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The Florence (AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Gilbert Classical Academy (Gilbert, AZ) by a score of 62-60.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
GCA	-	-	-	-	60
Florence	-	-	-	-	62

Final score provided by D. Silvas.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Gilbert Classical Academy (24-25)

Florence (24-25)

Gilbert Classical Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	46	19	50	38	42
1	Jimmy Klauba (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
2	Brandon Kooner (Sr)	3	1	7	14	21
4	Rati Tabatadze (Sr)	7	3	3	100	117
11	Blake Carlson (So)	15	6	13	46	54
13	Bryson Higgins (So)	8	4	9	44	44
14	Aidan Meyers (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
15	Jayden Yates (So)	3	0	4	0	0
21	Jayden Dong (So)	10	5	12	42	42

Florence

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	62	24	46	52	57
1	Darren Swain (Sr)	5	2	5	40	40
2	Joseph Guilin (Sr)	2
4	A. Taufaasau (Sr)	10	4	9	44	44
5	Logan Stenson (Sr)	17	7	12	58	58
11	Vinny Bradeen (So)	4	2	3	67	67
12	KJ Watts (Jr)	4	1	3	33	33
22	Brody Ramirez (So)	20	8	14	57	71

Gilbert Classical Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	46	4	16	25	4	6	67	15	34	44
1	Jimmy Klauba (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Brandon Kooner (Sr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	5	0
4	Rati Tabatadze (Sr)	7	1	1	100	0	0	0	2	2	100
11	Blake Carlson (So)	15	2	8	25	1	2	50	4	5	80
13	Bryson Higgins (So)	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	7	57
14	Aidan Meyers (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	Jayden Yates (So)	3	0	0	0	3	4	75	0	4	0
21	Jayden Dong (So)	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	10	50

Florence

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	62	4	6	67	10	17	59	20	40	50
1	Darren Swain (Sr)	5				1	2	50	2	5	40
2	Joseph Guilin (Sr)	2				2	3	67
4	A. Taufaasau (Sr)	10				2	4	50	4	9	44
5	Logan Stenson (Sr)	17				3	6	50	7	12	58
11	Vinny Bradeen (So)	4							2	3	67
12	KJ Watts (Jr)	4				2	2	100	1	3	33
22	Brody Ramirez (So)	20	4	6	67				4	8	50

Gilbert Classical Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	46	7	14	21	7	14	4	14
1	Jimmy Klauba (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	6
2	Brandon Kooner (Sr)	3	2	1	3	1	4	0	3
4	Rati Tabatadze (Sr)	7	0	2	2	2	1	0	0
11	Blake Carlson (So)	15	1	5	6	1	3	0	1
13	Bryson Higgins (So)	8	1	1	2	0	0	0	2
14	Aidan Meyers (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Jayden Yates (So)	3	2	3	5	3	2	4	1
21	Jayden Dong (So)	10	1	1	2	0	1	0	0

Florence

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	62	19	25	44	13	18	4	15
1	Darren Swain (Sr)	5	1	1	2	2	3		6
2	Joseph Guilin (Sr)	2	2	2	4	1	1		1
4	A. Taufaasau (Sr)	10	5	5	10	2	2	2	2
5	Logan Stenson (Sr)	17	4	8	12	3	5	1	2
11	Vinny Bradeen (So)	4	2	3	5
12	KJ Watts (Jr)	4	1	1	2	3	4		2
22	Brody Ramirez (So)	20	3	3	6	2	2		2
44	Casey Fowler (Sr)		1	2	3		1	1

Gilbert Classical Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.50	1.00
1	Jimmy Klauba (Sr)	0.00	0.50
2	Brandon Kooner (Sr)	0.33	1.33
4	Rati Tabatadze (Sr)	2.00	1.00
11	Blake Carlson (So)	1.00	3.00
15	Jayden Yates (So)	3.00	2.00
21	Jayden Dong (So)	0.00	1.00

Florence

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.87	1.20
1	Darren Swain (Sr)	0.33	0.50
2	Joseph Guilin (Sr)	1.00	1.00
4	A. Taufaasau (Sr)	1.00	1.00
5	Logan Stenson (Sr)	1.50	2.50
12	KJ Watts (Jr)	1.50	2.00
22	Brody Ramirez (So)	1.00	1.00

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Florence sneaks past Gilbert Classical Academy

January 2, 2025: Gilbert, AZ 85234

The Florence Gophers (Florence, AZ) basketball edged the host Gilbert Classical Academy Spartans (Gilbert, AZ), 62-60 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Gophers now possess a 11-0 record. They play next when they travel to Chandler Prep for a non-league bout on Friday, January 3. Florence will play a Titans team coming off a 67-17 non-league loss to Benjamin Franklin (Queen Creek, AZ). The Titans record now stands at 1-9.

With the loss, Gilbert Classical Academy falls to 7-5 on the campaign. The Spartans travel to Combs (San Tan Valley, AZ) to play the Coyotes in a non-league bout on Friday, January 3. The Coyotes go into the bout with a record of 6-4. Combs lost 74-42 in their recent non-league bout against Dysart (El Mirage, AZ)

Players of the Game

Gilbert Classical Academy (24-25)

Gilbert Classical Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Florence (24-25)

Congratulations to #11 Vinny Bradeen for being selected the Florence Basketball Player of the Game.

GCA vs Florence Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 2, 2025 @ 2:30p

The Florence (AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Gilbert Classical Academy (Gilbert, AZ) by a score of 62-60.

Rankings & Records

Gilbert Classical Academy (24-25)

AZ	Div.
199	21

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
14-10	4-5	7-2	5-5	2-3	.583	.444	1,335	1,094

Florence (24-25)

AZ	Div.
72	6

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
24-5	7-3	10-3	7-2	7-0	.828	.700	1,919	1,592

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Gilbert Classical Academy	15.6	14.8	16.0	9.4	55.6
Florence	16.6	18.6	21.6	17.0	66.2

Team Stat Comparison

Gilbert Classical Academy		Florence
46.0	Points Per Game	65.5
25.0	Rebounds Per Game	38.2
11.6	Assists Per Game	13.6
11.2	Steals Per Game	12.2
3.0	Blocks Per Game	4.1

Team Leaders

Gilbert Classical Academy		Florence	National Avg.
#11 Blake Carlson16.0	Points Per Game	#5 Logan Stenson15.5	4.9
#15 Jayden Yates9.1	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Logan Stenson10.0	2.6
#1 Jimmy Klauba4.7	Assists Per Game	#5 Logan Stenson3.8	1.0
#1 Jimmy Klauba4.3	Steals Per Game	#5 Logan Stenson3.3	0.8
#15 Jayden Yates2.2	Blocks Per Game	#5 Logan Stenson2.2	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Gilbert Classical Academy	1-0		Florence	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
2/3/25	Gilbert Classical Academy	Chandler Prep	(W) 69-27		1/3/25	Chandler Prep	Florence	(W) 64-33

Record Breakdown

Gilbert Classical Academy (24-25)		Florence (24-25)
14-10	Overall	24-5
4-5	League	7-3
7-2	Non-League	9-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-0	Common Opponent	1-0
7-2	Home	10-3
5-5	Away	7-2
2-3	Neutral	7-0
0-0	Playoff	1-2
14-10	In-State	24-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0