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New Bern Pender

Bears

Patriots

The Pender (Burgaw, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against New Bern (NC) by a score of 59-37.

Game Details: 3rd Annual M.L. Carr Invitational

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
New Bern	11	23	11	14	59
Pender	12	9	10	6	37

Final score provided by J. Bowman.

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Game Stats

Pender (23-24)

New Bern

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	23	59	39	45
1	Xavier Cox (Sr)	6	3	9	33	33
2	Zymari Buck (Sr)	13	5	12	42	46
3	E. Johnson (Sr)	7	3	4	75	88
4	Brewer Simmons (Sr)	7	3	8	38	38
5	Jussan Wiggins (Jr)	5	2	5	40	50
10	Jordan Hawkins (So)	5	2	7	29	36
11	Alex Martinez (Sr)	8	3	8	38	44
12	Reed Pennington (So)	8	2	3	67	100
13	C. Starkweather (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0

Pender

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	37	15
2	Jordan Hansley (Jr)	3	1
3	Malcolm Driver (Jr)	9	4
14	Desmon Thomas (Sr)	9	2
21	Cyrus Page (Sr)	8	4
45	Ryan Howell (Jr)	8	4

New Bern

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	7	20	35	6	11	55	16	39	41
0	Jaylen Queen (Sr)	0				0	2	0
1	Xavier Cox (Sr)	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	8	38
2	Zymari Buck (Sr)	13	1	4	25	2	2	100	4	8	50
3	E. Johnson (Sr)	7	1	1	100				2	3	67
4	Brewer Simmons (Sr)	7	0	3	0	1	1	100	3	5	60
5	Jussan Wiggins (Jr)	5	1	1	100				1	4	25
10	Jordan Hawkins (So)	5	1	2	50				1	5	20
11	Alex Martinez (Sr)	8	1	4	25	1	1	100	2	4	50
12	Reed Pennington (So)	8	2	3	67	2	3	67	0	0	0
13	C. Starkweather (Sr)	0	0	1	0

Pender

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	37	2	5	7	71	13
2	Jordan Hansley (Jr)	3		1	2	50	1
3	Malcolm Driver (Jr)	9	1				3
14	Desmon Thomas (Sr)	9	1	4	4	100	1
21	Cyrus Page (Sr)	8		0	1	0	4
45	Ryan Howell (Jr)	8					4

New Bern

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	59	7	21	28	16	15	1	12
0	Jaylen Queen (Sr)	0		1	1	2
1	Xavier Cox (Sr)	6	2	3	5	2	2		1
2	Zymari Buck (Sr)	13	1	3	4	1	1		2
3	E. Johnson (Sr)	7				3	3		1
4	Brewer Simmons (Sr)	7	1	3	4	2	5		1
5	Jussan Wiggins (Jr)	5	1	5	6	3	2		3
10	Jordan Hawkins (So)	5				2	1		1
11	Alex Martinez (Sr)	8	2	2	4	1	1	1	1
12	Reed Pennington (So)	8
13	C. Starkweather (Sr)	0							2
21	Andrew Davis (So)			3	3

Pender

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	37	36	7	5	2
2	Jordan Hansley (Jr)	3	3	2	2
3	Malcolm Driver (Jr)	9	6	2
14	Desmon Thomas (Sr)	9	7	1	1	1
21	Cyrus Page (Sr)	8	9	2	2	1
22	Adrian Merritt (Jr)		1
45	Ryan Howell (Jr)	8	7
50	Demarius White (Sr)		2
55	Emmett Wade (Sr)		1

New Bern

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.33	1.25
1	Xavier Cox (Sr)	2.00	2.00
2	Zymari Buck (Sr)	0.50	0.50
3	E. Johnson (Sr)	3.00	3.00
4	Brewer Simmons (Sr)	2.00	5.00
5	Jussan Wiggins (Jr)	1.00	0.67
10	Jordan Hawkins (So)	2.00	1.00
11	Alex Martinez (Sr)	1.00	1.00

Misc Totals

Pender has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - New Bern crushes Pender

December 29, 2023: New Bern, NC 28562

New Bern Bears (New Bern, NC) backers were in high spirits Friday as they witnessed their basketball squad bounce the visiting Pender Patriots (Burgaw, NC), 59-37 in a non-league bout.

With the win, New Bern upgrades its record to 9-5 on the season. The Bears host South Central (Winterville, NC) to play the Falcons in a 3A/4A Big Carolina bout on Tuesday, January 9. The Falcons go into the bout with a record of 7-0.

Next up, the Patriots play the South Columbus Stallions (Tabor City, NC) in a 1A/2A Waccamaw bout, on Wednesday, January 3. Pender will attempt to upgrade on its 2-5 season record. The Stallions go into the bout with a 5-8 record after their 63-25 non-league loss to West Bladen (Bladenboro, NC).

Players of the Game

New Bern (23-24)

Congratulations to #12 Reed Pennington for being selected the New Bern Basketball Player of the Game.

Pender (23-24)

Pender has not selected any Players of the Game.

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Rankings & Records

New Bern (23-24)

NC	Class
210	27

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
17-11	8-4	10-4	5-6	2-1	.607	.667	1,683	1,620

Pender (23-24)

NC	Class
546	32

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
3-18	1-12	1-8	1-8	1-2	.143	.077	995	1,288

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
New Bern	13.5	16.0	14.2	16.7	7.0	10.0	60.1
Pender	9.9	12.6	11.9	13.1	-	-	47.4

Team Stat Comparison

New Bern		Pender
58.1	Points Per Game	46.4
27.3	Rebounds Per Game	19.1
12.6	Assists Per Game	7.5
8.5	Steals Per Game	3.6
2.5	Blocks Per Game	3.6

Team Leaders

New Bern		Pender	National Avg.
#2 Zymari Buck15.9	Points Per Game	#21 Cyrus Page13.1	4.9
#4 Brewer Simmons7.6	Rebounds Per Game	#21 Cyrus Page4.5	2.6
#1 Xavier Cox2.9	Assists Per Game	#2 Jordan Hansley2.3	1.0
#5 Jussan Wiggins1.9	Steals Per Game	#2 Jordan Hansley1.4	0.8
#11 Alex Martinez0.7	Blocks Per Game	#45 Ryan Howell1.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
New Bern	1-0		Pender	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/20/23	Wallace-Rose Hill	New Bern	(W) 52-48	12/28/23	Wallace-Rose Hill	Pender	(L) 67-45
				1/13/24	Pender	Wallace-Rose Hill	(L) 70-57
				1/20/24	Wallace-Rose Hill	Pender	(W) 53-45

Record Breakdown

New Bern (23-24)		Pender (23-24)
17-11	Overall	3-18
10-4	League	1-12
4-3	Non-League	1-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-0	Common Opponent	1-2
10-4	Home	1-8
5-6	Away	1-8
2-1	Neutral	1-2
0-1	Playoff	0-0
17-10	In-State	3-18
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0