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Minooka Nazareth Academy

Indians

Roadrunners

The Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, IL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home tournament game against Minooka (IL) by a score of 45-38.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Minooka	-	-	-	-	38
Nazareth Academy	-	-	-	-	45

Final score provided by S. Corrections.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Minooka (23-24)

Minooka has not entered stats for this game.

Nazareth Academy (23-24)

Nazareth Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	45	16	42	38	45
3	Omar Kaakaji (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50
4	Luke Dimit (Jr)	3	1	2	50	75
5	Ryan Lewis (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Mark Maschio (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
14	M. Callahan (Jr)	8	3	10	30	35
21	Talen Pearson (Sr)	9	4	8	50	50
24	Jack Doss (So)	0	0	1	0	0
25	M. Petersen (Jr)	6	2	2	100	150
33	D. Wrzensinski (Jr)	8	1	3	33	50
34	Danny Howard (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
40	Eddie Austin (So)	8	4	8	50	50

Nazareth Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	45	6	15	40	7	12	58	10	27	37
3	Omar Kaakaji (Sr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Luke Dimit (Jr)	3	1	2	50	0	2	0	0	0	0
5	Ryan Lewis (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Mark Maschio (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	M. Callahan (Jr)	8	1	2	50	1	2	50	2	8	25
21	Talen Pearson (Sr)	9	0	2	0	1	2	50	4	6	67
24	Jack Doss (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	M. Petersen (Jr)	6	2	2	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	D. Wrzensinski (Jr)	8	1	1	100	5	6	83	0	2	0
34	Danny Howard (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
40	Eddie Austin (So)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	50

Nazareth Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	45	8	11	19	10	7	13	11
3	Omar Kaakaji (Sr)	3	1	1	2	3	2	1	0
4	Luke Dimit (Jr)	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	2
5	Ryan Lewis (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	M. Callahan (Jr)	8	2	1	3	3	2	3	4
21	Talen Pearson (Sr)	9	4	2	6	1	2	4	0
24	Jack Doss (So)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
25	M. Petersen (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	D. Wrzensinski (Jr)	8	0	4	4	1	0	0	2
40	Eddie Austin (So)	8	1	3	4	0	0	2	2

Nazareth Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.77	0.54	0.64	2	7
3	Omar Kaakaji (Sr)	3.00	2.00	2.00	0	1
4	Luke Dimit (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0	2
14	M. Callahan (Jr)	1.00	0.67	0.50	0	3
21	Talen Pearson (Sr)	0.25	0.50	2.00	1	0
24	Jack Doss (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
33	D. Wrzensinski (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1	1

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Nazareth Academy nudges Minooka

December 29, 2023: LaGrange Park, IL 60526

In Friday's non-league outing, the Nazareth Academy Roadrunners (LaGrange Park, IL) basketball squad nipped the visiting Minooka Indians (Minooka, IL), by a margin of 45-38.

The Roadrunners (5-8) will now prepare for their outing against St. Patrick (Chicago, IL). The Shamrocks go into the East Suburban Catholic outing with a 9-5 record.

The Indians now own a 3-13 record. They play next when they travel to Joliet Central for a SouthWest Prairie outing on Friday, January 5. Minooka will clash with a Steelmen squad coming off a 56-52 non-league win over North Lawndale (Chicago, IL). The Steelmen record now stands at 9-6.

Players of the Game

Minooka (23-24)

Minooka has not selected any Players of the Game.

Nazareth Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #21 Talen Pearson for being selected the Nazareth Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Minooka @ NA Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 29, 2023 @ 9a

The Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, IL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home tournament game against Minooka (IL) by a score of 45-38.

Rankings & Records

Minooka (23-24)

IL	Class
243	89

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
12-20	9-7	4-8	8-9	0-3	.375	.562	1,468	1,558

Nazareth Academy (23-24)

IL	Class
312	83

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-21	3-13	4-6	1-12	3-3	.276	.188	1,451	1,645

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Minooka	6.4	10.4	7.7	13.6	8.5	45.9
Nazareth Academy	10.3	14.2	11.0	13.5	-	50.0

Team Stat Comparison

Minooka		Nazareth Academy
-	Points Per Game	50.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	24.0
-	Assists Per Game	11.6
-	Steals Per Game	4.1
-	Blocks Per Game	1.7

Team Leaders

Minooka		Nazareth Academy	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#21 Talen Pearson12.1	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#14 Matthew Callahan4.9	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#21 Talen Pearson3.5	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#14 Matthew Callahan1.3	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#21 Talen Pearson0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Minooka	1-4		Nazareth Academy	1-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/23	Minooka	Stagg	(L) 52-41	11/22/23	Nazareth Academy	Stagg	(L) 56-50
12/21/23	Minooka	Downers Grove South	(L) 59-46	2/15/24	Nazareth Academy	Downers Grove South	(L) 56-50
12/26/23	Minooka	Riverside-Brookfield	(L) 65-52	1/6/24	Nazareth Academy	Riverside-Brookfield	(L) 66-64
12/28/23	Minooka	St. Patrick	(L) 71-57	1/5/24	Nazareth Academy	St. Patrick	(L) 81-64
				2/6/24	St. Patrick	Nazareth Academy	(L) 69-62
1/19/24	Plainfield South	Minooka	(W) 56-30	11/20/23	Plainfield South	Nazareth Academy	(W) 55-40

Record Breakdown

Minooka (23-24)		Nazareth Academy (23-24)
12-20	Overall	8-21
9-7	League	3-13
2-6	Non-League	1-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-4	Common Opponent	1-5
4-8	Home	4-6
8-9	Away	1-12
0-3	Neutral	3-3
0-1	Playoff	0-1
12-20	In-State	8-21
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0