Newberry Boys’ Basketball Closes Out Undefeated Regular Season

NEWBERRY – Newberry High School’s boys basketball team finished its historic regular season undefeated Thursday with a 72-34 win against P.K. Yonge (8-15).

The Panthers honored their seven seniors before recording their 21st win against zero losses. 

First Half

The 6-foot-2 senior Dylan Strappy hit back-to-back 3s followed up by an assist to put Newberry on top early. The Panthers held onto the lead with solid shooting and creating turnovers on defense.

An 8-0 run to start the second quarter widened the gap. They ended the first half up 35-21. Senior Jacob Green led NHS with seven points in the half and a 13 on the game.

The level of play escalated on both ends of the court in the second half. Newberry held P.K. Yonge (8-15) to six points in the third quarter and seven in the fourth. All while more than doubling its score with a strong offensive front.

The Panthers were led in the second half by 6-foot-4 junior Juwan Scippio with eight points followed by Green with six and junior Henry Matthias and senior Collin Dunnmore with five each.

Junior Henry Matthias with the no-look pass to Juwan Scippio!!! The Panthers are up 64-27 against the Blue Wave pic.twitter.com/ihtWBYzs5q

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Dunnmore said that in order to keep this momentum in the postseason the Panthers must be unselfish, play as a team and play aggressive.

“It’s just a dream come true, living the dream, living it with my teammates,” Green said.

2025 FHSAA Boys Basketball District Tournaments 3A District 3

The Panthers received a first-round by in the 3A-District 3 tournament and host a Wednesday semifinal against the winner of four seed Interlachen (11-12) -five seed Baldwin (6-13).

Here’s what Newberry Head Coach Patrick Green had to say about the Panthers’ historic win Thursday night pic.twitter.com/tYAuCOypPl

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