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Simpson Academy Lamar

Cougars

Raiders

The Lamar (Meridian, MS) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Simpson Academy (Mendenhall, MS) by a score of 52-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Simpson Academy	20	17	11	4	52
Lamar	13	18	11	9	51

Final score provided by W. Mullins.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Simpson Academy (23-24)

Simpson Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Lamar (23-24)

Lamar

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	51	19	59	32	36
5	Charlee Castle (So)	0	0	1	0	0
13	Aryah Grace (Jr)	26	9	28	32	39
15	Georgia Collins (Sr)	1	0	3	0	0
21	S. Reed (Sr)	6	2	4	50	50
30	Blake Hart (Jr)	18	8	22	36	36
35	Ruth Williams (So)	0	0	1	0	0

Lamar

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	51	4	14	29	9	14	64	15	45	33
5	Charlee Castle (So)	0							0	1	0
13	Aryah Grace (Jr)	26	4	11	36	4	6	67	5	17	29
15	Georgia Collins (Sr)	1				1	2	50	0	3	0
21	S. Reed (Sr)	6				2	2	100	2	4	50
30	Blake Hart (Jr)	18	0	3	0	2	4	50	8	19	42
35	Ruth Williams (So)	0							0	1	0

Lamar

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	51	39	4	7	4
2	A. Monsour (Sr)		1		1
13	Aryah Grace (Jr)	26	12		3	1
15	Georgia Collins (Sr)	1	9		2
21	S. Reed (Sr)	6	5	2	1	3
30	Blake Hart (Jr)	18	11	2
35	Ruth Williams (So)	0	1

Game Story

Mississippi High School Basketball - Lamar tipped by Simpson Academy

December 14, 2023: Meridian, MS 39305

The Simpson Academy Cougars basketball team scored 52 points and held the host Lamar Raiders to 51 in the Cougars league triumph on Thursday.

The Cougars now sport a 12-6 record. They put it on the line next when they host Jackson Prep for a non-league contest on Friday, December 15. Simpson Academy will meet a Patriots team coming off a 45-17 non-league win over Oak Forest Academy (Amite, LA). The Patriots record now stands at 8-8.

The Raiders (5-8) will now prepare for their contest against Choctaw County (Butler, AL). The Tigers enter the non-league contest with a 0-6 record.

SA @ Lamar Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 14, 2023 @ 6p

MAIS 5A District 2

The Lamar (Meridian, MS) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Simpson Academy (Mendenhall, MS) by a score of 52-51.

Rankings & Records

Simpson Academy (23-24)

MS	Class
50	8

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
21-13	7-3	11-6	7-6	3-1	.618	.700	1,763	1,387

Lamar (23-24)

MS	Class
86	11

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
13-15	5-5	5-6	5-5	3-4	.464	.500	1,301	1,276

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Simpson Academy	16.3	12.5	11.0	11.2	4.7	3.0	51.9
Lamar	11.5	13.9	12.8	10.4	-	-	46.5

Head-to-Head

Simpson Academy won on 12/14/2023

12/14 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Simpson Academy 20 17 11 4 52
Lamar 13 18 11 9 51

The Simpson Academy (Mendenhall, MS) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Lamar (Meridian, MS) by a score of 52-51.
Box score
Lamar won on 1/18/2024

1/18 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Lamar 9 16 14 11 50
Simpson Academy 16 9 10 13 48

The Lamar (Meridian, MS) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Simpson Academy (Mendenhall, MS) by a score of 50-48.
Box score

1/18 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lamar	9	16	14	11	50
Simpson Academy	16	9	10	13	48

Team Stat Comparison

Simpson Academy		Lamar
-	Points Per Game	46.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	35.3
-	Assists Per Game	6.9
-	Steals Per Game	9.7
-	Blocks Per Game	3.0

Team Leaders

Simpson Academy		Lamar	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#13 Aryah Grace18.7	4.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	#13 Aryah Grace11.4	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#30 Blake Hart3.3	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#13 Aryah Grace3.5	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#21 Sarah Dudley Reed1.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Simpson Academy	10-6		Lamar	5-10

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
10/24/23	Simpson Academy	Brookhaven Academy	(L) 56-55	11/17/23	Lamar	Brookhaven Academy	(L) 73-51
11/9/23	Brookhaven Academy	Simpson Academy	(L) 45-35	12/1/23	Brookhaven Academy	Lamar	(L) 47-34
11/7/23	Simpson Academy	Pillow Academy	(L) 76-47	10/19/23	Pillow Academy	Lamar	(L) 59-33
12/11/23	Pillow Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 59-57
12/5/23	East Rankin Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 57-51	1/2/24	East Rankin Academy	Lamar	(L) 53-34
1/9/24	Simpson Academy	East Rankin Academy	(L) 61-52	1/19/24	Lamar	East Rankin Academy	(L) 46-39
2/2/24	East Rankin Academy	Simpson Academy	(L) 52-49	2/1/24	Lamar	East Rankin Academy	(L) 47-31
12/7/23	Heritage Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 40-30	11/28/23	Lamar	Heritage Academy	(L) 40-37
12/8/23	Simpson Academy	Wayne Academy	(W) 70-23	12/5/23	Wayne Academy	Lamar	(W) 64-39
1/12/24	Wayne Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 60-21	1/9/24	Lamar	Wayne Academy	(W) 65-26
				1/30/24	Lamar	Wayne Academy	(W) 64-26
12/12/23	Park Place Christian Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 60-13	1/5/24	Lamar	Park Place Christian Academy	(W) 39-25
1/19/24	Simpson Academy	Park Place Christian Academy	(W) 60-7	1/23/24	Park Place Christian Academy	Lamar	(W) 61-24
1/30/24	Park Place Christian Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 63-4
1/5/24	Simpson Academy	Leake Academy	(W) 51-42	12/8/23	Lamar	Leake Academy	(L) 75-36
1/23/24	Leake Academy	Simpson Academy	(L) 61-57	1/12/24	Leake Academy	Lamar	(L) 61-24
2/1/24	Leake Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 47-45	2/2/24	Lamar	Leake Academy	(L) 66-45

Record Breakdown

Simpson Academy (23-24)		Lamar (23-24)
21-13	Overall	13-15
9-4	League	6-7
8-6	Non-League	5-6
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
10-6	Common Opponent	5-10
11-6	Home	5-6
7-6	Away	5-5
3-1	Neutral	3-4
0-1	Playoff	0-0
18-12	In-State	13-14
3-1	Out-of-State	0-1