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Wheeler Illiana Christian

Bearcats

Vikings

The Illiana Christian (Dyer, IN) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) by a score of 64-26.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Wheeler	6	6	12	2	26
Illiana Christian	22	22	15	5	64

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Game Stats

Illiana Christian (22-23)

Wheeler

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	26	9	38	24	26
3	Brady Rife (Jr)	3	1	7	14	21
5	Austin Goodrich (Sr)		0	2	0	0
5	Tyne Vettickal (Fr)		0	1	0	0
11	Roger Blaney (Jr)		0	3	0	0
13	Carter Blane (So)		0	1	0	0
15	Nick Scott (Fr)	2	1	2	50	50
23	Jalen Lewis (Sr)	10	4	11	36	36
25	Marcos Silva (Sr)	6	1	3	33	33
31	Marek Barton (So)	3	1	3	33	50
33	John Koeppen (Jr)		0	2	0	0
50	D. Simatovich (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33

Illiana Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	64	26	45	58	62
3	Kevin Corcoran (Sr)	4	1	3	33	33
5	Noah Kieft (Sr)	6	2	2	100	100
10	Zeke VanEssen (Sr)	11	4	7	57	64
21	Luke VanEssen (Sr)	8	3	4	75	100
22	Isaac Sherwood (Jr)	4	1	3	33	33
25	Cody DeJong (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
30	Dylan Polak (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
31	Fritz Olthof (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
33	Andy Spoelman (Jr)	21	10	14	71	75
34	Mason Post (Sr)	4	2	3	67	67

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	26	2	13	15	6	13	46	7	25	28
3	Brady Rife (Jr)	3	1	6	17				0	1	0
5	Austin Goodrich (Sr)		0	2	0				0	0	0
5	Tyne Vettickal (Fr)					0	4	0	0	1	0
11	Roger Blaney (Jr)		0	2	0				0	1	0
13	Carter Blane (So)								0	1	0
15	Nick Scott (Fr)	2							1	2	50
23	Jalen Lewis (Sr)	10				2	3	67	4	11	36
25	Marcos Silva (Sr)	6				4	4	100	1	3	33
31	Marek Barton (So)	3	1	2	50				0	1	0
33	John Koeppen (Jr)		0	1	0				0	1	0
50	D. Simatovich (Sr)	2				0	2	0	1	3	33

Illiana Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	64	4	11	36	8	13	62	22	34	65
3	Kevin Corcoran (Sr)	4	0	0	0	2	3	67	1	3	33
5	Noah Kieft (Sr)	6	0	0	0	2	2	100	2	2	100
10	Zeke VanEssen (Sr)	11	1	2	50	2	2	100	3	5	60
21	Luke VanEssen (Sr)	8	2	2	100	0	0	0	1	2	50
22	Isaac Sherwood (Jr)	4	0	1	0	2	4	50	1	2	50
25	Cody DeJong (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
30	Dylan Polak (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	Fritz Olthof (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	100
33	Andy Spoelman (Jr)	21	1	3	33	0	0	0	9	11	82
34	Mason Post (Sr)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	100

Wheeler

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	26	7	15	22	4	3	2	17	8
3	Brady Rife (Jr)	3		1	1			1	4	3
5	Austin Goodrich (Sr)			1	1				2	1
5	Tyne Vettickal (Fr)			1	1					1
11	Roger Blaney (Jr)			2	2
13	Carter Blane (So)		1		1	1			1	1
15	Nick Scott (Fr)	2							1
23	Jalen Lewis (Sr)	10		4	4	1	1		5	1
25	Marcos Silva (Sr)	6	2		2	1	1		2
31	Marek Barton (So)	3		1	1	1		1
33	John Koeppen (Jr)		1	1	2		1		2
50	D. Simatovich (Sr)	2	3	4	7					1

Illiana Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	64	5	18	23	8	12	4	7	12
3	Kevin Corcoran (Sr)	4	1	2	3	3	1	0	1	1
5	Noah Kieft (Sr)	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2
10	Zeke VanEssen (Sr)	11	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0
21	Luke VanEssen (Sr)	8	0	3	3	1	2	0	1	1
22	Isaac Sherwood (Jr)	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1
25	Cody DeJong (Sr)	4	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
30	Dylan Polak (Jr)	0	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	2
31	Fritz Olthof (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Andy Spoelman (Jr)	21	1	2	3	0	2	3	4	2
34	Mason Post (Sr)	4	0	3	3	2	3	0	0	2

Wheeler

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.24	0.18	0.38	0.25	1
3	Brady Rife (Jr)				0.33
13	Carter Blane (So)	1.00
23	Jalen Lewis (Sr)	0.20	0.20	1.00
25	Marcos Silva (Sr)	0.50	0.50
33	John Koeppen (Jr)		0.50			1

Illiana Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.14	1.71	1.00	0.33	17
3	Kevin Corcoran (Sr)	3.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	2
5	Noah Kieft (Sr)	0.00	2.00	1.00	0.00	3
10	Zeke VanEssen (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1
21	Luke VanEssen (Sr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	5
25	Cody DeJong (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
30	Dylan Polak (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0
33	Andy Spoelman (Jr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	1.50	2
34	Mason Post (Sr)	2.00	3.00	1.50	0.00	2

Illiana Christian's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Wheeler trounced by Illiana Christian

February 7, 2023: Dyer, IN 46311

The Illiana Christian Vikings routed the visiting Wheeler Bearcats basketball team by a final score of 64-26 in Tuesday's league game.

In their next game, the Vikings face the Calumet Christian Patriots (Griffith, IN) in a non-league game, on Friday, February 10. Illiana Christian will attempt to move on its 15-2 season record. The Patriots enter the game with a 24-8 record after their 55-13 league win over Granger Christian (Granger, IN).

With the defeat, Wheeler moves to 3-14 on the year. The Bearcats travel to Morgan Township (Valparaiso, IN) to face the Cherokees in a non-league game on Friday, February 10. The Cherokees enter the game with a record of 16-3. Morgan Township won 67-54 in their recent league game against Kouts (Kouts, IN)

Rankings & Records

Wheeler (22-23)

IN	Class
424	96

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
3-20	0-8	2-9	0-10	1-1	.130	.000	921	1,290

Illiana Christian (22-23)

IN	Class
120	20

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
19-6	7-1	11-2	6-3	2-1	.760	.875	1,430	1,211

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Wheeler	9.4	9.2	11.4	9.6	5.5	-	40.0
Illiana Christian	13.7	14.6	13.9	13.0	5.5	10.0	57.2

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Team Stat Comparison

Wheeler		Illiana Christian
40.0	Points Per Game	56.9
25.5	Rebounds Per Game	28.9
8.8	Assists Per Game	11.2
5.3	Steals Per Game	9.5
2.5	Blocks Per Game	3.0

Team Leaders

Wheeler		Illiana Christian	National Avg.
#23 Jalen Lewis11.5	Points Per Game	#21 Luke VanEssen17.4	4.9
#50 Drake Simatovich8.0	Rebounds Per Game	#21 Luke VanEssen6.6	2.6
#5 Austin Goodrich2.2	Assists Per Game	#3 Kevin Corcoran4.2	1.0
#5 Austin Goodrich1.3	Steals Per Game	#21 Luke VanEssen2.7	0.8
#25 Marcos Silva0.8	Blocks Per Game	#33 Andy Spoelman2.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Wheeler	1-10		Illiana Christian	8-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/22	River Forest	Wheeler	(L) 44-43	12/16/22	Illiana Christian	River Forest	(W) 56-42
12/27/22	River Forest	Wheeler	(W) 58-55
12/9/22	Wheeler	Lake Station Edison	(L) 75-31	2/17/23	Lake Station Edison	Illiana Christian	(L) 57-53
12/27/22	Wheeler	Lake Station Edison	(L) 83-46
12/17/22	Wheeler	Hanover Central	(L) 66-40	2/24/23	Illiana Christian	Hanover Central	(W) 54-50
1/3/23	Highland	Wheeler	(L) 50-42	12/12/22	Illiana Christian	Highland	(W) 66-20
1/7/23	Griffith	Wheeler	(L) 56-28	12/9/22	Griffith	Illiana Christian	(W) 52-29
1/13/23	Wheeler	Whiting	(L) 58-37	1/3/23	Whiting	Illiana Christian	(W) 55-20
1/19/23	Calumet New Tech	Wheeler	(L) 51-48	2/2/23	Calumet New Tech	Illiana Christian	(W) 79-50
1/27/23	Hammond Bishop Noll	Wheeler	(L) 69-37	1/18/23	Hammond Bishop Noll	Illiana Christian	(W) 65-57
2/24/23	Wheeler	Hobart	(L) 44-32	1/14/23	Illiana Christian	Hobart	(W) 50-35

Record Breakdown

Wheeler (22-23)		Illiana Christian (22-23)
3-20	Overall	19-6
0-8	League	7-1
2-10	Non-League	10-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-10	Common Opponent	8-1
2-9	Home	11-2
0-10	Away	6-3
1-1	Neutral	2-1
0-1	Playoff	2-1
3-20	In-State	17-6
0-0	Out-of-State	2-0