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Murphysboro West Memphis

Red Devils

Blue Devils

The West Memphis (AR) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Murphysboro (IL) by a score of 64-40.

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	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphysboro	-	-	-	-	40
West Memphis	-	-	-	-	64

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Game Stats

Murphysboro (08-09)

Murphysboro has not entered stats for this game.

West Memphis (08-09)

West Memphis

Scoring/Shooting: Points, Field Goals, and Three-Pointers

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	3FGM	3FGA	3FG%
	Team Totals	59	26	51	51	0	4	0
00	Tarvin Gaines (Sr)	19	7	11	64
4	K. Fitzgerald (Sr)	2	1	2	50
12	J. Fitzgerald (Jr)	13	6	7	86
20	Rikendal Weast (Sr)	1	0	4	0
24	Derick Burns (Sr)	4	2	9	22	0	2	0
30	Barry Rossell (Jr)	2	1	8	13	0	2	0
52	Anthony Borden (Sr)	18	9	10	90

West Memphis

Scoring/Shooting: Two-Pointers and Free Throws

#	Athlete Name	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%
	Team Totals	26	47	55	7	13	54
00	Tarvin Gaines (Sr)	7	11	64	5	7	71
4	K. Fitzgerald (Sr)	1	2	50
12	J. Fitzgerald (Jr)	6	7	86	1	4	25
20	Rikendal Weast (Sr)	0	4	0	1	2	50
24	Derick Burns (Sr)	2	7	29
30	Barry Rossell (Jr)	1	6	17
52	Anthony Borden (Sr)	9	10	90

West Memphis

Rebounds, Assists, Steals and Turnovers

#	Athlete Name	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	Asst
	Team Totals	11	19	30	9
00	Tarvin Gaines (Sr)	5	5	10	2
4	K. Fitzgerald (Sr)		2	2	1
12	J. Fitzgerald (Jr)		5	5	5
20	Rikendal Weast (Sr)	3	2	5	1
52	Anthony Borden (Sr)	3	5	8

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Murphysboro ripped by West Memphis

December 27, 2008: Murphysboro, IL 62966

The West Memphis Blue Devils basketball team scored 64 points and held the host Murphysboro Red Devils to 40 in the Blue Devils non-league triumph on Saturday.

The Blue Devils now sport a 7-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to East Peoria for a non-league contest on Sunday, December 28. West Memphis will play a Raiders squad coming off a 76-52 non-league loss to Woodruff (Peoria, IL). The Raiders record now stands at 1-2.

Next up, the Red Devils play the Carbondale Terriers (Carbondale, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 6. Murphysboro will attempt to upgrade on its 3-3 season record. The Terriers come into the challenge with a 6-5 record after their 94-74 non-league loss to McCluer North (Florissant, MO).

Rankings & Records

Murphysboro (08-09)

National	IL	Class
3,380	166	22

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
10-7	4-2	4-1	3-1	3-5	.588	.667	1,005	971

West Memphis (08-09)

National	AR	Class
478	6	3

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
20-9	8-4	7-3	4-4	9-2	.690	.667	1,782	1,438

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphysboro	-	-	-	-	59.1
West Memphis	15.9	13.9	15.3	18.9	61.4

Team Stat Comparison

Murphysboro		West Memphis
-	Points Per Game	20.5
-	Rebounds Per Game	3.3
-	Assists Per Game	1.8
-	Steals Per Game	.2
-	Blocks Per Game	.0

Team Leaders

Murphysboro		West Memphis	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#00 Tarvin Gaines16.4	5.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	#52 Anthony Borden3.8	2.7
-	Assists Per Game	#12 Jonathan Fitzgerald2.0	1.1
-	Steals Per Game	#12 Jonathan Fitzgerald.4	.9
-	Blocks Per Game	#12 Jonathan Fitzgerald.1	.3

Record Breakdown

Murphysboro (08-09)		West Memphis (08-09)
10-7	Overall	20-9
4-2	League	8-4
5-3	Non-League	5-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
4-1	Home	7-3
3-1	Away	4-4
3-5	Neutral	9-2
1-1	Playoff	3-1
9-6	In-State	14-7
1-1	Out-of-State	6-2