Blue Valley West was the 57-46 winner over St. James Academy when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. The Blue Valley West Jaguars fell 61-53 to the St. James Academy Thunder on Tuesday. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Jaguars came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 18th, while the Thunder are ranked 66th).
Jacob Fratzel was a one-man wrecking crew for St. James Academy as he went 5-for-10 to rack up 17 points and seven assists. The dominant performance gave Fratzel a new career-high in points. Francis Menghini was another key player, going 5-for-11 en route to 12 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Blue Valley West and nudges their season record down to 9-7. As for St. James Academy, they now have a winning record of 8-7.
Blue Valley West has already played their next contest (against Blue Valley Northwest), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for St. James Academy, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 69-57 defeat against Saint Thomas Aquinas on the 14th.
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