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St. James Academy Saint Thomas Aquinas

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The Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, KS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) by a score of 55-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
St. James Academy	-	-	-	-	55
Saint Thomas Aquinas	-	-	-	-	53

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Game Stats

St. James Academy (23-24)

St. James Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	55	18	49	37	45
0	Kyra Becker (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
1	Riley Kerwin (Jr)	4	0	8	0	0
3	Reese Messer (Jr)	28	9	17	53	65
4	Emma Smith (So)	5	2	4	50	63
10	Leah Cordova (Jr)	1	0	0
24	Elle Robinson (So)	9	4	9	44	50
25	K. Menghini (Jr)	6	2	5	40	60
30	A. Tauscher (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20

St. James Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	55	8	23	35	11	15	73	10	26	38
0	Kyra Becker (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	Riley Kerwin (Jr)	4	0	5	0	4	4	100	0	3	0
3	Reese Messer (Jr)	28	4	8	50	6	8	75	5	9	56
4	Emma Smith (So)	5	1	3	33	0	0	0	1	1	100
10	Leah Cordova (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
24	Elle Robinson (So)	9	1	2	50	0	0	0	3	7	43
25	K. Menghini (Jr)	6	2	3	67	0	0	0	0	2	0
30	A. Tauscher (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	33

St. James Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	55	5	20	25	13	8	1	10	16
0	Kyra Becker (Fr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3
1	Riley Kerwin (Jr)	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	4	2
3	Reese Messer (Jr)	28	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	1
4	Emma Smith (So)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
10	Leah Cordova (Jr)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
24	Elle Robinson (So)	9	4	5	9	6	3	0	3	3
25	K. Menghini (Jr)	6	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2
30	A. Tauscher (Sr)	2	0	7	7	2	2	1	2	1

St. James Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.30	0.80	0.50	0.06	1	4
1	Riley Kerwin (Jr)	0.50	0.25	0.50	0.00	0	2
3	Reese Messer (Jr)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0	0
10	Leah Cordova (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0
24	Elle Robinson (So)	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	2
25	K. Menghini (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
30	A. Tauscher (Sr)	1.00	1.00	2.00	1.00	0	0

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Saint Thomas Aquinas (23-24)

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Game Story

Kansas High School Basketball - St. James Academy edges Saint Thomas Aquinas

February 9, 2024: Overland Park, KS 66215

The St. James Academy Thunder (Lenexa, KS) basketball nipped the host Saint Thomas Aquinas Saints (Overland Park, KS), 55-53 in Friday's league test.

The Thunder (12-4) will now prepare for their test against Blue Valley North (Overland Park, KS). The Mustangs go into the Eastern Kansas test with a 7-3 record. In their last test, Blue Valley North got by Blue Valley (Stilwell, KS), 62-57, in a non-league test.

The Saints now own a 7-6 record. They play next when they host Blue Valley Southwest for a non-league test on Tuesday, February 13. Saint Thomas Aquinas will encounter a Timberwolves squad coming off a 62-35 league loss to Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, KS). The Timberwolves record now stands at 9-7.

Players of the Game

St. James Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #3 Reese Messer for being selected the St. James Academy Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Saint Thomas Aquinas (23-24)

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Rankings & Records

St. James Academy (23-24)

KS	Class
18	4

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
15-7	5-2	5-4	5-2	5-1	.682	.714	1,216	1,047

Saint Thomas Aquinas (23-24)

KS	Class
13	3

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
13-7	1-1	9-2	2-3	2-2	.650	.500	1,189	911

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
St. James Academy	13.6	14.8	12.9	15.1	55.3
Saint Thomas Aquinas	18.0	14.5	19.0	16.5	59.5

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Head-to-Head

Saint Thomas Aquinas won on 12/15/2023

12/15 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

STAHS - - - - 70
SJA - - - - 46

The Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, KS) varsity basketball team won Friday's away non-conference game against St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) by a score of 70-46.
Box score
St. James Academy won on 2/9/2024

2/9 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

SJA - - - - 55
STAHS - - - - 53

The St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, KS) by a score of 55-53.
Box score
Saint Thomas Aquinas won on 3/2/2024

3/2 @ 5p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

SJA - - - - 42
STAHS - - - - 64

The St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's away conference tournament game against Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, KS) by a score of 64-42.
Box score

12/15 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
STAHS	-	-	-	-	70
SJA	-	-	-	-	46

2/9 @ 5:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
SJA	-	-	-	-	55
STAHS	-	-	-	-	53

3/2 @ 5p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
SJA	-	-	-	-	42
STAHS	-	-	-	-	64

Team Stat Comparison

St. James Academy		Saint Thomas Aquinas
55.2	Points Per Game	-
28.9	Rebounds Per Game	-
13.5	Assists Per Game	-
10.5	Steals Per Game	-
2.9	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

St. James Academy		Saint Thomas Aquinas	National Avg.
#3 Reese Messer20.9	Points Per Game	-	4.2
#35 Regan Becker8.2	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
#35 Regan Becker3.8	Assists Per Game	-	0.9
#35 Regan Becker2.8	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#35 Regan Becker1.1	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
St. James Academy	7-3		Saint Thomas Aquinas	7-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/5/24	St. James Academy	Bishop Miege	(W) 73-51	1/12/24	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Bishop Miege	(L) 55-49
2/16/24	Bishop Miege	St. James Academy	(L) 73-65	2/20/24	Bishop Miege	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(W) 58-57
1/10/24	St. James Academy	Blue Valley Southwest	(W) 71-41	2/13/24	Blue Valley Southwest	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(W) 74-53
1/12/24	St. James Academy	Blue Valley	(W) 76-68	2/16/24	Blue Valley	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(W) 62-44
1/16/24	Blue Valley West	St. James Academy	(W) 45-27	2/23/24	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Blue Valley West	(W) 71-33
2/6/24	Blue Valley West	St. James Academy	(W) 56-42
1/31/24	St. Teresa's Academy	St. James Academy	(L) 43-41	12/5/23	St. Teresa's Academy	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(W) 60-48
2/13/24	St. James Academy	Blue Valley North	(L) 61-53	2/6/24	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Blue Valley North	(W) 74-50
2/19/24	St. James Academy	St. Pius X	(W) 47-43	12/12/23	St. Pius X	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(W) 62-45
2/23/24	Blue Valley Northwest	St. James Academy	(W) 62-42	1/10/24	Blue Valley Northwest	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(L) 51-29

Record Breakdown

St. James Academy (23-24)		Saint Thomas Aquinas (23-24)
15-7	Overall	13-7
5-3	League	2-1
5-3	Non-League	10-5
1-2	Head to Head	2-1
7-3	Common Opponent	7-2
5-4	Home	9-2
5-2	Away	2-3
5-1	Neutral	2-2
0-0	Playoff	1-1
13-6	In-State	9-5
2-1	Out-of-State	4-2