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Montgomery County Van-Far

Wildcats

Indians

The Van-Far (Vandalia, MO) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Montgomery County (Montgomery City, MO) by a score of 71-65.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Montgomery County	12	23	17	19	71
Van-Far	8	12	20	25	65

Final score provided by P. Connaway.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Montgomery County (22-23)

Montgomery County has not entered stats for this game.

Van-Far (22-23)

Van-Far

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	65	26	60	43	49
5	Cody Smith (Sr)	9	3	11	27	27
12	Kasen Christian (Fr)	5	2	2	100	125
20	Gage Gibson (Jr)	3	1	3	33	50
20	Pacey Reading (Fr)	11	3	8	38	56
21	Gaven Gaston (Fr)	2	1	3	33	33
24	Nikos Connaway (Jr)	23	11	23	48	50
34	Evan Utterback (Fr)	5	2	2	100	100
35	Carter Jennings (Jr)	7	3	8	38	44

Van-Far

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	65	7	24	29	6	12	50	19	36	53
5	Cody Smith (Sr)	9	0	3	0	3	5	60	3	8	38
12	Kasen Christian (Fr)	5	1	1	100	0	1	0	1	1	100
20	Gage Gibson (Jr)	3	1	2	50				0	1	0
20	Pacey Reading (Fr)	11	3	7	43	2	2	100	0	1	0
21	Gaven Gaston (Fr)	2	0	1	0				1	2	50
24	Nikos Connaway (Jr)	23	1	7	14	0	3	0	10	16	63
34	Evan Utterback (Fr)	5				1	1	100	2	2	100
35	Carter Jennings (Jr)	7	1	3	33				2	5	40

Van-Far

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	65	10	17	27	19	6	11
5	Cody Smith (Sr)	9	2	5	7	6	2	2
12	Kasen Christian (Fr)	5	1		1		1	1
20	Gage Gibson (Jr)	3	1		1	2		2
20	Pacey Reading (Fr)	11		2	2	1	1	3
21	Gaven Gaston (Fr)	2		1	1	1		1
24	Nikos Connaway (Jr)	23	3	6	9	8	2	1
34	Evan Utterback (Fr)	5	1		1
35	Carter Jennings (Jr)	7	2	3	5	1		1

Van-Far

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.73	0.55
5	Cody Smith (Sr)	3.00	1.00
12	Kasen Christian (Fr)		1.00
20	Gage Gibson (Jr)	1.00
20	Pacey Reading (Fr)	0.33	0.33
21	Gaven Gaston (Fr)	1.00
24	Nikos Connaway (Jr)	8.00	2.00
35	Carter Jennings (Jr)	1.00

Game Story

Missouri High School Basketball - Montgomery County nudges Van-Far

January 31, 2023: Vandalia, MO 63382

In Tuesday's league outing, the Montgomery County Wildcats (Montgomery City, MO) basketball squad edged the host Van-Far Indians (Vandalia, MO), by a margin of 71-65.

The Wildcats (10-5) will now prepare for their outing against Clopton (Clarksville, MO). The Hawks go into the Eastern Missouri outing with a 9-3 record.

The Indians now own a 10-10 record. They play next when they travel to Mark Twain for a Eastern Missouri outing on Thursday, February 2. Van-Far will clash with a Tigers squad coming off a 58-46 league win over Wright City (Wright City, MO). The Tigers record now stands at 12-8.

MCHS @ Van-Far Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 31, 2023 @ 6p

The Van-Far (Vandalia, MO) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Montgomery County (Montgomery City, MO) by a score of 71-65.

Rankings & Records

Montgomery County (22-23)

MO	Class
157	19

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
20-8	9-0	9-2	8-2	3-4	.714	1.000	1,662	1,345

Van-Far (22-23)

MO	Class
232	34

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-11	6-5	5-2	5-5	7-4	.607	.545	1,528	1,361

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Montgomery County	13.8	14.5	15.7	13.4	59.4
Van-Far	11.4	14.6	13.7	14.2	54.6

Team Stat Comparison

Montgomery County		Van-Far
-	Points Per Game	54.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	25.9
-	Assists Per Game	11.4
-	Steals Per Game	8.5
-	Blocks Per Game	0.0

Team Leaders

Montgomery County		Van-Far	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#24 Nikos Connaway19.5	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Nikos Connaway8.9	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#24 Nikos Connaway3.9	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#24 Nikos Connaway3.2	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#35 Carter Jennings0.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Montgomery County	13-1		Van-Far	10-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/29/22	Bowling Green	Montgomery County	(W) 62-24	1/13/23	Van-Far	Bowling Green	(L) 60-58
1/17/23	Montgomery County	Bowling Green	(W) 56-43	1/28/23	Van-Far	Bowling Green	(L) 51-47
12/9/22	Silex	Montgomery County	(W) 68-38	12/16/22	Van-Far	Silex	(W) 75-45
				2/20/23	Silex	Van-Far	(W) 71-37
12/13/22	Wright City	Montgomery County	(W) 72-33	2/13/23	Wright City	Van-Far	(W) 57-35
12/16/22	Montgomery County	Wellsville-Middletown	(W) 59-20	2/7/23	Wellsville-Middletown	Van-Far	(W) 73-42
12/20/22	North Callaway	Montgomery County	(W) 51-48	12/13/22	Van-Far	North Callaway	(L) 67-44
1/12/23	Montgomery County	North Callaway	(W) 57-45
2/22/23	Montgomery County	North Callaway	(L) 43-41
12/30/22	Montgomery County	Monroe City	(W) 73-39	1/19/23	Monroe City	Van-Far	(W) 40-38
2/3/23	Clopton	Montgomery County	(W) 59-43	2/16/23	Van-Far	Clopton	(W) 56-44
2/7/23	Montgomery County	Mark Twain	(W) 80-61	2/2/23	Van-Far	Mark Twain	(W) 62-49
2/10/23	Montgomery County	Louisiana	(W) 55-32	12/1/22	Louisiana	Van-Far	(W) 45-44
				1/24/23	Louisiana	Van-Far	(W) 30-28
2/14/23	Montgomery County	Elsberry	(W) 71-68	1/9/23	Elsberry	Van-Far	(L) 50-49
				1/26/23	Van-Far	Elsberry	(L) 60-39
2/16/23	Moberly	Montgomery County	(W) 71-68	12/30/22	Moberly	Van-Far	(W) 45-22

Record Breakdown

Montgomery County (22-23)		Van-Far (22-23)
20-8	Overall	17-11
9-1	League	6-5
8-4	Non-League	6-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
13-1	Common Opponent	10-5
9-2	Home	5-2
8-2	Away	5-5
3-4	Neutral	7-4
0-0	Playoff	1-0
20-7	In-State	17-11
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0