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Independence Butler

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The Butler (Matthews, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Independence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 60-49.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	19	11	8	22	60
Butler	11	13	15	10	49

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Independence (25-26)

Butler (25-26)

Independence

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	162	60	21	44	48	55
1	Lusemo Macharia (Jr)	26	13	4	8	50	50
3	Christan Jones (Jr)	30	13	6	14	43	43
4	Sawyer Fike (Sr)	29	6	2	4	50	75
5	Jordan Smith (Sr)	3		0	0
10	King Rhodes II (Sr)	29	15	5	9	56	78
12	Laurence Black (Jr)	30	11	3	5	60	60
23	Jaxson Neely (Sr)	11	2	1	3	33	33
33	Logan Campo (So)	4		0	1	0	0

Butler

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	49	16	45	36	42
0	Terrance Badio (Sr)	15	5	12	42	46
1	M. Bloomfield (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
3	Aree Branch (Jr)	10	4	6	67	83
10	Stefan Ross (Jr)	3	1	4	25	38
11	Ian Tomlinson (Sr)	3	1	7	14	21
12	Isaiah White (Jr)	5	2	6	33	42
20	James Vastis (Sr)	2	0	0
22	Elijah Shine (So)	11	3	9	33	33

Independence

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	162	60	6	17	35	12	16	75	15	27	56
1	Lusemo Macharia (Jr)	26	13	0	1	0	5	6	83	4	7	57
3	Christan Jones (Jr)	30	13	0	4	0	1	1	100	6	10	60
4	Sawyer Fike (Sr)	29	6	2	4	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Jordan Smith (Sr)	3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	King Rhodes II (Sr)	29	15	4	7	57	1	4	25	1	2	50
12	Laurence Black (Jr)	30	11	0	1	0	5	5	100	3	4	75
23	Jaxson Neely (Sr)	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
33	Logan Campo (So)	4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Butler

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	49	6	22	27	11	18	61	10	23	43
0	Terrance Badio (Sr)	15	1	4	25	4	4	100	4	8	50
1	M. Bloomfield (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Aree Branch (Jr)	10	2	4	50	0	0	0	2	2	100
10	Stefan Ross (Jr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	Ian Tomlinson (Sr)	3	1	6	17	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Isaiah White (Jr)	5	1	1	100	0	4	0	1	5	20
20	James Vastis (Sr)	2	0	0	0	2	3	67	0	0	0
22	Elijah Shine (So)	11	0	4	0	5	7	71	3	5	60

Independence

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	162	60	9	21	30	6	2	1	8	14
1	Lusemo Macharia (Jr)	26	13	2	5	7	2	0	1	1	3
3	Christan Jones (Jr)	30	13	2	2	4	0	1	0	1	2
4	Sawyer Fike (Sr)	29	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2
5	Jordan Smith (Sr)	3		0	0		0	0	0	0	1
10	King Rhodes II (Sr)	29	15	2	6	8	1	0	0	1	1
12	Laurence Black (Jr)	30	11	2	3	5	3	1	0	0	2
23	Jaxson Neely (Sr)	11	2	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	0
33	Logan Campo (So)	4		0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3

Butler

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	49	9	15	24	13	5	5	10
0	Terrance Badio (Sr)	15	2	6	8	3	2	1	2
1	M. Bloomfield (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	Aree Branch (Jr)	10	2	0	2	1	2	0	1
10	Stefan Ross (Jr)	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
11	Ian Tomlinson (Sr)	3	2	0	2	3	1	0	0
12	Isaiah White (Jr)	5	3	4	7	3	0	3	1
20	James Vastis (Sr)	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
22	Elijah Shine (So)	11	0	1	1	1	0	0	5
23	Kellan Worthy (So)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0

Independence

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.75	0.25	0.14	0.07	6
1	Lusemo Macharia (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	1
3	Christan Jones (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	3
10	King Rhodes II (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	Laurence Black (Jr)	3.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	1
33	Logan Campo (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

Butler

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.30	0.50
0	Terrance Badio (Sr)	1.50	1.00
1	M. Bloomfield (Jr)	1.00	0.00
3	Aree Branch (Jr)	1.00	2.00
11	Ian Tomlinson (Sr)	3.00	1.00
12	Isaiah White (Jr)	3.00	0.00
20	James Vastis (Sr)	1.00	0.00
22	Elijah Shine (So)	0.20	0.00

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Butler knocked off by Independence

February 13, 2026: Matthews, NC 28105

In Friday's league test, the Independence Patriots (Charlotte, NC) basketball squad knocked off the host Butler Bulldogs (Matthews, NC), by a tally of 60-49.

The Patriots now possess a 13-11 record.

With the loss, Butler falls to 16-8 on the campaign.

Players of the Game

Independence (25-26)

Independence has not selected any Players of the Game.

Butler (25-26)

Congratulations to #0 Terrance Badio for being selected the Butler Basketball Player of the Game.

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Final

Independence
Patriots
60 - 49

Butler
Bulldogs

Posted @ 1:27a

Independence @ Butler Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 13, 2026 @ 7:30p

The Butler (Matthews, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Independence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 60-49.

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Rankings & Records

Independence (25-26)

NC	Class
26	5

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
16-13	5-5	8-5	5-7	3-1	.552	.500	1,952	1,724

Butler (25-26)

NC	Class
44	9

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
16-10	5-5	5-6	9-2	2-2	.615	.500	1,508	1,497

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Independence	16.2	15.9	18.1	17.7	-	67.3
Butler	14.0	13.4	14.9	14.5	12.0	58.0

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Head-to-Head

Independence won on 1/29/2026

1/29 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Butler 10 11 12 13 46
Independence 17 14 20 15 66

The Butler (Matthews, NC) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Independence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 66-46.
Box score
Independence won on 2/13/2026

2/13 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Independence 19 11 8 22 60
Butler 11 13 15 10 49

The Independence (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Butler (Matthews, NC) by a score of 60-49.
Box score
Independence won on 2/26/2026

2/26 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Independence 17 14 24 14 69
Butler 7 8 13 6 34

The Independence (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away playoff game against Butler (Matthews, NC) by a score of 69-34.
Box score

1/29 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Butler	10	11	12	13	46
Independence	17	14	20	15	66

2/26 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	17	14	24	14	69
Butler	7	8	13	6	34

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Butler
67.3	Points Per Game	58.0
29.0	Rebounds Per Game	27.1
10.7	Assists Per Game	11.8
7.8	Steals Per Game	7.9
4.0	Blocks Per Game	5.0

Team Leaders

Independence		Butler	National Avg.
#3 Christan Jones13.1	Points Per Game	#0 Terrance Badio17.0	4.8
#1 Lusemo Macharia7.1	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Isaiah White6.8	2.5
#2 Dylan McFarland3.5	Assists Per Game	#11 Ian Tomlinson3.1	1.0
#3 Christan Jones1.5	Steals Per Game	#0 Terrance Badio2.1	0.8
#1 Lusemo Macharia1.7	Blocks Per Game	#12 Isaiah White3.4	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	6-6		Butler	6-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/18/25	Independence	Hickory Ridge	(W) 74-71	12/18/25	Hickory Ridge	Butler	(L) 66-53
12/2/25	Providence	Independence	(W) 81-45	12/16/25	Providence	Butler	(W) 56-48
1/6/26	Independence	West Charlotte	(L) 69-57	1/20/26	West Charlotte	Butler	(L) 72-54
1/30/26	West Charlotte	Independence	(L) 78-55	2/6/26	Butler	West Charlotte	(W) 63-61
2/18/26	West Charlotte	Independence	(L) 66-65
1/9/26	Chambers	Independence	(W) 83-64	1/6/26	Butler	Chambers	(W) 58-55
2/9/26	Independence	Chambers	(L) 65-63	1/30/26	Chambers	Butler	(L) 64-56
				2/16/26	Chambers	Butler	(L) 49-48
1/20/26	Mallard Creek	Independence	(W) 93-72	1/23/26	Butler	Mallard Creek	(W) 68-59
2/6/26	Independence	Mallard Creek	(W) 83-68	2/10/26	Mallard Creek	Butler	(W) 68-65
2/16/26	Mallard Creek	Independence	(W) 85-50
1/23/26	Independence	North Mecklenburg	(L) 56-53	1/9/26	North Mecklenburg	Butler	(L) 76-54
2/10/26	North Mecklenburg	Independence	(L) 66-60	2/9/26	Butler	North Mecklenburg	(W) 72-71

Record Breakdown

Independence (25-26)		Butler (25-26)
16-13	Overall	16-10
6-6	League	5-6
8-6	Non-League	9-2
3-0	Head to Head	0-3
6-6	Common Opponent	6-5
8-5	Home	5-6
5-7	Away	9-2
3-1	Neutral	2-2
2-1	Playoff	0-1
12-11	In-State	15-10
4-2	Out-of-State	1-0

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North Carolina High School Basketball - Butler knocked off by Independence

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