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The Crystal City (MO) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against Veritas Christian Academy (O'Fallon, MO) by a score of 73-61.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
VCA	9	26	10	28	73
Crystal City	7	23	15	16	61

Final score provided by B. Tucker.

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Game Stats

Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)

Veritas Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	225	73	25	56	45	48
1	Elijah Tucker (Jr)	11	2	1	4	25	25
3	Luke Tucker (Fr)	3		0	0
4	Cj Heath (So)	35	8	3	7	43	57
12	L. Turpiano (So)	35	4	2	2	100	100
13	Jake Phelps (Jr)	32	9	2	5	40	40
22	William Potts (Jr)	6	2	1	3	33	33
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	32	17	6	14	43	43
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	45	26	8	15	53	60

Veritas Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	225	73	4	15	27	19	26	73	21	41	51
1	Elijah Tucker (Jr)	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
3	Luke Tucker (Fr)	3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cj Heath (So)	35	8	2	4	50	0	0	0	1	3	33
12	L. Turpiano (So)	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
13	Jake Phelps (Jr)	32	9	0	2	0	5	5	100	2	3	67
22	William Potts (Jr)	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	33
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	32	17	0	0	0	5	8	63	6	14	43
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	45	26	2	6	33	8	10	80	6	9	67

Veritas Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	225	73	10	14	24	13	14	5	11	19
1	Elijah Tucker (Jr)	11	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	Luke Tucker (Fr)	3		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
4	Cj Heath (So)	35	8	2	3	5	2	3	0	0	5
12	L. Turpiano (So)	35	4	1	2	3	1	2	2	1	4
13	Jake Phelps (Jr)	32	9	1	2	3	1	1	0	2	1
22	William Potts (Jr)	6	2	0	0		1	1	0	2	2
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	32	17	3	3	6	1	1	2	0	2
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	45	26	3	2	5	5	3	0	5	3

Veritas Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.18	1.27	0.74	0.26	8
1	Elijah Tucker (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
4	Cj Heath (So)	2.00	3.00	0.60	0.00	2
12	L. Turpiano (So)	1.00	2.00	0.50	0.50
13	Jake Phelps (Jr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	1
22	William Potts (Jr)	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.00
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	1.00	1.00	0.50	1.00	3
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	1.00	0.60	1.00	0.00	2

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Crystal City (24-25)

Crystal City has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Missouri High School Basketball - Veritas Christian Academy thwarts Crystal City

January 15, 2025: Crystal City, MO 63019

The crowd at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the Veritas Christian Academy Eagles (O'Fallon, MO) and the host Crystal City Hornets (Crystal City, MO), observed Veritas Christian Academy's basketball team knock off Crystal City by a score of 73-61.

The Eagles (8-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Bishop DuBourg (St. Louis, MO). The Cavaliers come into the AAA - Small challenge with a 0-2 record.

In their next game, the Hornets encounter the Meadow Heights Panthers (Patton, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 16. Crystal City will attempt to improve on its 1-9 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 2-5 record after their 72-69 non-league loss to Valley (Caledonia, MO).

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.

Crystal City (24-25)

Crystal City has not selected any Players of the Game.

VCA @ Crystal City Basketball Game Info

Wed., Jan. 15, 2025 @ 6:15p

Crystal City High School

The Crystal City (MO) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against Veritas Christian Academy (O'Fallon, MO) by a score of 73-61.

Rankings & Records

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

Crystal City (24-25)

MO	Class
545	96

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
4-18	1-4	2-8	2-9	0-1	.182	.200	1,084	1,346

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Veritas Christian Academy	12.8	12.9	14.9	15.6	7.5	57.5
Crystal City	9.3	15.0	10.7	10.3	-	49.3

Team Stat Comparison

Veritas Christian Academy		Crystal City
57.6	Points Per Game	-
29.0	Rebounds Per Game	-
9.6	Assists Per Game	-
8.8	Steals Per Game	-
2.1	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Veritas Christian Academy		Crystal City	National Avg.
#33 Lusajo Kasyupa12.4	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#11 Uriah Reardon7.4	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#33 Lusajo Kasyupa2.2	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#4 Cj Heath1.6	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#11 Uriah Reardon0.9	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Veritas Christian Academy	2-1		Crystal City	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/14/25	Winfield	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 48-44	2/20/25	Crystal City	Winfield	(L) 57-44
1/17/25	Veritas Christian Academy	Bishop DuBourg	(W) 58-42	12/12/24	Crystal City	Bishop DuBourg	(W) 50-45
1/22/25	Veritas Christian Academy	Grandview	(W) 79-71	1/17/25	Crystal City	Grandview	(L) 55-44

Record Breakdown

Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)		Crystal City (24-25)
16-11	Overall	4-18
2-1	League	1-4
12-9	Non-League	3-13
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-1	Common Opponent	1-2
6-7	Home	2-8
7-2	Away	2-9
3-2	Neutral	0-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
16-11	In-State	4-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0