In compiling and analyzing more than 7,800 statewide basketball scores from the past four season, I cam across some interesting numbers other than those used in Sunday's story — which outlined how the NIAA's 40-point mercy rule failed to curb the number of 40-point-plus blowouts.
Here are some of those interesting numbers.
Top 10 margins of victory
1. 82 — Centennial girls over Basic, 2010
2. 79 — Owyhee boys over Lund, 2009
3. 77 — Centennial girls over Palo Verde, 2010
4. 75 — Centennial girls over Cimarron-Memorial, 2010
5. 74 — Centennial girls over Faith Lutheran, 2009
6. 73 — Centennial girls over Chaparral, 2010
7. 72 — West Wendover girls over The Meadows, 2009
8. 71 — Owyhee boys over Lund, 2010
9. 70 — Elko boys over Tonopah, 2011
9. 70 — Centennial girls over Shadow Ridge, 2010
9. 70 — The Meadows boys over Calvary Chapel, 2010
9. 70 — Needles girls over The Meadows, 2009
* 49 games had a final margin between 60-69 points (.6 percent).
* 130 games had a final margin between 50-59 points (1.7 percent).
* 576 games had a final margin between 40-49 points (7.4 percent).
* 2,447 games were decided by nine points or less (31.4 percent).
* The average margin for all games was 18.67 points.
* The average margin for games between two North teams was 18.98.
* The average margin for games between two South teams was 18.50.
* The average margin for games between a North and South team was 17.92.
Top 10 most points scored
1. 122 — Owyhee boys, vs. Lund, 2009-10
2. 116 — Owyhee boys, vs. Lund, 2010-11
3. 116 — Bishop Manogue boys, vs. Wooster, 2009-10
4. 108 — Canyon Springs boys, vs. Sunrise Mountain, 2010-11
5. 106 — Hug boys, vs. North Valleys, 2010-11
5. 106 — Bishop Gorman boys, vs. Spring Valley, 2011-12
5. 106 — Shadow Ridge boys, vs. Western, 2012-13
5. 106 — Bishop Gorman boys, vs. Western, 2009-10
5. 106 — Foothill boys, vs. Eldorado, 2009-10
10. 105 — Owyhee boys, vs. Austin, 2009-10
10. 105 — Coronado boys, vs. Clark, 2009-10
(there were 33 instances of a team scoring 100 points)
Top 10 fewest points scored
1. 0 — Adelson girls, vs. Beatty, 2012-13
2. 1 — Sandy Valley girls, vs. Lake Mead, 2009-10
3. 2 — Pyramid Lake girls, vs. Lincoln County, 2011-12
4. 3 — Carlin girls, vs. Battle Mountain, 2011-12
5. 4 — Adelson girls, vs. Lund, 2011-12
5. 4 — North Tahoe girls, vs. South Tahoe, 2011-12
7. 5 — Sandy Valley boys, vs. Lake Mead, 2009-10
7. 5 — Excel Christian girls, vs. Coleville, 2009-10
7. 5 — Adelson girls, vs. Beatty, 2012-13
7. 5 — West Wendover girls, vs. Wells, 2012-13
7. 5 — The Meadows girls, vs. Trinity International, 2009-10
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