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The Veritas Christian Academy (O'Fallon, MO) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's neutral tournament game against STEAM Academy at McCluer South Berkeley (Ferguson, MO) by a score of 51-35.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
STEAMAAMCSB	3	8	17	7	35
VCA	15	7	15	14	51

Final score provided by B. Tucker.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

STEAMAAMCSB (24-25)

Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)

STEAMAAMCSB

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	35	15	26	58	65
0	J. Wilcox-Barnes (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
1	Donald Hubbard (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
2	Mustafa Taylor (Sr)	9	4	8	50	56
4	Jelani Smith (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
11	Dylan Merkle (Sr)	10	5	8	63	63
12	Lamar Mccoy (Sr)	12	4	7	57	79

Veritas Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	155	51	21	47	45	48
0	Jake Markham (Fr)	22	10	4	11	36	45
3	Luke Tucker (Fr)	2		0	0
4	Cj Heath (So)	12	2	1	2	50	50
11	Uriah Reardon (So)	27	10	5	7	71	71
12	L. Turpiano (So)	8	3	1	1	100	100
13	Jake Phelps (Jr)	1		0	0
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	18	7	3	8	38	38
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	29	10	4	10	40	40
54	Titus Murrell (So)	29	9	3	7	43	50

STEAMAAMCSB

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	35	4	5	80	1	1	100	11	21	52
0	J. Wilcox-Barnes (Jr)	2							1	1	100
1	Donald Hubbard (Sr)	2							1	1	100
2	Mustafa Taylor (Sr)	9	1	2	50				3	6	50
4	Jelani Smith (Sr)	0							0	1	0
11	Dylan Merkle (Sr)	10							5	8	63
12	Lamar Mccoy (Sr)	12	3	3	100	1	1	100	1	4	25

Veritas Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	155	51	3	12	25	6	15	40	18	35	51
0	Jake Markham (Fr)	22	10	2	6	33	0	0	0	2	5	40
3	Luke Tucker (Fr)	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cj Heath (So)	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
11	Uriah Reardon (So)	27	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	7	71
12	L. Turpiano (So)	8	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	1	100
13	Jake Phelps (Jr)	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	18	7	0	0	0	1	3	33	3	8	38
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	29	10	0	3	0	2	4	50	4	7	57
54	Titus Murrell (So)	29	9	1	2	50	2	2	100	2	5	40

STEAMAAMCSB

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	35	7	9	16	2	3	12	9
0	J. Wilcox-Barnes (Jr)	2	1	3	4	1
1	Donald Hubbard (Sr)	2						1	1
2	Mustafa Taylor (Sr)	9				1		4
3	Domanic Mason (Sr)			1	1
4	Jelani Smith (Sr)	0						4
10	Joe Holliman (Sr)			1	1			1	1
11	Dylan Merkle (Sr)	10	6	4	10		3		2
12	Lamar Mccoy (Sr)	12						1	3
15	N. Mckinnie (Sr)							1	2

Veritas Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	155	51	7	11	18	13	10	1	11	10
0	Jake Markham (Fr)	22	10	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0
3	Luke Tucker (Fr)	2		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
4	Cj Heath (So)	12	2	0	0		0	1	0	1	0
11	Uriah Reardon (So)	27	10	4	2	6	0	1	0	2	4
12	L. Turpiano (So)	8	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0
13	Jake Phelps (Jr)	1		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	18	7	2	2	4	2	1	0	4	0
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	29	10	0	2	2	3	1	0	0	3
54	Titus Murrell (So)	29	9	0	2	2	6	3	0	1	2

STEAMAAMCSB

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.17	0.22	0.33	1
2	Mustafa Taylor (Sr)	0.25
11	Dylan Merkle (Sr)			1.50
15	N. Mckinnie (Sr)				1

Veritas Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.18	0.91	1.00	0.10	1	6
0	Jake Markham (Fr)	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00		1
4	Cj Heath (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
11	Uriah Reardon (So)	0.00	0.50	0.25	0.00		1
12	L. Turpiano (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00		1
23	Luke Niemeyer (So)	0.50	0.25	1.00	0.00		1
33	Lusajo Kasyupa (Jr)	3.00	1.00	0.33	0.00		1
54	Titus Murrell (So)	6.00	3.00	1.50	0.00		1

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Game Story

Missouri High School Basketball - Veritas Christian Academy thwarts McCluer South-Berkeley

December 4, 2024: Ferguson, MO 63135

The crowd at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the Veritas Christian Academy Eagles (O'Fallon, MO) and the host McCluer South-Berkeley Bulldogs (Ferguson, MO), observed Veritas Christian Academy's basketball team knock off McCluer South-Berkeley by a score of 51-35.

The Eagles (2-1) will now prepare for their challenge against KIPP (St. Louis, MO). The Wolves come into the non-league challenge with a 0-1 record. In their last challenge, KIPP was knocked off by Bayless (St. Louis, MO), 67-66, in a non-league challenge.

Players of the Game

STEAMAAMCSB (24-25)

Congratulations to #11 Dylan Merkle for being selected the STEAM Academy at McCluer South Berkeley Basketball Player of the Game.

Veritas Christian Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #33 Lusajo Kasyupa for being selected the Veritas Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

STEAMAAMCSB vs VCA Basketball Game Info

Wed., Dec. 4, 2024 @ 6:30p

Valley Park Tournament

The Veritas Christian Academy (O'Fallon, MO) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's neutral tournament game against STEAM Academy at McCluer South Berkeley (Ferguson, MO) by a score of 51-35.

Rankings & Records

STEAMAAMCSB (24-25)

MO	Class
509	86

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
7-16	0-4	4-7	1-4	2-5	.304	.000	989	1,278

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
STEAMAAMCSB	8.5	10.8	12.5	11.2	-	43.0
Veritas Christian Academy	12.8	12.9	14.9	15.6	7.5	57.5

Team Stat Comparison

STEAMAAMCSB		Veritas Christian Academy
41.7	Points Per Game	57.6
20.0	Rebounds Per Game	29.0
4.9	Assists Per Game	9.6
5.3	Steals Per Game	8.8
2.8	Blocks Per Game	2.1

Team Leaders

STEAMAAMCSB		Veritas Christian Academy	National Avg.
#11 Dylan Merkle12.9	Points Per Game	#33 Lusajo Kasyupa12.4	4.9
#11 Dylan Merkle9.5	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Uriah Reardon7.4	2.6
#4 Jelani Smith1.2	Assists Per Game	#33 Lusajo Kasyupa2.2	1.0
#2 Mustafa Taylor2.1	Steals Per Game	#4 Cj Heath1.6	0.8
#11 Dylan Merkle2.5	Blocks Per Game	#11 Uriah Reardon0.9	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
STEAMAAMCSB	4-3		Veritas Christian Academy	4-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Bishop DuBourg	STEAM Academy at McCluer South Berkeley	(W) 51-42	1/17/25	Veritas Christian Academy	Bishop DuBourg	(W) 58-42
12/20/24	Gateway Science Academy	STEAM Academy at McCluer South Berkeley	(W) 52-49	1/21/25	Veritas Christian Academy	Gateway Science Academy	(W) 61-56
12/28/24	KIPP	STEAM Academy at McCluer South Berkeley	(L) 41-31	12/6/24	KIPP	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 52-49
2/20/25	STEAM Academy at McCluer South Berkeley	KIPP	(W) 52-46
1/14/25	North County Christian	STEAM Academy at McCluer South Berkeley	(L) 59-56	2/4/25	North County Christian	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 68-56
1/22/25	Collegiate Medicine & Bioscience	STEAM Academy at McCluer South Berkeley	(W) 56-33	1/31/25	Collegiate Medicine & Bioscience	Veritas Christian Academy	(W) 57-41
2/5/25	Brentwood	STEAM Academy at McCluer South Berkeley	(L) 52-33	12/3/24	Brentwood	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 65-62
				2/20/25	Brentwood	Veritas Christian Academy	(L) 47-45

Record Breakdown

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