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Starkville Academy Lamar

Volunteers

Raiders

The Lamar (Meridian, MS) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Starkville Academy (Starkville, MS) by a score of 49-37.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Starkville Academy	-	-	-	-	49
Lamar	-	-	-	-	37

Final score provided by M. Whiting.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Lamar (23-24)

Starkville Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals		18
11	Luke McKenzie (Jr)		18

Lamar

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	37	15	41	37	44
1	J. Whitcomb (So)	8	3	11	27	36
2	Tucker Dunn (So)	0	0	1	0	0
3	Cooper Gordy (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50
10	Jonathan Hart (Sr)	10	4	7	57	64
15	Salone Elliott (Jr)	6	2	9	22	33
32	Zion Huggins (Jr)	10	5	10	50	50

Starkville Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals		18
11	Luke McKenzie (Jr)		18

Lamar

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	37	6	21	29	1	2	50	9	20	45
1	J. Whitcomb (So)	8	2	8	25				1	3	33
2	Tucker Dunn (So)	0							0	1	0
3	Cooper Gordy (Sr)	3	1	3	33
10	Jonathan Hart (Sr)	10	1	1	100	1	2	50	3	6	50
15	Salone Elliott (Jr)	6	2	9	22
32	Zion Huggins (Jr)	10							5	10	50

Starkville Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals		18
11	Luke McKenzie (Jr)		18

Lamar

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	37	21	10	2
1	J. Whitcomb (So)	8	1	1
2	Tucker Dunn (So)	0	1	1
3	Cooper Gordy (Sr)	3	4	2	1
10	Jonathan Hart (Sr)	10	6	2
15	Salone Elliott (Jr)	6	1	4	1
32	Zion Huggins (Jr)	10	8

Game Story

Mississippi High School Basketball - Starkville Academy over Lamar

December 19, 2023: Meridian, MS 39305

Fans at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Starkville Academy Volunteers (Starkville, MS) and the host Lamar Raiders (Meridian, MS), saw Starkville Academy's basketball squad overcome Lamar by a tally of 49-37.

With the victory, Starkville Academy improves its record to 8-5 on the campaign. The Volunteers travel to Houlka (Houlka, MS) to confront the Wildcats in a non-league challenge on Thursday, December 28. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a record of 8-7. Houlka won 73-40 in their recent non-league challenge against Vardaman (Vardaman, MS)

Next up, the Raiders confront the Nanih Waiya Warriors (Louisville, MS) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 28. Lamar will attempt to improve on its 4-11 season record.

SA @ Lamar Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 19, 2023 @ 4:15p

The Lamar (Meridian, MS) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Starkville Academy (Starkville, MS) by a score of 49-37.

Rankings & Records

Starkville Academy (23-24)

MS	Class
181	13

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-16	1-9	4-7	4-9	1-0	.360	.100	1,186	1,296

Lamar (23-24)

MS	Class
188	15

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
13-17	5-5	5-6	4-6	4-5	.433	.500	1,447	1,558

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Starkville Academy	9.3	9.3	10.0	12.5	1.0	-	47.4
Lamar	7.3	10.8	12.2	9.8	9.0	6.0	48.2

Head-to-Head

Lamar won on 11/30/2023

11/30 @ 7:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Lamar - - - - 50
SA - - - - 31

The Lamar (Meridian, MS) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Starkville Academy (Starkville, MS) by a score of 50-31.
Box score
Starkville Academy won on 12/19/2023

12/19 @ 4:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

SA - - - - 49
Lamar - - - - 37

The Starkville Academy (Starkville, MS) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against Lamar (Meridian, MS) by a score of 49-37.
Box score

11/30 @ 7:15p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lamar	-	-	-	-	50
SA	-	-	-	-	31

12/19 @ 4:15p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
SA	-	-	-	-	49
Lamar	-	-	-	-	37

Team Stat Comparison

Starkville Academy		Lamar
17.9	Points Per Game	48.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	25.4
-	Assists Per Game	9.6
-	Steals Per Game	6.3
-	Blocks Per Game	1.3

Team Leaders

Starkville Academy		Lamar	National Avg.
#11 Luke McKenzie 21.3	Points Per Game	#10 Jonathan Hart11.5	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Jonathan Hart5.6	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#15 Salone Elliott3.4	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#15 Salone Elliott1.4	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#10 Jonathan Hart0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Starkville Academy	3-7		Lamar	3-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/11/23	Leake Academy	Starkville Academy	(L) 51-27	12/8/23	Lamar	Leake Academy	(L) 70-37
				1/12/24	Leake Academy	Lamar	(L) 50-28
11/14/23	East Rankin Academy	Starkville Academy	(W) 58-12	1/2/24	East Rankin Academy	Lamar	(W) 61-23
				1/19/24	Lamar	East Rankin Academy	(W) 62-26
11/16/23	Starkville Academy	Columbus Christian Academy	(W) 71-65	10/30/23	Columbus Christian Academy	Lamar	(L) 73-71
1/30/24	Columbus Christian Academy	Starkville Academy		11/6/23	Lamar	Columbus Christian Academy	(W) 67-61
12/5/23	Hartfield Academy	Starkville Academy	(L) 65-52	11/9/23	Hartfield Academy	Lamar	(L) 70-29
12/7/23	Pillow Academy	Starkville Academy	(W) 58-44	11/21/23	Pillow Academy	Lamar	(L) 51-36
1/16/24	Starkville Academy	Pillow Academy	(L) 48-42
1/9/24	Starkville Academy	Rossville Christian Academy	(L) 88-58	2/7/24	Rossville Christian Academy	Lamar	(L) 66-28
1/26/24	Rossville Christian Academy	Starkville Academy	(L) 68-50
1/12/24	Heritage Academy	Starkville Academy	(L) 57-34	11/28/23	Lamar	Heritage Academy	(L) 68-32
1/29/24	Starkville Academy	Heritage Academy	(L) 54-44

Record Breakdown

Starkville Academy (23-24)		Lamar (23-24)
9-16	Overall	13-17
1-9	League	7-6
5-7	Non-League	4-7
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
3-7	Common Opponent	3-7
4-7	Home	5-6
4-9	Away	4-6
1-0	Neutral	4-5
0-0	Playoff	0-0
9-14	In-State	13-16
0-2	Out-of-State	0-1