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Van-Far Elsberry

Indians

The Elsberry (MO) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Van-Far (Vandalia, MO) by a score of 56-48.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Van-Far	17	11	15	13	56
Elsberry	18	14	9	7	48

Final score provided by P. Connaway.

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Game Stats

Van-Far (23-24)

Van-Far

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	56	20	46	43	48
0	Carson Huff (Jr)	7	3	7	43	43
4	Brayden Lay (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
20	Gage Gibson (Sr)	4	1	3	33	33
20	Pacey Reading (So)	21	8	12	67	83
21	Gaven Gaston (So)	4	1	3	33	33
24	Nikos Connaway (Sr)	12	5	14	36	36
35	Carter Jennings (Sr)	8	2	6	33	33

Van-Far

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	56	4	13	31	12	14	86	16	33	48
0	Carson Huff (Jr)	7	0	1	0	1	2	50	3	6	50
4	Brayden Lay (Sr)	0	0	1	0
20	Gage Gibson (Sr)	4	0	1	0	2	2	100	1	2	50
20	Pacey Reading (So)	21	4	7	57	1	1	100	4	5	80
21	Gaven Gaston (So)	4	0	1	0	2	2	100	1	2	50
24	Nikos Connaway (Sr)	12	0	2	0	2	2	100	5	12	42
35	Carter Jennings (Sr)	8	0	0	0	4	5	80	2	6	33

Van-Far

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	56	9	18	27	8	4	10
0	Carson Huff (Jr)	7	1	3	4	3	0	2
4	Brayden Lay (Sr)	0		1	1	1
20	Gage Gibson (Sr)	4	4	1	5	0	1	1
20	Pacey Reading (So)	21	0	2	2	0	1	2
21	Gaven Gaston (So)	4	1	2	3	0	1	4
24	Nikos Connaway (Sr)	12	0	2	2	3	1	1
35	Carter Jennings (Sr)	8	3	7	10	1	0	0

Van-Far

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.80	0.40
0	Carson Huff (Jr)	1.50	0.00
20	Gage Gibson (Sr)	0.00	1.00
20	Pacey Reading (So)	0.00	0.50
21	Gaven Gaston (So)	0.00	0.25
24	Nikos Connaway (Sr)	3.00	1.00
35	Carter Jennings (Sr)	1.00	0.00

Elsberry (23-24)

Elsberry has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Missouri High School Basketball - Elsberry topped by Van-Far

January 11, 2024: Elsberry, MO 63343

The Elsberry Indians basketball team (Elsberry, MO), dropped 56-48 in Thursday's league battle with the visiting Van-Far Indians (Vandalia, MO)

The Indians now possess a 9-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host Bowling Green for a Eastern Missouri battle on Saturday, January 13. Van-Far will battle a Bobcats team coming off a 70-51 non-league loss to Mexico (Mexico, MO). The Bobcats record now stands at 5-7.

The Indians (3-8) will now prepare for their battle against Louisiana (Louisiana, MO). The Bulldogs come into the Eastern Missouri battle with a 2-10 record. In their last battle, Louisiana dropped by Mark Twain (Center, MO), 64-40, in a non-league battle.

Players of the Game

Van-Far (23-24)

Congratulations to #20 Pacey Reading for being selected the Van-Far Basketball Player of the Game.

Elsberry (23-24)

Elsberry has not selected any Players of the Game.

Van-Far @ Elsberry Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 11, 2024 @ 7:30p

The Elsberry (MO) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Van-Far (Vandalia, MO) by a score of 56-48.

Rankings & Records

Van-Far (23-24)

MO	Class
211	22

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
22-6	10-1	8-0	7-3	7-3	.786	.909	1,765	1,284

Elsberry (23-24)

MO	Class
394	72

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
11-11	7-2	7-8	2-2	2-1	.500	.778	1,111	1,037

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	OT3	Final
Van-Far	15.1	16.1	15.7	14.0	0	0	68.0	63.0
Elsberry	12.6	10.9	11.6	14.6	-	-	-	50.5

Team Stat Comparison

Van-Far		Elsberry
62.8	Points Per Game	-
28.0	Rebounds Per Game	-
14.4	Assists Per Game	-
9.5	Steals Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Van-Far		Elsberry	National Avg.
#24 Nikos Connaway16.8	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#24 Nikos Connaway6.6	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#24 Nikos Connaway6.0	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#24 Nikos Connaway4.1	Steals Per Game	-	0.8

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Van-Far	7-2		Elsberry	9-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/30/23	Van-Far	Louisiana	(W) 63-51	1/17/24	Louisiana	Elsberry	(W) 45-23
				1/25/24	Elsberry	Louisiana	(W) 45-38
12/12/23	North Callaway	Van-Far	(W) 64-53	1/27/24	Elsberry	North Callaway	(W) 49-40
				2/2/24	Elsberry	North Callaway	(W) 57-54
1/19/24	Canton	Van-Far	(L) 53-51	11/25/23	Canton	Elsberry	(L) 61-44
1/25/24	Van-Far	Bowling Green	(W) 66-40	2/6/24	Bowling Green	Elsberry	(W) 59-56
2/17/24	Bowling Green	Van-Far	(W) 60-40
2/1/24	Van-Far	Montgomery County	(L) 63-46	2/13/24	Elsberry	Montgomery County	(L) 74-52
2/2/24	Mark Twain	Van-Far	(W) 78-47	1/6/24	Mark Twain	Elsberry	(W) 60-43
				2/9/24	Mark Twain	Elsberry	(W) 68-34
2/6/24	Van-Far	Wellsville-Middletown	(W) 90-23	1/30/24	Wellsville-Middletown	Elsberry	(W) 70-22
2/12/24	Van-Far	Wright City	(W) 47-37	12/15/23	Elsberry	Wright City	(W) 53-50

Record Breakdown

Van-Far (23-24)		Elsberry (23-24)
22-6	Overall	11-11
10-2	League	7-2
5-2	Non-League	2-8
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
7-2	Common Opponent	9-2
8-0	Home	7-8
7-3	Away	2-2
7-3	Neutral	2-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
22-5	In-State	11-11
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0