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Hernando Nature Coast Tech

Leopards

Sharks

The Nature Coast Tech (Brooksville, FL) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Hernando (Brooksville, FL) by a score of 57-37.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hernando	9	4	10	14	37
Nature Coast Tech	10	12	15	20	57

Final score provided by J. Westfall.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Nature Coast Tech (24-25)

Hernando

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	37	12	40	30	33
0	D. Merizalde (Jr)	7	3	8	38	44
1	Joseph Rivera (Jr)	7	3	7	43	50
2	Sam Jackson (Sr)	12	2	4	50	50
3	Michael Brown (Jr)	8	3	7	43	43
4	Logan Mcguire (So)	0	0	2	0	0
5	Idris Abdul (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
12	Blake Williams (So)	2	1	6	17	17
13	Nate Blomberg (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
20	Josh Oates (Fr)	1	0	3	0	0

Nature Coast Tech

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	57	25	53	47	48
0	Xavier Bragg (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
1	Aveion Jackson (Jr)	5	2	7	29	29
4	Blake Johnson (Jr)	7	3	5	60	60
5	Jacob McPhail (Sr)	7	2	5	40	50
10	Sirius Johnson (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33
11	Jeremy Gonzalez (Sr)	8	4	6	67	67
12	Aj Ramsaroop (So)	13	6	10	60	60
21	Adrien Serrano (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
22	Tristan Welter (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Jayden Simon (Fr)	11	5	9	56	56

Hernando

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	37	2	12	17	11	16	69	10	28	36
0	D. Merizalde (Jr)	7	1	2	50				2	6	33
1	Joseph Rivera (Jr)	7	1	2	50				2	5	40
2	Sam Jackson (Sr)	12				8	11	73	2	4	50
3	Michael Brown (Jr)	8	0	1	0	2	3	67	3	6	50
4	Logan Mcguire (So)	0	0	2	0
5	Idris Abdul (Sr)	0							0	2	0
12	Blake Williams (So)	2	0	2	0				1	4	25
13	Nate Blomberg (Jr)	0	0	1	0
20	Josh Oates (Fr)	1	0	2	0	1	2	50	0	1	0

Nature Coast Tech

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	57	1	7	14	6	12	50	24	46	52
0	Xavier Bragg (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
1	Aveion Jackson (Jr)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	7	29
4	Blake Johnson (Jr)	7	0	0	0	1	2	50	3	5	60
5	Jacob McPhail (Sr)	7	1	4	25	2	2	100	1	1	100
10	Sirius Johnson (Sr)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
11	Jeremy Gonzalez (Sr)	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	5	80
12	Aj Ramsaroop (So)	13	0	0	0	1	2	50	6	10	60
21	Adrien Serrano (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Tristan Welter (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Jayden Simon (Fr)	11	0	0	0	1	4	25	5	9	56

Hernando

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	37	5	15	20	6	5	12	10
0	D. Merizalde (Jr)	7		1	1	2	1	2	2
1	Joseph Rivera (Jr)	7	1	2	3			2	2
2	Sam Jackson (Sr)	12		3	3	2	1		3
3	Michael Brown (Jr)	8					1	3	2
4	Logan Mcguire (So)	0						3	1
5	Idris Abdul (Sr)	0	2	1	3	1
12	Blake Williams (So)	2	2	6	8	1	2
13	Nate Blomberg (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0		1
20	Josh Oates (Fr)	1		2	2			1

Nature Coast Tech

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	57	10	22	32	4	10	3	7
0	Xavier Bragg (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
1	Aveion Jackson (Jr)	5	0	3	3	2	2	0	0
2	Xavier Flores (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4	Blake Johnson (Jr)	7	3	2	5	0	2	1	1
5	Jacob McPhail (Sr)	7	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
10	Sirius Johnson (Sr)	4	0	2	2	1	1	0	0
11	Jeremy Gonzalez (Sr)	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
12	Aj Ramsaroop (So)	13	4	4	8	1	2	0	2
21	Adrien Serrano (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
22	Tristan Welter (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
23	Jayden Simon (Fr)	11	2	8	10	0	1	0	1

Hernando

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.50	0.42	0.50	2
0	D. Merizalde (Jr)	1.00	0.50	0.50	1
2	Sam Jackson (Sr)			0.33
3	Michael Brown (Jr)		0.33	0.50	1

Nature Coast Tech

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr
	Team Totals	0.57	1.43	1
1	Aveion Jackson (Jr)	2.00	2.00	0
4	Blake Johnson (Jr)	0.00	2.00	0
5	Jacob McPhail (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0
10	Sirius Johnson (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0
11	Jeremy Gonzalez (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1
12	Aj Ramsaroop (So)	0.50	1.00	0
23	Jayden Simon (Fr)	0.00	1.00	0

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Nature Coast Tech thwarts Hernando

January 28, 2025: Brooksville, FL 34604

The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Nature Coast Tech Sharks (Brooksville, FL) and the visiting Hernando Leopards (Brooksville, FL), observed Nature Coast Tech's basketball team knock off Hernando by a score of 57-37.

The Sharks (14-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Central (Brooksville, FL). The Bears come into the non-league challenge with a 11-10 record. In their last challenge, Central was knocked off by Citrus (Inverness, FL), 53-46, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Leopards encounter the Tarpon Springs Spongers (Tarpon Springs, FL) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 29. Hernando will attempt to improve on its 16-7 season record. The Spongers come into the challenge with a 2-18 record after their 54-32 non-league loss to Hollins (St. Petersburg, FL).

Hernando @ NCTHS Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 28, 2025 @ 7p

JV at 5:30

The Nature Coast Tech (Brooksville, FL) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Hernando (Brooksville, FL) by a score of 57-37.

Rankings & Records

Hernando (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
426	430	46

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-8	4-0	9-3	8-4	2-1	.704	1.000	1,472	1,330

Nature Coast Tech (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
349	353	36

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-10	3-0	8-3	6-4	3-3	.630	1.000	1,489	1,222

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Hernando	14.2	13.6	15.1	13.5	8.0	54.5
Nature Coast Tech	15.7	14.0	14.0	15.2	-	55.1

Head-to-Head

Nature Coast Tech won on 1/8/2025

1/8 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

NCTHS 20 15 11 12 58
Hernando 7 5 8 12 32

The Nature Coast Tech (Brooksville, FL) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's away non-conference game against Hernando (Brooksville, FL) by a score of 58-32.
Box score
Nature Coast Tech won on 1/28/2025

1/28 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Hernando 9 4 10 14 37
NCTHS 10 12 15 20 57

The Hernando (Brooksville, FL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away non-conference game against Nature Coast Tech (Brooksville, FL) by a score of 57-37.
Box score

1/8 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
NCTHS	20	15	11	12	58
Hernando	7	5	8	12	32

Team Stat Comparison

Hernando		Nature Coast Tech
54.5	Points Per Game	55.1
28.0	Rebounds Per Game	31.8
12.6	Assists Per Game	8.9
10.8	Steals Per Game	9.0
2.7	Blocks Per Game	1.9

Team Leaders

Hernando		Nature Coast Tech	National Avg.
#2 Sam Jackson11.9	Points Per Game	#12 Aj Ramsaroop13.8	4.9
#2 Sam Jackson6.1	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Aj Ramsaroop7.2	2.6
#0 Daniel Merizalde4.2	Assists Per Game	#1 Aveion Jackson2.5	1.0
#1 Joseph Rivera2.2	Steals Per Game	#12 Aj Ramsaroop1.7	0.8
#3 Michael Brown1.4	Blocks Per Game	#23 Jayden Simon0.5	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hernando	9-5		Nature Coast Tech	8-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/19/24	Lecanto	Hernando	(L) 73-30	11/22/24	Lecanto	Nature Coast Tech	(L) 52-44
1/21/25	Hernando	Lecanto	(L) 79-29	12/17/24	Nature Coast Tech	Lecanto	(L) 50-36
11/22/24	Weeki Wachee	Hernando	(W) 61-46	12/13/24	Weeki Wachee	Nature Coast Tech	(W) 80-53
12/17/24	Hernando	Weeki Wachee	(W) 70-45	1/21/25	Nature Coast Tech	Weeki Wachee	(W) 81-57
				2/3/25	Weeki Wachee	Nature Coast Tech	(W) 60-37
12/3/24	Citrus	Hernando	(W) 64-56	12/6/24	Nature Coast Tech	Citrus	(W) 78-27
1/17/25	Hernando	Citrus	(W) 70-57	1/14/25	Citrus	Nature Coast Tech	(W) 78-36
2/3/25	Citrus	Hernando	(W) 79-69
12/6/24	Hernando	Crystal River	(L) 55-52	12/3/24	Crystal River	Nature Coast Tech	(W) 58-40
1/14/25	Crystal River	Hernando	(W) 67-53	1/17/25	Nature Coast Tech	Crystal River	(L) 63-57
12/10/24	Hernando	Central	(W) 53-49	1/10/25	Nature Coast Tech	Central	(W) 41-34
1/24/25	Central	Hernando	(W) 54-43	1/31/25	Central	Nature Coast Tech	(W) 39-24
12/18/24	Dunnellon	Hernando	(L) 71-56	12/5/24	Dunnellon	Nature Coast Tech	(L) 57-47
1/10/25	Hernando	Springstead	(L) 58-43	12/10/24	Springstead	Nature Coast Tech	(L) 54-47
1/31/25	Springstead	Hernando	(W) 58-57	1/24/25	Nature Coast Tech	Springstead	(L) 43-30

Record Breakdown

Hernando (24-25)		Nature Coast Tech (24-25)
19-8	Overall	17-10
4-0	League	3-0
12-7	Non-League	9-6
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
9-5	Common Opponent	8-6
9-3	Home	8-3
8-4	Away	6-4
2-1	Neutral	3-3
1-1	Playoff	2-1
19-8	In-State	17-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0