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The Geibel Catholic (Connellsville, PA) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral playoff game against Aquinas Academy (Gibsonia, PA) by a score of 69-40.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Aquinas Academy	-	-	-	-	69
Geibel Catholic	-	-	-	-	40

Final score provided by M. Porrazzo.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Aquinas Academy (24-25)

Aquinas Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Geibel Catholic (24-25)

Geibel Catholic

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	40	15	37	41	50
3	Roman Riccelli (Sr)	18	6	19	32	39
4	Seth Dolan (Jr)	14	5	10	50	70
12	Troy Hoffer (So)	0	0	3	0	0
23	Gary Tarbuk (So)	4	2	3	67	67
50	John Hess (So)	4	2	2	100	100

Geibel Catholic

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	40	7	17	41	3	5	60	8	20	40
3	Roman Riccelli (Sr)	18	3	8	38	3	5	60	3	11	27
4	Seth Dolan (Jr)	14	4	9	44				1	1	100
12	Troy Hoffer (So)	0							0	3	0
23	Gary Tarbuk (So)	4							2	3	67
50	John Hess (So)	4							2	2	100

Geibel Catholic

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	40	6	23	29	14	2	1	29
3	Roman Riccelli (Sr)	18		4	4	1	1		9
4	Seth Dolan (Jr)	14	1	5	6	2			6
12	Troy Hoffer (So)	0	1	3	4	1	1		7
23	Gary Tarbuk (So)	4		4	4	6			5
50	John Hess (So)	4	1	7	8	3		1
55	H. Beechtold (Fr)		3		3	1			2

Geibel Catholic

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.48	0.07
3	Roman Riccelli (Sr)	0.11	0.11
4	Seth Dolan (Jr)	0.33
12	Troy Hoffer (So)	0.14	0.14
23	Gary Tarbuk (So)	1.20
55	H. Beechtold (Fr)	0.50

Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Basketball - Geibel Catholic overwhelmed by Aquinas Academy

February 19, 2025: Gibsonia, PA 15044

In Wednesday's non-league test, the Aquinas Academy Crusaders (Gibsonia, PA) basketball squad trounced the visiting Geibel Catholic Gators (Connellsville, PA), by a score of 69-40.

Next, the Crusaders encounter the Neighborhood Academy (Pittsburgh, PA) in a non-league test, on Saturday, February 22. Aquinas Academy will attempt to improve on its 14-5 season record. The come into the test with a 22-1 record after their 66-20 non-league win over Beaver County Christian (Beaver Falls, PA).

AA vs GCHS Basketball Game Info

Wed., Feb. 19, 2025

at Shaler

The Geibel Catholic (Connellsville, PA) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral playoff game against Aquinas Academy (Gibsonia, PA) by a score of 69-40.

This game is a part of the "2025 WPIAL Boys' Basketball Championships - Class 1A" tournament.

Rankings & Records

Aquinas Academy (24-25)

PA	Class
173	6

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
16-7	4-2	7-2	6-2	3-3	.696	.667	1,798	1,525

Geibel Catholic (24-25)

PA	Class
406	25

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
14-9	5-5	5-3	7-4	2-2	.609	.500	1,434	1,415

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Aquinas Academy	18.5	22.5	20.5	11.0	-	-	78.2
Geibel Catholic	17.3	15.7	18.9	15.8	8.0	5.0	62.3

Team Stat Comparison

Aquinas Academy		Geibel Catholic
-	Points Per Game	62.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	26.7
-	Assists Per Game	17.4
-	Steals Per Game	11.2
-	Blocks Per Game	1.7

Team Leaders

Aquinas Academy		Geibel Catholic	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#11 Evan Strimel20.0	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Roman Riccelli6.0	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#11 Evan Strimel4.8	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#23 Gary Tarbuk3.5	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#23 Gary Tarbuk0.5	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Aquinas Academy	2-2		Geibel Catholic	4-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/24	Cheswick Christian Academy	Aquinas Academy	(W) 84-53	12/16/24	Cheswick Christian Academy	Geibel Catholic	(W) 68-53
1/17/25	Aquinas Academy	St. Joseph	(W) 72-53	1/3/25	St. Joseph	Geibel Catholic	(W) 70-57
				1/28/25	Geibel Catholic	St. Joseph	(W) 62-41
1/27/25	Aquinas Academy	Carrick	(L) 93-83	12/6/24	Geibel Catholic	Carrick	(W) 59-81 (F)
2/22/25	Neighborhood Academy	Aquinas Academy	(L) 69-35	1/8/25	Geibel Catholic	Neighborhood Academy	(L) 81-32
				1/31/25	Neighborhood Academy	Geibel Catholic	(L) 80-37

Record Breakdown

Aquinas Academy (24-25)		Geibel Catholic (24-25)
16-7	Overall	14-9
4-2	League	5-5
6-2	Non-League	5-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-2	Common Opponent	4-2
7-2	Home	5-3
6-2	Away	7-4
3-3	Neutral	2-2
3-2	Playoff	0-1
16-7	In-State	14-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0