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The Veritas Christian Academy (O'Fallon, MO) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral conference tournament game against Van-Far (Vandalia, MO) by a score of 73-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Van-Far	22	19	13	19	73
VCA	9	15	18	9	51

Final score provided by B. Tucker.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Van-Far (24-25)

Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)

Van-Far

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	73	28	55	51	54
0	Carson Huff (Sr)	8	3	11	27	27
2	Kaleb Baskett (So)	3	1	1	100	150
5	Brady Puls (So)	2	1	1	100	100
10	Slade Keller (So)	0	0	2	0	0
12	Kasen Christian (Jr)	4	1	4	25	25
20	Pacey Reading (Jr)	20	8	16	50	56
21	Gaven Gaston (Jr)	10	5	5	100	100
25	Bryce Reading (Fr)	4	2	2	100	100
34	Evan Utterback (Jr)	22	7	13	54	54

Veritas Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	158	51	20	53	38	42
0	Jake Markham (Fr)	21	11	4	9	44	61
1	Elijah Tucker (Jr)	1		0	0
3	Luke Tucker (Fr)	1		0	1	0	0
4	Cj Heath (So)	18	5	2	10	20	25
5	Kolgrum Wille (So)	1		0	0
11	Uriah Reardon (So)	19	4	1	2	50	50
12	L. Turpiano (So)	10	2	1	2	50	50
22	William Potts (Jr)	20	7	3	4	75	75
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	17	8	4	11	36	36
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	20	5	2	6	33	33
54	Titus Murrell (So)	30	9	3	8	38	44

Van-Far

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	73	3	14	21	14	20	70	25	41	61
0	Carson Huff (Sr)	8	0	3	0	2	4	50	3	8	38
2	Kaleb Baskett (So)	3	1	1	100
5	Brady Puls (So)	2							1	1	100
10	Slade Keller (So)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
12	Kasen Christian (Jr)	4	0	3	0	2	4	50	1	1	100
20	Pacey Reading (Jr)	20	2	6	33	2	2	100	6	10	60
21	Gaven Gaston (Jr)	10				0	1	0	5	5	100
25	Bryce Reading (Fr)	4							2	2	100
34	Evan Utterback (Jr)	22				8	9	89	7	13	54

Veritas Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	158	51	5	21	24	6	13	46	15	32	47
0	Jake Markham (Fr)	21	11	3	6	50	0	0	0	1	3	33
1	Elijah Tucker (Jr)	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Luke Tucker (Fr)	1		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cj Heath (So)	18	5	1	7	14	0	0	0	1	3	33
5	Kolgrum Wille (So)	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Uriah Reardon (So)	19	4	0	0	0	2	4	50	1	2	50
12	L. Turpiano (So)	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
22	William Potts (Jr)	20	7	0	1	0	1	1	100	3	3	100
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	17	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	36
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	20	5	0	3	0	1	3	33	2	3	67
54	Titus Murrell (So)	30	9	1	2	50	2	5	40	2	6	33

Van-Far

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	73	12	19	31	22	11	15
0	Carson Huff (Sr)	8	4		4	2	1	2
2	Kaleb Baskett (So)	3		1	1
5	Brady Puls (So)	2				1	1	1
10	Slade Keller (So)	0				1
12	Kasen Christian (Jr)	4	0	2	2	4	3	3
20	Pacey Reading (Jr)	20	3	9	12	3	2	2
21	Gaven Gaston (Jr)	10	1	4	5	9	1	5
25	Bryce Reading (Fr)	4	1	2	3	0	1	1
34	Evan Utterback (Jr)	22	3	1	4	2	2	1

Veritas Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	158	51	8	11	19	7	4	4	16	17
0	Jake Markham (Fr)	21	11	1	0	1	2	1	0	4	1
1	Elijah Tucker (Jr)	1		0	0		0	0	0	1	0
3	Luke Tucker (Fr)	1		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
4	Cj Heath (So)	18	5	0	0		0	2	1	0	3
5	Kolgrum Wille (So)	1		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
11	Uriah Reardon (So)	19	4	1	3	4	1	0	2	1	4
12	L. Turpiano (So)	10	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
22	William Potts (Jr)	20	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	3
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	17	8	0	0		0	0	0	1	0
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	20	5	1	3	4	4	0	0	7	4
54	Titus Murrell (So)	30	9	4	4	8	0	0	0	0	1

Van-Far

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.47	0.73
0	Carson Huff (Sr)	1.00	0.50
5	Brady Puls (So)	1.00	1.00
12	Kasen Christian (Jr)	1.33	1.00
20	Pacey Reading (Jr)	1.50	1.00
21	Gaven Gaston (Jr)	1.80	0.20
25	Bryce Reading (Fr)	0.00	1.00
34	Evan Utterback (Jr)	2.00	2.00

Veritas Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.44	0.25	0.24	0.24	5
0	Jake Markham (Fr)	0.50	0.25	1.00	0.00	1
4	Cj Heath (So)	0.00	2.00	0.67	0.33	1
11	Uriah Reardon (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.50
12	L. Turpiano (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
22	William Potts (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.33	0.00
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	0.57	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
54	Titus Murrell (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

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Game Story

Missouri High School Basketball - Veritas Christian Academy routed by Van-Far

February 26, 2025: Vandalia, MO 63382

The Van-Far Indians bounced the visiting Veritas Christian Academy Eagles basketball squad by a final score of 73-51 in Wednesday's non-league outing.

Players of the Game

Van-Far (24-25)

Van-Far has not selected any Players of the Game.

Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #33 Lusajo Kasyupa for being selected the Veritas Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Van-Far vs VCA Basketball Game Info

Wed., Feb. 26, 2025 @ 7p

The Veritas Christian Academy (O'Fallon, MO) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral conference tournament game against Van-Far (Vandalia, MO) by a score of 73-51.

Rankings & Records

Van-Far (24-25)

MO	Class
236	28

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-10	7-3	6-1	6-8	7-1	.655	.700	1,769	1,406

Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)

MO	Class
392	66

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
16-11	1-0	6-7	7-2	3-2	.593	1.000	1,552	1,428

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Van-Far	18.7	15.3	16.0	11.5	8.3	61.0
Veritas Christian Academy	12.8	12.9	14.9	15.6	7.5	57.5

Team Stat Comparison

Van-Far		Veritas Christian Academy
61.0	Points Per Game	57.6
28.3	Rebounds Per Game	29.0
12.9	Assists Per Game	9.6
8.6	Steals Per Game	8.8
-	Blocks Per Game	2.1

Team Leaders

Van-Far		Veritas Christian Academy	National Avg.
#20 Pacey Reading18.9	Points Per Game	#33 Lusajo Kasyupa12.4	4.9
#20 Pacey Reading7.6	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Uriah Reardon7.4	2.6
#21 Gaven Gaston4.4	Assists Per Game	#33 Lusajo Kasyupa2.2	1.0
#21 Gaven Gaston2.3	Steals Per Game	#4 Cj Heath1.6	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#11 Uriah Reardon0.9	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Van-Far	7-2		Veritas Christian Academy	3-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/23/24	Calvary Lutheran	Van-Far	(W) 40-33	12/30/24	Calvary Lutheran	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 47-44
12/6/24	Louisiana	Van-Far	(W) 67-31	2/17/25	Veritas Christian Academy	Louisiana	(W) 59-52
1/28/25	Louisiana	Van-Far	(W) 67-37
12/20/24	Van-Far	Silex	(W) 78-31	1/3/25	Veritas Christian Academy	Silex	(W) 67-42
2/24/25	Silex	Van-Far	(W) 62-24
1/13/25	Elsberry	Van-Far	(W) 79-68	2/5/25	Veritas Christian Academy	Elsberry	(L) 75-53
1/17/25	Van-Far	Bowling Green	(L) 51-35	1/24/25	Bowling Green	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 66-54
1/30/25	Van-Far	Bowling Green	(L) 61-58
2/21/25	Wright City	Van-Far	(W) 78-41	2/14/25	Veritas Christian Academy	Wright City	(L) 61-49

Record Breakdown

Van-Far (24-25)		Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)
19-10	Overall	16-11
9-3	League	2-1
10-4	Non-League	12-9
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
7-2	Common Opponent	3-3
6-1	Home	6-7
6-8	Away	7-2
7-1	Neutral	3-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
18-10	In-State	16-11
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0