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The Washburn Rural (Topeka, KS) varsity basketball team won Friday's home playoff game against Junction City (KS) by a score of 54-49.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Junction City	11	10	20	8	49
Washburn Rural	10	13	18	13	54

Final score provided by D. Terrell.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Junction City (24-25)

Junction City has not entered stats for this game.

Washburn Rural (24-25)

Washburn Rural

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	54	17	37	46	51
0	Amare Jones (Sr)	8	2	5	40	50
1	King Leonard (Sr)	11	4	6	67	75
2	Kaden Ballard (Sr)	16	4	9	44	50
5	Simon Rowley (Jr)	6	2	6	33	33
10	John Hoytal (Jr)	12	5	9	56	61
23	D. Chooncharoen (Jr)	1	0	2	0	0

Washburn Rural

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	54	4	13	31	16	21	76	13	24	54
0	Amare Jones (Sr)	8	1	3	33	3	6	50	1	2	50
1	King Leonard (Sr)	11	1	2	50	2	2	100	3	4	75
2	Kaden Ballard (Sr)	16	1	3	33	7	7	100	3	6	50
5	Simon Rowley (Jr)	6	0	1	0	2	2	100	2	5	40
10	John Hoytal (Jr)	12	1	2	50	1	2	50	4	7	57
23	D. Chooncharoen (Jr)	1	0	2	0	1	2	50

Washburn Rural

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	54	4	14	18	12	5	4	6	13
0	Amare Jones (Sr)	8	2	1	3	1		1		4
1	King Leonard (Sr)	11		3	3	3	1	1		1
2	Kaden Ballard (Sr)	16		3	3	3	3		1	2
5	Simon Rowley (Jr)	6	1	1	2			1	2
10	John Hoytal (Jr)	12	1	6	7	4		1	3	2
15	Brooks Ballard (Fr)					1				3
23	D. Chooncharoen (Jr)	1					1			1

Washburn Rural

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	2.00	0.83	0.39	0.31
0	Amare Jones (Sr)				0.25
1	King Leonard (Sr)			1.00	1.00
2	Kaden Ballard (Sr)	3.00	3.00	1.50
10	John Hoytal (Jr)	1.33			0.50
23	D. Chooncharoen (Jr)			1.00

Game Story

Kansas High School Basketball - Washburn Rural holds off Junction City

March 7, 2025: Topeka, KS 66619

The Washburn Rural Blues basketball team scored 54 points and limited the visiting Junction City Bluejays to 49 in the Blues non-league triumph on Friday.

The Blues now have a 18-4 record.

With the loss, Junction City falls to 14-8 on the campaign.

Junction City @ WRHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Mar. 7, 2025 @ 7p

Sub-State Championship

The Washburn Rural (Topeka, KS) varsity basketball team won Friday's home playoff game against Junction City (KS) by a score of 54-49.

Rankings & Records

Junction City (24-25)

KS	Class
51	17

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
14-8	6-4	4-3	7-3	3-2	.636	.600	1,328	1,162

Washburn Rural (24-25)

KS	Class
28	12

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
18-5	10-0	8-2	7-1	3-2	.783	1.000	1,367	1,170

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Junction City	13.3	12.4	15.1	14.8	11.0	60.4
Washburn Rural	15.6	15.1	14.4	14.1	-	59.4

Head-to-Head

Washburn Rural won on 1/30/2025

1/30 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Junction City 11 11 13 21 56
Washburn Rural 17 10 14 18 59

The Junction City (KS) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Washburn Rural (Topeka, KS) by a score of 59-56.
Box score
Washburn Rural won on 2/14/2025

2/14 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Washburn Rural 18 15 16 15 64
Junction City 7 20 23 8 58

The Washburn Rural (Topeka, KS) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Junction City (KS) by a score of 64-58.
Box score
Washburn Rural won on 3/7/2025

3/7 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Junction City 11 10 20 8 49
Washburn Rural 10 13 18 13 54

The Junction City (KS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away playoff game against Washburn Rural (Topeka, KS) by a score of 54-49.
Box score

1/30 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Junction City	11	11	13	21	56
Washburn Rural	17	10	14	18	59

2/14 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Washburn Rural	18	15	16	15	64
Junction City	7	20	23	8	58

Team Stat Comparison

Junction City		Washburn Rural
-	Points Per Game	59.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	28.0
-	Assists Per Game	16.8
-	Steals Per Game	6.9
-	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

Junction City		Washburn Rural	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#5 Simon Rowley13.8	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#0 Amare Jones5.9	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#1 King Leonard3.2	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#10 John Hoytal1.4	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#10 John Hoytal0.6	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Junction City	7-3		Washburn Rural	8-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/14/25	Junction City	Manhattan	(W) 66-62	2/11/25	Manhattan	Washburn Rural	(W) 74-45
2/21/25	Manhattan	Junction City	(W) 53-47	2/28/25	Washburn Rural	Manhattan	(W) 61-47
3/4/25	Junction City	Manhattan	(W) 59-45
1/17/25	Junction City	Topeka	(W) 69-46	2/7/25	Topeka	Washburn Rural	(W) 79-41
2/18/25	Topeka	Junction City	(W) 81-65	2/25/25	Washburn Rural	Topeka	(W) 72-42
1/25/25	Junction City	Heights	(L) 72-57	3/12/25	Washburn Rural	Heights	(L) 64-44
2/7/25	Hayden	Junction City	(L) 64-55	1/10/25	Washburn Rural	Hayden	(W) 67-54
2/25/25	Junction City	Hayden	(L) 75-63	2/21/25	Hayden	Washburn Rural	(W) 55-42
2/11/25	Emporia	Junction City	(W) 69-66	1/17/25	Emporia	Washburn Rural	(W) 42-28
2/28/25	Junction City	Emporia	(W) 46-32	2/17/25	Washburn Rural	Emporia	(W) 65-39

Record Breakdown

Junction City (24-25)		Washburn Rural (24-25)
14-8	Overall	18-5
6-4	League	10-0
6-1	Non-League	2-2
0-3	Head to Head	3-0
7-3	Common Opponent	8-1
4-3	Home	8-2
7-3	Away	7-1
3-2	Neutral	3-2
1-1	Playoff	2-1
14-8	In-State	14-4
0-0	Out-of-State	4-1