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Saint Thomas Aquinas St. James Academy

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The St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, KS) by a score of 70-55.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Saint Thomas Aquinas	11	21	9	14	55
St. James Academy	19	13	19	19	70

Final score provided by S. KSHSAA.

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Game Stats

St. James Academy (21-22)

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	160	55	22	61	36	43
2	Cooper Welsh (So)	20	3	1	4	25	38
3	Ryan Yankovich (Sr)	22	7	3	5	60	70
4	Kale Staats (So)	19	5	2	4	50	63
5	John Merfen (Sr)	19	5	2	6	33	42
11	Wyatt Lewis (So)	19	10	4	9	44	44
14	Nick Howard (Sr)	8	2	1	3	33	33
23	Will Rost (Jr)	26	12	5	15	33	40
25	Will Gavin (Sr)	23	8	3	12	25	33
33	Aidan Werth (Sr)	4	3	1	3	33	33

St. James Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	70	27	50	54	57
0	Sam Somerhalder (Sr)	17	8	13	62	62
1	Finn Burritt (Jr)	11	4	7	57	79
2	John Niesen (Jr)	7	3	5	60	60
4	Blake Boydston (Jr)	9	3	4	75	75
14	Gabe Sydzik (Jr)	6	3	7	43	43
15	Brian Hawthorne (Jr)	10	2	9	22	22
23	Garrett Lynch (Sr)	10	4	5	80	80

Saint Thomas Aquinas

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	160	55	8	27	30	3	4	75	14	34	41
2	Cooper Welsh (So)	20	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	Ryan Yankovich (Sr)	22	7	1	2	50	0	0	0	2	3	67
4	Kale Staats (So)	19	5	1	1	100	0	0	0	1	3	33
5	John Merfen (Sr)	19	5	1	3	33	0	1	0	1	3	33
11	Wyatt Lewis (So)	19	10	0	2	0	2	2	100	4	7	57
14	Nick Howard (Sr)	8	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
23	Will Rost (Jr)	26	12	2	9	22	0	0	0	3	6	50
25	Will Gavin (Sr)	23	8	2	6	33	0	0	0	1	6	17
33	Aidan Werth (Sr)	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	100	1	3	33

St. James Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	70	3	10	30	13	16	81	24	40	60
0	Sam Somerhalder (Sr)	17	0	0	0	1	1	100	8	13	62
1	Finn Burritt (Jr)	11	3	5	60	0	0	0	1	2	50
2	John Niesen (Jr)	7	0	2	0	1	2	50	3	3	100
4	Blake Boydston (Jr)	9	0	0	0	3	5	60	3	4	75
14	Gabe Sydzik (Jr)	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	5	60
15	Brian Hawthorne (Jr)	10	0	1	0	6	6	100	2	8	25
23	Garrett Lynch (Sr)	10	0	0	0	2	2	100	4	5	80

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	160	55	7	16	23	14	3	10	16
2	Cooper Welsh (So)	20	3	0	1	1	4	0	4	4
3	Ryan Yankovich (Sr)	22	7	0	1	1	1	0	0	1
4	Kale Staats (So)	19	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	John Merfen (Sr)	19	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
11	Wyatt Lewis (So)	19	10	2	1	3	2	1	0	4
14	Nick Howard (Sr)	8	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2
23	Will Rost (Jr)	26	12	2	6	8	4	0	0	1
25	Will Gavin (Sr)	23	8	1	3	4	3	1	6	1
33	Aidan Werth (Sr)	4	3	2	2	4	0	0	0	1

St. James Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	70	7	22	29	15	10	4	9	11
0	Sam Somerhalder (Sr)	17	0	2	2	2	2	0	1	2
1	Finn Burritt (Jr)	11	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
2	John Niesen (Jr)	7	2	3	5	3	2	0	2	2
4	Blake Boydston (Jr)	9	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0
12	Andrew Brown (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	Gabe Sydzik (Jr)	6	1	2	3	0	0	2	1	2
15	Brian Hawthorne (Jr)	10	2	4	6	6	6	0	2	1
23	Garrett Lynch (Sr)	10	1	7	8	1	0	2	3	3

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.40	0.30	0.19	5
2	Cooper Welsh (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0
3	Ryan Yankovich (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0
11	Wyatt Lewis (So)	2.00	1.00	0.25	1
14	Nick Howard (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0
23	Will Rost (Jr)	4.00	0.00	0.00	1
25	Will Gavin (Sr)	0.50	0.17	1.00	3

St. James Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.67	1.11	0.91	0.36	6
0	Sam Somerhalder (Sr)	2.00	2.00	1.00	0.00	2
1	Finn Burritt (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
2	John Niesen (Jr)	1.50	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
4	Blake Boydston (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
14	Gabe Sydzik (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0
15	Brian Hawthorne (Jr)	3.00	3.00	6.00	0.00	0
23	Garrett Lynch (Sr)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.67	0

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Game Story

Kansas High School Basketball - Aquinas beaten by St. James Academy

December 17, 2021: Lenexa, KS 66227

In Friday's non-league match, the host St. James Academy Thunder basketball team scored a good 70-55 triumph over the Aquinas Saints.

In their next game, the Thunder face the Shawnee Mission Northwest Cougars (Shawnee Mission, KS) in a non-league match, on Saturday, December 18. St. James Academy will attempt to move on its 4-1 season record. The Cougars enter the match with a 2-2 record after their 80-52 non-league loss to Lawrence Free State (Lawrence, KS).

With the defeat, Aquinas moves to 2-1 on the year. The Saints host Blue Valley West (Stilwell, KS) to face the Jaguars in a non-league match on Tuesday, January 4. The Jaguars enter the match with a record of 3-0. Blue Valley West won 71-62 in their recent non-league match against Blue Valley Southwest (Overland Park, KS)

Rankings & Records

Saint Thomas Aquinas (21-22)

KS	Class
106	18

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
7-14	3-7	2-6	2-1	.333	1,166	1,202

St. James Academy (21-22)

KS	Class
9	3

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-8	2-0	7-2	6-3	4-3	.680	1.000	1,606	1,326

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Saint Thomas Aquinas	14.6	13.9	12.2	16.3	55.5
St. James Academy	17.0	17.6	19.4	17.4	64.2

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Head-to-Head

St. James Academy won on 12/17/2021

12/17 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

STAHS 11 21 9 14 55
SJA 19 13 19 19 70

The Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, KS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) by a score of 70-55.
Box score
St. James Academy won on 2/1/2022

2/1 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

SJA 11 18 19 14 62
STAHS 8 14 14 10 46

The St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, KS) by a score of 62-46.
Box score

12/17 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
STAHS	11	21	9	14	55
SJA	19	13	19	19	70

2/1 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
SJA	11	18	19	14	62
STAHS	8	14	14	10	46

Team Stat Comparison

Saint Thomas Aquinas		St. James Academy
55.9	Points Per Game	64.3
27.2	Rebounds Per Game	32.7
13.0	Assists Per Game	14.9
5.8	Steals Per Game	7.4
4.5	Blocks Per Game	3.6

Team Leaders

Saint Thomas Aquinas		St. James Academy	National Avg.
#23 Will Rost14.9	Points Per Game	#0 Sam Somerhalder18.5	4.9
#23 Will Rost6.0	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Garrett Lynch9.3	2.6
#23 Will Rost3.1	Assists Per Game	#15 Brian Hawthorne4.5	1.0
#11 Wyatt Lewis1.2	Steals Per Game	#15 Brian Hawthorne2.3	0.8
#23 Will Rost1.0	Blocks Per Game	#14 Gabe Sydzik1.1	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Saint Thomas Aquinas	2-6		St. James Academy	5-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/4/22	Blue Valley West	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(L) 79-64	2/18/22	Blue Valley West	St. James Academy	(W) 69-62
1/11/22	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Blue Valley Southwest	(W) 66-42	2/15/22	St. James Academy	Blue Valley Southwest	(L) 61-54
1/14/22	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Bishop Miege	(L) 58-50	1/7/22	St. James Academy	Bishop Miege	(W) 72-69
2/18/22	Bishop Miege	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(L) 70-58	2/11/22	Bishop Miege	St. James Academy	(W) 71-58
1/22/22	Washington	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(W) 50-46	1/24/22	Washington	St. James Academy	(W) 72-42
2/8/22	Blue Valley North	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(L) 65-48	12/9/21	St. James Academy	Blue Valley North	(L) 55-54
				2/25/22	St. James Academy	Blue Valley North	(L) 70-69
2/11/22	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Blue Valley Northwest	(L) 59-50	2/22/22	Blue Valley Northwest	St. James Academy	(L) 60-56
2/25/22	Blue Valley	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(L) 46-35	2/4/22	St. James Academy	Blue Valley	(W) 54-38

Record Breakdown

Saint Thomas Aquinas (21-22)		St. James Academy (21-22)
7-14	Overall	17-8
0-0	League	2-0
5-12	Non-League	10-7
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
2-6	Common Opponent	5-4
3-7	Home	7-2
2-6	Away	6-3
2-1	Neutral	4-3
0-1	Playoff	4-1
2-9	In-State	17-6
5-5	Out-of-State	0-2