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Independence Youngker

Patriots

Roughriders

The Youngker (Buckeye, AZ) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Independence (Glendale, AZ) by a score of 72-48.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	-	-	-	-	48
Youngker	-	-	-	-	72

Final score provided by S. AIA.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Youngker (22-23)

Independence

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals		10
13	Anthony Colonna (Fr)		10

Youngker

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	72	27	66	41	46
1	Caleb Stevens (Sr)	13	4	12	33	33
3	Darius Evans (Sr)	6	2	8	25	31
22	Tay Smith (So)	16	6	15	40	43
24	Zander Merideth (Sr)	6	3	8	38	38
30	Ares Chambers (So)	24	9	19	47	61

Independence

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals		10
13	Anthony Colonna (Fr)		10

Youngker

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	72	7	17	41	11	13	85	20	49	41
1	Caleb Stevens (Sr)	13	0	3	0	5	6	83	4	9	44
3	Darius Evans (Sr)	6	1	3	33	1	1	100	1	5	20
22	Tay Smith (So)	16	1	2	50	3	3	100	5	13	38
24	Zander Merideth (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	38
30	Ares Chambers (So)	24	5	9	56	1	2	50	4	10	40

Independence

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals		10
13	Anthony Colonna (Fr)		10

Youngker

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	72	9	29	38	15	11	6	19
1	Caleb Stevens (Sr)	13	2	8	10	5	1	1	4
3	Darius Evans (Sr)	6	1	8	9	1	4	2	1
11	Brent Nelson (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
22	Tay Smith (So)	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	6
24	Zander Merideth (Sr)	6	1	3	4	4	0	0	1
30	Ares Chambers (So)	24	3	7	10	3	3	0	3

Misc Totals

Independence has not entered any misc totals stats.

Youngker

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.79	0.58
1	Caleb Stevens (Sr)	1.25	0.25
3	Darius Evans (Sr)	1.00	4.00
22	Tay Smith (So)	0.00	0.33
24	Zander Merideth (Sr)	4.00	0.00
30	Ares Chambers (So)	1.00	1.00

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Independence overwhelmed by Youngker

January 13, 2023: Buckeye, AZ 85326

The Youngker Roughriders basketball team scored 72 points and restricted the visiting Independence Patriots to 48 in the Roughriders league victory on Friday.

The Roughriders now sport a 5-9 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Glendale for a 5A Central Valley contest on Tuesday, January 17. Youngker will battle a Cardinals team coming off a 90-53 league loss to Buckeye (Buckeye, AZ). The Cardinals record now stands at 4-8.

The Patriots (3-13) will now prepare for their contest against Washington (Phoenix, AZ). The Rams come into the 5A Central Valley contest with a 4-12 record. In their last contest, Washington was routed by Copper Canyon (Glendale, AZ), 46-43, in a league contest.

Players of the Game

Independence (22-23)

Independence has not selected any Players of the Game.

Youngker (22-23)

Congratulations to #30 Ares Chambers for being selected the Youngker Basketball Player of the Game.

Independence @ Youngker Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 13, 2023 @ 7p

The Youngker (Buckeye, AZ) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Independence (Glendale, AZ) by a score of 72-48.

Rankings & Records

Independence (22-23)

AZ	Div.
277	45

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
4-19	2-10	1-7	2-10	1-2	.174	.167	984	1,485

Youngker (22-23)

AZ	Div.
177	35

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
10-12	8-4	4-5	4-5	2-2	.455	.667	1,196	1,353

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	9.0	10.7	13.3	5.8	42.8
Youngker	10.0	7.0	8.0	9.0	54.4

Head-to-Head

Youngker won on 1/13/2023

1/13 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Independence - - - - 48
Youngker - - - - 72

The Independence (Glendale, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Youngker (Buckeye, AZ) by a score of 72-48.
Box score
Youngker won on 2/2/2023

2/2 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Youngker - - - - 65
Independence - - - - 44

The Youngker (Buckeye, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Independence (Glendale, AZ) by a score of 65-44.
Box score

2/2 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Youngker	-	-	-	-	65
Independence	-	-	-	-	44

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Youngker
14.9	Points Per Game	53.1
1.9	Rebounds Per Game	24.9
0.8	Assists Per Game	10.0
0.7	Steals Per Game	11.7
0.0	Blocks Per Game	2.6

Team Leaders

Independence		Youngker	National Avg.
#1 Ive Niyomukiza11.3	Points Per Game	#30 Ares Chambers13.0	4.9
#33 Jerry Washington4.5	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Xavier Hargrove7.2	2.6
#3 Michael Walker1.8	Assists Per Game	#1 Caleb Stevens3.0	1.0
#3 Michael Walker1.8	Steals Per Game	#3 Darius Evans4.4	0.8
#1 Ive Niyomukiza0	Blocks Per Game	#23 Xavier Hargrove1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	2-9		Youngker	6-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/12/22	Buckeye	Independence	(L) 77-46	1/12/23	Youngker	Buckeye	(L) 84-34
1/19/23	Independence	Buckeye	(L) 75-32	1/31/23	Buckeye	Youngker	(L) 96-71
12/13/22	Independence	Cactus Shadows	(L) 82-22	1/5/23	Cactus Shadows	Youngker	(L) 73-38
12/15/22	Glendale	Independence	(L) 69-44	1/17/23	Youngker	Glendale	(W) 79-59
1/23/23	Independence	Glendale	(L) 55-49	2/3/23	Glendale	Youngker	(W) 79-58
1/9/23	Copper Canyon	Independence	(L) 59-35	1/10/23	Copper Canyon	Youngker	(W) 75-55
1/25/23	Independence	Copper Canyon	(W) 51-49	1/26/23	Youngker	Copper Canyon	(W) 61-39
1/10/23	Kofa	Independence	(W) 54-52	1/19/23	Kofa	Youngker	(W) 61-40
1/26/23	Independence	Kofa	(L) 60-33	1/21/23	Youngker	Kofa	(L) 62-54
1/17/23	Washington	Independence	(L) 52-47	1/4/23	Youngker	Washington	(W) 55-52
2/3/23	Independence	Washington	(L) 61-45	1/25/23	Washington	Youngker	(L) 70-65

Record Breakdown

Independence (22-23)		Youngker (22-23)
4-19	Overall	10-12
2-10	League	8-4
1-6	Non-League	0-6
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
2-9	Common Opponent	6-5
1-7	Home	4-5
2-10	Away	4-5
1-2	Neutral	2-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
4-19	In-State	10-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0