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Taft Birmingham

Toreadors

Patriots

The Birmingham (Lake Balboa, CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Taft (Woodland Hills, CA) by a score of 81-77.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Taft	-	-	-	-	77
Birmingham	-	-	-	-	81

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Game Stats

Taft (22-23)

Taft

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	77	30	64	47	51
0	Bishop Brooks (Jr)	11	4	12	33	38
3	Keyon Kensie Jr (Sr)	22	10	15	67	70
12	Gilad Ziegel (Sr)	12	4	6	67	75
15	Souljah Niles (Jr)	8	3	9	33	33
21	A. Bothast (Sr)	3	1	5	20	30
22	Derrick Hill (Jr)	4	2	6	33	33
24	Adam Grissom (So)	17	6	11	55	59

Taft

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	77	5	16	31	12	22	55	25	48	52
0	Bishop Brooks (Jr)	11	1	4	25	2	4	50	3	8	38
3	Keyon Kensie Jr (Sr)	22	1	4	25	1	1	100	9	11	82
12	Gilad Ziegel (Sr)	12	1	1	100	3	7	43	3	5	60
15	Souljah Niles (Jr)	8	0	0	0	2	3	67	3	9	33
21	A. Bothast (Sr)	3	1	4	25	0	1	0	0	1	0
22	Derrick Hill (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	33
24	Adam Grissom (So)	17	1	3	33	4	4	100	5	8	63

Taft

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	77	11	22	33	23	7	4	11	0
0	Bishop Brooks (Jr)	11	4	1	5	4	2	0	1	0
3	Keyon Kensie Jr (Sr)	22	0	5	5	7	2	3	6	0
4	Jaden Depina (Jr)		1		1
12	Gilad Ziegel (Sr)	12	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
15	Souljah Niles (Jr)	8	0	5	5	1	0	0	1	0
21	A. Bothast (Sr)	3	0	1	1	3	3	0	1	0
22	Derrick Hill (Jr)	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	Adam Grissom (So)	17	2	9	11	7	0	1	2	0

Taft

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	2.09	0.64	7.00	4.00
0	Bishop Brooks (Jr)	4.00	2.00	2.00	0.00
3	Keyon Kensie Jr (Sr)	1.17	0.33	2.00	3.00
12	Gilad Ziegel (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
15	Souljah Niles (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
21	A. Bothast (Sr)	3.00	3.00	3.00	0.00
24	Adam Grissom (So)	3.50	0.00	0.00	1.00

Birmingham (22-23)

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Game Story

California High School Basketball - Taft edged by Birmingham

January 20, 2023: Lake Balboa, CA 91406

The Taft Toreadors basketball team (Woodland Hills, CA), was nudged 81-77 in Friday's league battle with the host Birmingham Patriots (Lake Balboa, CA)

The Patriots now possess a 14-6 record. They put it on the line next when they host Cleveland for a West Valley battle on Monday, January 23. Birmingham will confront a Cavaliers team coming off a 61-59 league win over Granada Hills Charter (Granada Hills, CA). The Cavaliers record now stands at 8-13.

The Toreadors (11-10) will now prepare for their battle against Pasadena (Pasadena, CA). The Bulldogs come into the non-league battle with a 15-7 record. In their last battle, Pasadena edged Glendale (Glendale, CA), 63-51, in a league battle.

Rankings & Records

Taft (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
96	1	52	1

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
21-12	9-1	6-2	7-4	8-6	.636	.900	2,229	1,949

Birmingham (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
123	2	61	2

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
20-10	9-1	7-1	4-1	9-8	.667	.900	1,974	1,711

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Taft	16.3	16.5	19.5	16.0	67.7
Birmingham	14.0	18.7	15.9	13.3	65.8

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Head-to-Head

Birmingham won on 1/20/2023

1/20 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Taft - - - - 77
Birmingham - - - - 81

The Taft (Woodland Hills, CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Birmingham (Lake Balboa, CA) by a score of 81-77.
Box score
Taft won on 2/1/2023

2/1 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Birmingham - - - - 54
Taft - - - - 55

The Birmingham (Lake Balboa, CA) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Taft (Woodland Hills, CA) by a score of 55-54.
Box score

2/1 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Birmingham	-	-	-	-	54
Taft	-	-	-	-	55

Team Stat Comparison

Taft		Birmingham
58.3	Points Per Game	-
26.9	Rebounds Per Game	-
14.8	Assists Per Game	-
8.2	Steals Per Game	-
3.4	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Taft		Birmingham	National Avg.
#3 Keyon Kensie Jr24.1	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#24 Adam Grissom9.2	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#24 Adam Grissom5.0	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#3 Keyon Kensie Jr2.7	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#3 Keyon Kensie Jr1.0	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taft	10-2		Birmingham	10-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/18/22	Taft	St. Paul	(L) 71-68	12/22/22	St. Paul	Birmingham	(W) 61-59
12/17/22	Taft	Pacifica Christian/Orange County	(L) 72-56	2/28/23	Pacifica Christian/Orange County	Birmingham	(L) 74-62
1/7/23	Taft	Grant	(W) 64-53	1/16/23	Birmingham	Grant	(W) 80-77
1/11/23	El Camino Real	Taft	(W) 85-50	1/18/23	Birmingham	El Camino Real	(W) 77-43
1/25/23	Taft	El Camino Real	(W) 77-48	1/30/23	El Camino Real	Birmingham	(W) 68-44
1/13/23	Granada Hills Charter	Taft	(W) 78-52	1/11/23	Birmingham	Granada Hills Charter	(W) 59-46
1/27/23	Taft	Granada Hills Charter	(W) 72-54	1/25/23	Granada Hills Charter	Birmingham	(W) 65-62
1/18/23	Taft	Cleveland	(W) 100-67	1/23/23	Cleveland	Birmingham	(W) 87-60
1/30/23	Cleveland	Taft	(W) 84-55	2/3/23	Birmingham	Cleveland	(W) 97-44
1/23/23	Chatsworth	Taft	(W) 110-75	1/13/23	Chatsworth	Birmingham	(W) 85-62
2/3/23	Taft	Chatsworth	(W) 88-40	1/27/23	Birmingham	Chatsworth	(W) 89-43
2/25/23	Taft	Fairfax	(W) 64-62	2/18/23	Fairfax	Birmingham	(L) 68-58

Record Breakdown

Taft (22-23)		Birmingham (22-23)
21-11	Overall	20-10
9-1	League	9-1
1-5	Non-League	3-2
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
10-2	Common Opponent	10-2
6-1	Home	7-1
7-4	Away	4-1
8-6	Neutral	9-8
3-1	Playoff	1-2
20-11	In-State	15-8
1-0	Out-of-State	5-2