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Safford Valley Lutheran

Bulldogs

Flames

The Valley Lutheran (Phoenix, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Safford (AZ) by a score of 60-53.

Game Details: Round Valley Shootout

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Safford	15	11	17	17	60
Valley Lutheran	9	9	15	20	53

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Safford (08-09)

Safford has not entered stats for this game.

Valley Lutheran (08-09)

Valley Lutheran

Scoring/Shooting: Points, Field Goals, and Three-Pointers

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	3FGM	3FGA	3FG%
	Team Totals	53	18	44	41	8	17	47
4	Luke Geyer (Jr)	15	5	8	63	4	7	57
10	Alan Adams (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
22	Jose Mursuli (Sr)	16	6	12	50	3	6	50
24	Ben Fontes (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
32	Matt Gabrielson (Jr)	4	2	4	50	0	1	0
33	Adam Kosberg (Jr)	5	2	3	67	1	1	100
34	Robbie Avril (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
44	Sam Voas (So)	13	3	10	30	0	1	0

Valley Lutheran

Scoring/Shooting: Two-Pointers and Free Throws

#	Athlete Name	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%
	Team Totals	10	27	37	9	14	64
4	Luke Geyer (Jr)	1	1	100	1	2	50
10	Alan Adams (So)	0	1	0	0	0	0
22	Jose Mursuli (Sr)	3	6	50	1	2	50
24	Ben Fontes (Sr)	0	4	0	0	0	0
32	Matt Gabrielson (Jr)	2	3	67	0	0	0
33	Adam Kosberg (Jr)	1	2	50	0	0	0
34	Robbie Avril (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	0
44	Sam Voas (So)	3	9	33	7	10	70

Valley Lutheran

Rebounds, Assists, Steals and Turnovers

#	Athlete Name	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	Asst	Stls	TO
	Team Totals	6	21	27	6	11	16
4	Luke Geyer (Jr)	1	2	3	0	1	3
10	Alan Adams (So)	0	0	0	1	1	2
22	Jose Mursuli (Sr)	0	4	4	1	0	1
24	Ben Fontes (Sr)	0	4	4	0	3	1
30	Aaron Krause (Jr)	0	2	2	1	1	1
32	Matt Gabrielson (Jr)	0	0	0	2	2	2
33	Adam Kosberg (Jr)	0	5	5	1	1	2
44	Sam Voas (So)	5	4	9	0	2	4

Valley Lutheran

Blocks, Deflections, Charges, and Fouls

#	Athlete Name	Blk Shts	PF
	Team Totals	2	21
4	Luke Geyer (Jr)	0	3
10	Alan Adams (So)	0	3
22	Jose Mursuli (Sr)	0	4
24	Ben Fontes (Sr)	1	2
32	Matt Gabrielson (Jr)	0	1
33	Adam Kosberg (Jr)	0	4
44	Sam Voas (So)	1	4

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Valley Lutheran nipped by Safford

December 12, 2008: Safford, AZ 85546

The Safford Bulldogs tipped the visiting Valley Lutheran Flames basketball team by a final score of 60-53 in Friday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Bulldogs face the Ysleta Indians (El Paso, TX) in a non-league game, on Saturday, December 13. Safford will attempt to move on its 3-2 season record. The Indians enter the game with a 8-4 record after their 81-66 non-league win over Valley (Sanders, AZ).

With the defeat, Valley Lutheran moves to 7-4 on the year. The Flames travel to Valley (Sanders, AZ) to face the Pirates in a non-league game on Saturday, December 13. The Pirates enter the game with a record of 5-1. Valley lost 81-66 in their recent non-league game against Ysleta (El Paso, TX)

Rankings & Records

Safford (08-09)

National	AZ	Div.
4,883	56	3

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
24-7	11-2	10-3	6-2	8-2	.774	.846	1,903	1,597

Valley Lutheran (08-09)

National	AZ	Div.
10,810	127	3

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
24-9	11-1	8-1	7-2	9-6	.727	.917	1,952	1,592

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Safford	13.5	14.8	15.9	16.0	4.5	3.0	61.4
Valley Lutheran	14.8	15.3	15.3	13.5	8.0	-	59.2

Team Stat Comparison

Safford		Valley Lutheran
5.9	Points Per Game	59.2
2.9	Rebounds Per Game	27.9
1.6	Assists Per Game	12.4
1.4	Steals Per Game	9.5
.4	Blocks Per Game	2.2

Team Leaders

Safford		Valley Lutheran	National Avg.
#23 Justen John11.0	Points Per Game	#44 Sam Voas10.6	5.2
#40 Mike Moreno6.7	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Ben Fontes6.5	2.7
#22 Kaden Larkey3.3	Assists Per Game	#32 Matt Gabrielson2.5	1.1
#12 Matt Hart3.0	Steals Per Game	#22 Jose Mursuli1.6	.9
#44 Colby Wilson4.0	Blocks Per Game	#24 Ben Fontes.8	.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Safford	0-2		Valley Lutheran	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/08	Safford	Thatcher	(L) 60-45		12/11/08	Valley Lutheran	Thatcher	(L) 58-43
1/22/09	Thatcher	Safford	(L) 54-53

Record Breakdown

Safford (08-09)		Valley Lutheran (08-09)
24-7	Overall	24-9
11-2	League	11-1
2-3	Non-League	4-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-2	Common Opponent	0-1
10-3	Home	8-1
6-2	Away	7-2
8-2	Neutral	9-6
3-1	Playoff	3-2
21-7	In-State	22-8
3-0	Out-of-State	2-1