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New Castle Connersville

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The Connersville (IN) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against New Castle (IN) in overtime by a score of 54-48.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
New Castle	5	11	13	11	8	48
Connersville	11	8	9	12	14	54

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Connersville (22-23)

New Castle

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	47	18	41	44	57
5	Ethan Hinton (Sr)	11	4	6	67	92
10	Colin Taylor (Jr)	9	3	6	50	75
21	Landon Thompson (So)	2	1	1	100	100
22	Gavin Welch (Sr)	20	8	24	33	42
30	Cole Johnson (Sr)	3	1	2	50	75

Connersville

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	54	23	49	47	49
5	Brayden Pearson (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
10	Gavin Pearson (Sr)	4	1	5	20	30
23	Blaine Hornsby (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
24	Josh Williams (Sr)	28	11	18	61	64
32	Braxton Myers (Sr)	8	4	12	33	33
34	Lucas Barron (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
42	James Williams (Sr)	10	5	6	83	83

New Castle

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	47	11	27	41	7	14	50
5	Ethan Hinton (Sr)	11	3	4	75	1	2	50
10	Colin Taylor (Jr)	9	3	5	60	0	1	0
21	Landon Thompson (So)	2				1	1	100
22	Gavin Welch (Sr)	20	4	16	25	4	8	50
30	Cole Johnson (Sr)	3	1	2	50

Connersville

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	54	2	12	17	6	13	46	21	37	57
5	Brayden Pearson (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Gavin Pearson (Sr)	4	1	4	25	1	2	50	0	1	0
23	Blaine Hornsby (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
24	Josh Williams (Sr)	28	1	3	33	5	9	56	10	15	67
32	Braxton Myers (Sr)	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	11	36
34	Lucas Barron (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	33
42	James Williams (Sr)	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	6	83

New Castle

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	47	2	15	17	6	4	2	13	14
4	Clay Butler (Jr)			1	1				1	1
5	Ethan Hinton (Sr)	11	2	6	8	1	1		6	5
10	Colin Taylor (Jr)	9		1	1	2	1		2
21	Landon Thompson (So)	2		1	1			1	1	1
22	Gavin Welch (Sr)	20		3	3	2	1	1	2	3
30	Cole Johnson (Sr)	3				1

Connersville

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	54	12	18	30	12	5	2	6	11
10	Gavin Pearson (Sr)	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
14	Cody Naylor (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	Blaine Hornsby (Jr)	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
24	Josh Williams (Sr)	28	2	7	9	7	4	1	0	4
32	Braxton Myers (Sr)	8	4	5	9	2	1	0	2	1
34	Lucas Barron (Sr)	2	1	3	4	2	0	0	2	2
42	James Williams (Sr)	10	3	2	5	0	0	1	2	2

New Castle

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.46	0.31	0.29	0.14
5	Ethan Hinton (Sr)	0.17	0.17	0.20
10	Colin Taylor (Jr)	1.00	0.50
21	Landon Thompson (So)				1.00
22	Gavin Welch (Sr)	1.00	0.50	0.33	0.33

Connersville

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	2.00	0.83	0.46	0.18	3	9
5	Brayden Pearson (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2	2
10	Gavin Pearson (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
24	Josh Williams (Sr)	7.00	4.00	1.00	0.25	0	2
32	Braxton Myers (Sr)	1.00	0.50	1.00	0.00	1	2
34	Lucas Barron (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
42	James Williams (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0	2

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Connersville vs New Castle Game Highlights - Jan. 7, 2023 140 views 1:39

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Indiana High School Basketball - New Castle can't hold off Connersville

January 7, 2023: Connersville, IN 47331

The Connersville Spartans basketball team scored 54 points and held the visiting New Castle Trojans to 48 in the Spartans non-league triumph on Saturday.

The Spartans now sport a 8-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Centerville for a non-league contest on Wednesday, January 11. Connersville will battle a Bulldogs team coming off a 63-38 non-league loss to Northeastern (Fountain City, IN). The Bulldogs record now stands at 1-8.

The Trojans (7-6) will now prepare for their contest against Greenfield-Central (Greenfield, IN). The Cougars enter the Hoosier Heritage contest with a 8-1 record. In their last contest, Greenfield-Central nudged Mt. Vernon (Fortville, IN), 51-46, in a league contest.

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Overtime
48 - 54 The scorer has checked in. New Castle 48, Connersville 54

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Overtime
Attendance At least 1,000

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48 - 54

End of Game
Final
New Castle 48, Connersville 54

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New Castle (22-23)

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Connersville (22-23)

Congratulations to #24 Josh Williams for being selected the Connersville Basketball Player of the Game.

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Rankings & Records

New Castle (22-23)

IN	Class
111	27

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
14-12	2-5	7-5	3-6	4-1	.538	.286	1,344	1,320

Connersville (22-23)

IN	Class
37	6

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
18-5	7-0	12-2	6-2	0-1	.783	1.000	1,176	945

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
New Castle	10.7	12.1	12.6	14.1	7.7	51.7
Connersville	11.2	11.5	13.4	15.2	14.0	51.1

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Team Stat Comparison

New Castle		Connersville
51.6	Points Per Game	51.1
20.0	Rebounds Per Game	22.9
8.8	Assists Per Game	11.4
5.0	Steals Per Game	6.0
1.7	Blocks Per Game	1.3

Team Leaders

New Castle		Connersville	National Avg.
#22 Gavin Welch15.8	Points Per Game	#24 Josh Williams15.4	4.9
#22 Gavin Welch4.8	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Josh Williams5.6	2.6
#22 Gavin Welch2.1	Assists Per Game	#24 Josh Williams4.6	1.0
#10 Colin Taylor1.1	Steals Per Game	#24 Josh Williams1.9	0.8
#10 Colin Taylor0.7	Blocks Per Game	#34 Lucas Barron0.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
New Castle	4-5		Connersville	6-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/9/22	Shelbyville	New Castle	(W) 50-38	12/3/22	Connersville	Shelbyville	(L) 44-42
12/16/22	New Castle	New Palestine	(L) 85-60	2/11/23	New Palestine	Connersville	(W) 58-52
12/22/22	New Castle	Mt. Vernon	(L) 58-48	1/27/23	Connersville	Mt. Vernon	(W) 75-70
12/28/22	New Castle	Northeastern	(W) 46-44	2/21/23	Connersville	Northeastern	(W) 51-33
1/6/23	Richmond	New Castle	(L) 60-57	12/17/22	Connersville	Richmond	(W) 41-39
1/14/23	Rushville	New Castle	(W) 63-29	12/2/22	Connersville	Rushville	(W) 64-39
2/10/23	New Castle	Delta	(L) 43-39	11/26/22	Connersville	Delta	(L) 44-41
3/4/23	New Castle	Delta	(L) 50-37
2/14/23	Pendleton Heights	New Castle	(W) 59-41	12/10/22	Pendleton Heights	Connersville	(W) 56-45

Record Breakdown

New Castle (22-23)		Connersville (22-23)
14-12	Overall	18-5
2-5	League	7-0
7-6	Non-League	10-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-5	Common Opponent	6-2
7-5	Home	12-2
3-6	Away	6-2
4-1	Neutral	0-1
2-1	Playoff	0-1
14-12	In-State	18-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0