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Ponaganset St. Raphael Academy

Chieftains

Saints

The St. Raphael Academy (Pawtucket, RI) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Ponaganset (North Scituate, RI) by a score of 50-44.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Ponaganset	-	-	-	-	50
St. Raphael Academy	-	-	-	-	44

Final score provided by P. Thibodeau.

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Game Stats

St. Raphael Academy (22-23)

Ponaganset

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	50	19	66	29	36
2	Julia Castelli (Sr)	2	1	7	14	14
4	A. Nerney (So)	0	0	1	0	0
11	Jaina Yekelchik (Jr)	21	7	15	47	67
13	Paige Doolittle (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
20	Aleshia Taillon (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
22	Elena Muldowney (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
25	E. Pierre-Louis (Jr)	16	7	22	32	32
33	Riley McCormick (Jr)	3	1	4	25	38
34	Giana DeCesare (Jr)	6	2	10	20	30

St. Raphael Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	17	42	40	46
3	Tiyara Gonzalez (Fr)	6	1	9	11	11
14	Ava Hill (Jr)	5	2	3	67	67
23	A. Melendez (Sr)	16	6	14	43	57
25	C. Dombroski (Jr)	5	2	4	50	63
31	V. Piscione (So)	12	6	12	50	50

Ponaganset

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	50	9	31	29	3	11	27	10	35	29
2	Julia Castelli (Sr)	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
4	A. Nerney (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Jaina Yekelchik (Jr)	21	6	10	60	1	2	50	1	5	20
13	Paige Doolittle (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	Aleshia Taillon (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
22	Elena Muldowney (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	E. Pierre-Louis (Jr)	16	0	0	0	2	8	25	7	22	32
33	Riley McCormick (Jr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	Giana DeCesare (Jr)	6	2	6	33	0	1	0	0	4	0

St. Raphael Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	5	14	36	5	8	63	12	28	43
3	Tiyara Gonzalez (Fr)	6	0	0	0	4	4	100	1	9	11
14	Ava Hill (Jr)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	3	67
23	A. Melendez (Sr)	16	4	9	44	0	0	0	2	5	40
25	C. Dombroski (Jr)	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	2	50
31	V. Piscione (So)	12	0	3	0	0	2	0	6	9	67

Ponaganset

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	50	19	21	40	13	7	5	13
2	Julia Castelli (Sr)	2	0	4	4	6	0	0	3
4	A. Nerney (So)	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	1
11	Jaina Yekelchik (Jr)	21	2	2	4	3	4	0	4
13	Paige Doolittle (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
20	Aleshia Taillon (Sr)	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0
25	E. Pierre-Louis (Jr)	16	11	4	15	1	1	4	1
33	Riley McCormick (Jr)	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
34	Giana DeCesare (Jr)	6	3	7	10	1	1	1	1

St. Raphael Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	44	19	8	5	2
3	Tiyara Gonzalez (Fr)	6	6	4	0	0
14	Ava Hill (Jr)	5	2	0	0	1
23	A. Melendez (Sr)	16	7	1	4	0
25	C. Dombroski (Jr)	5	3	2	0	1
31	V. Piscione (So)	12	1	1	1	0

Ponaganset

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.00	0.54
2	Julia Castelli (Sr)	2.00	0.00
4	A. Nerney (So)	1.00	1.00
11	Jaina Yekelchik (Jr)	0.75	1.00
25	E. Pierre-Louis (Jr)	1.00	1.00
33	Riley McCormick (Jr)	1.00	0.00
34	Giana DeCesare (Jr)	1.00	1.00

St. Raphael Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F
	Team Totals	4.00	2.50	5.00
3	Tiyara Gonzalez (Fr)	4.00	0.00	0.00
23	A. Melendez (Sr)	1.00	4.00	4.00
25	C. Dombroski (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00
31	V. Piscione (So)	1.00	1.00	1.00

Game Story

Rhode Island High School Basketball - St. Raphael Academy tipped by Ponaganset

January 24, 2023: Pawtucket, RI 02860

In Tuesday's league match, the visiting Ponaganset Chieftains basketball team scored a tight 50-44 triumph over the St. Raphael Academy Saints.

In their next game, the Chieftains meet the Cranston West Falcons (Cranston, RI) in a State Championship match, on Thursday, January 26. Ponaganset will attempt to better on its 10-5 season record. The Falcons enter the match with a 6-7 record after their 46-35 league loss to Barrington (Barrington, RI).

With the defeat, St. Raphael Academy moves to 3-11 on the year. The Saints travel to St. Mary Academy-Bay View (East Providence, RI) to meet the Bengals in a State Championship match on Friday, January 27. The Bengals enter the match with a record of 8-4. St. Mary Academy-Bay View lost 58-44 in their recent league match against North Kingstown (North Kingstown, RI)

Rankings & Records

Ponaganset (22-23)

RI	Div.
4	4

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
17-8	14-4	9-2	6-3	2-3	.680	.778	1,371	1,192

St. Raphael Academy (22-23)

RI	Div.
27	14

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
4-16	2-16	2-7	0-9	2-0	.200	.111	805	1,031

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Ponaganset	12.7	10.4	15.2	16.5	-	54.8
St. Raphael Academy	10.0	7.6	11.1	9.7	5.5	40.3

Team Stat Comparison

Ponaganset		St. Raphael Academy
53.0	Points Per Game	39.4
33.4	Rebounds Per Game	21.3
12.6	Assists Per Game	5.9
10.7	Steals Per Game	6.0
4.8	Blocks Per Game	0.4

Team Leaders

Ponaganset		St. Raphael Academy	National Avg.
#11 Jaina Yekelchik14.4	Points Per Game	#23 Angelisse Melendez16.5	4.1
#25 Ella Pierre-Louis11.4	Rebounds Per Game	#14 Ava Hill5.1	2.8
#2 Julia Castelli3.6	Assists Per Game	#3 Tiyara Gonzalez3.4	0.9
#11 Jaina Yekelchik3.4	Steals Per Game	#3 Tiyara Gonzalez2.5	1.1
#25 Ella Pierre-Louis2.2	Blocks Per Game	#31 Vanessa Piscione0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Ponaganset	14-6		St. Raphael Academy	2-15

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/14/22	Ponaganset	Barrington	(L) 45-40	1/20/23	Barrington	St. Raphael Academy	(L) 49-28
2/1/23	Barrington	Ponaganset	(W) 61-47
12/20/22	St. Mary Academy-Bay View	Ponaganset	(W) 64-47	1/27/23	St. Raphael Academy	St. Mary Academy-Bay View	(L) 59-36
2/6/23	Ponaganset	St. Mary Academy-Bay View	(L) 47-40
2/20/23	St. Mary Academy-Bay View	Ponaganset	(L) 52-47
12/22/22	Ponaganset	Classical	(W) 53-43	1/30/23	St. Raphael Academy	Classical	(L) 47-45
2/9/23	Classical	Ponaganset	(W) 69-59
1/2/23	Rogers	Ponaganset	(W) 45-42	1/18/23	St. Raphael Academy	Rogers	(L) 51-24
2/13/23	Ponaganset	Rogers	(W) 60-51
1/4/23	Ponaganset	Portsmouth	(L) 58-53	12/20/22	St. Raphael Academy	Portsmouth	(L) 50-34
1/6/23	La Salle Academy	Ponaganset	(W) 57-55	2/3/23	La Salle Academy	St. Raphael Academy	(L) 49-23
3/4/23	La Salle Academy	Ponaganset	(W) 51-42
1/10/23	Ponaganset	South Kingstown	(W) 58-47	12/16/22	St. Raphael Academy	South Kingstown	(L) 65-29
1/12/23	Westerly	Ponaganset	(W) 57-34	2/9/23	Westerly	St. Raphael Academy	(W) 52-37
1/16/23	Scituate	Ponaganset	(W) 63-32	2/13/23	Scituate	St. Raphael Academy	(L) 51-49
1/18/23	Ponaganset	East Providence	(W) 60-56	1/2/23	East Providence	St. Raphael Academy	(W) 39-29
				1/16/23	St. Raphael Academy	East Providence	(L) 59-54
1/20/23	North Kingstown	Ponaganset	(L) 57-55	12/13/22	St. Raphael Academy	North Kingstown	(L) 69-33
3/11/23	North Kingstown	Ponaganset	(L) 58-46	1/4/23	North Kingstown	St. Raphael Academy	(L) 62-32
1/26/23	Ponaganset	Cranston West	(W) 73-46	1/10/23	St. Raphael Academy	Cranston West	(L) 53-52
				2/14/23	Cranston West	St. Raphael Academy	(L) 55-52
2/14/23	Juanita Sanchez Complex	Ponaganset	(W) 63-57	12/22/22	St. Raphael Academy	Juanita Sanchez Complex	(L) 64-35
				1/12/23	Juanita Sanchez Complex	St. Raphael Academy	(L) 64-42

Record Breakdown

Ponaganset (22-23)		St. Raphael Academy (22-23)
17-8	Overall	4-16
14-4	League	2-16
1-0	Non-League	2-0
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
14-6	Common Opponent	2-15
9-2	Home	2-7
6-3	Away	0-9
2-3	Neutral	2-0
2-2	Playoff	0-0
17-6	In-State	4-16
0-2	Out-of-State	0-0