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Sparta Buffalo

Trojans

Bison

The Buffalo (MO) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's neutral tournament game against Sparta (MO) by a score of 60-28.

Game Details: Strafford Tournament - 1st Round

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Sparta	-	-	-	-	60
Buffalo	-	-	-	-	28

Final score provided by S. ScoreFinder.

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Game Stats

Buffalo (23-24)

Sparta

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	60	24	54	44	49
0	Rowdy Ball (Sr)	7	3	8	38	44
1	Otis Gilliam (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
2	Walker Loveland (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
3	T. Thomas2024 (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
15	Braylen Lutrull (Jr)	6	2	7	29	43
20	Ethan Dorman (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
21	Mason Letterman (Sr)	0	0	5	0	0
22	L. Mayes (Jr)	3	1	2	50	50
32	Trenton Ingle (So)	5	2	5	40	40
34	Jacob Lafferty (Sr)	35	14	18	78	83

Buffalo

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	28	11	45	24	27
0	Landon Mota (So)	0	0	5	0	0
2	Braden Mcgregor (So)	10	4	6	67	83
3	B. McGregor (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0
5	Blair Abraham (So)	4	2	11	18	18
10	Matthew Skinner (So)	5	2	7	29	29
11	C. Shepperly (Sr)	7	2	6	33	33
12	Dalton Bennett (So)	2	1	4	25	25
34	Lucas Jones (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0

Sparta

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	60	5	22	23	7	10	70	19	32	59
0	Rowdy Ball (Sr)	7	1	5	20	0	0	0	2	3	67
1	Otis Gilliam (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Walker Loveland (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
3	T. Thomas2024 (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Braylen Lutrull (Jr)	6	2	6	33	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	Ethan Dorman (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
21	Mason Letterman (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
22	L. Mayes (Jr)	3	0	1	0	1	2	50	1	1	100
32	Trenton Ingle (So)	5	0	2	0	1	2	50	2	3	67
34	Jacob Lafferty (Sr)	35	2	4	50	5	6	83	12	14	86

Buffalo

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	28	2	11	18	4	6	67	9	34	26
0	Landon Mota (So)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	Braden Mcgregor (So)	10	2	3	67	0	0	0	2	3	67
3	B. McGregor (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	Blair Abraham (So)	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	8	25
10	Matthew Skinner (So)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	7	29
11	C. Shepperly (Sr)	7	0	1	0	3	4	75	2	5	40
12	Dalton Bennett (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
34	Lucas Jones (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Sparta

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	60	14	22	36	12	8	1	15	8
0	Rowdy Ball (Sr)	7	2	4	6	2	1	0	0	1
1	Otis Gilliam (Jr)	0	1	3	4	2	2	0	5	2
2	Walker Loveland (Sr)	2	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	0
3	T. Thomas2024 (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
15	Braylen Lutrull (Jr)	6	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	1
20	Ethan Dorman (Sr)	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
21	Mason Letterman (Sr)	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2
22	L. Mayes (Jr)	3	3	2	5	1	1	1	1	0
32	Trenton Ingle (So)	5	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	2
34	Jacob Lafferty (Sr)	35	1	5	6	2	1	0	1	0

Buffalo

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	28	11	16	27	8	8	4	19	12
0	Landon Mota (So)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	1
2	Braden Mcgregor (So)	10	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	1
3	B. McGregor (Fr)	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	0
5	Blair Abraham (So)	4	3	8	11	0	0	2	2	3
10	Matthew Skinner (So)	5	3	1	4	2	1	0	2	3
11	C. Shepperly (Sr)	7	0	0	0	5	1	0	6	1
12	Dalton Bennett (So)	2	2	1	3	0	0	1	4	2
34	Lucas Jones (Jr)	0	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	1

Sparta

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.80	0.53	1.00	0.13	1	10
0	Rowdy Ball (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	1
1	Otis Gilliam (Jr)	0.40	0.40	1.00	0.00	0	2
2	Walker Loveland (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	1
3	T. Thomas2024 (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0
15	Braylen Lutrull (Jr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	0	3
21	Mason Letterman (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
22	L. Mayes (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0	1
34	Jacob Lafferty (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1	1

Buffalo

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.42	0.42	0.67	0.33	9
0	Landon Mota (So)	0.00	0.25	1.00	0.00	3
2	Braden Mcgregor (So)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	3
3	B. McGregor (Fr)	0.00	3.00	3.00	1.00	1
5	Blair Abraham (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.67	0
10	Matthew Skinner (So)	1.00	0.50	0.33	0.00	1
11	C. Shepperly (Sr)	0.83	0.17	1.00	0.00	0
12	Dalton Bennett (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	1

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Recap Video

Sparta vs Buffalo Game Highlights - Nov. 28, 2023 1:34

Game Story

Missouri High School Basketball - Sparta crushes Buffalo

November 28, 2023: Sparta, MO 65754

Sparta Trojans (Sparta, MO) backers were pleased Tuesday as they saw their basketball squad bounce the visiting Buffalo Bison (Buffalo, MO), 60-28 in a non-league bout.

With the victory, Sparta upgrades its record to 1-0 on the campaign. The Trojans travel to Mountain Grove (Mountain Grove, MO) to play the Panthers in a non-league bout on Thursday, November 30. The Panthers come into the bout with a record of 1-0. Mountain Grove won 70-50 in their recent non-league bout against Cassville (Cassville, MO)

Next up, the Bison play the Cassville Wildcats (Cassville, MO) in a non-league bout, on Friday, December 1. Buffalo will attempt to upgrade on its 0-1 season record. The Wildcats come into the bout with a 0-1 record after their 70-50 non-league loss to Mountain Grove (Mountain Grove, MO).

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Players of the Game

Sparta (23-24)

Sparta has not selected any Players of the Game.

Buffalo (23-24)

Congratulations to #10 Matthew Skinner for being selected the Buffalo Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Sparta (23-24)

MO	Class
48	5

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
22-6	6-2	10-1	11-3	1-2	.786	.750	1,745	1,238

Buffalo (23-24)

MO	Class
427	76

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
4-21	2-3	1-9	2-11	1-1	.160	.400	1,067	1,504

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Sparta	13.8	14.3	21.0	12.8	62.3
Buffalo	10.9	11.1	10.3	10.8	42.7

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Team Stat Comparison

Sparta		Buffalo
17.8	Points Per Game	42.6
8.8	Rebounds Per Game	24.6
3.9	Assists Per Game	11.4
2.1	Steals Per Game	6.4
0.6	Blocks Per Game	4.2

Team Leaders

Sparta		Buffalo	National Avg.
#34 Jacob Lafferty29.8	Points Per Game	#2 Braden Mcgregor14.1	4.9
#34 Jacob Lafferty14.0	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Blair Abraham8.5	2.6
#2 Walker Loveland4.6	Assists Per Game	#10 Matthew Skinner3.5	1.0
#34 Jacob Lafferty2.4	Steals Per Game	#10 Matthew Skinner1.7	0.8
#34 Jacob Lafferty1.0	Blocks Per Game	#5 Blair Abraham3.2	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Sparta	3-1		Buffalo	1-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/12/23	Sparta	Ash Grove	(W) 84-70	2/15/24	Ash Grove	Buffalo	(L) 56-48
12/18/23	Sparta	Forsyth	(W) 42-36	1/5/24	Buffalo	Forsyth	(L) 80-47
1/27/24	Sparta	Fair Grove	(L) 43-39	2/6/24	Buffalo	Fair Grove	(L) 68-36
2/20/24	Sparta	New Covenant Academy	(W) 83-37	1/23/24	Buffalo	New Covenant Academy	(W) 68-42

Record Breakdown

Sparta (23-24)		Buffalo (23-24)
22-6	Overall	4-21
6-2	League	2-3
14-3	Non-League	1-16
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-1	Common Opponent	1-3
10-1	Home	1-9
11-3	Away	2-11
1-2	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
22-6	In-State	4-21
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0