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DenisonMelissa
Yellow Jackets
53
Cardinals
45

The Melissa (TX) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Denison (TX) by a score of 53-45.

Q1Q2Q3Q4Final
Denison----53
Melissa----45
Final score provided by J. Green.
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Texas High School Basketball - Denison topples Melissa

December 7, 2021: Melissa, TX 75454

In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Denison Yellow Jackets (Denison, TX) basketball squad beat the host Melissa Cardinals (Melissa, TX), by a count of 53-45.

The Yellow Jackets (12-2) will now prepare for their outing against Melissa (Melissa, TX). The Cardinals go into the non-league outing with a 5-7 record. In their last outing, Melissa was topped by Denison (Denison, TX), 53-45, in a non-league outing.

The Cardinals now hold a 5-7 record. They play next when they host Lorena for a non-league outing on Thursday, December 9. Melissa will clash with a Leopards squad coming off a 36-32 non-league win over Burleson (Burleson, TX). The Leopards record now stands at 6-5.

Highlight Videos

  • Play video icon 2 Blocks vs Melissa 0:22
  • Play video icon Double Double vs Melissa 0:54

Rankings & Records

Denison (21-22)

TXSectionState Div.
2416456
OverallDistrictHomeAwayNeutralWin %District %PFPA
20-125-95-410-75-1.625.3571,6061,507

Melissa (21-22)

TXSectionState Div.
47512572
OverallDistrictHomeAwayNeutralWin %District %PFPA
16-186-76-64-66-6.471.4621,5651,498

Team Scoring Averages

Q1Q2Q3Q4Final
Denison		12.513.012.611.550.2
Melissa		4.09.08.817.546.0

Denison Videos

Melissa Videos

  • Play video icon Highlight of Celina High School 0:08
  • Play video icon Highlight of Gainesville High School 0:30

Head-to-Head

  • Denison won on 12/7/2021
    12/7 @ 6:15pQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
    Denison----53
    Melissa----45

    The Denison (TX) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against Melissa (TX) by a score of 53-45.

    Box score
  • Denison won on 12/9/2021
    12/9 @ 6:30pQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
    Denison----58
    Melissa----24

    The Denison (TX) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away tournament game against Melissa (TX) by a score of 58-24.

    Box score

Team Stat Comparison

DenisonMelissa
23.6Points Per Game-
19.1Rebounds Per Game-
4.6Assists Per Game-
7.3Steals Per Game-
1.9Blocks Per Game-

Team Leaders

DenisonMelissaNational Avg.
#12 Jade Fry19.0Points Per Game
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4.2
#23 Camryn Nixon10.3Rebounds Per Game
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2.8
#23 Camryn Nixon4.3Assists Per Game
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0.8
#12 Jade Fry7.0Steals Per Game
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1.1
#12 Jade Fry2.0Blocks Per Game
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0.3

Common Opponents

SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.
Denison7-4Melissa4-7
DateAwayHomeResultDateAwayHomeResult
11/6/21DenisonVan Alstyne(L) 71-4212/28/21MelissaVan Alstyne(L) 59-50
12/10/21Van AlstyneDenison(W) 67-621/11/22Van AlstyneMelissa(L) 60-42
2/4/22MelissaVan Alstyne(L) 50-36
12/2/21DenisonHowe(W) 66-3212/3/21HoweMelissa(W) 61-30
12/2/21DenisonAubrey(W) 65-471/14/22MelissaAubrey(L) 39-38
2/8/22AubreyMelissa(W) 42-39
12/3/21DenisonWhitesboro(W) 57-4412/3/21MelissaWhitesboro(L) 35-29
12/4/21DenisonPottsboro(L) 48-3512/2/21MelissaPottsboro(L) 51-38
12/10/21LorenaDenison(W) 57-4212/9/21LorenaMelissa(W) 46-43
12/21/21DenisonSherman(W) 50-4311/6/21ShermanMelissa(W) 45-38
1/25/22ShermanDenison(W) 43-41
1/11/22DenisonLovejoy(L) 50-4211/30/21LovejoyMelissa(L) 53-47
2/4/22LovejoyDenison(L) 47-35

Record Breakdown

Denison (21-22)

Melissa (21-22)
20-12
Overall
16-18
5-9
League
6-7
8-1
Non-League
4-4
2-0
Head to Head
0-2
7-4
Common Opponent
4-7
5-4
Home
6-6
10-7
Away
4-6
5-1
Neutral
6-6
0-0
Playoff
0-0
20-12
In-State
16-18
0-0
Out-of-State
0-0