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Monroe City Van-Far

Panthers

Indians

The Van-Far (Vandalia, MO) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Monroe City (MO) in overtime by a score of 68-66.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	OT3	Final
Monroe City	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	66
Van-Far	0	0	0	0	0	0	68	68

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Monroe City (23-24)

Monroe City has not entered stats for this game.

Van-Far (23-24)

Van-Far

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	25	61	41	46
0	Carson Huff (Jr)	3	1	1	100	100
12	Kasen Christian (So)	0	0	1	0	0
20	Gage Gibson (Sr)	3	1	4	25	38
20	Pacey Reading (So)	10	4	12	33	38
21	Gaven Gaston (So)	6	3	4	75	75
24	Nikos Connaway (Sr)	31	14	33	42	45
34	Evan Utterback (So)	2	0	1	0	0
35	Carter Jennings (Sr)	13	2	5	40	60

Van-Far

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	6	20	30	12	19	63	19	41	46
0	Carson Huff (Jr)	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	1	100
12	Kasen Christian (So)	0							0	1	0
20	Gage Gibson (Sr)	3	1	3	33				0	1	0
20	Pacey Reading (So)	10	1	5	20	1	1	100	3	7	43
21	Gaven Gaston (So)	6				0	2	0	3	4	75
24	Nikos Connaway (Sr)	31	2	9	22	1	4	25	12	24	50
34	Evan Utterback (So)	2				2	2	100	0	1	0
35	Carter Jennings (Sr)	13	2	3	67	7	8	88	0	2	0

Van-Far

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	68	9	17	26	14	10	10
0	Carson Huff (Jr)	3	1	0	1			2
12	Kasen Christian (So)	0		1	1
20	Gage Gibson (Sr)	3	1	1	2	4	1	0
20	Pacey Reading (So)	10	0	5	5	2	0	3
21	Gaven Gaston (So)	6	1	2	3	2	1	3
24	Nikos Connaway (Sr)	31	3	2	5	6	7	2
34	Evan Utterback (So)	2	1	1	2
35	Carter Jennings (Sr)	13	2	5	7	0	1	0

Van-Far

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.40	1.00
20	Gage Gibson (Sr)	4.00	1.00
20	Pacey Reading (So)	0.67	0.00
21	Gaven Gaston (So)	0.67	0.33
24	Nikos Connaway (Sr)	3.00	3.50
35	Carter Jennings (Sr)	0.00	1.00

Game Story

Missouri High School Basketball - Van-Far edges Monroe City

January 20, 2024: Monroe City, MO 63456

The Van-Far Indians (Vandalia, MO) basketball nipped the host Monroe City Panthers (Monroe City, MO), 68-66 in Saturday's non-league test.

The Indians (11-3) will now prepare for their test against Silex (Silex, MO). The Owls go into the non-league test with a 0-5 record.

The Panthers now own a 9-6 record. They play next when they host Highland for a Clarence Cannon test on Tuesday, January 23. Monroe City will encounter a Cougars squad coming off a 66-38 non-league loss to Canton (Canton, MO). The Cougars record now stands at 4-10.

Players of the Game

Monroe City (23-24)

Monroe City has not selected any Players of the Game.

Van-Far (23-24)

Congratulations to #24 Nikos Connaway for being selected the Van-Far Basketball Player of the Game.

Monroe City vs Van-Far Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 20, 2024 @ 12p

3rd place game @ Palmyra Tourney

The Van-Far (Vandalia, MO) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Monroe City (MO) in overtime by a score of 68-66.

Rankings & Records

Monroe City (23-24)

MO	Class
251	53

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-10	6-4	5-4	7-3	5-3	.630	.600	1,427	1,230

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

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	OT3	Final
Monroe City	7.5	6.5	8.7	8.0	24.0	0	66.0	52.9
Van-Far	15.1	16.1	15.7	14.0	0	0	68.0	63.0

Team Stat Comparison

Monroe City		Van-Far
52.8	Points Per Game	62.8
25.6	Rebounds Per Game	28.0
13.2	Assists Per Game	14.4
8.8	Steals Per Game	9.5
2.5	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Monroe City		Van-Far	National Avg.
#3 Quincy Mayfield11.9	Points Per Game	#24 Nikos Connaway16.8	4.9
#24 Waylon DeGrave5.7	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Nikos Connaway6.6	2.6
#3 Quincy Mayfield3.4	Assists Per Game	#24 Nikos Connaway6.0	1.0
#3 Quincy Mayfield1.8	Steals Per Game	#24 Nikos Connaway4.1	0.8
#20 Brent Holland1.3	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Monroe City	9-3		Van-Far	11-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/27/23	Canton	Monroe City	(L) 53-49	1/19/24	Canton	Van-Far	(L) 53-51
12/7/23	South Shelby	Monroe City	(W) 47-37	2/8/24	South Shelby	Van-Far	(W) 60-46
1/30/24	Monroe City	South Shelby	(W) 45-38
2/22/24	Monroe City	South Shelby	(L) 49-45
12/12/23	Monroe City	Mark Twain	(W) 67-60	2/2/24	Mark Twain	Van-Far	(W) 78-47
1/2/24	Silex	Monroe City	(W) 60-40	12/14/23	Silex	Van-Far	(W) 85-44
				1/23/24	Silex	Van-Far	(W) 69-38
1/6/24	Wright City	Monroe City	(W) 41-37	2/12/24	Van-Far	Wright City	(W) 47-37
1/25/24	Clark County	Monroe City	(W) 65-27	1/16/24	Clark County	Van-Far	(W) 64-43
2/2/24	Monroe City	Bowling Green	(W) 81-45	1/25/24	Van-Far	Bowling Green	(W) 66-40
				2/17/24	Bowling Green	Van-Far	(W) 60-40
2/9/24	Monroe City	Centralia	(L) 49-44	12/5/23	Van-Far	Centralia	(L) 64-52
2/17/24	Macon	Monroe City	(W) 46-32	12/7/23	Macon	Van-Far	(W) 65-43
				12/30/23	Van-Far	Macon	(W) 63-40
2/20/24	Monroe City	Louisiana	(W) 48-42	11/30/23	Van-Far	Louisiana	(W) 63-51

Record Breakdown

Monroe City (23-24)		Van-Far (23-24)
17-10	Overall	22-6
6-4	League	10-2
7-3	Non-League	5-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
9-3	Common Opponent	11-2
5-4	Home	8-0
7-3	Away	7-3
5-3	Neutral	7-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
15-9	In-State	22-5
2-1	Out-of-State	0-1