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DeSoto Jefferson

Dragons

Blue Jays

The Jefferson (Festus, MO) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against DeSoto (MO) by a score of 40-36.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
DeSoto	4	14	10	8	36
Jefferson	9	6	13	12	40

Final score provided by S. Holdinghausen.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

DeSoto (23-24)

DeSoto has not entered stats for this game.

Jefferson (23-24)

Jefferson

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	167	40	17	79	22	22
3	Lia Ott (Jr)	23	3	1	3	33	33
4	Louise Duepner (So)	21	2	1	7	14	14
5	Paige Beffa (Sr)	12	2	1	3	33	33
10	Claire Goodwin (Jr)	8	2	1	5	20	20
11	Peyton Guffey (So)	22	3	1	15	7	7
12	Halayna Loyd (So)	27	13	6	19	32	32
22	Grace Neels (Sr)	27	7	2	16	13	13
23	Megan Wood (Jr)	22	6	3	9	33	33
52	A. Richardson (So)	5	2	1	2	50	50

Jefferson

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	167	40	20	6	16	38	17	59	29
3	Lia Ott (Jr)	23	3	0	1	1	100	1	3	33
4	Louise Duepner (So)	21	2	2	0	0	0	1	5	20
5	Paige Beffa (Sr)	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	50
10	Claire Goodwin (Jr)	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	33
11	Peyton Guffey (So)	22	3	5	1	3	33	1	10	10
12	Halayna Loyd (So)	27	13	5	1	5	20	6	14	43
22	Grace Neels (Sr)	27	7	5	3	6	50	2	11	18
23	Megan Wood (Jr)	22	6	0	0	0	0	3	9	33
52	A. Richardson (So)	5	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	50

Jefferson

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	167	40	29	21	50	9	14	1	20	15
3	Lia Ott (Jr)	23	3	1	2	3	0	2	0	3	3
4	Louise Duepner (So)	21	2	3	2	5	0	1	0	4	1
5	Paige Beffa (Sr)	12	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	0
10	Claire Goodwin (Jr)	8	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	Peyton Guffey (So)	22	3	7	1	8	3	4	0	2	2
12	Halayna Loyd (So)	27	13	4	6	10	4	3	0	1	2
22	Grace Neels (Sr)	27	7	5	4	9	0	3	1	2	4
23	Megan Wood (Jr)	22	6	8	3	11	1	1	0	6	3
52	A. Richardson (So)	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Jefferson

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.45	0.70	0.93	0.07	1	16
3	Lia Ott (Jr)	0.00	0.67	0.67	0.00	0	1
4	Louise Duepner (So)	0.00	0.25	1.00	0.00	0	3
5	Paige Beffa (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
11	Peyton Guffey (So)	1.50	2.00	2.00	0.00	0	2
12	Halayna Loyd (So)	4.00	3.00	1.50	0.00	0	2
22	Grace Neels (Sr)	0.00	1.50	0.75	0.25	0	4
23	Megan Wood (Jr)	0.17	0.17	0.33	0.00	0	3
52	A. Richardson (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	1

Game Story

Missouri High School Basketball - DeSoto can't hold off Jefferson

December 2, 2023: DeSoto, MO 63020

The Jefferson Blue Jays basketball team scored 40 points and held the host DeSoto Dragons to 36 in the Blue Jays non-league triumph on Saturday.

The Blue Jays now sport a 2-1 record. They put it on the line next when they host DeSoto for a non-league contest on Monday, December 4. Jefferson will battle a Dragons team coming off a 40-36 non-league loss to Jefferson (Festus, MO). The Dragons record now stands at 0-3.

The Dragons (0-3) will now prepare for their contest against Jefferson (Festus, MO). The Blue Jays enter the non-league contest with a 2-1 record. In their last contest, Jefferson nudged DeSoto (DeSoto, MO), 40-36, in a non-league contest.

Players of the Game

DeSoto (23-24)

DeSoto has not selected any Players of the Game.

Jefferson (23-24)

Congratulations to #12 Halayna Loyd for being selected the Jefferson Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

DeSoto vs Jefferson Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 2, 2023 @ 12p

The Jefferson (Festus, MO) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against DeSoto (MO) by a score of 40-36.

Rankings & Records

DeSoto (23-24)

MO	Class
442	60

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
4-21	0-9	3-12	1-7	0-2	.160	.000	982	1,295

Jefferson (23-24)

MO	Class
220	34

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-7	5-1	6-3	10-1	3-3	.731	.833	1,348	992

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
DeSoto	6.7	11.0	8.0	8.0	39.3
Jefferson	13.6	11.7	13.6	10.9	51.8

Head-to-Head

Jefferson won on 12/2/2023

12/2 @ 12p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

DeSoto 4 14 10 8 36
Jefferson 9 6 13 12 40

The DeSoto (MO) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Jefferson (Festus, MO) by a score of 40-36.
Box score
Jefferson won on 12/4/2023

12/4 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

DeSoto 11 4 11 11 37
Jefferson 23 9 13 18 63

The DeSoto (MO) varsity basketball team lost Monday's away non-conference game against Jefferson (Festus, MO) by a score of 63-37.
Box score

12/4 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
DeSoto	11	4	11	11	37
Jefferson	23	9	13	18	63

Team Stat Comparison

DeSoto		Jefferson
-	Points Per Game	49.6
-	Rebounds Per Game	35.7
-	Assists Per Game	11.8
-	Steals Per Game	16.2
-	Blocks Per Game	2.8

Team Leaders

DeSoto		Jefferson	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#12 Halayna Loyd10.8	4.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Megan Wood8.4	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#11 Peyton Guffey3.5	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#23 Megan Wood3.8	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#22 Grace Neels1.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
DeSoto	3-8		Jefferson	7-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/23	DeSoto	St. Pius X	(L) 64-31	2/9/24	St. Pius X	Jefferson	(L) 42-27
12/18/23	Kingston	DeSoto	(W) 56-20	1/3/24	Kingston	Jefferson	(W) 55-19
12/21/23	Crystal City	DeSoto		2/7/24	Jefferson	Crystal City	(W) 71-18
1/23/24	DeSoto	Crystal City	(W) 63-26	2/12/24	Jefferson	Crystal City	(W) 71-18
2/13/24	DeSoto	Crystal City
12/27/23	Valley	DeSoto	(W) 69-47	1/10/24	Valley	Jefferson	(W) 60-17
12/28/23	DeSoto	Cuba	(L) 70-42	12/29/23	Jefferson	Cuba	(L) 59-38
12/29/23	West County	DeSoto	(L) 59-56	12/11/23	West County	Jefferson	(W) 66-38
				12/28/23	West County	Jefferson	(W) 68-40
1/4/24	Perryville	DeSoto	(L) 56-44	1/11/24	Jefferson	Perryville	(L) 52-38
2/1/24	DeSoto	Perryville	(L) 58-56
1/18/24	DeSoto	Hillsboro	(L) 71-40	12/21/23	Hillsboro	Jefferson	(L) 44-32
2/8/24	Hillsboro	DeSoto	(L) 77-28	12/30/23	Hillsboro	Jefferson	(L) 37-30
2/28/24	Hillsboro	DeSoto	(L) 71-31
2/21/24	Ste. Genevieve	DeSoto		1/8/24	Jefferson	Ste. Genevieve	(W) 34-30

Record Breakdown

DeSoto (23-24)		Jefferson (23-24)
4-21	Overall	19-7
0-9	League	5-1
4-9	Non-League	11-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
3-8	Common Opponent	7-5
3-12	Home	6-3
1-7	Away	10-1
0-2	Neutral	3-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
4-20	In-State	19-7
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0