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Bradford Prep Cherokee

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The Cherokee (NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home playoff game against Bradford Prep (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 67-50.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Bradford Prep	4	22	11	13	50
Cherokee	15	24	20	8	67

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Game Stats

Cherokee (25-26)

Bradford Prep

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	50	18	50	36	38
1	Khalil Jackson (Jr)	14	6	14	43	43
2	Dayton Self (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
3	Isaiah Baines (Sr)	10	2	4	50	63
4	Benjamin Diaz (So)	0	0	1	0	0
5	Braden Johnson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Cohen Collins (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
11	Luke Hanson (Sr)	6	2	8	25	25
12	B. Drescher (Sr)	3	1	2	50	75
20	Gaibryel Valcin (Jr)	6	2	4	50	50
21	Damani Dennis (So)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Nigel Wallace (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
24	Elijah Bentley (Jr)	7	3	6	50	50

Cherokee

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	67	25	53	47	53
4	Kaden Stephens (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
10	S. Hernandez (Sr)	13	5	9	56	72
11	Kayden Cucumber (Jr)	6	2	6	33	33
15	Dillon Beam (Jr)	4	2	4	50	50
21	Utsela Saunooke (Jr)	9	3	4	75	88
22	Matix Stamper (Sr)	7	3	8	38	38
23	Mack Burgess (So)	24	8	13	62	69
35	Traelin Carey (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
42	B. Blankenship (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33

Bradford Prep

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	50	2	11	18	12	15	80	16	39	41
1	Khalil Jackson (Jr)	14	0	4	0	2	2	100	6	10	60
2	Dayton Self (Sr)	0							0	3	0
3	Isaiah Baines (Sr)	10	1	2	50	5	5	100	1	2	50
4	Benjamin Diaz (So)	0							0	1	0
5	Braden Johnson (Sr)	0							0	1	0
10	Cohen Collins (Sr)	2							1	2	50
11	Luke Hanson (Sr)	6	0	3	0	2	2	100	2	5	40
12	B. Drescher (Sr)	3	1	1	100				0	1	0
20	Gaibryel Valcin (Jr)	6				2	2	100	2	4	50
21	Damani Dennis (So)	0	0	1	0
23	Nigel Wallace (Jr)	2							1	4	25
24	Elijah Bentley (Jr)	7				1	4	25	3	6	50

Cherokee

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	67	6	13	46	11	17	65	19	40	48
4	Kaden Stephens (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
10	S. Hernandez (Sr)	13	3	6	50	0	2	0	2	3	67
11	Kayden Cucumber (Jr)	6	0	0	0	2	4	50	2	6	33
15	Dillon Beam (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	50
21	Utsela Saunooke (Jr)	9	1	2	50	2	2	100	2	2	100
22	Matix Stamper (Sr)	7	0	2	0	1	2	50	3	6	50
23	Mack Burgess (So)	24	2	2	100	6	7	86	6	11	55
35	Traelin Carey (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
42	B. Blankenship (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33

Bradford Prep

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	50	12	12	24	5	10	1	9
1	Khalil Jackson (Jr)	14		1	1		4
2	Dayton Self (Sr)	0							3
3	Isaiah Baines (Sr)	10	1	1	2		1
5	Braden Johnson (Sr)	0	1		1	1
10	Cohen Collins (Sr)	2
11	Luke Hanson (Sr)	6	2	4	6	1	1	1	2
12	B. Drescher (Sr)	3		1	1		1
20	Gaibryel Valcin (Jr)	6	2		2		1
21	Damani Dennis (So)	0		1	1	1
23	Nigel Wallace (Jr)	2	3	2	5	1	1		2
24	Elijah Bentley (Jr)	7	3	2	5	1	1		2

Cherokee

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	67	10	25	35	15	3	2	13	16
4	Kaden Stephens (Jr)	2	3	3	6	5	1	0	0	1
10	S. Hernandez (Sr)	13	0	6	6	1	0	0	2	1
11	Kayden Cucumber (Jr)	6	1	2	3	6	2	0	3	2
15	Dillon Beam (Jr)	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	4
21	Utsela Saunooke (Jr)	9	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1
22	Matix Stamper (Sr)	7	2	6	8	0	0	0	2	3
23	Mack Burgess (So)	24	1	2	3	1	0	1	0	3
35	Traelin Carey (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
42	B. Blankenship (Jr)	2	2	3	5	1	0	0	1	0
45	Drallen Ledford (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0

Bradford Prep

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.56	1.11
11	Luke Hanson (Sr)	0.50	0.50
23	Nigel Wallace (Jr)	0.50	0.50
24	Elijah Bentley (Jr)	0.50	0.50

Cherokee

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	1.15	0.23	0.19	0.13	2
4	Kaden Stephens (Jr)	5.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
10	S. Hernandez (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
11	Kayden Cucumber (Jr)	2.00	0.67	1.00	0.00
15	Dillon Beam (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	Mack Burgess (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	1
42	B. Blankenship (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
45	Drallen Ledford (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Bradford Prep knocked off by Cherokee

February 26, 2026: Cherokee, NC 28719

In Thursday's non-league test, the Cherokee Braves (Cherokee, NC) basketball squad knocked off the visiting Bradford Prep Bears (Charlotte, NC), by a score of 67-50.

Next, the Braves encounter the Bradford Prep Bears (Charlotte, NC) in a non-league test, on Thursday, February 26. Cherokee will attempt to improve on its 19-8 season record. The Bears come into the test with a 9-16 record after their 60-51 non-league win over Piedmont Classical (Browns Summit, NC).

The Bears (9-17) will now prepare for their bout against Cherokee (Cherokee, NC). The Braves go into the non-league bout with a 18-8 record. In their last bout, Cherokee fell by Murphy (Murphy, NC), 78-59, in a non-league bout.

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Final

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Bradford Prep @ Cherokee Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 26, 2026 @ 5p

The Cherokee (NC) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home playoff game against Bradford Prep (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 67-50.

This game is a part of the "2026 NCHSAA Men's Basketball Championship - 2A" tournament.

Rankings & Records

Bradford Prep (25-26)

NC	Class
403	23

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-17	5-9	6-7	3-9	0-1	.346	.357	1,339	1,476

Cherokee (25-26)

NC	Class
362	18

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
19-9	10-4	10-2	9-5	0-2	.679	.714	1,916	1,460

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Bradford Prep	9.2	12.3	15.5	14.5	4.0	7.0	51.5
Cherokee	17.5	18.9	17.3	14.8	-	-	68.4

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Team Stat Comparison

Bradford Prep		Cherokee
51.3	Points Per Game	68.3
28.9	Rebounds Per Game	31.4
11.0	Assists Per Game	10.9
5.1	Steals Per Game	12.1
2.1	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Bradford Prep		Cherokee	National Avg.
#11 Luke Hanson13.3	Points Per Game	#10 Samuel Hernandez16.2	4.8
#23 Nigel Wallace6.1	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Matix Stamper5.3	2.5
#1 Khalil Jackson3.0	Assists Per Game	#10 Samuel Hernandez2.3	1.0
#11 Luke Hanson1.2	Steals Per Game	#4 Kaden Stephens2.0	0.8
#10 Cohen Collins0.6	Blocks Per Game	#22 Matix Stamper0.5	0.2

Record Breakdown

Bradford Prep (25-26)		Cherokee (25-26)
9-17	Overall	19-9
5-10	League	10-5
3-4	Non-League	7-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
6-7	Home	10-2
3-9	Away	9-5
0-1	Neutral	0-2
1-1	Playoff	1-1
9-17	In-State	19-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-2

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North Carolina High School Basketball - Bradford Prep knocked off by Cherokee

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