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The Canton (IL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home playoff game against Deer Creek-Mackinaw (Mackinaw, IL) by a score of 44-34.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Deer Creek-Mackinaw	11	9	9	15	44
Canton	7	2	11	14	34

Final score provided by J. Zeller.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Deer Creek-Mackinaw (23-24)

Deer Creek-Mackinaw has not entered stats for this game.

Canton (23-24)

Canton

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	161	34	12	51	24	28
1	Ava Wenger (Sr)	32	16	5	10	50	65
2	Brooklyn Dennis (Jr)	29	4	2	10	20	20
11	Ella Demler (Jr)	32	0	0	8	0	0
13	Jena Goforth (Sr)	30	8	3	14	21	29
21	Grace Spencer (So)	6	0	0	0
23	Allison Wheeler (Jr)	32	6	2	9	22	22

Canton

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	161	34	5	21	24	5	7	71	7	30	23
1	Ava Wenger (Sr)	32	16	3	6	50	3	3	100	2	4	50
2	Brooklyn Dennis (Jr)	29	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	7	29
11	Ella Demler (Jr)	32	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
13	Jena Goforth (Sr)	30	8	2	7	29	0	2	0	1	7	14
21	Grace Spencer (So)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Allison Wheeler (Jr)	32	6	0	3	0	2	2	100	2	6	33

Canton

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	161	34	7	14	21	10	13	1	12	7
1	Ava Wenger (Sr)	32	16	0	2	2	0	4	0	2	2
2	Brooklyn Dennis (Jr)	29	4	2	3	5	2	2	0	1	2
11	Ella Demler (Jr)	32	0	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	0
13	Jena Goforth (Sr)	30	8	2	4	6	4	6	1	6	2
21	Grace Spencer (So)	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
23	Allison Wheeler (Jr)	32	6	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	1

Canton

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.83	1.08	1.86	0.14	20
1	Ava Wenger (Sr)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0
2	Brooklyn Dennis (Jr)	2.00	2.00	1.00	0.00	4
11	Ella Demler (Jr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6
13	Jena Goforth (Sr)	0.67	1.00	3.00	0.50	3
21	Grace Spencer (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
23	Allison Wheeler (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	4

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Deer Creek-Mackinaw thwarts Canton

February 20, 2024: Canton, IL 61520

The Deer Creek-Mackinaw Chiefs (Mackinaw, IL) basketball knocked off the host Canton Little Giants (Canton, IL), 44-34 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Chiefs (32-2) will now prepare for their test against Peoria Notre Dame (Peoria, IL). The Irish go into the non-league test with a 30-4 record. In their last test, Peoria Notre Dame notched a victory over Bloomington Central Catholic (Bloomington, IL), 66-31, in a non-league test.

The Little Giants now own a 25-9 record.

Players of the Game

Deer Creek-Mackinaw (23-24)

Deer Creek-Mackinaw has not selected any Players of the Game.

Canton (23-24)

Congratulations to #1 Ava Wenger for being selected the Canton Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

DCMHS @ Canton Basketball Game Info

Tue., Feb. 20, 2024 @ 7:30p

Sectional semi-final.First game is PND v BCC at 6p

The Canton (IL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home playoff game against Deer Creek-Mackinaw (Mackinaw, IL) by a score of 44-34.

Rankings & Records

Deer Creek-Mackinaw (23-24)

IL	Class
37	7

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
32-3	12-0	13-0	13-1	6-2	.914	1.000	1,811	1,180

Canton (23-24)

IL	Class
54	11

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
25-9	10-4	6-3	10-6	9-0	.735	.714	1,735	1,459

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Deer Creek-Mackinaw	13.0	11.1	12.9	10.5	5.0	51.7
Canton	12.3	9.7	14.3	11.7	-	51.0

Team Stat Comparison

Deer Creek-Mackinaw		Canton
-	Points Per Game	51.0
-	Rebounds Per Game	24.9
-	Assists Per Game	13.8
-	Steals Per Game	9.8
-	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Deer Creek-Mackinaw		Canton	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#23 Allison Wheeler12.4	4.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Ella Demler6.2	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#11 Ella Demler4.1	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#13 Jena Goforth2.0	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#11 Ella Demler1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Deer Creek-Mackinaw	2-2		Canton	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/15/23	Deer Creek-Mackinaw	PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central	(L) 44-42	2/8/24	Canton	PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central	(L) 41-37
12/27/23	Deer Creek-Mackinaw	PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central	(W) 55-47
1/24/24	Deer Creek-Mackinaw	Havana	(W) 45-40	11/21/23	Havana	Canton	(W) 46-36
2/22/24	Deer Creek-Mackinaw	Peoria Notre Dame	(L) 59-37	11/29/23	Canton	Peoria Notre Dame	(L) 79-44

Record Breakdown

Deer Creek-Mackinaw (23-24)		Canton (23-24)
32-3	Overall	25-9
15-0	League	10-4
7-1	Non-League	5-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-2	Common Opponent	1-2
13-0	Home	6-3
13-1	Away	10-6
6-2	Neutral	9-0
3-1	Playoff	2-1
32-3	In-State	25-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0