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Saint Viator Nazareth Academy

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Roadrunners

The Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, IL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Saint Viator (Arlington Heights, IL) by a score of 57-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Saint Viator	-	-	-	-	53
Nazareth Academy	-	-	-	-	57

Final score provided by N. Przybylski.

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Game Stats

Saint Viator (23-24)

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Nazareth Academy (23-24)

Nazareth Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	55	21	40	53	56
3	Omar Kaakaji (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50
5	Ryan Lewis (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
12	Rasim Johnson (Jr)	8	3	5	60	60
14	M. Callahan (Jr)	13	6	11	55	59
21	Talen Pearson (Sr)	11	4	6	67	75
25	M. Petersen (Jr)	4	1	3	33	33
33	D. Wrzensinski (Jr)	10	4	8	50	50
40	Eddie Austin (So)	4	1	3	33	33

Nazareth Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	55	3	7	43	10	15	67	18	33	55
3	Omar Kaakaji (Sr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Ryan Lewis (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
12	Rasim Johnson (Jr)	8	0	0	0	2	2	100	3	5	60
14	M. Callahan (Jr)	13	1	3	33	0	0	0	5	8	63
21	Talen Pearson (Sr)	11	1	1	100	2	4	50	3	5	60
25	M. Petersen (Jr)	4	0	1	0	2	3	67	1	2	50
33	D. Wrzensinski (Jr)	10	0	0	0	2	2	100	4	8	50
40	Eddie Austin (So)	4	0	0	0	2	4	50	1	3	33

Nazareth Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	55	7	23	30	18	2	2	14	11
2	Alex Pavlidis (Sr)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
3	Omar Kaakaji (Sr)	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
5	Ryan Lewis (Sr)	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0
12	Rasim Johnson (Jr)	8	2	4	6	4	0	1	0	2
14	M. Callahan (Jr)	13	1	3	4	3	1	0	5	1
15	Danny Gentile (Sr)	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
21	Talen Pearson (Sr)	11	0	2	2	3	0	0	2	1
25	M. Petersen (Jr)	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
33	D. Wrzensinski (Jr)	10	2	3	5	2	0	0	2	1
40	Eddie Austin (So)	4	1	5	6	1	0	1	3	1

Nazareth Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.29	0.14	0.18	0.18	8
2	Alex Pavlidis (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
3	Omar Kaakaji (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
5	Ryan Lewis (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
12	Rasim Johnson (Jr)	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0
14	M. Callahan (Jr)	0.60	0.20	1.00	0.00	4
21	Talen Pearson (Sr)	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
25	M. Petersen (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
33	D. Wrzensinski (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
40	Eddie Austin (So)	0.33	0.00	0.00	1.00	0

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Saint Viator can't hold off Nazareth Academy

January 19, 2024: LaGrange Park, IL 60526

The Nazareth Academy Roadrunners basketball team scored 57 points and held the visiting Saint Viator Lions to 53 in the Roadrunners league triumph on Friday.

The Roadrunners now sport a 6-12 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Proviso West for a non-league contest on Saturday, January 20. Nazareth Academy will battle a Panthers team coming off a 58-52 league win over Lyons (LaGrange, IL). The Panthers record now stands at 7-10.

The Lions (11-9) will now prepare for their contest against Morgan Park (Chicago, IL). The Mustangs enter the non-league contest with a 8-9 record. In their last contest, Morgan Park nudged Woodlawn (Chicago, IL), 55-54, in a league contest.

Players of the Game

Saint Viator (23-24)

Saint Viator has not selected any Players of the Game.

Nazareth Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #33 Danny Wrzensinski for being selected the Nazareth Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Saint Viator (23-24)

IL	Class
189	57

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
17-16	4-12	8-8	8-6	1-2	.515	.250	1,747	1,649

Nazareth Academy (23-24)

IL	Class
312	83

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-21	3-13	4-6	1-12	3-3	.276	.188	1,451	1,645

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Saint Viator	13.7	15.2	15.3	10.9	11.0	52.9
Nazareth Academy	10.3	14.2	11.0	13.5	-	50.0

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Head-to-Head

Saint Viator won on 12/1/2023

12/1 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Nazareth Academy - - - - 33
Saint Viator - - - - 46

The Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, IL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Saint Viator (Arlington Heights, IL) by a score of 46-33.
Box score
Nazareth Academy won on 1/19/2024

1/19 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Saint Viator - - - - 53
Nazareth Academy - - - - 57

The Saint Viator (Arlington Heights, IL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, IL) by a score of 57-53.
Box score

12/1 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Nazareth Academy	-	-	-	-	33
Saint Viator	-	-	-	-	46

Team Stat Comparison

Saint Viator		Nazareth Academy
-	Points Per Game	50.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	24.0
-	Assists Per Game	11.6
-	Steals Per Game	4.1
-	Blocks Per Game	1.7

Team Leaders

Saint Viator		Nazareth Academy	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#21 Talen Pearson12.1	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#14 Matthew Callahan4.9	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#21 Talen Pearson3.5	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#14 Matthew Callahan1.3	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#21 Talen Pearson0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Saint Viator	4-11		Nazareth Academy	3-12

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/23	Proviso West	Saint Viator	(W) 68-52	1/20/24	Nazareth Academy	Proviso West	(W) 54-49
11/28/23	Saint Viator	Carmel	(W) 55-50	12/15/23	Carmel	Nazareth Academy	(W) 50-46
1/16/24	Carmel	Saint Viator	(L) 48-43	2/2/24	Nazareth Academy	Carmel	(L) 60-36
12/5/23	Saint Viator	Marist	(L) 56-43	1/9/24	Marist	Nazareth Academy	(L) 54-45
1/23/24	Marist	Saint Viator	(L) 70-54	2/9/24	Nazareth Academy	Marist	(L) 66-60
12/8/23	Saint Viator	Joliet Catholic	(W) 60-42	12/12/23	Nazareth Academy	Joliet Catholic	(L) 61-55
1/26/24	Joliet Catholic	Saint Viator	(W) 74-45	1/30/24	Joliet Catholic	Nazareth Academy	(W) 51-48
12/12/23	Saint Viator	Marian Catholic	(L) 51-40	2/1/24	Marian Catholic	Nazareth Academy	(L) 63-51
1/30/24	Marian Catholic	Saint Viator	(L) 78-47	2/13/24	Nazareth Academy	Marian Catholic	(L) 63-43
12/15/23	St. Patrick	Saint Viator	(L) 61-42	1/5/24	Nazareth Academy	St. Patrick	(L) 81-64
2/2/24	Saint Viator	St. Patrick	(L) 56-36	2/6/24	St. Patrick	Nazareth Academy	(L) 69-62
1/5/24	Benet Academy	Saint Viator	(L) 67-39	11/28/23	Benet Academy	Nazareth Academy	(L) 59-24
2/6/24	Saint Viator	Benet Academy	(L) 60-28	2/12/24	Nazareth Academy	Benet Academy	(L) 59-24
1/28/24	Niles Notre Dame	Saint Viator	(L) 58-41	12/8/23	Nazareth Academy	Niles Notre Dame	(L) 57-45
2/13/24	Saint Viator	Niles Notre Dame	(L) 38-37	1/26/24	Niles Notre Dame	Nazareth Academy	(L) 45-44

Record Breakdown

Saint Viator (23-24)		Nazareth Academy (23-24)
17-16	Overall	8-21
4-12	League	3-13
8-1	Non-League	1-3
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
4-11	Common Opponent	3-12
8-8	Home	4-6
8-6	Away	1-12
1-2	Neutral	3-3
0-0	Playoff	0-1
17-16	In-State	8-21
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0