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Central Poplar Springs

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Atomics

The Poplar Springs (Graceville, FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Central (Milton, FL) by a score of 81-68.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central	-	-	-	-	68
Poplar Springs	-	-	-	-	81

Final score provided by J. Merritt.

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Game Stats

Poplar Springs (18-19)

Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	28	61	46	48
12	Trenton Moye (So)	8	2	6	33	50
20	Landyn Jernigan (So)	5	2	7	29	29
21	Andrew Hof (So)	19	9	15	60	60
23	Michael Gaines (Sr)	7	3	10	30	30
30	Michael Simmons (So)	22	9	14	64	64
33	Jackson Arnold (So)	3	1	4	25	38
42	Austin Nathey (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
50	Tristan Wright (So)	2	1	4	25	25

Poplar Springs

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	81	33	63	52	62
0	C. Johnson (Sr)	11	5	8	63	69
1	Tony Bennett (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
3	Brayden Smith (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
5	Zach Smith (Sr)	21	9	17	53	62
10	Zaimes Hall (So)	15	5	10	50	75
11	Sonny Chesnut (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
21	Jayden Merritt (Sr)	14	6	9	67	67
22	Rauston Tate (Sr)	16	6	12	50	63

Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	3	15	20	9	18	50	25	46	54
12	Trenton Moye (So)	8	2	6	33	2	2	100	0	0	0
20	Landyn Jernigan (So)	5	0	2	0	1	2	50	2	5	40
21	Andrew Hof (So)	19	0	1	0	1	4	25	9	14	64
23	Michael Gaines (Sr)	7	0	4	0	1	1	100	3	6	50
30	Michael Simmons (So)	22	0	0	0	4	9	44	9	14	64
33	Jackson Arnold (So)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	2	0
42	Austin Nathey (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
50	Tristan Wright (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25

Poplar Springs

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	81	12	27	44	3	6	50	21	36	58
0	C. Johnson (Sr)	11	1	3	33	0	0	0	4	5	80
1	Tony Bennett (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	Brayden Smith (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
5	Zach Smith (Sr)	21	3	6	50	0	2	0	6	11	55
10	Zaimes Hall (So)	15	5	10	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Sonny Chesnut (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
21	Jayden Merritt (Sr)	14	0	0	0	2	2	100	6	9	67
22	Rauston Tate (Sr)	16	3	7	43	1	2	50	3	5	60

Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	68	13	16	29	10	7	2	10	11
12	Trenton Moye (So)	8	0	4	4	0	0	0	3	2
20	Landyn Jernigan (So)	5	0	2	2	1	3	0	0	0
21	Andrew Hof (So)	19	2	1	3	2	2	0	1	4
23	Michael Gaines (Sr)	7	2	1	3	3	2	0	2	1
30	Michael Simmons (So)	22	7	4	11	1	0	0	1	3
33	Jackson Arnold (So)	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
42	Austin Nathey (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	Tristan Wright (So)	2	0	4	4	2	0	2	3	0

Poplar Springs

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	81	12	17	29	26	9	1	12	14
0	C. Johnson (Sr)	11	2	3	5	2	2	0	4	2
3	Brayden Smith (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Zach Smith (Sr)	21	4	3	7	7	2	0	2	2
10	Zaimes Hall (So)	15	0	1	1	7	1	0	0	3
11	Sonny Chesnut (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
21	Jayden Merritt (Sr)	14	1	3	4	1	0	1	0	3
22	Rauston Tate (Sr)	16	4	5	9	8	4	0	4	1
24	Bayley Nelson (Fr)	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	0

Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	0.70	0.64	0.18	1	6
12	Trenton Moye (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	3
20	Landyn Jernigan (So)	1.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	0	3
21	Andrew Hof (So)	2.00	2.00	0.50	0.00	0	0
23	Michael Gaines (Sr)	1.50	1.00	2.00	0.00	1	0
30	Michael Simmons (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
33	Jackson Arnold (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
50	Tristan Wright (So)	0.67	0.00	0.00	2.00	0	0

Poplar Springs

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	2.17	0.75	0.64	0.07	1	3
0	C. Johnson (Sr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	0	1
5	Zach Smith (Sr)	3.50	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	1
10	Zaimes Hall (So)	7.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	0	0
21	Jayden Merritt (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	0	0
22	Rauston Tate (Sr)	2.00	1.00	4.00	0.00	1	1
24	Bayley Nelson (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0

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Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Poplar Springs over Central

January 4, 2019: Graceville, FL 32440

Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Poplar Springs Atomics (Graceville, FL) and the visiting Central Jaguars (Milton, FL), saw Poplar Springs's basketball squad overcome Central by a tally of 81-68.

With the victory, Poplar Springs improves its record to 8-6 on the campaign. The Atomics travel to Rocky Bayou Christian (Niceville, FL) to confront the Knights in a non-league challenge on Monday, January 7. The Knights come into the challenge with a record of 4-4.

Next up, the Jaguars confront the Ponce De Leon Pirates (Ponce De Leon, FL) in a 1A District 1 challenge, on Tuesday, January 8. Central will attempt to improve on its 7-6 season record. The Pirates come into the challenge with a 4-6 record after their 57-47 league win over Laurel Hill (Laurel Hill, FL).

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Rankings & Records

Central (18-19)

National	FL	Class
12,628	478	21

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
11-15	4-8	5-6	4-7	2-2	.423	.333	1,578	1,558

Poplar Springs (18-19)

National	FL	Class
8,819	317	8

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
21-10	7-5	11-3	6-5	4-2	.677	.583	2,076	1,748

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Central	14.0	15.9	16.5	14.1	-	60.7
Poplar Springs	16.2	15.9	19.2	18.7	8.0	67.0

Head-to-Head

Poplar Springs won on 11/30/2018

11/30 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Poplar Springs 15 10 19 15 59
Central 15 6 16 15 52

The Poplar Springs (Graceville, FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Central (Milton, FL) by a score of 59-52.
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Poplar Springs won on 1/4/2019

1/4 @ 6:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Central - - - - 68
Poplar Springs - - - - 81

The Central (Milton, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Poplar Springs (Graceville, FL) by a score of 81-68.
Box score

11/30 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Poplar Springs	15	10	19	15	59
Central	15	6	16	15	52

Team Stat Comparison

Central		Poplar Springs
58.6	Points Per Game	63.4
29.6	Rebounds Per Game	30.4
9.4	Assists Per Game	15.4
6.8	Steals Per Game	8.6
2.5	Blocks Per Game	1.7

Team Leaders

Central		Poplar Springs	National Avg.
#21 Andrew Hof14.5	Points Per Game	#5 Zach Smith18.3	5.0
#30 Michael Simmons8.2	Rebounds Per Game	#21 Jayden Merritt9.0	2.6
#12 Trenton Moye2.7	Assists Per Game	#22 Rauston Tate5.8	1.0
#12 Trenton Moye1.4	Steals Per Game	#22 Rauston Tate2.5	0.8
#50 Tristan Wright1.2	Blocks Per Game	#21 Jayden Merritt1.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Central	4-7		Poplar Springs	8-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/29/18	Laurel Hill	Central	(L) 73-65	12/11/18	Poplar Springs	Laurel Hill	(L) 78-75
1/10/19	Central	Laurel Hill	(W) 80-70	1/24/19	Laurel Hill	Poplar Springs	(W) 76-71
2/12/19	Central	Laurel Hill	(L) 61-55	2/15/19	Laurel Hill	Poplar Springs	(W) 55-41
12/4/18	Central	Ponce De Leon	(W) 57-51	12/7/18	Ponce De Leon	Poplar Springs	(W) 72-38
1/8/19	Ponce De Leon	Central	(W) 57-46	12/14/18	Ponce De Leon	Poplar Springs	(W) 45-41
				1/18/19	Poplar Springs	Ponce De Leon	(W) 77-75
				2/12/19	Ponce De Leon	Poplar Springs	(W) 74-38
12/6/18	Central	Paxton	(L) 73-60	11/27/18	Paxton	Poplar Springs	(L) 79-62
1/15/19	Paxton	Central	(L) 71-43	1/29/19	Poplar Springs	Paxton	(L) 75-71
				2/16/19	Paxton	Poplar Springs	(L) 57-50
12/7/18	Bethlehem	Central	(W) 59-49	12/4/18	Poplar Springs	Bethlehem	(L) 72-63
1/25/19	Central	Bethlehem	(L) 67-61	12/15/18	Bethlehem	Poplar Springs	(L) 52-41
				1/11/19	Bethlehem	Poplar Springs	(W) 71-45
1/11/19	Central	Malone	(L) 71-49	1/15/19	Poplar Springs	Malone	(W) 72-61
1/18/19	Malone	Central	(L) 71-56	1/31/19	Malone	Poplar Springs	(L) 71-66

Record Breakdown

Central (18-19)		Poplar Springs (18-19)
11-15	Overall	21-10
4-8	League	7-6
4-4	Non-League	10-2
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
4-7	Common Opponent	8-7
5-6	Home	11-3
4-7	Away	6-5
2-2	Neutral	4-2
0-0	Playoff	0-1
9-14	In-State	20-9
2-1	Out-of-State	1-1