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Veritas Prep Joseph City

Falcons

Wildcats

The Joseph City (AZ) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against Veritas Prep (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 64-52.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Veritas Prep	24	19	6	15	64
Joseph City	11	16	15	10	52

Final score provided by E. Miller.

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Game Stats

Joseph City (22-23)

Veritas Prep

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	64	22	49	45	52
1	Baylor Arnold (Fr)	2	1	6	17	17
4	Gio Guido (Jr)	7	3	7	43	50
11	Ian Townsend (Sr)	12	3	7	43	50
13	K. Bhatnagar (Jr)	5	2	9	22	22
21	Casen Lentz (Jr)	14	6	9	67	67
24	Mason Twist (Jr)	10	3	4	75	113
40	Payson Murasky (Sr)	6	2	3	67	100
42	Jackson Perry (Sr)	8	2	4	50	50

Joseph City

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	18	52	35	38
4	Kelten Chairez (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
5	Cort Miller (Fr)	7	2	6	33	42
11	Jareon Miller (Sr)	7	2	5	40	60
13	Mees Koopman (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
21	Bannon Johnstun (Sr)	16	6	15	40	40
23	Bryce Bushman (Sr)	4	0	6	0	0
24	Zane Johnson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
32	Blake Palmer (Sr)	5	2	4	50	50
40	Eli James (Fr)	5	2	5	40	40
55	Bridger Fields (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100

Veritas Prep

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	64	7	12	58	13	23	57	15	37	41
1	Baylor Arnold (Fr)	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	5	20
4	Gio Guido (Jr)	7	1	2	50				2	5	40
11	Ian Townsend (Sr)	12	1	2	50	5	6	83	2	5	40
13	K. Bhatnagar (Jr)	5	0	1	0	1	2	50	2	8	25
21	Casen Lentz (Jr)	14				2	4	50	6	9	67
24	Mason Twist (Jr)	10	3	4	75	1	3	33
40	Payson Murasky (Sr)	6	2	2	100				0	1	0
42	Jackson Perry (Sr)	8				4	6	67	2	4	50

Joseph City

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	3	16	19	13	26	50	15	36	42
4	Kelten Chairez (Sr)	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
5	Cort Miller (Fr)	7	1	5	20	2	4	50	1	1	100
11	Jareon Miller (Sr)	7	2	4	50	1	3	33	0	1	0
13	Mees Koopman (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	25
21	Bannon Johnstun (Sr)	16	0	1	0	4	8	50	6	14	43
23	Bryce Bushman (Sr)	4	0	3	0	4	4	100	0	3	0
24	Zane Johnson (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	Blake Palmer (Sr)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	4	50
40	Eli James (Fr)	5	0	1	0	1	2	50	2	4	50
55	Bridger Fields (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	100

Veritas Prep

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	64	8	23	31	17	18	4	27	25
1	Baylor Arnold (Fr)	2		2	2		1		1	2
4	Gio Guido (Jr)	7	1	2	3	1	5		3	4
11	Ian Townsend (Sr)	12	1	1	2	3	3		8	3
13	K. Bhatnagar (Jr)	5	1	0	1	1	1			4
21	Casen Lentz (Jr)	14	2	10	12	4	3	3	3	3
24	Mason Twist (Jr)	10	1	1	2	1	2		10	2
40	Payson Murasky (Sr)	6	1	1	2	1	1		1	3
42	Jackson Perry (Sr)	8	1	6	7	6	2	1	1	4

Joseph City

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	52	18	10	28	10	18	3	24	21
4	Kelten Chairez (Sr)	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	1
5	Cort Miller (Fr)	7	0	1	1	2	2	0	4	3
11	Jareon Miller (Sr)	7	1	2	3	2	6	1	3	1
13	Mees Koopman (Sr)	2	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	1
21	Bannon Johnstun (Sr)	16	6	5	11	2	3	1	8	5
23	Bryce Bushman (Sr)	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	2
24	Zane Johnson (Sr)	0	3	1	4	2	2	0	3	4
32	Blake Palmer (Sr)	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
40	Eli James (Fr)	5	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1
55	Bridger Fields (Sr)	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1

Veritas Prep

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.63	0.67	0.72	0.16
1	Baylor Arnold (Fr)		1.00	0.50
4	Gio Guido (Jr)	0.33	1.67	1.25
11	Ian Townsend (Sr)	0.38	0.38	1.00
13	K. Bhatnagar (Jr)			0.25
21	Casen Lentz (Jr)	1.33	1.00	1.00	1.00
24	Mason Twist (Jr)	0.10	0.20	1.00
40	Payson Murasky (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.33
42	Jackson Perry (Sr)	6.00	2.00	0.50	0.25

Joseph City

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	0.42	0.75	0.86	0.14	2
4	Kelten Chairez (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
5	Cort Miller (Fr)	0.50	0.50	0.67	0.00	0
11	Jareon Miller (Sr)	0.67	2.00	6.00	1.00	0
13	Mees Koopman (Sr)	0.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	0
21	Bannon Johnstun (Sr)	0.25	0.38	0.60	0.20	1
23	Bryce Bushman (Sr)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
24	Zane Johnson (Sr)	0.67	0.67	0.50	0.00	0
32	Blake Palmer (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
40	Eli James (Fr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
55	Bridger Fields (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Joseph City succumbs to Veritas Prep

January 4, 2023: Joseph City, AZ 86032

The Veritas Prep Falcons topped the host Joseph City Wildcats basketball team by a final score of 64-52 in Wednesday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Falcons face the North Pointe Prep Falcons (Phoenix, AZ) in a non-league game, on Friday, January 6. Veritas Prep will attempt to move on its 9-6 season record. The Falcons enter the game with a 3-2 record after their 52-29 non-league win over American Leadership Academy - Anthem South (Florence, AZ).

With the defeat, Joseph City moves to 8-8 on the year. The Wildcats travel to Hayden (Winkelman, AZ) to face the Lobos in a 1A Copper game on Thursday, January 5. The Lobos enter the game with a record of 8-3. Hayden won 59-52 in their recent league game against Fort Thomas (Fort Thomas, AZ)

Players of the Game

Veritas Prep (22-23)

Veritas Prep has not selected any Players of the Game.

Joseph City (22-23)

Congratulations to #11 Jareon Miller for being selected the Joseph City Basketball Player of the Game.

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Rankings & Records

Veritas Prep (22-23)

AZ	Div.
167	15

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
16-10	3-3	8-4	4-4	4-2	.615	.500	1,335	1,151

Joseph City (22-23)

AZ	Div.
201	10

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
18-12	7-4	8-1	6-7	4-4	.600	.636	1,798	1,559

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Veritas Prep	12.7	11.7	11.7	14.3	51.3
Joseph City	14.0	14.4	15.5	14.8	59.9

Team Stat Comparison

Veritas Prep		Joseph City
48.5	Points Per Game	59.9
33.8	Rebounds Per Game	28.6
11.8	Assists Per Game	13.3
11.1	Steals Per Game	17.6
4.0	Blocks Per Game	1.8

Team Leaders

Veritas Prep		Joseph City	National Avg.
#12 Carter Perry11.9	Points Per Game	#21 Bannon Johnstun14.1	4.9
#21 Casen Lentz10.8	Rebounds Per Game	#21 Bannon Johnstun7.9	2.6
#4 Gio Guido2.5	Assists Per Game	#11 Jareon Miller2.8	1.0
#4 Gio Guido2.1	Steals Per Game	#21 Bannon Johnstun3.1	0.8
#21 Casen Lentz2.7	Blocks Per Game	#23 Bryce Bushman0.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Veritas Prep	1-4		Joseph City	3-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/25/22	Lincoln Prep	Veritas Prep	(L) 45-36	12/3/22	Joseph City	Lincoln Prep	(L) 45-35
				2/2/23	Joseph City	Lincoln Prep	(W) 56-38
12/30/22	Veritas Prep	Williams	(L) 47-29	1/30/23	Williams	Joseph City	(W) 56-50
1/20/23	Veritas Prep	Scottsdale Preparatory Academy	(L) 47-44	1/14/23	Joseph City	Scottsdale Preparatory Academy	(W) 79-63
2/2/23	Scottsdale Preparatory Academy	Veritas Prep	(L) 50-40
2/10/23	San Carlos	Veritas Prep	(W) 54-45	12/8/22	San Carlos	Joseph City	(L) 60-47

Record Breakdown

Veritas Prep (22-23)		Joseph City (22-23)
16-10	Overall	18-12
3-3	League	7-4
7-3	Non-League	7-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-4	Common Opponent	3-2
8-4	Home	8-1
4-4	Away	6-7
4-2	Neutral	4-4
1-1	Playoff	0-1
16-10	In-State	18-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0