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Van-Far Mark Twain

Indians

Tigers

The Mark Twain (Center, MO) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Van-Far (Vandalia, MO) by a score of 62-49.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Van-Far	16	13	18	15	62
Mark Twain	12	9	14	14	49

Final score provided by P. Connaway.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Mark Twain (22-23)

Van-Far

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	62	23	48	48	53
5	Cody Smith (Sr)	16	6	12	50	63
20	Gage Gibson (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
20	Pacey Reading (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
21	Gaven Gaston (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
24	Nikos Connaway (Jr)	29	10	18	56	61
34	Evan Utterback (Fr)	7	3	5	60	60
35	Carter Jennings (Jr)	10	4	8	50	50

Mark Twain

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	49	19	55	35	37
1	Lukas Mcleod (Sr)	5	2	7	29	29
10	Aydan Dye (Jr)	4	2	4	50	50
21	Jaxen Lake (Sr)	3	1	1	100	150
23	Lakoda Preston (Sr)	6	1	6	17	17
25	Sam Northcutt (So)	8	3	9	33	39
33	Conner Eckler (Sr)	10	4	12	33	33
35	Josh Brothers (Sr)	8	4	7	57	57
	M. Fullenwider (Sr)	5	2	9	22	28

Van-Far

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	62	5	14	36	11	20	55	18	34	53
5	Cody Smith (Sr)	16	3	7	43	1	2	50	3	5	60
20	Gage Gibson (Jr)	0							0	1	0
20	Pacey Reading (Fr)	0	0	2	0
21	Gaven Gaston (Fr)	0				0	1	0	0	2	0
24	Nikos Connaway (Jr)	29	2	5	40	7	13	54	8	13	62
34	Evan Utterback (Fr)	7				1	1	100	3	5	60
35	Carter Jennings (Jr)	10				2	3	67	4	8	50

Mark Twain

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	49	3	15	20	8	14	57	16	40	40
1	Lukas Mcleod (Sr)	5	0	1	0	1	1	100	2	6	33
10	Aydan Dye (Jr)	4				0	1	0	2	4	50
21	Jaxen Lake (Sr)	3	1	1	100
23	Lakoda Preston (Sr)	6	0	1	0	4	7	57	1	5	20
25	Sam Northcutt (So)	8	1	1	100	1	2	50	2	8	25
33	Conner Eckler (Sr)	10	0	4	0	2	3	67	4	8	50
35	Josh Brothers (Sr)	8							4	7	57
	M. Fullenwider (Sr)	5	1	7	14				1	2	50

Van-Far

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	62	13	20	33	11	5	1	15
5	Cody Smith (Sr)	16	1		1	4	2		5
12	Kasen Christian (Fr)		1	1	2				1
20	Gage Gibson (Jr)	0	2	2	4	4			1
20	Pacey Reading (Fr)	0	1	2	3		1		1
21	Gaven Gaston (Fr)	0	1	2	3	1
24	Nikos Connaway (Jr)	29	3	6	9	2	1		3
34	Evan Utterback (Fr)	7	2		2				3
35	Carter Jennings (Jr)	10	2	7	9		1	1	1

Mark Twain

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	49	15	12	27	5	6	11
1	Lukas Mcleod (Sr)	5	2	1	3			2
10	Aydan Dye (Jr)	4	2	0	2	1
21	Jaxen Lake (Sr)	3					1
23	Lakoda Preston (Sr)	6	4	0	4	1		1
25	Sam Northcutt (So)	8	5	1	6	1		4
33	Conner Eckler (Sr)	10	1	5	6	1	4	2
35	Josh Brothers (Sr)	8	1	3	4		1
	M. Fullenwider (Sr)	5	0	2	2	1		2

Van-Far

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.73	0.33
5	Cody Smith (Sr)	0.80	0.40
20	Gage Gibson (Jr)	4.00
20	Pacey Reading (Fr)		1.00
24	Nikos Connaway (Jr)	0.67	0.33
35	Carter Jennings (Jr)		1.00

Mark Twain

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.46	0.55
23	Lakoda Preston (Sr)	1.00
25	Sam Northcutt (So)	0.25
33	Conner Eckler (Sr)	0.50	2.00
	M. Fullenwider (Sr)	0.50

Game Story

Missouri High School Basketball - Mark Twain beaten by Van-Far

February 2, 2023: Center, MO 63436

The Van-Far Indians ran past the host Mark Twain Tigers basketball team by a final score of 62-49 in Thursday's league game.

In their next game, the Indians face the Higbee Tigers (Higbee, MO) in a non-league game, on Friday, February 3. Van-Far will attempt to move on its 11-10 season record. The Tigers enter the game with a 18-3 record after their 56-50 league loss to Brunswick (Brunswick, MO).

With the defeat, Mark Twain moves to 12-9 on the year. The Tigers host Montgomery County (Montgomery City, MO) to face the Wildcats in a Eastern Missouri game on Tuesday, February 7. The Wildcats enter the game with a record of 10-5.

Van-Far @ Mark Twain Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 2, 2023 @ 6p

The Mark Twain (Center, MO) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Van-Far (Vandalia, MO) by a score of 62-49.

Rankings & Records

Van-Far (22-23)

MO	Class
232	34

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-11	6-5	5-2	5-5	7-4	.607	.545	1,528	1,361

Mark Twain (22-23)

MO	Class
356	64

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
13-14	4-6	5-5	4-5	4-4	.481	.400	1,533	1,473

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Van-Far	11.4	14.6	13.7	14.2	54.6
Mark Twain	12.8	10.3	15.8	14.5	56.8

Team Stat Comparison

Van-Far		Mark Twain
54.3	Points Per Game	53.1
25.9	Rebounds Per Game	26.9
11.4	Assists Per Game	9.4
8.5	Steals Per Game	7.4
0.0	Blocks Per Game	1.7

Team Leaders

Van-Far		Mark Twain	National Avg.
#24 Nikos Connaway19.5	Points Per Game	#25 Sam Northcutt10.9	4.9
#24 Nikos Connaway8.9	Rebounds Per Game	#25 Sam Northcutt8.3	2.6
#24 Nikos Connaway3.9	Assists Per Game	#1 Lukas Mcleod2.7	1.0
#24 Nikos Connaway3.2	Steals Per Game	Mason Fullenwider1.8	0.8
#35 Carter Jennings0.0	Blocks Per Game	#35 Josh Brothers1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Van-Far	11-7		Mark Twain	9-10

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/1/22	Louisiana	Van-Far	(W) 45-44	12/5/22	Louisiana	Mark Twain	(L) 60-54
1/24/23	Louisiana	Van-Far	(W) 30-28	1/3/23	Mark Twain	Louisiana	(L) 55-51
				2/17/23	Mark Twain	Louisiana	(L) 77-57
12/13/22	Van-Far	North Callaway	(L) 67-44	2/14/23	Mark Twain	North Callaway	(L) 70-62
12/16/22	Van-Far	Silex	(W) 75-45	1/11/23	Mark Twain	Silex	(W) 77-45
2/20/23	Silex	Van-Far	(W) 71-37
12/17/22	Paris	Van-Far	(W) 59-33	11/22/22	Paris	Mark Twain	(W) 58-46
				12/7/22	Paris	Mark Twain	(W) 53-25
12/20/22	Van-Far	Community	(W) 41-37	12/2/22	Community	Mark Twain	(W) 61-52
1/9/23	Elsberry	Van-Far	(L) 50-49	2/10/23	Elsberry	Mark Twain	(L) 77-56
1/26/23	Van-Far	Elsberry	(L) 60-39
1/10/23	Van-Far	South Shelby	(L) 61-53	2/22/23	Mark Twain	South Shelby	(L) 64-49
1/13/23	Van-Far	Bowling Green	(L) 60-58	12/19/22	Bowling Green	Mark Twain	(L) 77-62
1/28/23	Van-Far	Bowling Green	(L) 51-47
1/19/23	Monroe City	Van-Far	(W) 40-38	12/13/22	Mark Twain	Monroe City	(W) 56-50
				1/7/23	Monroe City	Mark Twain	(W) 48-37
1/21/23	Palmyra	Van-Far	(W) 35-34	11/29/22	Palmyra	Mark Twain	(L) 55-45
1/31/23	Montgomery County	Van-Far	(L) 71-65	2/7/23	Montgomery County	Mark Twain	(L) 80-61
2/7/23	Wellsville-Middletown	Van-Far	(W) 73-42	1/13/23	Wellsville-Middletown	Mark Twain	(W) 60-27
2/13/23	Wright City	Van-Far	(W) 57-35	1/5/23	Wright City	Mark Twain	(W) 57-44
				1/31/23	Mark Twain	Wright City	(W) 58-46
2/16/23	Van-Far	Clopton	(W) 56-44	12/16/22	Mark Twain	Clopton	(L) 60-55

Record Breakdown

Van-Far (22-23)		Mark Twain (22-23)
17-11	Overall	13-14
6-5	League	4-6
6-2	Non-League	4-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
11-7	Common Opponent	9-10
5-2	Home	5-5
5-5	Away	4-5
7-4	Neutral	4-4
1-0	Playoff	0-0
17-11	In-State	13-14
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0