75%
The team free throw percentage by the Lady Tigers during the 2021-22 season. That’s a program record. It breaks the old previous season-best of 73% set during the state championship season of 2012.
639
The final point total for junior Kaemyn Bekemeier, who broke all three major scoring records during the 2021-22 season. Her 639 points broke the previous best of 540, set by Ashley Fry in 1996. Her 48 points in a game broke Bekemeier’s previous single-game best, set last year and broken three times this year. And she finished her season with 1,613, already a career record.
16
The number of points scored by Miha Nambara in her last game as a Lady Tiger. Nambara made four three-pointers and scored 11 of her 16 points in the first quarter to finish her Republic basketball career on a high note.
6
The number of consecutive years Republic and Joplin have clashed in the district tournament. Over those six years, the teams have alternated victories, and this year it was Joplin’s turn to win. They knocked off Republic 63-53 to advance and end Republic’s season.
5
The number of basketball seniors who ended their time in a Republic uniform last week. The Tigers say goodbye to Devon McMillin, Avery Moody, and Will Fronabarger. The Lady Tigers will lose Miha Nambara and Eternity Knotts to graduation.
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