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Thornton Kankakee

Wildcats

Kays

The Kankakee (IL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Thornton (Harvey, IL) by a score of 59-54.

Game Details: Kankakee High School

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Thornton	-	-	-	-	59
Kankakee	-	-	-	-	54

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Game Stats

Thornton (23-24)

Thornton

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	18	41	44	55
2	Chase Abraham (Sr)	16	3	8	38	50
3	Meyoh Swansey (Sr)	5	2	8	25	31
11	Malik Holton (Jr)	6	2	3	67	100
15	Isaiah Green (Sr)	11	4	8	50	69
21	M. Johnson Jr. (Sr)	15	5	10	50	55
23	Layshawn Scott (Sr)	6	2	4	50	50

Thornton

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	9	17	53	14	20	70	9	24	38
2	Chase Abraham (Sr)	16	2	3	67	8	10	80	1	5	20
3	Meyoh Swansey (Sr)	5	1	4	25	0	0	0	1	4	25
11	Malik Holton (Jr)	6	2	2	100	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	Isaiah Green (Sr)	11	3	5	60	0	0	0	1	3	33
21	M. Johnson Jr. (Sr)	15	1	2	50	4	8	50	4	8	50
23	Layshawn Scott (Sr)	6	0	1	0	2	2	100	2	3	67

Thornton

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	59	7	28	35	18	5	2	12	15
2	Chase Abraham (Sr)	16	0	5	5	5	0	0	3	3
3	Meyoh Swansey (Sr)	5	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	5
11	Malik Holton (Jr)	6	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	4
15	Isaiah Green (Sr)	11	0	1	1	8	0	0	1	1
21	M. Johnson Jr. (Sr)	15	3	9	12	5	2	1	3	1
23	Layshawn Scott (Sr)	6	3	10	13	0	0	1	1	1

Thornton

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.50	0.42	0.33	0.13
2	Chase Abraham (Sr)	1.67	0.00	0.00	0.00
3	Meyoh Swansey (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.40	0.00
11	Malik Holton (Jr)	0.00	0.50	0.25	0.00
15	Isaiah Green (Sr)	8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
21	M. Johnson Jr. (Sr)	1.67	0.67	2.00	1.00
23	Layshawn Scott (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00

Kankakee (23-24)

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Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Kankakee edged by Thornton

January 30, 2024: Kankakee, IL 60901

The Kankakee Kays basketball team (Kankakee, IL), was nudged 59-54 in Tuesday's league battle with the visiting Thornton Wildcats (Harvey, IL)

The Wildcats now possess a 21-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Thornridge for a Southland battle on Friday, February 2. Thornton will confront a Falcons team coming off a 70-66 league loss to Crete-Monee (Crete, IL). The Falcons record now stands at 4-20.

The Kays (19-3) will now prepare for their battle against Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL). The Blazing Trojan come into the Southland battle with a 14-7 record. In their last battle, Bloom edged Thornwood (South Holland, IL), 48-43, in a league battle.

Players of the Game

Thornton (23-24)

Congratulations to #2 Chase Abraham for being selected the Thornton Basketball Player of the Game.

Kankakee (23-24)

Kankakee has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Thornton (23-24)

IL	Class
4	3

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
29-5	11-1	7-1	8-0	14-4	.853	.917	2,144	1,632

Kankakee (23-24)

IL	Class
33	11

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
27-5	8-4	12-1	5-3	10-1	.844	.667	2,206	1,530

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Thornton	15.5	16.2	18.5	13.9	12.0	63.1
Kankakee	16.1	18.6	19.3	16.5	10.0	68.9

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Head-to-Head

Thornton won on 12/21/2023

12/21 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Kankakee 8 12 16 13 49
Thornton 14 10 14 12 50

The Kankakee (IL) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Thornton (Harvey, IL) by a score of 50-49.
Box score
Thornton won on 1/30/2024

1/30 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Thornton - - - - 59
Kankakee - - - - 54

The Thornton (Harvey, IL) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Kankakee (IL) by a score of 59-54.
Box score

12/21 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Kankakee	8	12	16	13	49
Thornton	14	10	14	12	50

Team Stat Comparison

Thornton		Kankakee
63.1	Points Per Game	-
35.7	Rebounds Per Game	-
18.7	Assists Per Game	-
11.9	Steals Per Game	-
4.3	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Thornton		Kankakee	National Avg.
#21 Morez Johnson Jr.17.2	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#21 Morez Johnson Jr.14.1	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#15 Isaiah Green6.5	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#15 Isaiah Green3.0	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#21 Morez Johnson Jr.3.4	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Thornton	11-2		Kankakee	8-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/24/23	Richwoods	Thornton	(W) 67-65	2/28/24	Richwoods	Kankakee	(L) 70-66
3/4/24	Richwoods	Thornton	(L) 58-52
12/1/23	Bloom	Thornton	(L) 65-54	1/9/24	Kankakee	Bloom	(L) 44-39
1/23/24	Thornton	Bloom	(W) 69-52	2/2/24	Bloom	Kankakee	(W) 66-57
12/8/23	Rich Township	Thornton	(W) 68-62	1/19/24	Rich Township	Kankakee	(W) 65-61
1/25/24	Thornton	Rich Township	(W) 54-43	2/13/24	Kankakee	Rich Township	(L) 56-44
1/9/24	Thornton	Thornridge	(W) 77-34	12/5/23	Kankakee	Thornridge	(W) 88-41
2/2/24	Thornridge	Thornton	(W) 71-38	1/26/24	Thornridge	Kankakee	(W) 88-52
1/17/24	Thornwood	Thornton	(W) 68-42	2/6/24	Kankakee	Thornwood	(W) 73-63
2/9/24	Thornton	Thornwood	(W) 71-47	2/12/24	Thornwood	Kankakee	(W) 54-45
1/19/24	Thornton	Crete-Monee	(W) 52-37	2/9/24	Crete-Monee	Kankakee	(W) 72-55
2/13/24	Crete-Monee	Thornton	(W) 58-38	2/15/24	Kankakee	Crete-Monee	(W) 56-54
2/23/24	Crete-Monee	Thornton	(W) 60-35

Record Breakdown

Thornton (23-24)		Kankakee (23-24)
29-5	Overall	27-5
11-1	League	8-4
7-2	Non-League	11-0
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
11-2	Common Opponent	8-3
7-1	Home	12-1
8-0	Away	5-3
14-4	Neutral	10-1
4-1	Playoff	2-1
26-4	In-State	25-5
3-1	Out-of-State	2-0