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The Blue Ridge Early College (Cashiers, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Highlands (NC) by a score of 43-27.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highlands	14	5	6	18	43
BREC	7	4	6	10	27

Final score provided by T. Mayse.

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Game Stats

Highlands (24-25)

Highlands has not entered stats for this game.

Blue Ridge Early College (24-25)

Blue Ridge Early College

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	27	10	39	26	29
1	Dakota Kinsey (So)	8	2	6	33	50
2	I. Palestino (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
3	William Russell (So)	0	0	3	0	0
5	Victor Reyes (Fr)	3	1	4	25	38
11	Evan Pressley (Jr)	8	3	10	30	30
14	Conor McCall (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
15	A. Baumgarner (Jr)	8	4	12	33	33

Blue Ridge Early College

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	27	3	18	17	4	8	50	7	21	33
1	Dakota Kinsey (So)	8	2	5	40	2	4	50	0	1	0
2	I. Palestino (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	William Russell (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Victor Reyes (Fr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	Evan Pressley (Jr)	8	0	4	0	2	2	100	3	6	50
14	Conor McCall (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	A. Baumgarner (Jr)	8	0	3	0	0	2	0	4	9	44

Blue Ridge Early College

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	27	10	11	21	6	6	3	17
1	Dakota Kinsey (So)	8	2	3	5	1	2	0	3
2	I. Palestino (Sr)	0	3	3	6	1	0	0	5
3	William Russell (So)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
5	Victor Reyes (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11	Evan Pressley (Jr)	8	1	3	4	3	0	1	1
14	Conor McCall (Sr)	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2
15	A. Baumgarner (Jr)	8	2	0	2	0	4	2	4

Blue Ridge Early College

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.35	0.35	6
1	Dakota Kinsey (So)	0.33	0.67	3
2	I. Palestino (Sr)	0.20	0.00	0
3	William Russell (So)	1.00	0.00	1
5	Victor Reyes (Fr)	0.00	0.00	1
11	Evan Pressley (Jr)	3.00	0.00	0
15	A. Baumgarner (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Highlands thwarts Blue Ridge Early College

January 28, 2025: Cashiers, NC 28717

The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Highlands Highlanders (Highlands, NC) and the host Blue Ridge Early College Bobcats (Cashiers, NC), observed Highlands's basketball team knock off Blue Ridge Early College by a score of 43-27.

The Highlanders (6-13) will now prepare for their challenge against Nantahala (Topton, NC). The Hawks come into the 1A Smoky Mountain challenge with a 8-10 record. In their last challenge, Nantahala dropped by Hiwassee Dam (Murphy, NC), 76-63, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Bobcats encounter the Hayesville Yellowjackets (Hayesville, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 29. Blue Ridge Early College will attempt to improve on its 2-12 season record. The Yellowjackets come into the challenge with a 6-9 record after their 81-25 non-league win over Blue Ridge Early College (Cashiers, NC).

Highlands @ BREC Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 28, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Blue Ridge Early College (Cashiers, NC) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Highlands (NC) by a score of 43-27.

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Rankings & Records

Highlands (24-25)

NC	Class
641	55

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-18	2-4	5-10	3-8	.308	.333	1,199	1,482

Blue Ridge Early College (24-25)

NC	Class
675	59

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
2-18	0-6	1-10	1-7	0-1	.100	.000	727	1,389

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Highlands	7.8	7.9	9.9	10.0	67.0	46.1
Blue Ridge Early College	10.9	8.7	9.3	9.5	5.0	36.4

Head-to-Head

Highlands won on 1/28/2025

1/28 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Highlands 14 5 6 18 43
BREC 7 4 6 10 27

The Highlands (NC) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Blue Ridge Early College (Cashiers, NC) by a score of 43-27.
Box score
Highlands won on 2/7/2025

2/7 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

BREC 12 16 10 14 52
Highlands 12 10 19 19 60

The Blue Ridge Early College (Cashiers, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Highlands (NC) by a score of 60-52.
Box score

2/7 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
BREC	12	16	10	14	52
Highlands	12	10	19	19	60

Team Stat Comparison

Highlands		Blue Ridge Early College
-	Points Per Game	36.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	29.4
-	Assists Per Game	8.3
-	Steals Per Game	7.3
-	Blocks Per Game	2.8

Team Leaders

Highlands		Blue Ridge Early College	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#15 Anthony Baumgarner8.7	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#2 Isaiah Palestino5.6	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#2 Isaiah Palestino1.8	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#1 Dakota Kinsey1.7	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#2 Isaiah Palestino0.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highlands	4-15		Blue Ridge Early College	0-14

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/18/24	Rosman	Highlands	(W) 54-41	1/16/25	Rosman	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 56-53
12/3/24	Highlands	Rosman	(W) 58-27
12/6/24	Robbinsville	Highlands	(L) 67-42	2/8/25	Robbinsville	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 85-28
1/23/25	Highlands	Robbinsville	(L) 60-17
12/10/24	Hayesville	Highlands	(L) 47-45	1/25/25	Blue Ridge Early College	Hayesville	(L) 81-25
2/8/25	Highlands	Hayesville	(L) 73-24	1/29/25	Hayesville	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 69-27
12/13/24	Hiwassee Dam	Highlands	(L) 47-40	1/31/25	Blue Ridge Early College	Hiwassee Dam	(L) 51-18
2/4/25	Highlands	Hiwassee Dam	(L) 56-45	2/13/25	Hiwassee Dam	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 64-34
2/20/25	Hiwassee Dam	Highlands	(L) 52-51	2/18/25	Blue Ridge Early College	Hiwassee Dam	(L) 76-37
12/18/24	Andrews	Highlands	(L) 71-28	1/7/25	Blue Ridge Early College	Andrews	(L) 83-22
1/17/25	Highlands	Andrews	(L) 79-44
1/6/25	Highlands	Murphy	(L) 82-33	1/17/25	Murphy	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 99-37
1/15/25	Murphy	Highlands	(L) 65-25
1/7/25	Cherokee	Highlands	(L) 75-56	12/10/24	Cherokee	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 77-30
1/9/25	Swain County	Highlands	(W) 67-59	12/6/24	Blue Ridge Early College	Swain County	(L) 95-44
1/27/25	Highlands	Swain County	(L) 59-50	1/23/25	Swain County	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 86-37
1/31/25	Nantahala	Highlands	(L) 64-55	12/13/24	Blue Ridge Early College	Nantahala	(L) 83-62
2/13/25	Highlands	Nantahala	(L) 55-51	1/24/25	Nantahala	Blue Ridge Early College	(L) 76-44
2/18/25	Nantahala	Highlands	(W) 62-49

Record Breakdown

Highlands (24-25)		Blue Ridge Early College (24-25)
8-18	Overall	2-18
3-5	League	0-6
5-13	Non-League	2-11
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
4-15	Common Opponent	0-14
5-10	Home	1-10
3-8	Away	1-7
0-0	Neutral	0-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
8-15	In-State	2-18
0-3	Out-of-State	0-0