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Liberty St. James Academy

Blue Jays

Thunder

The St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's neutral tournament game against Liberty (MO) by a score of 62-46.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Liberty	12	15	9	10	46
St. James Academy	11	13	18	20	62

Final score provided by J. Snell.

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Game Stats

Liberty (21-22)

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St. James Academy (21-22)

St. James Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	62	22	52	42	47
1	Riley Kerwin (Fr)	3	1	2	50	75
2	Ashley Thomas (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50
3	Reese Messer (Fr)	19	7	12	58	63
10	S. Ellsworth (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
11	L. Steinlage (Jr)	5	1	4	25	38
21	Ella Jett (Sr)	6	2	5	40	40
22	Ava Reyes (So)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Riley Bruggeman (Jr)	19	7	16	44	47
24	Beth Grant (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33
35	Madeline Wyant (Sr)	1	0	2	0	0

St. James Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	62	5	20	25	13	15	87	17	32	53
1	Riley Kerwin (Fr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ashley Thomas (Sr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Reese Messer (Fr)	19	1	3	33	4	4	100	6	9	67
10	S. Ellsworth (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
11	L. Steinlage (Jr)	5	1	3	33	2	2	100	0	1	0
21	Ella Jett (Sr)	6	0	1	0	2	2	100	2	4	50
22	Ava Reyes (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Riley Bruggeman (Jr)	19	1	4	25	4	4	100	6	12	50
24	Beth Grant (Sr)	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	3	67
35	Madeline Wyant (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	2	0

St. James Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	62	7	18	25	7	12	4	12	13
1	Riley Kerwin (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
2	Ashley Thomas (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
3	Reese Messer (Fr)	19	1	8	9	1	2	2	2	2
10	S. Ellsworth (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	L. Steinlage (Jr)	5	2	1	3	2	0	0	1	2
21	Ella Jett (Sr)	6	2	4	6	0	2	0	0	1
23	Riley Bruggeman (Jr)	19	1	2	3	2	7	0	5	1
24	Beth Grant (Sr)	4	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	2
35	Madeline Wyant (Sr)	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	4

St. James Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.58	1.00	0.92	0.31	19
3	Reese Messer (Fr)	0.50	1.00	1.00	1.00	3
11	L. Steinlage (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4
21	Ella Jett (Sr)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	4
23	Riley Bruggeman (Jr)	0.40	1.40	7.00	0.00	5
24	Beth Grant (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	3
35	Madeline Wyant (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0

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Recap Video

St. James Academy vs Liberty Game Highlights - Dec. 7, 2021 1:33

Game Story

Missouri High School Basketball - Liberty knocked off by St. James Academy

December 7, 2021: Liberty, MO 64068

The St. James Academy Thunder basketball team scored 62 points and held the host Liberty Blue Jays to 46 in the Thunder non-league triumph on Tuesday.

The Thunder now sport a 2-0 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Blue Valley for a non-league contest on Wednesday, December 8. St. James Academy will battle a Tigers team coming off a 53-12 non-league win over Wyandotte (Kansas City, KS). The Tigers record now stands at 1-0.

The Blue Jays (1-1) will now prepare for their contest against Wyandotte (Kansas City, KS). The Bulldogs enter the non-league contest with a 0-2 record. In their last contest, Wyandotte was defeated by Blue Valley (Stilwell, KS), 53-12, in a non-league contest.

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Players of the Game

Liberty (21-22)

Liberty has not selected any Players of the Game.

St. James Academy (21-22)

Congratulations to #3 Reese Messer for being selected the St. James Academy Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

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Rankings & Records

Liberty (21-22)

MO	Class
336	56

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-16	1-4	1-9	2-6	2-1	.238	.200	708	895

St. James Academy (21-22)

KS	Class
58	10

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
11-11	4-3	4-1	4-5	3-5	.500	.571	1,398	1,220

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Liberty	10.0	11.3	12.0	10.0	-	-	33.7
St. James Academy	16.0	16.4	16.1	14.2	7.5	8.0	63.5

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Team Stat Comparison

Liberty		St. James Academy
-	Points Per Game	63.5
-	Rebounds Per Game	26.8
-	Assists Per Game	11.8
-	Steals Per Game	11.0
-	Blocks Per Game	2.2

Team Leaders

Liberty		St. James Academy	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#23 Riley Bruggeman20.6	4.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Riley Bruggeman5.5	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#23 Riley Bruggeman2.5	0.8
-	Steals Per Game	#23 Riley Bruggeman3.2	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#3 Reese Messer0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Liberty	2-4		St. James Academy	3-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/8/21	Liberty	Wyandotte	(W) 48-7	12/3/21	Wyandotte	St. James Academy	(W) 83-13
12/10/21	Liberty	Olathe East	(L) 41-31	1/18/22	Olathe East	St. James Academy	(W) 55-51
1/3/22	Lee's Summit North	Liberty	(W) 48-45	1/19/22	Lee's Summit North	St. James Academy	(L) 64-59
2/3/22	Liberty	Lee's Summit North
2/16/22	Liberty	Lee's Summit North
1/6/22	Liberty	Blue Springs South	(L) 61-34	12/10/21	Blue Springs South	St. James Academy	(L) 63-53
2/7/22	Blue Springs South	Liberty	(L) 42-27
1/26/22	Park Hill South	Liberty	(L) 51-33	12/18/21	Park Hill South	St. James Academy	(W) 65-60

Record Breakdown

Liberty (21-22)		St. James Academy (21-22)
5-16	Overall	11-11
1-4	League	4-3
2-10	Non-League	4-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-4	Common Opponent	3-2
1-9	Home	4-1
2-6	Away	4-5
2-1	Neutral	3-5
0-0	Playoff	1-1
4-14	In-State	8-6
1-2	Out-of-State	3-5