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Highland Wheeler

Trojans

Bearcats

The Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Highland (IN) by a score of 50-42.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland	12	12	6	20	50
Wheeler	10	12	11	9	42

Final score provided by B. Faulstich.

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Wheeler (22-23)

Highland

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	50	21	54	39	42
5	Isaiah Reid (Sr)	7	3	5	60	70
11	Eric Onohan (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
12	K. Zekavica (Jr)	10	4	14	29	29
20	Nick Johnsen (Jr)	2	1	6	17	17
21	Zander Ison (Sr)	6	3	7	43	43
23	Elijah Blackmon (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
24	Rico Maldonado (Sr)	11	3	6	50	67
25	W. Glover jr (So)	14	7	12	58	58

Wheeler

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	42	18	52	35	36
3	Brady Rife (Jr)	5	2	7	29	36
5	Austin Goodrich (Sr)	2	1	11	9	9
11	Roger Blaney (Jr)		0	2	0	0
23	Jalen Lewis (Sr)	13	5	10	50	50
25	Marcos Silva (Sr)	10	4	7	57	57
31	Marek Barton (So)		0	3	0	0
50	D. Simatovich (Sr)	12	6	12	50	50

Highland

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	50	3	10	30	5	13	38	18	44	41
5	Isaiah Reid (Sr)	7	1	1	100	0	0	0	2	4	50
11	Eric Onohan (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	K. Zekavica (Jr)	10	0	4	0	2	4	50	4	10	40
20	Nick Johnsen (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	6	17
21	Zander Ison (Sr)	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	5	60
23	Elijah Blackmon (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24	Rico Maldonado (Sr)	11	2	3	67	3	3	100	1	3	33
25	W. Glover jr (So)	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	58

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	42	1	12	8	5	11	45	17	40	43
3	Brady Rife (Jr)	5	1	4	25				1	3	33
5	Austin Goodrich (Sr)	2	0	4	0				1	7	14
11	Roger Blaney (Jr)		0	2	0				0	0	0
23	Jalen Lewis (Sr)	13				3	6	50	5	10	50
25	Marcos Silva (Sr)	10				2	3	67	4	7	57
31	Marek Barton (So)		0	2	0				0	1	0
50	D. Simatovich (Sr)	12				0	2	0	6	12	50

Highland

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	50	10	20	30	15	4	12	8
5	Isaiah Reid (Sr)	7	0	2	2	1	0	1	1
11	Eric Onohan (Sr)	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0
12	K. Zekavica (Jr)	10	0	3	3	4	3	1	1
20	Nick Johnsen (Jr)	2	4	1	5	0	0	1	1
21	Zander Ison (Sr)	6	3	1	4	5	0	2	0
23	Elijah Blackmon (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1
24	Rico Maldonado (Sr)	11	1	2	3	2	0	2	0
25	W. Glover jr (So)	14	2	8	10	0	0	4	4

Wheeler

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	42	10	22	32	11	4	8	14	13
1	Collin Edwards (Jr)					1				1
3	Brady Rife (Jr)	5		1	1	2	2	1	1	4
5	Austin Goodrich (Sr)	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1
11	Roger Blaney (Jr)		1	1	2
23	Jalen Lewis (Sr)	13	1	4	5	3		1	6	1
25	Marcos Silva (Sr)	10	2	6	8	1		3	2	1
31	Marek Barton (So)			1	1	2	1		1	3
50	D. Simatovich (Sr)	12	5	8	13			2	2	2

Highland

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.25	0.33	0.50	1	9
5	Isaiah Reid (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1	2
11	Eric Onohan (Sr)	3.00	1.00	1.00	0	0
12	K. Zekavica (Jr)	4.00	3.00	3.00	0	4
21	Zander Ison (Sr)	2.50	0.00	0.00	0	0
23	Elijah Blackmon (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
24	Rico Maldonado (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
25	W. Glover jr (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1

Wheeler

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.79	0.29	0.31	0.62	8
3	Brady Rife (Jr)	2.00	2.00	0.50	0.25
5	Austin Goodrich (Sr)	1.00	0.50	1.00	1.00	3
23	Jalen Lewis (Sr)	0.50			1.00	1
25	Marcos Silva (Sr)	0.50			3.00	1
31	Marek Barton (So)	2.00	1.00	0.33		2
50	D. Simatovich (Sr)				1.00	1

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Recap Video

Wheeler vs Highland Game Highlights - Jan. 3, 2023 1:26

Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Highland thwarts Wheeler

January 3, 2023: Valparaiso, IN 46385

The Highland Trojans (Highland, IN) basketball knocked off the host Wheeler Bearcats (Valparaiso, IN), 50-42 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Trojans (2-8) will now prepare for their test against Lowell (Lowell, IN). The Red Devils go into the non-league test with a 2-8 record. In their last test, Lowell went down by Kouts (Kouts, IN), 47-43, in a non-league test.

The Bearcats now own a 2-7 record. They play next when they host Griffith for a Greater South Shore test on Saturday, January 7. Wheeler will encounter a Panthers squad coming off a 52-44 non-league win over Hobart (Hobart, IN). The Panthers record now stands at 4-6.

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Players of the Game

Highland (22-23)

Congratulations to #25 Walter Glover jr for being selected the Highland Basketball Player of the Game.

Wheeler (22-23)

Wheeler has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Highland (22-23)

IN	Class
392	100

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
3-21	1-4	2-8	1-10	0-3	.125	.200	1,055	1,376

Wheeler (22-23)

IN	Class
424	96

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
3-20	0-8	2-9	0-10	1-1	.130	.000	921	1,290

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Highland	10.4	10.6	7.6	12.6	-	44.0
Wheeler	9.4	9.2	11.4	9.6	5.5	40.0

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Team Stat Comparison

Highland		Wheeler
43.5	Points Per Game	40.0
28.2	Rebounds Per Game	25.5
7.8	Assists Per Game	8.8
5.2	Steals Per Game	5.3
1.4	Blocks Per Game	2.5

Team Leaders

Highland		Wheeler	National Avg.
#12 Kristijan Zekavica10.1	Points Per Game	#23 Jalen Lewis11.5	4.9
#25 Walter Glover jr6.4	Rebounds Per Game	#50 Drake Simatovich8.0	2.6
#12 Kristijan Zekavica2.0	Assists Per Game	#5 Austin Goodrich2.2	1.0
#12 Kristijan Zekavica1.5	Steals Per Game	#5 Austin Goodrich1.3	0.8
#10 Kurtlin Hayes0.8	Blocks Per Game	#25 Marcos Silva0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland	2-10		Wheeler	1-11

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/29/22	Highland	River Forest	(L) 59-54	12/3/22	River Forest	Wheeler	(L) 44-43
				12/27/22	River Forest	Wheeler	(W) 58-55
12/8/22	Highland	Whiting	(L) 57-50	1/13/23	Wheeler	Whiting	(L) 58-37
12/28/22	Whiting	Highland	(W) 54-42
12/12/22	Illiana Christian	Highland	(L) 66-20	2/7/23	Wheeler	Illiana Christian	(L) 64-26
1/7/23	Lowell	Highland	(W) 51-30	11/29/22	Wheeler	Lowell	(L) 42-40
1/20/23	Lake Station Edison	Highland	(L) 61-47	12/9/22	Wheeler	Lake Station Edison	(L) 75-31
				12/27/22	Wheeler	Lake Station Edison	(L) 83-46
2/2/23	Hanover Central	Highland	(L) 55-39	12/17/22	Wheeler	Hanover Central	(L) 66-40
2/9/23	Highland	Griffith	(L) 39-36	1/7/23	Griffith	Wheeler	(L) 56-28
2/14/23	Highland	Hammond Bishop Noll	(L) 60-45	1/27/23	Hammond Bishop Noll	Wheeler	(L) 69-37
3/1/23	Hammond Bishop Noll	Highland	(L) 53-33
2/17/23	Hobart	Highland	(L) 36-33	2/24/23	Wheeler	Hobart	(L) 44-32
2/24/23	Highland	Calumet New Tech	(L) 53-45	1/19/23	Calumet New Tech	Wheeler	(L) 51-48

Record Breakdown

Highland (22-23)		Wheeler (22-23)
3-21	Overall	3-20
1-4	League	0-8
1-15	Non-League	2-10
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-10	Common Opponent	1-11
2-8	Home	2-9
1-10	Away	0-10
0-3	Neutral	1-1
0-1	Playoff	0-1
3-21	In-State	3-20
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0