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The St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral playoff game against Highland Park (Topeka, KS) by a score of 80-52.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland Park	-	-	-	-	80
St. James Academy	-	-	-	-	52

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Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Highland Park (22-23)

Highland Park has not entered stats for this game.

St. James Academy (22-23)

St. James Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	16	56	29	34
1	Finn Burritt (Sr)	11	3	10	30	45
2	John Niesen	9	3	12	25	33
3	Sam Niesen (So)	0	0	1	0	0
4	Blake Boydston (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33
11	Jack Alters (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
13	F. Menghini (Fr)	2	1	3	33	33
14	Gabriel Sydzyik (Sr)	13	3	13	23	27
15	Brian Hawthorne (Sr)	11	3	8	38	38
23	K. Kwapiszeski (So)	0	0	1	0	0

St. James Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	6	26	23	14	22	64	10	30	33
1	Finn Burritt (Sr)	11	3	9	33	2	2	100	0	1	0
2	John Niesen	9	2	8	25	1	2	50	1	4	25
3	Sam Niesen (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Blake Boydston (Sr)	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	4	50
11	Jack Alters (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
13	F. Menghini (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	33
14	Gabriel Sydzyik (Sr)	13	1	6	17	6	9	67	2	7	29
15	Brian Hawthorne (Sr)	11	0	1	0	5	7	71	3	7	43
23	K. Kwapiszeski (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

St. James Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	52	19	23	42	8	4	19	18
1	Finn Burritt (Sr)	11	0	2	2	0	0	4	3
2	John Niesen	9	5	1	6	2	1	2	2
3	Sam Niesen (So)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
4	Blake Boydston (Sr)	4	4	4	8	3	0	4	3
4	Ryan Lemmon (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	Jack Alters (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
13	F. Menghini (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
14	Gabriel Sydzyik (Sr)	13	6	8	14	1	0	1	3
15	Brian Hawthorne (Sr)	11	3	7	10	2	2	5	4
23	K. Kwapiszeski (So)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0

St. James Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.42	0.21	0.22	1	4
1	Finn Burritt (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
2	John Niesen	1.00	0.50	0.50	0	1
3	Sam Niesen (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
4	Blake Boydston (Sr)	0.75	0.00	0.00	0	0
4	Ryan Lemmon (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0	0
14	Gabriel Sydzyik (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
15	Brian Hawthorne (Sr)	0.40	0.40	0.50	1	0

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Game Story

Kansas High School Basketball - Highland Park crushes St. James Academy

March 4, 2023: Topeka, KS 66605

Highland Park Scots (Topeka, KS) backers were in high spirits Saturday as they witnessed their basketball squad bounce the visiting St. James Academy Thunder (Lenexa, KS), 80-52 in a non-league bout.

With the win, Highland Park upgrades its record to 22-0 on the season. The Scots travel to Basehor-Linwood (Basehor, KS) to play the Bobcats in a non-league bout on Thursday, March 9. The Bobcats go into the bout with a record of 8-13. Basehor-Linwood won 67-63 in their recent non-league bout against Sumner Academy (Kansas City, KS)

Highland Park vs SJA Basketball Game Info

Sat., Mar. 4, 2023 @ 6p

The St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral playoff game against Highland Park (Topeka, KS) by a score of 80-52.

Rankings & Records

Highland Park (22-23)

KS	Class
10	4

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
24-1	2-0	14-0	8-0	2-1	.960	1.000	1,904	1,116

St. James Academy (22-23)

KS	Class
33	9

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
14-8	2-1	7-3	5-4	2-1	.636	.667	1,324	1,275

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland Park	19.3	22.4	19.3	18.8	76.2
St. James Academy	15.2	13.2	15.8	14.0	60.2

Team Stat Comparison

Highland Park		St. James Academy
-	Points Per Game	58.5
-	Rebounds Per Game	25.8
-	Assists Per Game	10.6
-	Steals Per Game	5.4
-	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

Highland Park		St. James Academy	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#15 Brian Hawthorne21.3	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#14 Gabriel Sydzyik7.7	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#15 Brian Hawthorne5.1	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#15 Brian Hawthorne2.5	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#14 Gabriel Sydzyik1.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland Park	2-0		St. James Academy	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
12/16/22	Wyandotte	Highland Park	(W) 95-42		12/1/22	St. James Academy	Wyandotte	(W) 72-40
2/3/23	Highland Park	Wyandotte	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Highland Park (22-23)		St. James Academy (22-23)
24-1	Overall	14-8
2-0	League	3-1
18-0	Non-League	10-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-0	Common Opponent	1-0
14-0	Home	7-3
8-0	Away	5-4
2-1	Neutral	2-1
4-1	Playoff	0-1
21-1	In-State	12-6
3-0	Out-of-State	2-2