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Columbia Independent Veritas Christian Academy

Eagles

The Veritas Christian Academy (O'Fallon, MO) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Columbia Independent (Columbia, MO) by a score of 75-66.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Columbia Independent	14	12	18	22	66
VCA	20	17	13	25	75

Final score provided by B. Tucker.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Columbia Independent (24-25)

Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)

Columbia Independent

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	189	66	26	56	46	54
3	Gabe Martin (So)	25	6	3	7	43	43
4	Wyatt Litton (So)	24	3	1	3	33	50
5	Boone Kitzi (So)	13	0	0	0
12	Deolu Adibiyi (Jr)	27	11	4	11	36	45
13	Thomas Wood (So)	28	5	2	8	25	31
14	Clark Yates (Sr)	20	5	2	3	67	83
20	Ethan Abadi (Jr)	22	8	3	6	50	67
31	Blake Morris (Sr)	30	28	11	18	61	64

Veritas Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	222	75	26	46	57	61
0	Jake Markham (Fr)	20	15	4	8	50	63
1	Elijah Tucker (Jr)	2		0	0
11	Uriah Reardon (So)	36	5	2	5	40	40
12	L. Turpiano (So)	30	2	1	2	50	50
13	Jake Phelps (Jr)	13		0	1	0	0
22	William Potts (Jr)	16	2	1	1	100	100
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	38	19	6	9	67	67
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	34	14	4	8	50	50
54	Titus Murrell (So)	23	16	7	11	64	73

Columbia Independent

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	189	66	8	21	38	6	8	75	18	35	51
3	Gabe Martin (So)	25	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	4	75
4	Wyatt Litton (So)	24	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Boone Kitzi (So)	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Deolu Adibiyi (Jr)	27	11	2	5	40	1	2	50	2	6	33
13	Thomas Wood (So)	28	5	1	3	33	0	0	0	1	5	20
14	Clark Yates (Sr)	20	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	1	100
20	Ethan Abadi (Jr)	22	8	2	3	67	0	0	0	1	3	33
31	Blake Morris (Sr)	30	28	1	2	50	5	6	83	10	16	63

Veritas Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	222	75	4	11	36	19	29	66	22	35	63
0	Jake Markham (Fr)	20	15	2	5	40	5	5	100	2	3	67
1	Elijah Tucker (Jr)	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Uriah Reardon (So)	36	5	0	1	0	1	2	50	2	4	50
12	L. Turpiano (So)	30	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	50
13	Jake Phelps (Jr)	13		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	William Potts (Jr)	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	38	19	0	0	0	7	9	78	6	9	67
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	34	14	0	1	0	6	10	60	4	7	57
54	Titus Murrell (So)	23	16	2	3	67	0	0	0	5	8	63

Columbia Independent

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	189	66	8	17	25	21	16	3	15	16
3	Gabe Martin (So)	25	6	1	3	4	10	3	0	3	5
4	Wyatt Litton (So)	24	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
5	Boone Kitzi (So)	13	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
12	Deolu Adibiyi (Jr)	27	11	1	1	2	3	3	0	1	1
13	Thomas Wood (So)	28	5	2	5	7	1	1	1	2	3
14	Clark Yates (Sr)	20	5	0	1	1	1	2	0	4	3
20	Ethan Abadi (Jr)	22	8	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	1
31	Blake Morris (Sr)	30	28	4	3	7	3	5	2	1	2

Veritas Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	222	75	7	21	28	10	5	1	20	13
0	Jake Markham (Fr)	20	15	1	2	3	3	0	0	4	0
1	Elijah Tucker (Jr)	2		0	0		0	0	0	1	1
11	Uriah Reardon (So)	36	5	1	6	7	1	0	1	3	2
12	L. Turpiano (So)	30	2	0	3	3	1	2	0	0	0
13	Jake Phelps (Jr)	13		0	1	1	0	0	0	3	2
22	William Potts (Jr)	16	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	38	19	3	2	5	1	1	0	2	1
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	34	14	1	3	4	3	1	0	4	3
54	Titus Murrell (So)	23	16	1	4	5	1	1	0	1	3

Columbia Independent

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.40	1.07	1.00	0.19
3	Gabe Martin (So)	3.33	1.00	0.60	0.00
4	Wyatt Litton (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
5	Boone Kitzi (So)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
12	Deolu Adibiyi (Jr)	3.00	3.00	3.00	0.00
13	Thomas Wood (So)	0.50	0.50	0.33	0.33
14	Clark Yates (Sr)	0.25	0.50	0.67	0.00
20	Ethan Abadi (Jr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.00
31	Blake Morris (Sr)	3.00	5.00	2.50	1.00

Veritas Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.50	0.25	0.39	0.08	8
0	Jake Markham (Fr)	0.75	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
11	Uriah Reardon (So)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.50	1
12	L. Turpiano (So)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0.00
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	1
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	0.75	0.25	0.33	0.00	2
54	Titus Murrell (So)	1.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	2

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Game Story

Missouri High School Basketball - Veritas Christian Academy victorious over Columbia Independent

December 20, 2024: O'Fallon, MO 63366

In Friday's non-league contest, the host Veritas Christian Academy Eagles basketball team scored a good 75-66 triumph over the Columbia Independent .

The Eagles (5-3) will now prepare for their contest against Calvary Lutheran (Jefferson City, MO). The Lions go into the non-league contest with a 3-2 record.

In their next game, the battle the Missouri Military Academy Fighting Colonels (Mexico, MO) in a non-league contest, on Tuesday, January 14. Columbia Independent will attempt to better on its 1-3 season record.

Players of the Game

Columbia Independent (24-25)

Columbia Independent has not selected any Players of the Game.

Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #23 Luke Niemeyer for being selected the Veritas Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

CIHS @ VCA Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 20, 2024 @ 6p

Veritas Christian Academy

The Veritas Christian Academy (O'Fallon, MO) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Columbia Independent (Columbia, MO) by a score of 75-66.

Rankings & Records

Columbia Independent (24-25)

MO	Class
499	63

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
9-10	4-4	4-5	1-1	.474	999	987

Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)

MO	Class
392	66

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
16-11	1-0	6-7	7-2	3-2	.593	1.000	1,552	1,428

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Columbia Independent	13.4	11.2	14.3	13.7	-	52.6
Veritas Christian Academy	12.8	12.9	14.9	15.6	7.5	57.5

Team Stat Comparison

Columbia Independent		Veritas Christian Academy
52.6	Points Per Game	57.6
32.3	Rebounds Per Game	29.0
17.2	Assists Per Game	9.6
13.1	Steals Per Game	8.8
3.2	Blocks Per Game	2.1

Team Leaders

Columbia Independent		Veritas Christian Academy	National Avg.
#31 Blake Morris21.3	Points Per Game	#33 Lusajo Kasyupa12.4	4.9
#31 Blake Morris9.8	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Uriah Reardon7.4	2.6
#3 Gabe Martin5.9	Assists Per Game	#33 Lusajo Kasyupa2.2	1.0
#31 Blake Morris3.6	Steals Per Game	#4 Cj Heath1.6	0.8
#31 Blake Morris1.2	Blocks Per Game	#11 Uriah Reardon0.9	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Columbia Independent	2-2		Veritas Christian Academy	4-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/14/25	Columbia Independent	Missouri Military Academy	(L) 71-55	12/18/24	Missouri Military Academy	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 58-53
2/4/25	Missouri Military Academy	Columbia Independent	(L) 76-53	1/27/25	Veritas Christian Academy	Missouri Military Academy	(W) 78-64
1/22/25	Silex	Columbia Independent	(W) 60-50	1/3/25	Veritas Christian Academy	Silex	(W) 67-42
1/24/25	Columbia Independent	Calvary Lutheran	(W) 57-48	12/30/24	Calvary Lutheran	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 47-44

Record Breakdown

C Columbia Independent (24-25)		Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)
9-10	Overall	16-11
1-1	League	2-1
8-9	Non-League	12-9
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-2	Common Opponent	4-0
4-4	Home	6-7
4-5	Away	7-2
1-1	Neutral	3-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
9-10	In-State	16-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0