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St. Francis Indian Wakpala

Warriors

Sioux

The Wakpala (SD) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral non-conference game against St. Francis Indian (St. Francis, SD) by a score of 46-42.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
St. Francis Indian	-	-	-	-	46
Wakpala	-	-	-	-	42

Final score provided by J. Poppen.

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Game Stats

St. Francis Indian (23-24)

St. Francis Indian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	45	20	42	48	51
0	John Gunhammer (Jr)	19	8	12	67	79
3	C. Kills In Water (Sr)	8	4	9	44	44
4	E. Spotted Tail (Jr)	8	4	6	67	67
11	Darin Arcoren (Jr)	1
13	W. Stands (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
20	Luke Marshall (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	T. Valandra-Fast Horse (Jr)	5	2	9	22	22

St. Francis Indian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	45	3	9	33	2	13	15	17	33	52
0	John Gunhammer (Jr)	19	3	4	75	0	0	0	5	8	63
3	C. Kills In Water (Sr)	8	0	3	0	0	2	0	4	6	67
4	E. Spotted Tail (Jr)	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	6	67
11	Darin Arcoren (Jr)	1				1	3	33
13	W. Stands (Sr)	4							2	5	40
20	Luke Marshall (Jr)	0							0	1	0
24	T. Valandra-Fast Horse (Jr)	5	0	2	0	1	6	17	2	7	29

St. Francis Indian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	45	11	18	29	8	11	5	15
0	John Gunhammer (Jr)	19	1	2	3	1	4		4
3	C. Kills In Water (Sr)	8	3	3	6	1	1	2	7
4	E. Spotted Tail (Jr)	8	3	3	6	1	1	1
11	Darin Arcoren (Jr)	1		3	3	2	2	1	1
13	W. Stands (Sr)	4	1	3	4		2	1	1
20	Luke Marshall (Jr)	0	1	2	3	1
24	T. Valandra-Fast Horse (Jr)	5	2	2	4	2	1		2

St. Francis Indian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.53	0.73
0	John Gunhammer (Jr)	0.25	1.00
3	C. Kills In Water (Sr)	0.14	0.14
11	Darin Arcoren (Jr)	2.00	2.00
13	W. Stands (Sr)		2.00
24	T. Valandra-Fast Horse (Jr)	1.00	0.50

Wakpala (23-24)

Wakpala has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

South Dakota High School Basketball - St. Francis Indian nips Wakpala

December 29, 2023: St. Francis, SD 57572

Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the St. Francis Indian Warriors (St. Francis, SD) and the visiting Wakpala Sioux (Wakpala, SD), saw St. Francis Indian's basketball squad hold off Wakpala by a tally of 46-42.

With the victory, St. Francis Indian improves its record to 3-2 on the campaign. The Warriors host Pine Ridge (Pine Ridge, SD) to play the Thorpes in a A Region 7 challenge on Tuesday, January 9. The Thorpes come into the challenge with a record of 5-0.

Next up, the Sioux play the Lemmon Cowboys (Lemmon, SD) in a B Region 8 challenge, on Tuesday, January 9. Wakpala will attempt to improve on its 4-3 season record.

Players of the Game

St. Francis Indian (23-24)

Congratulations to #0 John Gunhammer for being selected the St. Francis Indian Basketball Player of the Game.

Wakpala (23-24)

Wakpala has not selected any Players of the Game.

SFIHS vs Wakpala Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 29, 2023 @ 2:30p

Hunkpapa Classic/McLaughlin

The Wakpala (SD) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral non-conference game against St. Francis Indian (St. Francis, SD) by a score of 46-42.

Rankings & Records

St. Francis Indian (23-24)

SD	Class
118	55

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
8-13	3-4	3-6	0-4	5-3	.381	.429	1,172	1,325

Wakpala (23-24)

SD	Class
132	53

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
11-11	4-1	5-5	2-1	4-5	.500	.800	1,264	1,173

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
St. Francis Indian	9.7	11.7	15.7	11.7	55.8
Wakpala	-	-	-	-	57.5

Team Stat Comparison

St. Francis Indian		Wakpala
55.4	Points Per Game	-
8.9	Rebounds Per Game	-
1.7	Assists Per Game	-
2.4	Steals Per Game	-
0.9	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

St. Francis Indian		Wakpala	National Avg.
#11 Darin Arcoren12.6	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#24 Ty Valandra-Fast Horse3.5	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#24 Ty Valandra-Fast Horse0.8	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#24 Ty Valandra-Fast Horse1.0	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#11 Darin Arcoren0.3	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
St. Francis Indian	3-4		Wakpala	2-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/23	Dupree	St. Francis Indian	(L) 60-48	12/14/23	Dupree	Wakpala	(L) 63-55
12/14/23	Tiospaye Topa	St. Francis Indian	(W) 67-28	12/13/23	Tiospaye Topa	Wakpala	(W) 40-31
				12/16/23	Tiospaye Topa	Wakpala	(W) 49-45
12/15/23	Cheyenne-Eagle Butte	St. Francis Indian	(W) 42-39	2/10/24	Wakpala	Cheyenne-Eagle Butte	(L) 85-53
2/13/24	Cheyenne-Eagle Butte	St. Francis Indian	(L) 79-49
1/22/24	Crazy Horse	St. Francis Indian	(L) 74-62	2/23/24	Crazy Horse	Wakpala	(L) 82-70
1/30/24	Little Wound	St. Francis Indian	(W) 66-65	1/19/24	Little Wound	Wakpala	(L) 76-62
2/23/24	St. Francis Indian	McLaughlin	(L) 65-45	2/21/24	McLaughlin	Wakpala	(L) 60-52

Record Breakdown

St. Francis Indian (23-24)		Wakpala (23-24)
8-13	Overall	11-11
3-4	League	4-1
3-6	Non-League	3-7
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-4	Common Opponent	2-5
3-6	Home	5-5
0-4	Away	2-1
5-3	Neutral	4-5
0-1	Playoff	0-1
8-12	In-State	10-8
0-1	Out-of-State	1-3