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The Veritas Christian (Lawrence, KS) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against St. Mary's Academy (St. Marys, KS) by a score of 76-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
St. Mary's Academy	18	28	24	6	76
Veritas Christian	8	14	17	12	51

Final score provided by E. Quain.

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Game Stats

Veritas Christian (23-24)

St. Mary's Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	76	26	63	41	51
1	Titus Varnado (Fr)	8	3	7	43	57
2	Henry Harpe (So)	0	0	1	0	0
4	Andrew Moats (So)	10	4	9	44	56
5	N. Whitehead (Sr)	10	3	9	33	44
21	Josh Knueper (Jr)	16	7	12	58	58
23	Thomas Garland (Jr)	11	3	10	30	35
24	Bob Awerkamp (So)	6	1	3	33	50
35	Isaac Engholm (Jr)	15	5	12	42	58

Veritas Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	51	19	36	53	65
3	Abel Ney (Jr)	25	8	12	67	96
12	Caleb May (So)	2	1	1	100	100
20	Vaughn Heck (Sr)	10	4	7	57	71
20	Josh Nadvornik (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20
24	Gavin Oberzan (Jr)	4	1	7	14	14
44	Hunter Welch (Sr)	8	4	4	100	100

St. Mary's Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	76	12	31	39	12	17	71	14	32	44
1	Titus Varnado (Fr)	8	2	5	40	0	2	0	1	2	50
2	Henry Harpe (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Andrew Moats (So)	10	2	4	50	0	0	0	2	5	40
5	N. Whitehead (Sr)	10	2	7	29	2	2	100	1	2	50
21	Josh Knueper (Jr)	16	0	1	0	2	3	67	7	11	64
23	Thomas Garland (Jr)	11	1	2	50	4	4	100	2	8	25
24	Bob Awerkamp (So)	6	1	3	33	3	4	75	0	0	0
35	Isaac Engholm (Jr)	15	4	8	50	1	2	50	1	4	25

Veritas Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	51	9	15	60	4	6	67	10	21	48
3	Abel Ney (Jr)	25	7	9	78	2	2	100	1	3	33
12	Caleb May (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
20	Vaughn Heck (Sr)	10	2	5	40	0	0	0	2	2	100
20	Josh Nadvornik (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
24	Gavin Oberzan (Jr)	4	0	0	0	2	4	50	1	7	14
44	Hunter Welch (Sr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100

St. Mary's Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	76	16	11	27	24	27	2	14	13
1	Titus Varnado (Fr)	8	0	1	1	7	4	0	4	1
4	Andrew Moats (So)	10	4	1	5	2	6	0	0	1
5	N. Whitehead (Sr)	10	2	2	4	4	3	2	1	1
21	Josh Knueper (Jr)	16	4	3	7	0	3	0	3	4
23	Thomas Garland (Jr)	11	1	2	3	5	5	0	4	4
24	Bob Awerkamp (So)	6	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
35	Isaac Engholm (Jr)	15	4	1	5	6	4	0	2	2

Veritas Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	51	6	17	23	9	5	3	35	15
3	Abel Ney (Jr)	25	1	0	1	2	1	0	6	3
11	M. Tiegreen (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Caleb May (So)	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
13	Nolan McGuire (So)	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	6	3
15	Max McCleary (So)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3
20	Vaughn Heck (Sr)	10	0	3	3	0	0	1	4	4
20	Josh Nadvornik (Sr)	2	0	3	3	1	2	0	5	0
24	Gavin Oberzan (Jr)	4	3	5	8	3	2	2	10	0
44	Hunter Welch (Sr)	8	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	2

St. Mary's Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.71	1.93	2.08	0.15
1	Titus Varnado (Fr)	1.75	1.00	4.00	0.00
4	Andrew Moats (So)	2.00	6.00	6.00	0.00
5	N. Whitehead (Sr)	4.00	3.00	3.00	2.00
21	Josh Knueper (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.75	0.00
23	Thomas Garland (Jr)	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.00
24	Bob Awerkamp (So)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00
35	Isaac Engholm (Jr)	3.00	2.00	2.00	0.00

Veritas Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.26	0.14	0.33	0.20
3	Abel Ney (Jr)	0.33	0.17	0.33	0.00
13	Nolan McGuire (So)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00
15	Max McCleary (So)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
20	Vaughn Heck (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.25
20	Josh Nadvornik (Sr)	0.20	0.40	2.00	0.00
24	Gavin Oberzan (Jr)	0.30	0.20	2.00	2.00

Veritas Christian's stats are presented by iScore Basketball ScorekeeperiScore Sports

Game Story

Kansas High School Basketball - Veritas Christian overwhelmed by St. Mary's Academy

February 8, 2024: Lawrence, KS 66044

The Veritas Christian Eagles basketball team (Lawrence, KS), was overwhelmed 76-51 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting St. Mary's Academy Crusaders (St. Marys, KS)

The Crusaders now possess a 7-12 record. They put it on the line next when they host Kauffman for a non-league battle on Monday, February 12. St. Mary's Academy will confront a team coming off a 54-41 non-league loss to Chillicothe (Chillicothe, MO). The record now stands at 11-10.

The Eagles (5-13) will now prepare for their battle against Wichita HomeSchool (Wichita, KS). The Warriors come into the Kansas Christian AA battle with a 18-8 record. In their last battle, Wichita HomeSchool was overwhelmed by Manhattan HomeSchool CHIEF (Manhattan, KS), 59-48, in a league battle.

Players of the Game

St. Mary's Academy (23-24)

St. Mary's Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Veritas Christian (23-24)

Congratulations to #44 Hunter Welch for being selected the Veritas Christian Basketball Player of the Game.

SMA @ VCHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 8, 2024 @ 8p

The Veritas Christian (Lawrence, KS) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against St. Mary's Academy (St. Marys, KS) by a score of 76-51.

Rankings & Records

St. Mary's Academy (23-24)

KS	Class
187	4

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
12-15	0-2	6-7	3-5	3-3	.444	.000	1,268	1,218

Veritas Christian (23-24)

KS	Class
304	5

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-22	0-3	1-9	3-8	1-5	.185	.000	1,088	1,611

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
St. Mary's Academy	17.8	11.2	12.8	7.3	47.0
Veritas Christian	10.7	11.6	10.0	8.0	40.3

Head-to-Head

St. Mary's Academy won on 12/15/2023

12/15 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

VCHS 12 8 15 7 42
SMA 23 10 25 12 70

The Veritas Christian (Lawrence, KS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against St. Mary's Academy (St. Marys, KS) by a score of 70-42.
Box score
St. Mary's Academy won on 2/8/2024

2/8 @ 8p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

SMA 18 28 24 6 76
VCHS 8 14 17 12 51

The St. Mary's Academy (St. Marys, KS) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Veritas Christian (Lawrence, KS) by a score of 76-51.
Box score
St. Mary's Academy won on 3/2/2024

3/2 @ 9a Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

VCHS 7 4 8 5 24
SMA 25 17 9 4 55

The Veritas Christian (Lawrence, KS) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against St. Mary's Academy (St. Marys, KS) by a score of 55-24.
Box score

12/15 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
VCHS	12	8	15	7	42
SMA	23	10	25	12	70

2/8 @ 8p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
SMA	18	28	24	6	76
VCHS	8	14	17	12	51

3/2 @ 9a	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
VCHS	7	4	8	5	24
SMA	25	17	9	4	55

Team Stat Comparison

St. Mary's Academy		Veritas Christian
47.0	Points Per Game	40.3
24.1	Rebounds Per Game	23.5
12.8	Assists Per Game	6.6
13.3	Steals Per Game	5.6
1.3	Blocks Per Game	3.8

Team Leaders

St. Mary's Academy		Veritas Christian	National Avg.
#5 Nick Whitehead 13.5	Points Per Game	#24 Gavin Oberzan9.9	4.9
#21 Josh Knueper5.0	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Gavin Oberzan7.3	2.6
#23 Thomas Garland 2.7	Assists Per Game	#24 Gavin Oberzan1.3	1.0
#35 Isaac Engholm2.5	Steals Per Game	#3 Abel Ney1.6	0.8
#5 Nick Whitehead 0.4	Blocks Per Game	#24 Gavin Oberzan2.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
St. Mary's Academy	6-7		Veritas Christian	2-11

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/12/23	Manhattan HomeSchool CHIEF	St. Mary's Academy	(L) 46-37	1/27/24	Veritas Christian	Manhattan HomeSchool CHIEF	(L) 69-30
2/6/24	St. Mary's Academy	Manhattan HomeSchool CHIEF	(L) 47-37
12/18/23	St. Mary's Academy	Bishop Seabury Academy	(L) 59-42	12/7/23	Veritas Christian	Bishop Seabury Academy	(L) 74-18
				1/5/24	Veritas Christian	Bishop Seabury Academy	(L) 81-46
				2/20/24	Bishop Seabury Academy	Veritas Christian	(L) 70-39
12/22/23	St. Mary's Academy	Varsity Opponent	(W) 65-30	12/12/23	Varsity Opponent	Veritas Christian	(W) 39-29
2/20/24	Varsity Opponent	St. Mary's Academy	(W) 60-29	1/19/24	Veritas Christian	Varsity Opponent	(W) 47-38
1/5/24	Omaha Roadrunners	St. Mary's Academy	(W) 57-27	1/6/24	Omaha Roadrunners	Veritas Christian	(L) 68-62
1/22/24	Northeast Kansas Nighthawks HomeSchool	St. Mary's Academy	(L) 43-37	2/13/24	Veritas Christian	Northeast Kansas Nighthawks HomeSchool	(L) 70-29
1/23/24	Wichita Defenders HomeSchool	St. Mary's Academy	(W) 56-36	1/20/24	Wichita Defenders HomeSchool	Veritas Christian	(L) 42-40
1/25/24	St. Mary's Academy	Wichita HomeSchool	(L) 51-47	1/13/24	Veritas Christian	Wichita HomeSchool	(L) 74-29
2/22/24	Wichita HomeSchool	St. Mary's Academy	(W) 51-44	2/10/24	Wichita HomeSchool	Veritas Christian	(L) 71-29
1/26/24	Sunrise Christian Academy Elite Basketball	St. Mary's Academy	(L) 50-38	2/29/24	Veritas Christian	Sunrise Christian Academy Elite Basketball	(L) 77-38
3/1/24	Sunrise Christian Academy Elite Basketball	St. Mary's Academy	(L) 56-33
3/2/24	Christ Prep Academy	St. Mary's Academy	(W) 49-43	2/27/24	Christ Prep Academy	Veritas Christian	(L) 59-46

Record Breakdown

St. Mary's Academy (23-24)		Veritas Christian (23-24)
12-15	Overall	5-22
0-2	League	0-3
9-10	Non-League	4-14
3-0	Head to Head	0-3
6-7	Common Opponent	2-11
6-7	Home	1-9
3-5	Away	3-8
3-3	Neutral	1-5
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-13	In-State	3-17
3-2	Out-of-State	0-5