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The Norton (KS) varsity basketball team won Monday's home tournament game against Thomas More Prep-Marian (Hays, KS) by a score of 48-40.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
TMPM	12	7	11	10	40
Norton	13	12	10	13	48

Final score provided by S. KSHSAA.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Thomas More Prep-Marian (24-25)

Thomas More Prep-Marian has not entered stats for this game.

Norton (24-25)

Norton

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	48	19	45	42	48
1	Tyce Melvin (Sr)	13	5	9	56	61
2	Eli Jones (Sr)	9	3	8	38	38
3	Rylen Murray (Jr)	11	4	11	36	50
4	Dominic Vahling (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
14	Tyler Backman (Jr)	4	2	6	33	33
15	Jace Bailey (So)	5	2	4	50	63
35	Tyler Stewart (Sr)	6	3	4	75	75

Norton

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	48	5	15	33	5	8	63	14	30	47
1	Tyce Melvin (Sr)	13	1	2	50	2	4	50	4	7	57
2	Eli Jones (Sr)	9	0	1	0	3	4	75	3	7	43
3	Rylen Murray (Jr)	11	3	6	50	0	0	0	1	5	20
4	Dominic Vahling (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Tyler Backman (Jr)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
15	Jace Bailey (So)	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	2	50
35	Tyler Stewart (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	75

Norton

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	48	7	13	20	11	7	1	6	9
1	Tyce Melvin (Sr)	13	3	3	6	6	0	0	5	2
2	Eli Jones (Sr)	9	1	6	7	2	0	0	0	1
3	Rylen Murray (Jr)	11	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	3
4	Dominic Vahling (Jr)	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
14	Tyler Backman (Jr)	4	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0
15	Jace Bailey (So)	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
35	Tyler Stewart (Sr)	6	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	3

Norton

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.83	1.17	0.78	0.11	1	7
1	Tyce Melvin (Sr)	1.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	4
2	Eli Jones (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
3	Rylen Murray (Jr)	1.00	2.00	0.67	0.00	0	1
4	Dominic Vahling (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	1
14	Tyler Backman (Jr)	0.00	3.00	3.00	1.00	0	0
15	Jace Bailey (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
35	Tyler Stewart (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	1	1

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Game Story

Kansas High School Basketball - Norton thwarts Thomas More Prep-Marian

January 20, 2025: Norton, KS 67654

The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Norton Bluejays (Norton, KS) and the visiting Thomas More Prep-Marian Monarchs (Hays, KS), observed Norton's basketball team knock off Thomas More Prep-Marian by a score of 48-40.

The Bluejays (7-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Trego (WaKeeney, KS). The Golden Eagles come into the non-league challenge with a 7-3 record. In their last challenge, Trego prevailed over Phillipsburg (Phillipsburg, KS), 58-55, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Monarchs encounter the Great Bend Panthers (Great Bend, KS) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 28. Thomas More Prep-Marian will attempt to improve on its 3-6 season record.

TMPM @ Norton Basketball Game Info

Mon., Jan. 20, 2025 @ 6p

MCL Tournament

The Norton (KS) varsity basketball team won Monday's home tournament game against Thomas More Prep-Marian (Hays, KS) by a score of 48-40.

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Rankings & Records

Thomas More Prep-Marian (24-25)

KS	Class
153	18

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
12-10	8-2	5-3	4-4	3-3	.545	.800	1,108	1,135

Norton (24-25)

KS	Class
84	15

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
16-6	9-1	9-3	5-3	2-0	.727	.900	1,146	1,101

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Thomas More Prep-Marian	11.7	12.0	13.5	13.0	9.0	9.0	50.4
Norton	13.2	13.9	12.1	13.4	-	-	52.1

Head-to-Head

Norton won on 1/20/2025

1/20 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

TMPM 12 7 11 10 40
Norton 13 12 10 13 48

The Thomas More Prep-Marian (Hays, KS) varsity basketball team lost Monday's away tournament game against Norton (KS) by a score of 48-40.
Box score
Thomas More Prep-Marian won on 2/21/2025

2/21 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Norton 13 17 6 10 46
TMPM 15 19 12 10 56

The Norton (KS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Thomas More Prep-Marian (Hays, KS) by a score of 56-46.
Box score

2/21 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Norton	13	17	6	10	46
TMPM	15	19	12	10	56

Team Stat Comparison

Thomas More Prep-Marian		Norton
-	Points Per Game	52.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	23.9
-	Assists Per Game	9.8
-	Steals Per Game	7.5
-	Blocks Per Game	0.9

Team Leaders

Thomas More Prep-Marian		Norton	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#2 Eli Jones17.7	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#2 Eli Jones7.3	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#1 Tyce Melvin2.8	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#2 Eli Jones2.5	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#14 Tyler Backman0.4	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Thomas More Prep-Marian	10-2		Norton	11-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/24	Thomas More Prep-Marian	Hill City	(L) 51-41	2/10/25	Hill City	Norton	(W) 61-30
12/17/24	Thomas More Prep-Marian	Hoxie	(W) 50-41	12/6/24	Norton	Hoxie	(W) 50-41
1/16/25	Ellis	Thomas More Prep-Marian	(W) 56-45	1/31/25	Norton	Ellis	(W) 35-28
1/18/25	Thomas More Prep-Marian	Russell	(W) 55-51	12/20/24	Russell	Norton	(W) 62-44
2/11/25	Thomas More Prep-Marian	Russell	(W) 67-64
1/23/25	Phillipsburg	Thomas More Prep-Marian	(W) 56-45	1/17/25	Phillipsburg	Norton	(W) 59-50
2/14/25	Thomas More Prep-Marian	Phillipsburg	(W) 53-43
1/25/25	Thomas More Prep-Marian	Oakley	(W) 70-52	1/14/25	Norton	Oakley	(W) 63-44
2/18/25	Oakley	Thomas More Prep-Marian	(W) 64-36
2/4/25	Trego	Thomas More Prep-Marian	(W) 67-51	1/24/25	Norton	Trego	(W) 57-46
				2/20/25	Trego	Norton	(W) 55-40
2/7/25	Thomas More Prep-Marian	Smith Center	(W) 57-46	2/14/25	Smith Center	Norton	(W) 60-48
2/13/25	Plainville	Thomas More Prep-Marian	(L) 76-70	1/25/25	Plainville	Norton	(W) 58-52
				2/7/25	Plainville	Norton	(W) 68-56

Record Breakdown

Thomas More Prep-Marian (24-25)		Norton (24-25)
12-10	Overall	16-6
8-2	League	9-1
1-4	Non-League	2-2
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
10-2	Common Opponent	11-0
5-3	Home	9-3
4-4	Away	5-3
3-3	Neutral	2-0
0-0	Playoff	1-1
12-10	In-State	14-6
0-0	Out-of-State	2-0