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The La Junta (CO) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Banning Lewis Academy (Colorado Springs, CO) by a score of 61-49.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
BLA	3	23	16	19	61
La Junta	18	10	5	16	49

Final score provided by W. McKenzie.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

La Junta (22-23)

Banning Lewis Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	61	22	61	36	43
1	Ben Early (Jr)	7	3	11	27	32
2	Tyson Robertson (Jr)	14	5	15	33	40
3	Liam Kitzmiller (Jr)	12	4	8	50	63
5	J. Bjegovich (Jr)	10	3	9	33	33
10	Jordan Jones (Fr)	2	1	2	50	50
12	Sam Bell (Jr)	9	3	9	33	50
14	Chase Riehle (So)	0	0	2	0	0
23	Connor Steiger (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
33	F. Babatunde (Jr)	7	3	4	75	75

La Junta

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	49	17	51	33	38
1	Ethan Leyba (Jr)	16	4	17	24	32
3	Luis Castrejon (Sr)	10	5	9	56	56
4	Khyree Smith (Fr)	2	1	5	20	20
10	Jay Grimsley (Sr)	9	2	8	25	25
11	Treyce Lovato (Fr)	0	0	4	0	0
13	Miles Marshall (Jr)	9	4	6	67	75
30	Monze Alvidrez (So)	0	0	1	0	0
55	Isaiah Gallegos (So)	3	1	1	100	150

Banning Lewis Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	61	8	28	29	9	15	60	14	33	42
1	Ben Early (Jr)	7	1	5	20	0	0	0	2	6	33
2	Tyson Robertson (Jr)	14	2	7	29	2	3	67	3	8	38
3	Liam Kitzmiller (Jr)	12	2	2	100	2	2	100	2	6	33
5	J. Bjegovich (Jr)	10	0	4	0	4	7	57	3	5	60
10	Jordan Jones (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
12	Sam Bell (Jr)	9	3	9	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Chase Riehle (So)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
23	Connor Steiger (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	F. Babatunde (Jr)	7	0	1	0	1	1	100	3	3	100

La Junta

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	49	5	24	21	10	11	91	12	27	44
1	Ethan Leyba (Jr)	16	3	15	20	5	5	100	1	2	50
3	Luis Castrejon (Sr)	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	8	63
4	Khyree Smith (Fr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
10	Jay Grimsley (Sr)	9	0	0	0	5	6	83	2	8	25
11	Treyce Lovato (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Miles Marshall (Jr)	9	1	1	100	0	0	0	3	5	60
30	Monze Alvidrez (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	Isaiah Gallegos (So)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Banning Lewis Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	61	19	18	37	8	13	3	19	11
1	Ben Early (Jr)	7	5	3	8	2	3	2	4	0
2	Tyson Robertson (Jr)	14	1	2	3	1	1	0	3	4
3	Liam Kitzmiller (Jr)	12	5	1	6	1	3	0	1	1
5	J. Bjegovich (Jr)	10	3	6	9	2	4	1	3	2
10	Jordan Jones (Fr)	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	0
12	Sam Bell (Jr)	9	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	0
14	Chase Riehle (So)	0	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	0
23	Connor Steiger (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	F. Babatunde (Jr)	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	4

La Junta

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	49	10	21	31	7	9	22	12
1	Ethan Leyba (Jr)	16	1	8	9	0	1	4	3
2	Alfred Frutado (So)	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1
3	Luis Castrejon (Sr)	10	1	3	4	1	1	0	2
4	Khyree Smith (Fr)	2	0	2	2	2	4	10	1
10	Jay Grimsley (Sr)	9	5	3	8	2	2	3	3
11	Treyce Lovato (Fr)	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	0
13	Miles Marshall (Jr)	9	1	4	5	1	1	0	1
30	Monze Alvidrez (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
55	Isaiah Gallegos (So)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Banning Lewis Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.42	0.68	1.18	0.27	16
1	Ben Early (Jr)	0.50	0.75	3.00	2.00	2
2	Tyson Robertson (Jr)	0.33	0.33	0.25	0.00	2
3	Liam Kitzmiller (Jr)	1.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	2
5	J. Bjegovich (Jr)	0.67	1.33	2.00	0.50	4
12	Sam Bell (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	3
14	Chase Riehle (So)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
33	F. Babatunde (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2

La Junta

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.32	0.41	0.75	1	8
1	Ethan Leyba (Jr)	0.00	0.25	0.33	1	5
3	Luis Castrejon (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0	2
4	Khyree Smith (Fr)	0.20	0.40	4.00	0	0
10	Jay Grimsley (Sr)	0.67	0.67	0.67	0	1
11	Treyce Lovato (Fr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0	0
13	Miles Marshall (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0	0

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La Junta's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Colorado High School Basketball - La Junta topped by Banning Lewis Academy

January 10, 2023: La Junta, CO 81050

The Banning Lewis Academy Stallions basketball team scored 61 points and restricted the host La Junta Tigers to 49 in the Stallions league victory on Tuesday.

The Stallions now sport a 4-4 record. They put it on the line next when they host Lamar for a 4A/3A Tri-Peaks contest on Friday, January 13. Banning Lewis Academy will battle a Thunder team coming off a 45-43 league loss to Rye (Rye, CO). The Thunder record now stands at 2-6.

The Tigers (0-11) will now prepare for their contest against Eaton (Eaton, CO). The Reds come into the non-league contest with a 10-1 record. In their last contest, Eaton prevailed over Sterling (Sterling, CO), 63-49, in a league contest.

Players of the Game

Banning Lewis Academy (22-23)

Congratulations to #5 Joseph Bjegovich for being selected the Banning Lewis Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

La Junta (22-23)

La Junta has not selected any Players of the Game.

BLA @ La Junta Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 10, 2023 @ 7:30p

The La Junta (CO) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Banning Lewis Academy (Colorado Springs, CO) by a score of 61-49.

Rankings & Records

Banning Lewis Academy (22-23)

CO	Class
175	24

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
12-11	9-5	6-3	5-5	1-3	.522	.643	1,029	1,196

La Junta (22-23)

CO	Class
260	50

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
5-17	5-9	2-8	3-8	0-1	.227	.357	1,001	1,311

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Banning Lewis Academy	9.6	13.2	12.4	13.5	44.7
La Junta	10.3	9.9	13.1	13.5	45.5

Team Stat Comparison

Banning Lewis Academy		La Junta
44.7	Points Per Game	45.4
29.0	Rebounds Per Game	28.4
8.1	Assists Per Game	10.1
9.5	Steals Per Game	8.8
1.9	Blocks Per Game	0.7

Team Leaders

Banning Lewis Academy		La Junta	National Avg.
#5 Joseph Bjegovich10.1	Points Per Game	#1 Ethan Leyba13.5	4.9
#1 Ben Early7.7	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Jay Grimsley7.4	2.6
#3 Liam Kitzmiller1.9	Assists Per Game	#1 Ethan Leyba3.2	1.0
#2 Tyson Robertson2.0	Steals Per Game	#3 Luis Castrejon1.9	0.8
#1 Ben Early1.3	Blocks Per Game	#3 Luis Castrejon0.2	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Banning Lewis Academy	9-7		La Junta	5-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/7/22	Banning Lewis Academy	St. Mary's	(W) 62-56	2/7/23	La Junta	St. Mary's	(W) 64-46
12/17/22	Banning Lewis Academy	James Irwin	(W) 67-47	2/16/23	James Irwin	La Junta	(L) 69-44
1/6/23	Buena Vista	Banning Lewis Academy	(L) 54-41	1/20/23	La Junta	Buena Vista	(W) 61-59
2/24/23	Banning Lewis Academy	Buena Vista	(W) 57-54
1/13/23	Lamar	Banning Lewis Academy	(W) 48-32	12/9/22	Lamar	La Junta	(L) 55-39
				1/17/23	Lamar	La Junta	(W) 53-47
1/18/23	Banning Lewis Academy	Florence	(W) 45-39	2/9/23	Florence	La Junta	(W) 56-53
1/20/23	The Vanguard School	Banning Lewis Academy	(L) 51-44	1/31/23	La Junta	The Vanguard School	(L) 70-59
1/24/23	Ellicott	Banning Lewis Academy	(L) 68-59	1/6/23	Ellicott	La Junta	(L) 68-52
2/21/23	Banning Lewis Academy	Ellicott	(L) 46-37
1/26/23	Banning Lewis Academy	Manitou Springs	(L) 70-48	1/4/23	La Junta	Manitou Springs	(L) 58-43
2/1/23	Woodland Park	Banning Lewis Academy	(W) 52-49	1/7/23	La Junta	Woodland Park	(L) 66-41
2/25/23	Woodland Park	Banning Lewis Academy	(L) 50-42
2/3/23	Banning Lewis Academy	Salida	(L) 69-29	1/28/23	Salida	La Junta	(L) 64-24
2/7/23	Colorado Springs Christian	Banning Lewis Academy	(W) 50-42	2/11/23	La Junta	Colorado Springs Christian	(L) 74-48
2/11/23	Banning Lewis Academy	Atlas Preparatory School	(W) 2-0 (F)	1/26/23	La Junta	Atlas Preparatory School	(W) 2-0 (F)
2/18/23	Rye	Banning Lewis Academy	(W) 49-40	12/6/22	Rye	La Junta	(L) 53-46

Record Breakdown

Banning Lewis Academy (22-23)		La Junta (22-23)
12-11	Overall	5-17
9-5	League	5-9
2-1	Non-League	0-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
9-7	Common Opponent	5-9
6-3	Home	2-8
5-5	Away	3-8
1-3	Neutral	0-1
1-3	Playoff	0-0
12-11	In-State	5-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0