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Myrtle Walnut

Hawks

Wildcats

The Walnut (MS) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Myrtle (MS) by a score of 62-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Myrtle	13	16	12	12	53
Walnut	17	9	22	14	62

Final score provided by E. Skinner.

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Game Stats

Walnut (21-22)

Myrtle

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	19	55	35	39
2	C. Hutcheson (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
3	Charles Hefner (Sr)	11	4	13	31	35
4	Haiden Shoops (So)	8	4	10	40	40
13	Noah Ingle (So)	3	1	2	50	75
14	Nate Gaines (Jr)	4	2	4	50	50
15	Jaden Taylor (Sr)	19	6	16	38	47
20	Tanner Fryar (So)	0	0	3	0	0
22	Will Greer (Sr)	8	2	5	40	40

Walnut

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	62
1	B. Porterfield (Sr)	26
2	Ty Dowdy (Sr)	4
3	Jack Leak (So)	1
4	Drew Jackson (So)	7
10	Ky Wilbanks (Jr)	6
21	Jack Pulse (Sr)	12
22	Andrew Crum (Sr)	2
23	Kemarrian Gray (Fr)	4

Myrtle

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	5	20	25	10	22	45	14	35	40
2	C. Hutcheson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	Charles Hefner (Sr)	11	1	5	20	2	5	40	3	8	38
4	Haiden Shoops (So)	8	0	4	0	0	3	0	4	6	67
13	Noah Ingle (So)	3	1	1	100	0	2	0	0	1	0
14	Nate Gaines (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	50
15	Jaden Taylor (Sr)	19	3	9	33	4	6	67	3	7	43
20	Tanner Fryar (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	Will Greer (Sr)	8	0	0	0	4	6	67	2	5	40

Walnut

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	62
1	B. Porterfield (Sr)	26
2	Ty Dowdy (Sr)	4
3	Jack Leak (So)	1
4	Drew Jackson (So)	7
10	Ky Wilbanks (Jr)	6
21	Jack Pulse (Sr)	12
22	Andrew Crum (Sr)	2
23	Kemarrian Gray (Fr)	4

Myrtle

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	53	9	33	42	13	9	22	0
2	C. Hutcheson (Sr)	0	1	2	3	0	0	2
3	Charles Hefner (Sr)	11	3	7	10	3	3	6	0
4	Haiden Shoops (So)	8	1	2	3	0	2	2
13	Noah Ingle (So)	3	2	3	5	0	1	0
14	Nate Gaines (Jr)	4	0	4	4	1	0	1
15	Jaden Taylor (Sr)	19	1	6	7	7	2	7
20	Tanner Fryar (So)	0	0	2	2	0	0	2
22	Will Greer (Sr)	8	1	7	8	2	1	2

Walnut

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	62
1	B. Porterfield (Sr)	26
2	Ty Dowdy (Sr)	4
3	Jack Leak (So)	1
4	Drew Jackson (So)	7
10	Ky Wilbanks (Jr)	6
21	Jack Pulse (Sr)	12
22	Andrew Crum (Sr)	2
23	Kemarrian Gray (Fr)	4

Myrtle

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	TF
	Team Totals	0.59	0.41	9.00	0.00	1	0
3	Charles Hefner (Sr)	0.50	0.50	3.00	0.00	0	0
4	Haiden Shoops (So)	0.00	1.00			0
13	Noah Ingle (So)	0.00	1.00			0
14	Nate Gaines (Jr)	1.00	0.00			1
15	Jaden Taylor (Sr)	1.00	0.29			0
22	Will Greer (Sr)	1.00	0.50			0

Misc Totals

Walnut has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

Mississippi High School Basketball - Walnut tops Myrtle

November 2, 2021: Walnut, MS 38683

Fans at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Walnut Wildcats (Walnut, MS) and the visiting Myrtle Hawks (Myrtle, MS), saw Walnut's basketball squad knock off Myrtle by a count of 62-53.

With the victory, Walnut upgrades its record to 1-0 on the campaign. The Wildcats host Wheeler (Wheeler, MS) to play the Eagles in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, November 9. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 2-0. Wheeler won 57-40 in their recent non-league challenge against North Pontotoc (Ecru, MS)

Next up, the Hawks play the West Union Eagles (Myrtle, MS) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, November 4. Myrtle will attempt to upgrade on its 0-1 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 2-0 record after their 86-59 non-league win over North Pontotoc (Ecru, MS).

Rankings & Records

Myrtle (21-22)

MS	Reg.
297	39

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
6-24	3-6	3-9	2-9	1-6	.200	.333	1,617	2,127

Walnut (21-22)

MS	Reg.
213	22

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
11-16	2-4	7-3	1-6	3-7	.407	.333	1,464	1,580

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Myrtle	12.1	13.9	14.6	13.8	-	53.9
Walnut	13.8	13.5	13.1	14.0	11.0	54.2

Team Stat Comparison

Myrtle		Walnut
53.7	Points Per Game	49.9
26.7	Rebounds Per Game	1.0
8.3	Assists Per Game	-
7.9	Steals Per Game	0.1
1.9	Blocks Per Game	0.1

Team Leaders

Myrtle		Walnut	National Avg.
#15 Jaden Taylor17.3	Points Per Game	#1 Brantley Porterfield13.8	4.9
#15 Jaden Taylor4.7	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Andrew Crum0.4	2.6
#15 Jaden Taylor3.0	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#15 Jaden Taylor2.5	Steals Per Game	#12 Jake Kirk0.1	0.8
#2 Caden Hutcheson0.6	Blocks Per Game	#2 Ty Dowdy0.1	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Myrtle	2-11		Walnut	7-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/4/21	West Union	Myrtle	(L) 61-42	12/28/21	Walnut	West Union	(L) 75-56
				1/22/22	Walnut	West Union	(W) 59-47
11/11/21	Blue Mountain	Myrtle	(L) 56-42	11/16/21	Blue Mountain	Walnut	(W) 59-53
1/25/22	Blue Mountain	Myrtle	(L) 63-55
11/12/21	Jumpertown	Myrtle	(L) 69-59	12/7/21	Walnut	Jumpertown	(L) 73-57
12/2/21	Hickory Flat	Myrtle	(L) 61-59	1/11/22	Hickory Flat	Walnut	(W) 50-47
2/3/22	Myrtle	Hickory Flat	(L) 57-55
12/20/21	Myrtle	Falkner	(L) 74-54	12/16/21	Walnut	Falkner	(L) 60-57
				1/6/22	Walnut	Falkner	(L) 78-65
				2/1/22	Falkner	Walnut	(W) 49-45
1/3/22	Myrtle	East Union	(L) 72-63	1/18/22	East Union	Walnut	(W) 65-53
1/19/22	East Union	Myrtle	(W) 58-55	2/8/22	Walnut	East Union	(W) 62-43
1/4/22	Myrtle	Palmer	(L) 80-41	2/15/22	Walnut	Palmer	(L) 79-72
1/28/22	Palmer	Myrtle	(L) 79-40
1/10/22	Thrasher	Myrtle	(W) 60-53	11/23/21	Thrasher	Walnut	(W) 79-62
2/15/22	Myrtle	Pine Grove	(L) 88-43	1/25/22	Walnut	Pine Grove	(L) 78-47

Record Breakdown

Myrtle (21-22)		Walnut (21-22)
6-24	Overall	11-16
3-6	League	3-4
2-11	Non-League	7-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-11	Common Opponent	7-6
3-9	Home	7-3
2-9	Away	1-6
1-6	Neutral	3-7
0-1	Playoff	0-1
6-24	In-State	11-16
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0