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The North Newton (Morocco, IN) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral playoff game against Illiana Christian (Dyer, IN) by a score of 59-54.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Illiana Christian	23	14	11	11	59
North Newton	11	13	12	18	54

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Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

North Newton (22-23)

Illiana Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	23	53	43	47
3	Kevin Corcoran (Sr)	8	4	9	44	44
5	Noah Kieft (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Zeke VanEssen (Sr)	10	4	10	40	40
21	Luke VanEssen (Sr)	17	4	12	33	42
25	Cody DeJong (Sr)	4	2	3	67	67
31	Fritz Olthof (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
33	Andy Spoelman (Jr)	16	7	11	64	73
34	Mason Post (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33

North Newton

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	54	22	52	42	44
1	Connor Scotella (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
4	Evan Gagnon (Jr)	21	9	24	38	40
11	Andrew Colovos	2	1	4	25	25
21	Levi Church (Sr)	4	2	4	50	50
22	Patrick Barry (Jr)	16	5	8	63	69
23	Michael Levy (Sr)	9	4	9	44	44

Illiana Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	4	14	29	9	14	64	19	39	49
3	Kevin Corcoran (Sr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	44
5	Noah Kieft (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	Zeke VanEssen (Sr)	10	0	1	0	2	5	40	4	9	44
21	Luke VanEssen (Sr)	17	2	8	25	7	8	88	2	4	50
25	Cody DeJong (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	67
31	Fritz Olthof (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	Andy Spoelman (Jr)	16	2	5	40	0	0	0	5	6	83
34	Mason Post (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	33

North Newton

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	54	2	11	18	8	14	57	20	41	49
1	Connor Scotella (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
4	Evan Gagnon (Jr)	21	1	7	14	2	2	100	8	17	47
11	Andrew Colovos	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
21	Levi Church (Sr)	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	67
22	Patrick Barry (Jr)	16	1	2	50	5	7	71	4	6	67
23	Michael Levy (Sr)	9	0	0	0	1	4	25	4	9	44

Illiana Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	59	16	16	32	15	8	3	21	15
3	Kevin Corcoran (Sr)	8	1	2	3	7	2	0	5	2
10	Zeke VanEssen (Sr)	10	4	0	4	0	1	0	5	3
21	Luke VanEssen (Sr)	17	3	4	7	5	2	0	2	3
25	Cody DeJong (Sr)	4	3	4	7	1	0	0	2	0
31	Fritz Olthof (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
33	Andy Spoelman (Jr)	16	3	3	6	2	0	3	4	2
34	Mason Post (Sr)	4	2	3	5	0	3	0	1	3

North Newton

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	54	13	9	22	7	11	2	17	13
1	Connor Scotella (Sr)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
3	Jakin Latulip (Jr)		0	0		0	0	0	1	0
4	Evan Gagnon (Jr)	21	3	4	7	0	2	1	2	3
11	Andrew Colovos	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	1
21	Levi Church (Sr)	4	2	1	3	6	3	1	10	3
22	Patrick Barry (Jr)	16	4	0	4	0	2	0	0	2
23	Michael Levy (Sr)	9	4	2	6	0	3	0	0	2

Illiana Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.71	0.38	0.53	0.20	1	8
3	Kevin Corcoran (Sr)	1.40	0.40	1.00	0.00	0	2
10	Zeke VanEssen (Sr)	0.00	0.20	0.33	0.00	0	2
21	Luke VanEssen (Sr)	2.50	1.00	0.67	0.00	0	2
25	Cody DeJong (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0
33	Andy Spoelman (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	1.50	0	1
34	Mason Post (Sr)	0.00	3.00	1.00	0.00	0	1

North Newton

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.41	0.65	0.85	0.15
4	Evan Gagnon (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.67	0.33
11	Andrew Colovos	0.33	0.33	1.00	0.00
21	Levi Church (Sr)	0.60	0.30	1.00	0.33
22	Patrick Barry (Jr)	0.00	2.00	1.00	0.00
23	Michael Levy (Sr)	0.00	3.00	1.50	0.00

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Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Illiana Christian nips North Newton

March 1, 2023: Dyer, IN 46311

Fans at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the Illiana Christian Vikings (Dyer, IN) and the visiting North Newton Spartans (Morocco, IN), saw Illiana Christian's basketball squad hold off North Newton by a tally of 59-54.

With the victory, Illiana Christian improves its record to 18-5 on the campaign. The Vikings travel to Bowman Academy (Gary, IN) to play the Eagles in a non-league challenge on Friday, March 3. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 11-12. Bowman Academy won 91-62 in their recent non-league challenge against Lighthouse College Prep Academy (Gary, IN)

ICHS vs North Newton Basketball Game Info

Wed., Mar. 1, 2023 @ 7:30p

The North Newton (Morocco, IN) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral playoff game against Illiana Christian (Dyer, IN) by a score of 59-54.

This game is a part of the "2022-23 IHSAA Class 2A Boys Basketball State Tournament - S33 | Whiting".

Rankings & Records

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

North Newton (22-23)

IN	Class
331	68

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
12-11	6-1	8-4	4-4	0-3	.522	.857	1,008	968

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Illiana Christian	13.7	14.6	13.9	13.0	5.5	10.0	57.2
North Newton	11.5	10.4	11.2	10.0	4.0	4.0	43.8

Team Stat Comparison

Illiana Christian		North Newton
56.9	Points Per Game	43.8
28.9	Rebounds Per Game	25.4
11.2	Assists Per Game	7.3
9.5	Steals Per Game	7.1
3.0	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Illiana Christian		North Newton	National Avg.
#21 Luke VanEssen17.4	Points Per Game	#4 Evan Gagnon17.8	4.9
#21 Luke VanEssen6.6	Rebounds Per Game	#4 Evan Gagnon9.3	2.6
#3 Kevin Corcoran4.2	Assists Per Game	#21 Levi Church2.4	1.0
#21 Luke VanEssen2.7	Steals Per Game	#4 Evan Gagnon1.8	0.8
#33 Andy Spoelman2.0	Blocks Per Game	#4 Evan Gagnon1.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Illiana Christian	4-1		North Newton	3-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/9/22	Griffith	Illiana Christian	(W) 52-29	2/17/23	North Newton	Griffith	(W) 45-35
12/12/22	Illiana Christian	Highland	(W) 66-20	12/9/22	Highland	North Newton	(W) 49-48
12/16/22	Illiana Christian	River Forest	(W) 56-42	2/4/23	River Forest	North Newton	(W) 52-38
2/17/23	Lake Station Edison	Illiana Christian	(L) 57-53	11/22/22	Lake Station Edison	North Newton	(L) 73-36
2/24/23	Illiana Christian	Hanover Central	(W) 54-50	12/6/22	Hanover Central	North Newton	(L) 53-30

Record Breakdown

Illiana Christian (22-23)		North Newton (22-23)
19-6	Overall	12-11
7-1	League	6-1
10-4	Non-League	5-8
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
4-1	Common Opponent	3-2
11-2	Home	8-4
6-3	Away	4-4
2-1	Neutral	0-3
2-1	Playoff	0-1
17-6	In-State	12-11
2-0	Out-of-State	0-0