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Poplarville Moss Point

Hornets

Tigers

The Moss Point (MS) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home conference game against Poplarville (MS) by a score of 29-19.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Poplarville	7	2	6	4	19
Moss Point	9	8	0	12	29

Final score provided by E. Porter.

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Game Stats

Moss Point (23-24)

Poplarville

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	19
3	A. Galloway (So)	1
12	Janiyah Jones (Jr)	2
15	Aleah Bester (Sr)	14
22	Briahna Burt (Jr)	2

Moss Point

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	29	10	34	29	32
1	Landyn Johnson (So)	6	2	5	40	40
3	K. Richardson (Jr)	7	3	9	33	39
12	Kirsten Bailey (So)	6	3	8	38	38
13	Ziara Cato (Sr)	3	0	1	0	0
24	Jordyn Ford (Jr)	6	2	10	20	25
30	Zaria Nettles (So)	1	0	1	0	0

Poplarville

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FTM	FTA	FT%
	Team Totals	19	3	4	75
3	A. Galloway (So)	1	1	1	100
12	Janiyah Jones (Jr)	2
15	Aleah Bester (Sr)	14	2	2	100
22	Briahna Burt (Jr)	2	0	1	0

Moss Point

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	29	2	14	14	7	11	64	8	20	40
1	Landyn Johnson (So)	6	0	1	0	2	3	67	2	4	50
3	K. Richardson (Jr)	7	1	5	20				2	4	50
12	Kirsten Bailey (So)	6	0	2	0				3	6	50
13	Ziara Cato (Sr)	3				3	4	75	0	1	0
24	Jordyn Ford (Jr)	6	1	5	20	1	2	50	1	5	20
30	Zaria Nettles (So)	1	0	1	0	1	2	50

Poplarville

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	19
3	A. Galloway (So)	1
12	Janiyah Jones (Jr)	2
15	Aleah Bester (Sr)	14
22	Briahna Burt (Jr)	2

Moss Point

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	29	8	17	25	6	10	17
1	Landyn Johnson (So)	6	3	1	4	2	1	2
2	J. Terrell (So)			1	1			1
3	K. Richardson (Jr)	7	2	4	6	1	5	2
12	Kirsten Bailey (So)	6		2	2		1	4
13	Ziara Cato (Sr)	3	1	2	3	1	2	1
24	Jordyn Ford (Jr)	6	1	2	3	2	1	5
30	Zaria Nettles (So)	1	1	5	6			2

Misc Totals

Poplarville has not entered any misc totals stats.

Moss Point

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.35	0.59	14
1	Landyn Johnson (So)	1.00	0.50	1
3	K. Richardson (Jr)	0.50	2.50	3
12	Kirsten Bailey (So)		0.25	4
13	Ziara Cato (Sr)	1.00	2.00	3
24	Jordyn Ford (Jr)	0.40	0.20	1
30	Zaria Nettles (So)			2

Game Story

Mississippi High School Basketball - Moss Point tops Poplarville

January 3, 2024: Moss Point, MS 39563

Fans at Wednesday's league challenge between the Moss Point Tigers (Moss Point, MS) and the visiting Poplarville Hornets (Poplarville, MS), saw Moss Point's basketball squad knock off Poplarville by a count of 29-19.

With the victory, Moss Point upgrades its record to 10-9 on the campaign. The Tigers travel to St. Martin (Ocean Springs, MS) to play the Yellow Jackets in a non-league challenge on Friday, January 5. The Yellow Jackets come into the challenge with a record of 13-4. St. Martin won 59-52 in their recent non-league challenge against Fairhope (Fairhope, AL)

Next up, the Hornets play the Pass Christian Pirates (Pass Christian, MS) in a 4A Region 8 challenge, on Friday, January 5. Poplarville will attempt to upgrade on its 10-7 season record. The Pirates come into the challenge with a 6-11 record after their 41-17 league loss to Bay (Bay St. Louis, MS).

Players of the Game

Poplarville (23-24)

Congratulations to #15 Aleah Bester for being selected the Poplarville Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Moss Point (23-24)

Congratulations to #3 Kaliyah Richardson for being selected the Moss Point Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Poplarville (23-24)

MS	Reg.
198	33

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
10-16	0-8	3-6	6-9	1-1	.385	.000	874	961

Moss Point (23-24)

MS	Reg.
153	26

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
12-19	3-7	7-5	2-8	3-6	.387	.300	829	895

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Poplarville	7.7	7.2	9.6	10.5	5.0	33.6
Moss Point	6.5	6.8	6.6	7.3	11.0	26.7

Head-to-Head

Moss Point won on 1/3/2024

1/3 @ 1p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Poplarville 7 2 6 4 19
Moss Point 9 8 0 12 29

The Poplarville (MS) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Moss Point (MS) by a score of 29-19.
Box score
Moss Point won on 1/23/2024

1/23 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Moss Point 8 6 11 7 32
Poplarville 9 0 4 12 25

The Moss Point (MS) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Poplarville (MS) by a score of 32-25.
Box score

1/23 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Moss Point	8	6	11	7	32
Poplarville	9	0	4	12	25

Team Stat Comparison

Poplarville		Moss Point
32.8	Points Per Game	26.7
-	Rebounds Per Game	21.8
-	Assists Per Game	5.4
-	Steals Per Game	7.5
-	Blocks Per Game	1.1

Team Leaders

Poplarville		Moss Point	National Avg.
#21 Tameah Bester7.9	Points Per Game	#24 Jordyn Ford9.5	4.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	#30 Zaria Nettles5.5	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#12 Kirsten Bailey1.6	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#24 Jordyn Ford2.0	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#30 Zaria Nettles0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Poplarville	1-8		Moss Point	2-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/8/23	Poplarville	Gautier	(L) 29-26	11/14/23	Moss Point	Gautier	(W) 24-19
12/16/23	Gautier	Poplarville	(W) 37-30
12/12/23	Bay	Poplarville	(L) 51-26	1/12/24	Moss Point	Bay	(L) 31-27
2/2/24	Poplarville	Bay	(L) 56-14	1/26/24	Bay	Moss Point	(L) 40-16
1/5/24	Pass Christian	Poplarville	(L) 53-36	1/9/24	Moss Point	Pass Christian	(L) 32-31
1/18/24	Poplarville	Pass Christian	(L) 40-35	1/19/24	Pass Christian	Moss Point	(L) 42-31
				2/8/24	Moss Point	Pass Christian	(L) 26-25
1/9/24	Poplarville	Greene County	(L) 59-37	12/18/23	Moss Point	Greene County	(L) 31-13
1/30/24	Greene County	Poplarville	(L) 55-44	1/29/24	Greene County	Moss Point	(W) 32-20
2/6/24	Greene County	Poplarville	(L) 55-47	2/9/24	Moss Point	Greene County	(L) 38-30

Record Breakdown

Poplarville (23-24)		Moss Point (23-24)
10-16	Overall	12-19
0-9	League	3-7
7-5	Non-League	9-11
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
1-8	Common Opponent	2-7
3-6	Home	7-5
6-9	Away	2-8
1-1	Neutral	3-6
0-0	Playoff	0-1
10-16	In-State	9-14
0-0	Out-of-State	3-5