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Valley Lutheran Thatcher

Flames

Eagles

The Thatcher (AZ) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Valley Lutheran (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 45-41.

Game Details: Round Valley Roundball Shootout

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Valley Lutheran	13	12	7	9	41
Thatcher	16	11	6	12	45

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Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Valley Lutheran (11-12)

Valley Lutheran

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

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	3FGM	3FGA	3FG%
	Team Totals	41	14	45	31	5	12	42
2	Joel Kosberg (Sr)	22	8	18	44	2	4	50
3	Sam Gabrielson (Jr)	6	2	8	25	2	3	67
4	Aaron Koehne (Jr)	2	1	8	13	0	3	0
10	J.J. Willamson (Jr)	2	1	3	33	0	0	0
22	Max Kern (Sr)	3	1	1	100	1	1	100
30	R. Schmeling (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
32	Dmitri O'Brien (Sr)	4	1	5	20	0	1	0

Valley Lutheran

Scoring/Shooting: Two-Pointers and Free Throws

#	Athlete Name	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%
	Team Totals	9	33	27	8	8	100
2	Joel Kosberg (Sr)	6	14	43	4	4	100
3	Sam Gabrielson (Jr)	0	5	0	0	0	0
4	Aaron Koehne (Jr)	1	5	20	0	0	0
10	J.J. Willamson (Jr)	1	3	33	0	0	0
30	R. Schmeling (Sr)	0	2	0	2	2	100
32	Dmitri O'Brien (Sr)	1	4	25	2	2	100

Valley Lutheran

Rebounds, Assists, Steals and Turnovers

#	Athlete Name	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	Asst	Stls	TO
	Team Totals	6	15	21	5	7	7
2	Joel Kosberg (Sr)	0	1	1	0	3	1
3	Sam Gabrielson (Jr)	1	2	3	1	0	2
4	Aaron Koehne (Jr)	0	3	3	2	0	0
5	Ketah Watson (Jr)	1	0	1	0	1	0
10	J.J. Willamson (Jr)	1	1	2	0	0	0
22	Max Kern (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	0
30	R. Schmeling (Sr)	2	1	3	1	0	1
32	Dmitri O'Brien (Sr)	1	4	5	1	3	3
40	Jimmy Arwood (So)	0	1	1	0	0	0
44	Troy Parsons (Jr)	0	1	1	0	0	0

Valley Lutheran

Blocks, Deflections, Charges, and Fouls

#	Athlete Name	Blk Shts	Chr	PF
	Team Totals	1	1	13
2	Joel Kosberg (Sr)	0	0	1
3	Sam Gabrielson (Jr)	0	1	1
4	Aaron Koehne (Jr)	0	0	2
5	Ketah Watson (Jr)	0	0	2
30	R. Schmeling (Sr)	0	0	1
32	Dmitri O'Brien (Sr)	1	0	4
44	Troy Parsons (Jr)	0	0	2

Thatcher (11-12)

Thatcher has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Valley Lutheran edged by Thatcher

December 10, 2011: Thatcher, AZ 85552

The Valley Lutheran Flames basketball team (Phoenix, AZ), was nudged 45-41 in Saturday's non-league battle with the host Thatcher Eagles (Thatcher, AZ)

The Eagles now possess a 7-1 record. They take the field next when they host Safford for a III Section II outing on Tuesday, December 13. Thatcher will encounter a Bulldogs squad coming off a 57-43 league win over San Tan Foothills (Queen Creek, AZ). The Bulldogs record now stands at 6-2.

The Flames now own a 5-4 record. They take the field next when they host Arizona Lutheran Academy for a IV Section I outing on Tuesday, December 13. Valley Lutheran will encounter a Coyotes squad coming off a 69-64 non-league win over West Lutheran (Plymouth, MN). The Coyotes record now stands at 6-2.

Rankings & Records

Valley Lutheran (11-12)

National	AZ	Div.
9,722	125	5

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
18-12	10-4	7-1	5-4	6-7	.600	.714	1,491	1,324

Thatcher (11-12)

National	AZ	Div.
3,219	44	2

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
30-4	11-1	7-1	10-0	13-3	.882	.917	2,119	1,354

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Valley Lutheran	12.5	11.4	12.0	13.2	7.0	6.0	49.7
Thatcher	16.8	14.1	13.8	11.0	7.0	14.0	62.3

Team Stat Comparison

Valley Lutheran		Thatcher
49.6	Points Per Game	-
21.0	Rebounds Per Game	-
9.2	Assists Per Game	-
8.2	Steals Per Game	-
2.5	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Valley Lutheran		Thatcher	National Avg.
#2 Joel Kosberg14.1	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#32 Dmitri O'Brien5.9	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#2 Joel Kosberg3.1	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#2 Joel Kosberg2.1	Steals Per Game	-	.8
#32 Dmitri O'Brien1.3	Blocks Per Game	-	.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Valley Lutheran	1-4		Thatcher	6-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/8/11	Morenci	Valley Lutheran	(W) 55-54	12/6/11	Thatcher	Morenci	(W) 68-42
				12/9/11	Morenci	Thatcher	(W) 57-33
				1/17/12	Thatcher	Morenci	(W) 63-28
12/8/11	Ysleta	Valley Lutheran	(L) 43-27	12/9/11	Ysleta	Thatcher	(W) 54-46
12/9/11	Valley Lutheran	Holbrook	(L) 53-51	12/10/11	Holbrook	Thatcher	(L) 62-59
				2/24/12	Holbrook	Thatcher	(W) 78-67
12/10/11	Silver	Valley Lutheran	(L) 35-28	12/8/11	Silver	Thatcher	(W) 44-35
1/19/12	Valley Lutheran	Gilbert Christian	(L) 76-33	2/3/12	Gilbert Christian	Thatcher	(L) 75-41
				2/11/12	Thatcher	Gilbert Christian	(L) 56-45
				2/25/12	Thatcher	Gilbert Christian	(L) 62-42

Record Breakdown

Valley Lutheran (11-12)		Thatcher (11-12)
18-12	Overall	30-4
10-4	League	11-1
2-1	Non-League	13-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-4	Common Opponent	6-4
7-1	Home	7-1
5-4	Away	10-0
6-7	Neutral	13-3
2-2	Playoff	3-2
17-10	In-State	28-4
1-2	Out-of-State	2-0