Official account for the Saint Xavier basketball team, featuring scores and updates from the court. EST. 1911 | 4 State Championships |
@StXBasketball
#WeAreStX
Congrats, Ayden! It’s hard to believe you will make the short drive to
@Bellarminehoops
in less than two months and start your career as a Bellarmine Knight. Go get ‘em!
Tiger Basketball congratulates senior Ben Varga on becoming the career leader in 3 point shots made!
He now has school record 162 3’s. Chris Wiedmar ‘04 had 161. This is the result of a lot of Hard Work and Effort!
#WINNER
Tiger Basketball has a Big TEAM win tonight at Trinity! Tough defense and TEAM play on offense was the difference! Tigers end the game with a 10-2 run!
#BetterTogether
Tigers win against Manual 6️⃣6️⃣-6️⃣5️⃣ in overtime
Leading scorer was Mekhi Smith with 2️⃣9️⃣
Mekhi Smith led rebounds with 9️⃣ rebounds
Leading assists was Cole Sherman with 5️⃣ assists
All-Seventh Region awards as voted on by the coaches in the region:
Player of the Year: Ben Varga
All-Region First Team: Ben Varga & Ayden Mudd
Coach of the Year: Kevin Klein
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Congratulations to SR Ben Varga for receiving his 3FG award! Ben led the state with 3.9 made 3FG’s/game and will be recognized this Sunday during the virtual Mr. & Ms. Basketball awards ceremony.
Checkout these awesome accomplishments from SR Ben Varga. Ben was our second 7th Region POY in the last six years (
@CMcKim13
in 2016). Congrats on a great career Ben! Your future is bright.
Congratulations to Ayden Mudd for being selected to the LIT All Tournament Team! Proud of his work and the work of his TEAM to help him achieve this honor!
#BetterTogether
Thoughts and prayers for Coach Scroggins and his entire family. You stood for everything that is right in this world and made everyone around you better. Rest In Peace.
SR leader Quinn Kitchen represents our program in a championship manner both on and off the court! Thanks to
@WLKY
for making us a part of your game of the week!
@ADChernoff
Tiger Basketball getting two BIG GUYS back soon. Ayden Mudd, 6’7”Bellarmine commit, and Micah Carter, a 6’5” dual sport athlete with a 7’ wingspan, will provide added size and depth to the 8 and 2 Tigers!
#BetterTogether
We are super excited to host our inaugural Donate Life Classic this Saturday. Our goal for the day is to raise awareness for organ donation and register new organ donors. The competition will be an added bonus. More to come about raffles and a chance to win $500.
Tiger Basketball salutes Mekhi Smith for running the point flawlessly! 7 assists and 0 turnovers makes everyone better!! Great job Mekhi
#BetterTogether
We had 9 SR’s in the program...7 players and 2 managers.
Here are their unweighted GPA’s:
4.00
3.99
3.93
3.87
3.82
3.70
3.66
3.60
3.27
3.76 average
These guys competed at a high level on the court and continue to do an incredible job in the classroom.
STUDENTS: our seniors deserve a great Rage Cage for their last home game! Take advantage of the FREE admission and get to the Wills Center tomorrow night!
#WeAreStX
A huge thanks to
@USI_Basketball
for hosting a great team camp. These guys were up at 6:45am, drove two hours, and went 6-0 by playing fast, hard, and together! 🏆
Tiger Basketball Week in Review: 3 and 0 with wins over Trinity 62-54, Covington Holmes in OT 72-67, and Bardstown 69-46! All three games on the road against very athletic teams. These guys earned the day off from basketball but not HOMEWORK!
#GRIND
Tigers win 7️⃣1️⃣-6️⃣7️⃣ in overtime
Nelson Williams and Cole Sherman score 2️⃣0️⃣ points each
Leading rebounds was Mekhi and Nathan with 8️⃣ rebounds
Leading assists was Mekhi Smith with 7️⃣ assists
Tiger Basketball gets another strong effort by Ben Varga as he scores 20 points and adds 6 more 3 pointers to continue as the leader in the KHSAA.
#Leader
All Championship TEAMS have great senior leadership! Tiger Basketball is lucky to have 9 outstanding student-athletes who will be honored tomorrow night before our game with Waggener.
#Winners
Tiger Basketball: All great TEAMS have great senior Leadership! These seniors bring an unselfish TEAM Attitude every day! This is a great group to coach!
#BETTERTOGETHER
A big congrats to
@chancecanthoop
for scoring his 1000th career point in our win vs Oldham County! Chance became the 17th Tiger in the history of our program to hit this milestone. Great player with great teammates.
Congrats to JR Nelson Williams for earning all-tournament honors. Nelson is an elite player, student, and all-around guy. His favorite player is everyone else on the TEAM. Always puts the TEAM first. Congrats, Nelly!
We apologize to our fans back home. Tweets are not sending from the gym. Great TEAM win over previously undefeated Cardinal Mooney (9-1). We will play the winner of Gibbs-Riverview at 7:45 tomorrow night. 🏆
#WeAreStX
Tigers win 6️⃣7️⃣-6️⃣1️⃣
Leading scorer was Mekhi Smith with 3️⃣9️⃣ points
Leading assists was Ja’Vin Jones with 4️⃣ assists
Leading rebounder was Nathan Barns with 7️⃣ rebounds
Tiger Basketball Week in Review saw Ben Varga lead us in scoring with 16 at Trinity, 23 at Covington Holmes, and 24 at Bardstown! Our TEAM play and ball movement found him open looks!
#BetterTogether