-7. Amory lost 48-24 in their recent league game against Shannon (Shannon, MS)

Starkville @ Columbus Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 8, 2023 @ 6p

The Columbus (MS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Starkville (MS) by a score of 41-37.

Rankings & Records

Starkville (23-24)

MS	Class
9	2

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
24-7	9-3	12-0	9-5	3-2	.774	.750	1,789	1,386

Columbus (23-24)

MS	Class
152	17

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
3-21	2-9	1-9	2-12	.125	.182	855	1,139

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Starkville	14.9	14.1	14.8	13.1	57.7
Columbus	7.3	8.6	10.0	8.4	35.6

Head-to-Head

Starkville won on 11/16/2023

11/16 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Columbus 2 10 13 7 32
Starkville 12 12 16 6 46

The Columbus (MS) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against Starkville (MS) by a score of 46-32.
Box score
Starkville won on 12/8/2023

12/8 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Starkville 12 14 7 8 41
Columbus 11 9 8 9 37

The Starkville (MS) varsity basketball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Columbus (MS) by a score of 41-37.
Box score

11/16 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Columbus	2	10	13	7	32
Starkville	12	12	16	6	46

Team Stat Comparison

Starkville		Columbus
52.5	Points Per Game	-
27.5	Rebounds Per Game	-
11.2	Assists Per Game	-
10.1	Steals Per Game	-
2.6	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Starkville		Columbus	National Avg.
#22 Tootie Lockett15.4	Points Per Game	-	4.2
#31 Zariyah Edwards8.2	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
#22 Tootie Lockett4.2	Assists Per Game	-	0.9
#22 Tootie Lockett2.7	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#30 Jada Gay1.6	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Starkville	7-3		Columbus	1-14

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/9/23	Starkville	Meridian	(W) 66-36	11/7/23	Meridian	Columbus	(L) 54-48
				12/19/23	Columbus	Meridian	(L) 41-32
11/11/23	Starkville	Neshoba Central	(W) 72-63	12/22/23	Neshoba Central	Columbus	(L) 77-34
				2/2/24	Columbus	Neshoba Central	(L) 67-16
12/1/23	Starkville	New Hope	(W) 51-25	12/16/23	New Hope	Columbus	(L) 41-34
				12/29/23	Columbus	New Hope	(L) 44-30
12/5/23	Louisville	Starkville	(W) 58-38	11/9/23	Louisville	Columbus	(L) 52-37
				11/30/23	Columbus	Louisville	(W) 50-44
12/21/23	Starkville	Vicksburg	(W) 63-24	1/5/24	Columbus	Vicksburg	(L) 36-32
				1/23/24	Vicksburg	Columbus	(L) 47-28
				2/5/24	Columbus	Vicksburg	(L) 42-34
1/6/24	Starkville	Pontotoc	(L) 67-60	11/11/23	Columbus	Pontotoc	(L) 64-18
1/13/24	Starkville	Callaway	(W) 62-36	1/9/24	Callaway	Columbus	(L) 44-28
				1/26/24	Columbus	Callaway	(L) 49-25
1/25/24	Tupelo	Starkville	(W) 73-70	12/12/23	Columbus	Tupelo	(L) 62-27
2/2/24	Starkville	Tupelo	(L) 53-36
2/23/24	Tupelo	Starkville	(L) 53-48

Record Breakdown

Starkville (23-24)		Columbus (23-24)
24-7	Overall	3-21
9-4	League	2-9
11-0	Non-League	1-10
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
7-3	Common Opponent	1-14
12-0	Home	1-9
9-5	Away	2-12
3-2	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	0-0
24-6	In-State	3-21
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0