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The North Johnston (Kenly, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home tournament game against Research Triangle (Research Triangle Park, NC) by a score of 65-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Research Triangle	10	9	6	20	45
North Johnston	15	16	14	20	65

Final score provided by M. Cuddington.

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Game Stats

North Johnston (23-24)

Research Triangle

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	45	20	50	40	41
5	Seth Yon (Sr)	5	2	10	20	20
12	Bryce Seabrook (So)	2	1	3	33	33
20	Cade Wiggins (Sr)	15	6	14	43	46
23	Amir Abdelbaky (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
25	Zain Abdelbaky (So)	15	7	16	44	44
30	Omar WIley (Jr)	8	4	6	67	67

North Johnston

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	65	25	41	61	73
3	Cooper Gibson (Sr)	9	4	7	57	64
5	Kaleb Pone (So)	10	5	8	63	63
10	Marcel Freeman (Jr)	20	8	13	62	77
11	B. Cuddington (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
15	Cory Barnes (Sr)	17	5	6	83	125
30	Jayden Moses (Sr)	7	3	4	75	75
44	Wyatt Hales (Sr)	2

Research Triangle

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	45	1	4	25	4	17	24	19	46	41
5	Seth Yon (Sr)	5				1	4	25	2	10	20
12	Bryce Seabrook (So)	2	0	1	0				1	2	50
15	Sam Griffith (So)	0				0	2	0
20	Cade Wiggins (Sr)	15	1	2	50	2	4	50	5	12	42
23	Amir Abdelbaky (Sr)	0	0	1	0
25	Zain Abdelbaky (So)	15				1	5	20	7	16	44
30	Omar WIley (Jr)	8				0	2	0	4	6	67

North Johnston

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	65	10	15	67	5	6	83	15	26	58
3	Cooper Gibson (Sr)	9	1	1	100				3	6	50
5	Kaleb Pone (So)	10	0	1	0				5	7	71
10	Marcel Freeman (Jr)	20	4	5	80				4	8	50
11	B. Cuddington (Sr)	0	0	2	0				0	1	0
15	Cory Barnes (Sr)	17	5	6	83	2	2	100
30	Jayden Moses (Sr)	7				1	2	50	3	4	75
44	Wyatt Hales (Sr)	2				2	2	100

Research Triangle

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	45	13	12	25	12	14	19	6
5	Seth Yon (Sr)	5		2	2	6	3
12	Bryce Seabrook (So)	2		1	1			2	1
14	Ethan Munda (Sr)								1
15	Sam Griffith (So)	0	1	1	2		2
20	Cade Wiggins (Sr)	15	2	3	5	2	5	7	1
25	Zain Abdelbaky (So)	15	8	1	9	1	3	7	2
30	Omar WIley (Jr)	8	2	4	6	3	1	3	1

North Johnston

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	65	5	18	24	22	8	6
3	Cooper Gibson (Sr)	9	4	2	6	3
5	Kaleb Pone (So)	10		3	3	3	1
10	Marcel Freeman (Jr)	20	1	4	5	2	2	1
11	B. Cuddington (Sr)	0		1	1	1
15	Cory Barnes (Sr)	17			1	8	3
20	Ben Cuddington (Jr)						1
30	Jayden Moses (Sr)	7		4	4	3		2
44	Wyatt Hales (Sr)	2		3	3	2	1	3
50	Jordin Fields (So)			1	1

Research Triangle

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.63	0.74	2.33	2	4
20	Cade Wiggins (Sr)	0.29	0.71	5.00	1	3
25	Zain Abdelbaky (So)	0.14	0.43	1.50	1
30	Omar WIley (Jr)	1.00	0.33	1.00		1

North Johnston

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Defl
	Team Totals	4
10	Marcel Freeman (Jr)	2
15	Cory Barnes (Sr)	2

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - North Johnston tops Research Triangle

December 27, 2023: Kenly, NC 27542

Fans at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the North Johnston Panthers (Kenly, NC) and the visiting Research Triangle Raptors (Research Triangle Park, NC), saw North Johnston's basketball squad knock off Research Triangle by a count of 65-45.

With the victory, North Johnston upgrades its record to 8-2 on the campaign. The Panthers host Vance Charter (Henderson, NC) to play the Knights in a non-league challenge on Thursday, December 28. The Knights come into the challenge with a record of 3-3. Vance Charter won 90-79 in their recent non-league battle against Neuse Charter (Smithfield, NC)

The Raptors (4-3) will now prepare for their battle against Neuse Charter (Smithfield, NC). The Cougars come into the non-league battle with a 2-13 record. In their last battle, Neuse Charter dropped by Vance Charter (Henderson, NC), 90-79, in a non-league battle.

Players of the Game

Research Triangle (23-24)

Congratulations to #25 Zain Abdelbaky for being selected the Research Triangle Basketball Player of the Game.

North Johnston (23-24)

North Johnston has not selected any Players of the Game.

RTHS @ NJHS Basketball Game Info

Wed., Dec. 27, 2023 @ 7:30p

North Johnston Holiday Tournament

The North Johnston (Kenly, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home tournament game against Research Triangle (Research Triangle Park, NC) by a score of 65-45.

Rankings & Records

Research Triangle (23-24)

NC	Class
599	53

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-13	3-7	3-4	6-8	0-1	.409	.300	1,125	1,147

North Johnston (23-24)

NC	Class
164	12

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
21-5	9-1	13-0	8-4	0-1	.808	.900	1,655	1,331

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Research Triangle	10.0	13.1	12.7	14.8	2.0	10.0	51.1
North Johnston	15.9	16.9	15.5	15.4	8.0	-	63.7

Team Stat Comparison

Research Triangle		North Johnston
51.1	Points Per Game	63.6
24.8	Rebounds Per Game	25.3
7.0	Assists Per Game	16.7
7.0	Steals Per Game	9.5
1.5	Blocks Per Game	2.8

Team Leaders

Research Triangle		North Johnston	National Avg.
#20 Cade Wiggins18.0	Points Per Game	#10 Marcel Freeman25.4	4.9
#25 Zain Abdelbaky7.4	Rebounds Per Game	#44 Wyatt Hales5.1	2.6
#20 Cade Wiggins2.5	Assists Per Game	#44 Wyatt Hales4.5	1.0
#20 Cade Wiggins2.8	Steals Per Game	#10 Marcel Freeman2.8	0.8
#20 Cade Wiggins0.6	Blocks Per Game	#30 Jayden Moses1.2	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Research Triangle	0-2		North Johnston	2-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
1/19/24	Research Triangle	Franklin Academy	(L) 71-31		12/19/23	North Johnston	Franklin Academy	(W) 69-53
2/6/24	Franklin Academy	Research Triangle	(L) 37-32		1/24/24	Franklin Academy	North Johnston	(W) 77-56

Record Breakdown

Research Triangle (23-24)		North Johnston (23-24)
9-13	Overall	21-5
4-8	League	9-2
5-3	Non-League	9-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-2	Common Opponent	2-0
3-4	Home	13-0
6-8	Away	8-4
0-1	Neutral	0-1
0-0	Playoff	1-1
9-13	In-State	21-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0