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The Marquette Catholic (Michigan City, IN) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Illiana Christian (Dyer, IN) by a score of 63-62.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Illiana Christian	12	20	19	11	62
Marquette Catholic	8	19	16	20	63

Final score provided by B. Collignon.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Marquette Catholic (22-23)

Illiana Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	62	21	42	50	58
3	Kevin Corcoran (Sr)	8	2	5	40	40
10	Zeke VanEssen (Sr)	11	4	9	44	50
21	Luke VanEssen (Sr)	28	9	13	69	88
25	Cody DeJong (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
33	Andy Spoelman (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
34	Mason Post (Sr)	9	3	7	43	50

Marquette Catholic

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	63	15	46	33	41
1	Cam Best (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
11	Gary Lewis (Sr)	0	0	7	0	0
12	Lukas Balling (Sr)	23	6	14	43	54
13	Brandon Welch (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
14	Conner Bakota (Sr)	8	1	4	25	38
15	Adam Tarnow (Sr)	8	3	5	60	80
24	Jason Kobe (Sr)	24	5	13	38	46

Illiana Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	62	7	11	64	13	20	65	14	31	45
3	Kevin Corcoran (Sr)	8	0	1	0	4	7	57	2	4	50
10	Zeke VanEssen (Sr)	11	1	2	50	2	4	50	3	7	43
21	Luke VanEssen (Sr)	28	5	7	71	5	7	71	4	6	67
25	Cody DeJong (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
33	Andy Spoelman (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
34	Mason Post (Sr)	9	1	1	100	2	2	100	2	6	33

Marquette Catholic

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	63	8	19	42	25	31	81	7	27	26
1	Cam Best (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Gary Lewis (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	0
12	Lukas Balling (Sr)	23	3	4	75	8	8	100	3	10	30
13	Brandon Welch (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Conner Bakota (Sr)	8	1	3	33	5	6	83	0	1	0
15	Adam Tarnow (Sr)	8	2	4	50	0	0	0	1	1	100
24	Jason Kobe (Sr)	24	2	2	100	12	15	80	3	11	27

Illiana Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	62	5	20	25	12	5	2	14	21
3	Kevin Corcoran (Sr)	8	1	2	3	4	0	0	6	4
5	Noah Kieft (Sr)	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	2
10	Zeke VanEssen (Sr)	11	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	4
21	Luke VanEssen (Sr)	28	1	7	8	0	0	0	1	3
25	Cody DeJong (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4
30	Dylan Polak (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
31	Fritz Olthof (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
33	Andy Spoelman (Jr)	2	1	5	6	3	0	1	6	2
34	Mason Post (Sr)	9	2	3	5	0	1	1	0	1

Marquette Catholic

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	63	9	18	27	10	4	10	17
1	Cam Best (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3
2	Carlos Sapena (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
4	Fillippe Alvez (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
11	Gary Lewis (Sr)	0	0	4	4	1	1	2	3
12	Lukas Balling (Sr)	23	5	5	10	2	1	1	1
13	Brandon Welch (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	Conner Bakota (Sr)	8	1	2	3	3	0	0	4
15	Adam Tarnow (Sr)	8	0	1	1	0	0	2	3
24	Jason Kobe (Sr)	24	3	3	6	3	2	2	3

Illiana Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.86	0.36	0.24	0.10	5
3	Kevin Corcoran (Sr)	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
5	Noah Kieft (Sr)	3.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0
10	Zeke VanEssen (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.25	0.00	1
25	Cody DeJong (Sr)	0.00	2.00	0.50	0.00	0
31	Fritz Olthof (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
33	Andy Spoelman (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.50	0
34	Mason Post (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	3

Marquette Catholic

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	0.40	0.24	4
1	Cam Best (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
11	Gary Lewis (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.33	0
12	Lukas Balling (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	1
13	Brandon Welch (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0
14	Conner Bakota (Sr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	0
24	Jason Kobe (Sr)	1.50	1.00	0.67	2

Illiana Christian's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Marquette Catholic's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Illiana Christian can't hold off Marquette Catholic

February 14, 2023: Michigan City, IN 46360

The Illiana Christian Vikings basketball team (Dyer, IN), was nudged 63-62 in Tuesday's non-league battle with the host Marquette Catholic Blazers (Michigan City, IN)

The Blazers now sport a 14-7 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Hammond Academy of Science & Tech for a non-league battle on Thursday, February 16. Marquette Catholic will battle a Hawks team coming off a 53-33 non-league loss to Trinity (South Bend, IN). The Hawks record now stands at 3-14.

The Vikings (16-3) will now prepare for their battle against Lake Station Edison (Lake Station, IN). The Fighting Eagles come into the Greater South Shore battle with a 17-2 record. In their last battle, Lake Station Edison was nudged by Munster (Munster, IN), 84-66, in a non-league battle.

ICHS @ MCHS Basketball Game Info

Tue., Feb. 14, 2023 @ 7p

The Marquette Catholic (Michigan City, IN) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Illiana Christian (Dyer, IN) by a score of 63-62.

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

Marquette Catholic (22-23)

IN	Class
112	8

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
21-8	9-2	6-4	6-2	.724	1,918	1,728

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
Marquette Catholic	16.3	12.7	18.3	17.2	-	-	66.1

Team Stat Comparison

Illiana Christian		Marquette Catholic
56.9	Points Per Game	66.0
28.9	Rebounds Per Game	28.3
11.2	Assists Per Game	13.4
9.5	Steals Per Game	7.3
3.0	Blocks Per Game	1.5

Team Leaders

Illiana Christian		Marquette Catholic	National Avg.
#21 Luke VanEssen17.4	Points Per Game	#24 Jason Kobe19.6	4.9
#21 Luke VanEssen6.6	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Lukas Balling10.4	2.6
#3 Kevin Corcoran4.2	Assists Per Game	#24 Jason Kobe3.1	1.0
#21 Luke VanEssen2.7	Steals Per Game	#24 Jason Kobe2.0	0.8
#33 Andy Spoelman2.0	Blocks Per Game	#12 Lukas Balling0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Illiana Christian	8-1		Marquette Catholic	7-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/22/22	Kouts	Illiana Christian	(W) 51-46	TBA	Kouts	Marquette Catholic
				3/18/23	Kouts	Marquette Catholic	(W) 55-50
1/3/23	Whiting	Illiana Christian	(W) 55-20	1/24/23	Marquette Catholic	Whiting	(W) 58-55
1/9/23	Andrean	Illiana Christian	(W) 70-60	1/28/23	Andrean	Marquette Catholic	(W) 76-63
1/18/23	Hammond Bishop Noll	Illiana Christian	(W) 65-57	2/10/23	Marquette Catholic	Hammond Bishop Noll	(W) 84-67
1/25/23	Bowman Academy	Illiana Christian	(W) 57-50	1/17/23	Bowman Academy	Marquette Catholic	(W) 71-66
3/4/23	Illiana Christian	Bowman Academy	(W) 60-57
1/27/23	Illiana Christian	Victory Christian Academy	(W) 60-48	12/13/22	Victory Christian Academy	Marquette Catholic	(W) 78-69
1/30/23	Lighthouse College Prep Academy	Illiana Christian	(W) 63-37	12/14/22	Marquette Catholic	Lighthouse College Prep Academy	(W) 74-59
3/6/23	Illiana Christian	21st Century Charter	(L) 71-52	1/14/23	Marquette Catholic	21st Century Charter	(L) 76-65

Record Breakdown

Illiana Christian (22-23)		Marquette Catholic (22-23)
19-6	Overall	21-8
7-1	League	0-0
10-4	Non-League	15-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
8-1	Common Opponent	7-1
11-2	Home	9-2
6-3	Away	6-4
2-1	Neutral	6-2
2-1	Playoff	5-1
17-6	In-State	21-8
2-0	Out-of-State	0-0