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Desert Ridge Amphitheater

Jaguars

Panthers

The Amphitheater (Tucson, AZ) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Desert Ridge (Mesa, AZ) by a score of 39-22.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Desert Ridge	-	-	-	-	22
Amphitheater	-	-	-	-	39

Final score provided by T. Danehy.

Recap
Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Desert Ridge (24-25)

Desert Ridge has not entered stats for this game.

Amphitheater (24-25)

Amphitheater

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	39	14
2	Kiara Newsome (Sr)	7	1
3	Erika Gaxiola (So)	4	2
5	Monica Verrett (Jr)	4	2
10	Ines Amparo (Sr)	7	2
14	Kimora Blackmon (Jr)	1
22	Kayla Tuakalau (Jr)	16	7

Amphitheater

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	39	11	16	69	14
2	Kiara Newsome (Sr)	7	5	8	63	1
3	Erika Gaxiola (So)	4				2
5	Monica Verrett (Jr)	4				2
10	Ines Amparo (Sr)	7	3	4	75	2
14	Kimora Blackmon (Jr)	1	1	2	50
22	Kayla Tuakalau (Jr)	16	2	2	100	7

Amphitheater

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	39	20	20	40	7	19	9	22	15
2	Kiara Newsome (Sr)	7	5	6	11	1	2	2	4	2
3	Erika Gaxiola (So)	4	5	2	7	2	6	0	3	1
5	Monica Verrett (Jr)	4	1	1	2	2	7	0	3	3
10	Ines Amparo (Sr)	7	4	3	7	0	1	1	3	4
14	Kimora Blackmon (Jr)	1	1	2	3	1	2	0	5	2
22	Kayla Tuakalau (Jr)	16	4	6	10	1	1	6	4	3

Amphitheater

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.32	0.86	1.27	0.60	5	15
2	Kiara Newsome (Sr)	0.25	0.50	1.00	1.00	0	2
3	Erika Gaxiola (So)	0.67	2.00	6.00	0.00	2	1
5	Monica Verrett (Jr)	0.67	2.33	2.33	0.00	2	3
10	Ines Amparo (Sr)	0.00	0.33	0.25	0.25	1	4
14	Kimora Blackmon (Jr)	0.20	0.40	1.00	0.00	0	2
22	Kayla Tuakalau (Jr)	0.25	0.25	0.33	2.00	0	3

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Desert Ridge beaten by Amphitheater

January 3, 2025: Mesa, AZ 85212

The Amphitheater Panthers were victorious over the host Desert Ridge Jaguars basketball squad by a final score of 39-22 in Friday's non-league outing.

Next, the Panthers clash with the Marana Tigers (Tucson, AZ) in a non-league outing, on Friday, January 3. Amphitheater will attempt to upgrade on its 8-7 season record. The Tigers go into the contest with a 4-7 record after their 70-37 non-league loss to Mica Mountain (Tucson, AZ).

In their next game, the Jaguars battle the Campo Verde Coyotes (Gilbert, AZ) in a non-league contest, on Tuesday, January 7. Desert Ridge will attempt to better on its 6-5 season record. The Coyotes go into the contest with a 10-2 record after their 63-56 non-league loss to Cesar Chavez (Laveen, AZ).

Players of the Game

Desert Ridge (24-25)

Desert Ridge has not selected any Players of the Game.

Amphitheater (24-25)

Congratulations to #5 Monica Verrett for being selected the Amphitheater Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Desert Ridge vs Amphitheater Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 3, 2025 @ 2p

The Amphitheater (Tucson, AZ) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Desert Ridge (Mesa, AZ) by a score of 39-22.

Rankings & Records

Desert Ridge (24-25)

AZ	Div.
138	31

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
7-16	1-9	5-6	2-8	0-2	.304	.100	908	1,260

Amphitheater (24-25)

AZ	Div.
69	12

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
16-12	5-3	5-4	6-5	5-3	.571	.625	1,321	1,043

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Desert Ridge	9.4	9.6	9.2	8.8	39.5
Amphitheater	11.7	11.8	12.7	9.0	47.2

Team Stat Comparison

Desert Ridge		Amphitheater
41.7	Points Per Game	46.7
25.5	Rebounds Per Game	33.9
7.2	Assists Per Game	7.9
14.5	Steals Per Game	18.6
2.1	Blocks Per Game	8.5

Team Leaders

Desert Ridge		Amphitheater	National Avg.
#34 Trinity Smith12.3	Points Per Game	#22 Kayla Tuakalau12.3	4.1
#21 Erica Venell5.9	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Kayla Tuakalau11.0	2.8
#33 Ryan Blair2.0	Assists Per Game	#3 Erika Gaxiola2.7	0.9
#21 Erica Venell3.4	Steals Per Game	#3 Erika Gaxiola6.1	1.1
#22 Mya Finister0.7	Blocks Per Game	#22 Kayla Tuakalau6.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Desert Ridge	1-0		Amphitheater	2-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/24	Marana	Desert Ridge	(W) 51-25		12/12/24	Marana	Amphitheater	(W) 52-42
					1/3/25	Marana	Amphitheater	(W) 44-18

Record Breakdown

Desert Ridge (24-25)		Amphitheater (24-25)
7-16	Overall	16-12
1-9	League	5-3
4-5	Non-League	5-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-0	Common Opponent	2-0
5-6	Home	5-4
2-8	Away	6-5
0-2	Neutral	5-3
0-0	Playoff	1-1
7-16	In-State	16-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0