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MIT Heritage Academy

Iron Eagles

Heroes

The Heritage Academy (Maricopa, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Maricopa Institute of Technology (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 43-9.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MIT	2	2	3	2	9
Heritage Academy	18	12	4	9	43

Final score provided by K. Sutton.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

MIT (24-25)

Maricopa Institute of Technology has not entered stats for this game.

Heritage Academy (24-25)

Heritage Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	43	18	64	28	29
1	Tirza Cortes (Jr)	3	0	8	0	0
3	Adysyn Meegan (So)	0	0	2	0	0
4	Aiyana Sims (Sr)	11	5	7	71	71
5	J. Santa Cruz (Sr)	5	2	11	18	18
11	Beyancka Adkins (So)	2	1
21	Janiah Jacobs (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
23	Kenia Martin (Sr)	6	2	4	50	63
24	Layla Benson (Jr)	12	6	19	32	32
32	Daniela Rios (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
33	Alivia Bell (Jr)	4	2	9	22	22

Heritage Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	43	1	9	11	6	15	40	17	55	31
1	Tirza Cortes (Jr)	3				3	6	50	0	8	0
3	Adysyn Meegan (So)	0	0	2	0
4	Aiyana Sims (Sr)	11				1	2	50	5	7	71
5	J. Santa Cruz (Sr)	5	0	4	0	1	3	33	2	7	29
11	Beyancka Adkins (So)	2							1
21	Janiah Jacobs (Sr)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
23	Kenia Martin (Sr)	6	1	1	100	1	2	50	1	3	33
24	Layla Benson (Jr)	12							6	19	32
32	Daniela Rios (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
33	Alivia Bell (Jr)	4							2	9	22

Heritage Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	43	20	17	37	10	20	16	10
1	Tirza Cortes (Jr)	3		1	1	3	3	1	2
3	Adysyn Meegan (So)	0					2	3	0
4	Aiyana Sims (Sr)	11	5	2	7	3	3	3	2
5	J. Santa Cruz (Sr)	5	5	6	11	1	3	1	2
11	Beyancka Adkins (So)	2				1
13	Jordyn Taylor (Jr)			3	3			3
21	Janiah Jacobs (Sr)	0					1
23	Kenia Martin (Sr)	6	2		2		1	1
24	Layla Benson (Jr)	12	3	1	4	2	6	1	2
32	Daniela Rios (Jr)	0	1	1	2		1		1
33	Alivia Bell (Jr)	4	4	3	7			3	1

Heritage Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Defl
	Team Totals	0.63	1.25	2.00	22
1	Tirza Cortes (Jr)	3.00	3.00	1.50	3
3	Adysyn Meegan (So)		0.67	2.00	2
4	Aiyana Sims (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.50	3
5	J. Santa Cruz (Sr)	1.00	3.00	1.50	3
13	Jordyn Taylor (Jr)				1
23	Kenia Martin (Sr)		1.00		2
24	Layla Benson (Jr)	2.00	6.00	3.00	4
32	Daniela Rios (Jr)			1.00	4

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Maricopa Institute of Technology routed by Heritage Academy

January 16, 2025: Maricopa, AZ 85138

Heritage Academy Heroes (Maricopa, AZ) boosters left the game satisfied Thursday as they witnessed their basketball squad triumph over the visiting Maricopa Institute of Technology (Phoenix, AZ), 41-6 in a non-league match.

With the victory, Heritage Academy upgrades its record to 8-2 on the year. The Heroes travel to East Valley Athletes for Christ (Mesa, AZ) to face the Eagles in a non-league match on Friday, January 17. The Eagles enter the match with a record of 7-0.

The now sport a 5-4 record. They put it on the line next when they host Western SciTech for a Canyon Division 2 - Roadrunner match on Wednesday, January 22. Maricopa Institute of Technology will face a Aztec Warrior squad coming off a 54-14 league loss to Ridgeline Academy (Phoenix, AZ). The Aztec Warrior record now stands at 5-6.

Players of the Game

MIT (24-25)

Maricopa Institute of Technology has not selected any Players of the Game.

Heritage Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #24 Layla Benson for being selected the Heritage Academy Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

MIT @ HA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 16, 2025 @ 6:30p

The Heritage Academy (Maricopa, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Maricopa Institute of Technology (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 43-9.

Rankings & Records

MIT (24-25)

AZ
186

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
7-9	1-1	3-4	4-5	.438	.500	365	546

Heritage Academy (24-25)

AZ
113

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
13-6	1-0	9-1	4-4	0-1	.684	1.000	753	616

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MIT	2.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	22.8
Heritage Academy	10.2	9.5	8.1	9.9	39.6

Head-to-Head

Heritage Academy won on 1/8/2025

1/8 @ 4:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Heritage Academy - - - - 48
MIT - - - - 22

The Heritage Academy (Maricopa, AZ) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's away non-conference game against Maricopa Institute of Technology (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 48-22.
Box score
Heritage Academy won on 1/16/2025

1/16 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

MIT 2 2 3 2 9
Heritage Academy 18 12 4 9 43

The Maricopa Institute of Technology (Phoenix, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against Heritage Academy (Maricopa, AZ) by a score of 43-9.
Box score

1/8 @ 4:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Heritage Academy	-	-	-	-	48
MIT	-	-	-	-	22

Team Stat Comparison

MIT		Heritage Academy
-	Points Per Game	37.5
-	Rebounds Per Game	31.2
-	Assists Per Game	5.1
-	Steals Per Game	15.1
-	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

MIT		Heritage Academy	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#5 Jayla Santa Cruz11.9	4.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Jayla Santa Cruz11.6	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#1 Tirza Cortes1.6	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#5 Jayla Santa Cruz3.5	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#5 Jayla Santa Cruz1.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
MIT	6-6		Heritage Academy	10-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/25/24	Empower College Prep	Maricopa Institute of Technology	(W) 21-10	12/5/24	Empower College Prep	Heritage Academy	(W) 47-12
12/13/24	Maricopa Institute of Technology	Empower College Prep		2/4/25	Heritage Academy	Empower College Prep	(W) 54-11
12/17/24	Maricopa Institute of Technology	Empower College Prep	(W) 41-22
12/2/24	ASU Prep	Maricopa Institute of Technology	(W) 32-24	11/25/24	ASU Prep	Heritage Academy	(W) 40-28
12/4/24	Maricopa Institute of Technology	ASU Prep	(W) 39-34	12/13/24	Heritage Academy	ASU Prep	(W) 63-29
12/9/24	East Valley Athletes for Christ	Maricopa Institute of Technology	(L) 53-1	1/17/25	Heritage Academy	East Valley Athletes for Christ	(L) 49-15
1/13/25	Heritage Academy	Maricopa Institute of Technology	(L) 31-24	12/12/24	Heritage Academy	Heritage Academy	(W) 48-41
1/30/25	Maricopa Institute of Technology	Heritage Academy	(L) 42-19	1/23/25	Heritage Academy	Heritage Academy	(W) 50-39
1/14/25	Maricopa Institute of Technology	Imagine Prep Coolidge	(W) 19-15	2/6/25	Imagine Prep Coolidge	Heritage Academy	(W) 54-7
1/27/25	Learning Foundation & Performing Arts	Maricopa Institute of Technology	(L) 52-8	12/4/24	Heritage Academy	Learning Foundation & Performing Arts	(L) 48-26
1/28/25	Maricopa Institute of Technology	West Phoenix	(W) 32-5	11/20/24	West Phoenix	Heritage Academy	(W) 40-0 (F)
1/29/25	Maricopa Institute of Technology	Ridgeline Academy	(L) 51-21	2/3/25	Heritage Academy	Ridgeline Academy	(L) 58-33
				2/12/25	Ridgeline Academy	Heritage Academy	(W) 46-43
2/4/25	Maricopa Institute of Technology	Sequoia Pathfinder Verrado Way	(L) 39-33	1/27/25	Sequoia Pathfinder Verrado Way	Heritage Academy	(W) 32-30

Record Breakdown

MIT (24-25)		Heritage Academy (24-25)
7-9	Overall	13-6
1-1	League	1-0
6-8	Non-League	11-5
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
6-6	Common Opponent	10-3
3-4	Home	9-1
4-5	Away	4-4
0-0	Neutral	0-1
0-0	Playoff	1-1
7-9	In-State	13-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0