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Lamar Simpson Academy

Raiders

Cougars

The Simpson Academy (Mendenhall, MS) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Lamar (Meridian, MS) by a score of 67-42.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lamar	6	6	15	15	42
Simpson Academy	22	13	16	16	67

Final score provided by W. Mullins.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Lamar (23-24)

Lamar

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	42	16	37	43	47
1	J. Whitcomb (So)	2	1	5	20	20
2	Tucker Dunn (So)	3	1	1	100	150
3	Cooper Gordy (Sr)	9	2	6	33	50
5	Landon Pringle (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Jonathan Hart (Sr)	15	6	9	67	67
15	Salone Elliott (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
22	Hamp Haarala (8th)	1
23	Pace Sparks (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
32	Zion Huggins (Jr)	12	6	10	60	60

Lamar

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	42	3	13	23	7	12	58	13	24	54
1	J. Whitcomb (So)	2	0	3	0				1	2	50
2	Tucker Dunn (So)	3	1	1	100
3	Cooper Gordy (Sr)	9	2	6	33	3	4	75
5	Landon Pringle (Fr)	0							0	1	0
10	Jonathan Hart (Sr)	15				3	4	75	6	9	67
15	Salone Elliott (Jr)	0	0	2	0
22	Hamp Haarala (8th)	1				1	2	50
23	Pace Sparks (Jr)	0	0	1	0				0	2	0
32	Zion Huggins (Jr)	12				0	2	0	6	10	60

Lamar

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	42	26	12	6	1
1	J. Whitcomb (So)	2	5	3	1
2	Tucker Dunn (So)	3	2
3	Cooper Gordy (Sr)	9	6	1	1	1
5	Landon Pringle (Fr)	0	1
10	Jonathan Hart (Sr)	15	2	2	4
15	Salone Elliott (Jr)	0	2	4
22	Hamp Haarala (8th)	1
23	Pace Sparks (Jr)	0	6	2
32	Zion Huggins (Jr)	12	2

Simpson Academy (23-24)

Simpson Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Mississippi High School Basketball - Simpson Academy overwhelms Lamar

January 18, 2024: Mendenhall, MS 39114

Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Simpson Academy Cougars (Mendenhall, MS) and the visiting Lamar Raiders (Meridian, MS), saw Simpson Academy's basketball squad wallop Lamar by a tally of 67-42.

With the victory, Simpson Academy improves its record to 20-3 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Park Place Christian Academy (Pearl, MS) to play the Crusaders in a MAIS 5A District 2 challenge on Friday, January 19. The Crusaders come into the challenge with a record of 14-8. Park Place Christian Academy won 58-41 in their recent league challenge against East Rankin Academy (Pelahatchie, MS)

Next up, the Raiders play the East Rankin Academy Patriots (Pelahatchie, MS) in a MAIS 5A District 2 challenge, on Friday, January 19. Lamar will attempt to improve on its 8-15 season record. The Patriots come into the challenge with a 0-12 record after their 58-41 league loss to Park Place Christian Academy (Pearl, MS).

Lamar @ SA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 18, 2024 @ 7:15p

MAIS 5A District 2

The Simpson Academy (Mendenhall, MS) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Lamar (Meridian, MS) by a score of 67-42.

Rankings & Records

Lamar (23-24)

MS	Class
188	15

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
13-17	5-5	5-6	4-6	4-5	.433	.500	1,447	1,558

Simpson Academy (23-24)

MS	Class
38	4

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
27-5	10-0	12-1	9-2	6-2	.844	1.000	2,075	1,474

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Lamar	7.3	10.8	12.2	9.8	9.0	6.0	48.2
Simpson Academy	19.5	17.3	15.6	12.3	9.0	-	64.8

Head-to-Head

Simpson Academy won on 12/14/2023

12/14 @ 7:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Simpson Academy 21 16 19 16 72
Lamar 7 12 13 8 40

The Simpson Academy (Mendenhall, MS) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Lamar (Meridian, MS) by a score of 72-40.
Box score
Simpson Academy won on 1/18/2024

1/18 @ 7:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Lamar 6 6 15 15 42
Simpson Academy 22 13 16 16 67

The Lamar (Meridian, MS) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Simpson Academy (Mendenhall, MS) by a score of 67-42.
Box score
Simpson Academy won on 2/1/2024

2/1 @ 7:45p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Lamar 8 12 12 6 38
Simpson Academy 12 17 29 9 67

The Lamar (Meridian, MS) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's neutral conference tournament game against Simpson Academy (Mendenhall, MS) by a score of 67-38.
Box score

12/14 @ 7:15p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Simpson Academy	21	16	19	16	72
Lamar	7	12	13	8	40

2/1 @ 7:45p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lamar	8	12	12	6	38
Simpson Academy	12	17	29	9	67

Team Stat Comparison

Lamar		Simpson Academy
48.1	Points Per Game	-
25.4	Rebounds Per Game	-
9.6	Assists Per Game	-
6.3	Steals Per Game	-
1.3	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Lamar		Simpson Academy	National Avg.
#10 Jonathan Hart11.5	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#10 Jonathan Hart5.6	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#15 Salone Elliott3.4	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#15 Salone Elliott1.4	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#10 Jonathan Hart0.7	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Lamar	8-8		Simpson Academy	16-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/17/23	Lamar	Brookhaven Academy	(L) 67-62	11/9/23	Brookhaven Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 67-54
12/1/23	Brookhaven Academy	Lamar	(W) 58-50
11/20/23	Copiah Academy	Lamar	(L) 56-44	11/28/23	Simpson Academy	Copiah Academy	(W) 66-56
				1/11/24	Copiah Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 67-65
11/21/23	Pillow Academy	Lamar	(L) 51-36	11/7/23	Simpson Academy	Pillow Academy	(W) 69-57
				12/11/23	Pillow Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 64-58
				2/6/24	Pillow Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 70-33
11/28/23	Lamar	Heritage Academy	(L) 68-32	12/7/23	Heritage Academy	Simpson Academy	(L) 69-61
12/5/23	Wayne Academy	Lamar	(W) 51-42	12/8/23	Simpson Academy	Wayne Academy	(W) 64-45
1/9/24	Lamar	Wayne Academy	(L) 56-44	1/12/24	Wayne Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 54-23
2/2/24	Wayne Academy	Lamar	(W) 54-46
12/8/23	Lamar	Leake Academy	(L) 70-37	1/5/24	Simpson Academy	Leake Academy	(W) 61-59
1/12/24	Leake Academy	Lamar	(L) 50-28	1/23/24	Leake Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 59-46
				2/2/24	Leake Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 41-32
				2/10/24	Leake Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 66-42
1/2/24	East Rankin Academy	Lamar	(W) 61-23	12/5/23	East Rankin Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 84-26
1/19/24	Lamar	East Rankin Academy	(W) 62-26	1/9/24	Simpson Academy	East Rankin Academy	(W) 73-19
1/5/24	Lamar	Park Place Christian Academy	(W) 59-53	12/12/23	Park Place Christian Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 76-34
1/23/24	Park Place Christian Academy	Lamar	(W) 57-41	1/19/24	Simpson Academy	Park Place Christian Academy	(W) 78-31
1/30/24	Park Place Christian Academy	Lamar	(W) 64-52
2/7/24	Rossville Christian Academy	Lamar	(L) 66-28	2/9/24	Rossville Christian Academy	Simpson Academy	(L) 65-64

Record Breakdown

Lamar (23-24)		Simpson Academy (23-24)
13-17	Overall	27-5
7-6	League	12-0
4-7	Non-League	10-3
0-3	Head to Head	3-0
8-8	Common Opponent	16-2
5-6	Home	12-1
4-6	Away	9-2
4-5	Neutral	6-2
0-0	Playoff	2-2
13-16	In-State	25-4
0-1	Out-of-State	2-1