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Bakersfield Independence

Drillers

Falcons

The Independence (Bakersfield, CA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Bakersfield (CA) by a score of 59-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Bakersfield	12	19	13	15	59
Independence	11	12	11	11	45

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Game Stats

Independence (24-25)

Bakersfield

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	25	58	43	46
1	Kamren Owens (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
2	Damari Miller (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33
3	Rashaan Shehee (Fr)	6	3	8	38	38
4	Brian Castaneda (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
10	Kade Johnson (Jr)	21	9	14	64	68
11	D. Contreras (Sr)	5	2	5	40	50
12	Keshawn Black (Jr)	6	2	6	33	33
15	D. Cartwright (Jr)	13	5	7	71	79
22	Jayen Carter (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	Gilbert Salinas (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
25	Ryze Niles (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0

Independence

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	41	18	52	35	36
5	Davian Leon (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
11	Aamir Smith (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
12	Amarius Rowel (Sr)	19	8	22	36	39
13	Jeff Smith (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
14	Sammy Grady (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
15	Xavier O'Neal (Sr)	12	5	13	38	38

Bakersfield

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	3	19	16	6	8	75	22	39	56
1	Kamren Owens (Jr)	2	0	2	0				1	1	100
2	Damari Miller (Sr)	4	0	3	0				2	3	67
3	Rashaan Shehee (Fr)	6	0	4	0				3	4	75
4	Brian Castaneda (Jr)	0	0	3	0
10	Kade Johnson (Jr)	21	1	2	50	2	2	100	8	12	67
11	D. Contreras (Sr)	5	1	4	25				1	1	100
12	Keshawn Black (Jr)	6				2	2	100	2	6	33
15	D. Cartwright (Jr)	13	1	1	100	2	4	50	4	6	67
22	Jayen Carter (Jr)	0							0	1	0
24	Gilbert Salinas (Sr)	2							1	3	33
25	Ryze Niles (Fr)	0							0	1	0

Independence

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	41	1	5	20	4	4	100	17	47	36
5	Davian Leon (Sr)	2							1	4	25
11	Aamir Smith (Sr)	2							1	4	25
12	Amarius Rowel (Sr)	19	1	5	20	2	2	100	7	17	41
13	Jeff Smith (Jr)	2							1	4	25
14	Sammy Grady (Sr)	4							2	5	40
15	Xavier O'Neal (Sr)	12				2	2	100	5	13	38

Bakersfield

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	59	10	18	28	14	11	2	14	9
1	Kamren Owens (Jr)	2		1	1	2	2			1
2	Damari Miller (Sr)	4		3	3	1	1		2
3	Rashaan Shehee (Fr)	6	1	6	7	6	4	1	4	2
4	Brian Castaneda (Jr)	0				1
10	Kade Johnson (Jr)	21	3	3	6	1	1		5	1
11	D. Contreras (Sr)	5								2
12	Keshawn Black (Jr)	6	4	2	6	2	1
15	D. Cartwright (Jr)	13		2	2	1			1	2
20	Jared Villegas (Jr)						1			1
22	Jayen Carter (Jr)	0	1	1	2
24	Gilbert Salinas (Sr)	2	1		1		1
25	Ryze Niles (Fr)	0						1	2

Independence

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	TO
	Team Totals	41	32	5	18
2	Rassim Askar (So)		8	2	2
3	Matt Riggio (Jr)				2
5	Davian Leon (Sr)	2	2		2
11	Aamir Smith (Sr)	2	4	1	2
12	Amarius Rowel (Sr)	19	2	1	5
13	Jeff Smith (Jr)	2	6		1
14	Sammy Grady (Sr)	4	6		2
15	Xavier O'Neal (Sr)	12	4	1	2

Bakersfield

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	0.79	1.22	0.22	2
1	Kamren Owens (Jr)			2.00
2	Damari Miller (Sr)	0.50	0.50
3	Rashaan Shehee (Fr)	1.50	1.00	2.00	0.50
10	Kade Johnson (Jr)	0.20	0.20	1.00		1
15	D. Cartwright (Jr)	1.00
20	Jared Villegas (Jr)			1.00		1

Independence

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO
	Team Totals	0.28
2	Rassim Askar (So)	1.00
11	Aamir Smith (Sr)	0.50
12	Amarius Rowel (Sr)	0.20
15	Xavier O'Neal (Sr)	0.50

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Independence knocked off by Bakersfield

January 23, 2025: Bakersfield, CA 93311

In Thursday's league test, the Bakersfield Drillers (Bakersfield, CA) basketball squad knocked off the host Independence Falcons (Bakersfield, CA), by a score of 59-45.

Next, the Drillers encounter the Highland Scots (Bakersfield, CA) in a South Yosemite - Valley test, on Tuesday, January 28. Bakersfield will attempt to improve on its 16-8 season record.

The Falcons (13-9) will now prepare for their test against Liberty (Bakersfield, CA). The Patriots come into the non-league test with a 7-14 record. In their last test, Liberty went down by Stockdale (Bakersfield, CA), 46-30, in a league test.

Players of the Game

Bakersfield (24-25)

Congratulations to #10 Kade Johnson for being selected the Bakersfield Basketball Player of the Game.

Independence (24-25)

Independence has not selected any Players of the Game.

Bakersfield @ Independence Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 23, 2025 @ 6:30p

The Independence (Bakersfield, CA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Bakersfield (CA) by a score of 59-45.

Rankings & Records

Bakersfield (24-25)

CA	Section
232	14

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
20-11	5-3	9-5	6-4	5-2	.645	.625	2,092	1,753

Independence (24-25)

CA	Section
556	39

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
15-13	3-5	5-3	5-7	5-3	.536	.375	1,429	1,450

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Bakersfield	16.3	17.5	18.1	16.0	9.0	67.5
Independence	11.4	16.1	12.4	13.5	-	51.0

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Head-to-Head

Bakersfield won on 1/23/2025

1/23 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Bakersfield 12 19 13 15 59
Independence 11 12 11 11 45

The Bakersfield (CA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Independence (Bakersfield, CA) by a score of 59-45.
Box score
Independence won on 2/11/2025

2/11 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Independence 7 22 10 14 53
Bakersfield 10 15 14 11 50

The Independence (Bakersfield, CA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Bakersfield (CA) by a score of 53-50.
Box score

2/11 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	7	22	10	14	53
Bakersfield	10	15	14	11	50

Team Stat Comparison

Bakersfield		Independence
60.8	Points Per Game	36.4
24.3	Rebounds Per Game	19.9
12.2	Assists Per Game	4.4
11.9	Steals Per Game	2.4
1.2	Blocks Per Game	0.7

Team Leaders

Bakersfield		Independence	National Avg.
#10 Kade Johnson18.0	Points Per Game	#12 Amarius Rowel13.8	4.9
#12 Keshawn Black5.7	Rebounds Per Game	#14 Sammy Grady7.4	2.6
#3 Rashaan Shehee5.2	Assists Per Game	#12 Amarius Rowel1.8	1.0
#3 Rashaan Shehee3.6	Steals Per Game	#11 Aamir Smith0.8	0.8
#25 Ryze Niles0.5	Blocks Per Game	#5 Davian Leon0.5	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Bakersfield	8-2		Independence	3-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/22/24	Stockdale	Bakersfield	(W) 67-56	11/23/24	Stockdale	Independence	(W) 61-50
11/23/24	North	Bakersfield	(W) 57-55	11/22/24	North	Independence	(L) 55-40
1/9/25	Bakersfield	Highland	(W) 81-44	1/16/25	Independence	Highland	(W) 53-34
1/28/25	Highland	Bakersfield	(W) 84-28	2/4/25	Highland	Independence	(L) 60-58
1/14/25	Bakersfield	Centennial	(W) 80-78	1/3/25	Independence	Centennial	(L) 75-47
1/30/25	Centennial	Bakersfield	(W) 70-67
1/16/25	Bakersfield Christian	Bakersfield	(L) 63-58	1/21/25	Independence	Bakersfield Christian	(L) 66-44
2/4/25	Bakersfield	Bakersfield Christian	(L) 72-60	2/6/25	Bakersfield Christian	Independence	(L) 77-44
1/21/25	Ridgeview	Bakersfield	(W) 70-49	1/14/25	Ridgeview	Independence	(W) 48-42
2/6/25	Bakersfield	Ridgeview	(W) 88-52	1/30/25	Independence	Ridgeview	(L) 53-48

Record Breakdown

Bakersfield (24-25)		Independence (24-25)
20-11	Overall	15-13
5-3	League	3-5
9-4	Non-League	6-4
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
8-2	Common Opponent	3-6
9-5	Home	5-3
6-4	Away	5-7
5-2	Neutral	5-3
1-1	Playoff	0-1
20-11	In-State	15-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0