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Sparta Metro-East Lutheran

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The Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville, IL) varsity basketball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Sparta (IL) by a score of 61-59.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Sparta	9	17	9	24	59
Metro-East Lutheran	13	13	16	19	61

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Metro-East Lutheran (24-25)

Sparta

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	23	53	43	47
0	Q. Littlepage (Sr)	5	2	5	40	50
2	DJ Hayes (Fr)	10	4	13	31	35
3	Grant Allard (Jr)	11	3	8	38	38
4	Damian Lanton (Sr)	9	4	11	36	41
13	D. Monroe (So)	24	10	12	83	88
20	Jake Wesbecher (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0

Metro-East Lutheran

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	61	26	47	55	61
4	Junior Brown (Sr)	11	4	11	36	41
10	L. Jefferson (Jr)	9	4	5	80	80
11	Thijson Heard (Sr)	20	8	15	53	63
22	Jacob Kober (Sr)	5	2	6	33	42
33	Ian Skelton (Jr)	8	4	5	80	80
35	Brady Bishop (Jr)	8	4	5	80	80

Sparta

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	4	17	24	9	11	82	19	36	53
0	Q. Littlepage (Sr)	5	1	3	33				1	2	50
2	DJ Hayes (Fr)	10	1	5	20	1	1	100	3	8	38
3	Grant Allard (Jr)	11	0	1	0	5	6	83	3	7	43
4	Damian Lanton (Sr)	9	1	5	20				3	6	50
13	D. Monroe (So)	24	1	2	50	3	4	75	9	10	90
20	Jake Wesbecher (Sr)	0	0	1	0				0	3	0

Metro-East Lutheran

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	61	5	13	38	4	8	50	21	34	62
4	Junior Brown (Sr)	11	1	1	100	2	4	50	3	10	30
10	L. Jefferson (Jr)	9				1	2	50	4	5	80
11	Thijson Heard (Sr)	20	3	9	33	1	2	50	5	6	83
22	Jacob Kober (Sr)	5	1	3	33				1	3	33
33	Ian Skelton (Jr)	8							4	5	80
35	Brady Bishop (Jr)	8							4	5	80

Sparta

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	59	13	20	33	16	5	2	14
0	Q. Littlepage (Sr)	5	1	3	4		2		5
2	DJ Hayes (Fr)	10	1	1	2	2	1	1	4
3	Grant Allard (Jr)	11	2	5	7	3
4	Damian Lanton (Sr)	9		3	3	2	1		2
13	D. Monroe (So)	24	6	5	11	6	1		1
20	Jake Wesbecher (Sr)	0	3	3	6	3		1	2

Metro-East Lutheran

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	61	8	15	23	22	11
4	Junior Brown (Sr)	11	0	4	4	9	1
10	L. Jefferson (Jr)	9	1	1	2	2	1
11	Thijson Heard (Sr)	20	1	2	3	1	3
22	Jacob Kober (Sr)	5	1	1	2	2	1
33	Ian Skelton (Jr)	8	3	3	6	4	1
34	Lucas Lorenz (Jr)					1	2
35	Brady Bishop (Jr)	8	2	4	6	3	2

Sparta

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.14	0.36
0	Q. Littlepage (Sr)		0.40
2	DJ Hayes (Fr)	0.50	0.25
4	Damian Lanton (Sr)	1.00	0.50
13	D. Monroe (So)	6.00	1.00
20	Jake Wesbecher (Sr)	1.50

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Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Metro-East Lutheran sneaks past Sparta

January 13, 2025: Edwardsville, IL 62025

The Metro-East Lutheran Knights basketball team scored 61 points and limited the visiting Sparta Bulldogs to 59 in the Knights non-league triumph on Monday.

The Knights now possess a 9-5 record. They play next when they host Althoff Catholic for a Gateway game on Tuesday, January 14. Metro-East Lutheran will play a Crusaders team coming off a 77-56 non-league loss to Edwardsville (Edwardsville, IL). The Crusaders record now stands at 13-4.

With the loss, Sparta falls to 9-4 on the campaign. The Bulldogs travel to Perryville (Perryville, MO) to play the Pirates in a non-league game on Tuesday, January 14. The Pirates go into the game with a record of 2-5.

Sparta @ MELHS Basketball Game Info

Mon., Jan. 13, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville, IL) varsity basketball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Sparta (IL) by a score of 61-59.

Rankings & Records

Sparta (24-25)

IL	Class
254	61

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
19-12	5-5	6-2	6-7	7-3	.613	.500	1,821	1,766

Metro-East Lutheran (24-25)

IL	Class
177	14

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
21-12	9-1	9-2	9-5	3-5	.636	.900	1,846	1,665

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Sparta	14.5	14.6	15.6	15.3	58.7
Metro-East Lutheran	13.8	12.8	15.0	14.2	55.9

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Team Stat Comparison

Sparta		Metro-East Lutheran
58.5	Points Per Game	54.6
25.7	Rebounds Per Game	18.8
15.4	Assists Per Game	10.8
7.8	Steals Per Game	6.1
2.5	Blocks Per Game	0.6

Team Leaders

Sparta		Metro-East Lutheran	National Avg.
#13 Dariontez Monroe15.6	Points Per Game	#11 Thijson Heard16.1	4.9
#13 Dariontez Monroe7.4	Rebounds Per Game	#4 Junior Brown3.8	2.6
#13 Dariontez Monroe4.3	Assists Per Game	#4 Junior Brown5.0	1.0
#13 Dariontez Monroe1.8	Steals Per Game	#4 Junior Brown1.7	0.8
#20 Jake Wesbecher2.1	Blocks Per Game	#21 Kaleb Turney0.2	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Sparta	2-1		Metro-East Lutheran	1-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/17/24	Sparta	Wesclin	(L) 72-56	12/30/24	Metro-East Lutheran	Wesclin	(L) 66-50
2/20/25	Wesclin	Sparta	(W) 70-55
1/16/25	Gibault Catholic	Sparta	(W) 52-46	12/27/24	Metro-East Lutheran	Gibault Catholic	(W) 64-43

Record Breakdown

S Sparta (24-25)		Metro-East Lutheran (24-25)
19-12	Overall	21-12
5-5	League	9-1
6-3	Non-League	7-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-1	Common Opponent	1-1
6-2	Home	9-2
6-7	Away	9-5
7-3	Neutral	3-5
0-1	Playoff	4-1
17-12	In-State	20-10
2-0	Out-of-State	1-2