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Wickenburg Christian Academy Thunderbird Adventist Academy

Lion

The Thunderbird Adventist Academy (Scottsdale, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Wickenburg Christian Academy (Wickenburg, AZ) by a score of 65-42.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
WCA	11	16	28	10	65
TAA	12	11	6	13	42

Final score provided by C. Blake.

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Game Stats

Wickenburg Christian Academy (22-23)

Thunderbird Adventist Academy (22-23)

Wickenburg Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	65	26	68	38	43
00	Joe Rigo (Sr)	3	1	4	25	25
3	Mark Blodgett (Sr)	16	6	20	30	35
5	Will Perkins (Sr)	21	10	16	63	63
10	Evan Gustin (So)	21	7	19	37	50
11	Justen Smith (So)	4	2	5	40	40
14	Isaac Matney (So)	0	0	1	0	0
21	Benjamin Hogue (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
30	Jaxon Newman (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0

Thunderbird Adventist Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	42	16	50	32	40
1	Patrick Riffel (So)	5	2	4	50	63
2	Gideon Orellana (So)	11	5	14	36	39
12	Malcolm Tucker (Jr)	5	2	8	25	31
13	Joey Gall (So)	14	5	13	38	50
14	Jadon Douglas (Sr)	7	2	10	20	30
23	Jonathan Kaniki (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0

Wickenburg Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	65	7	24	29	6	13	46	19	44	43
00	Joe Rigo (Sr)	3				1	4	25	1	4	25
3	Mark Blodgett (Sr)	16	2	9	22	2	2	100	4	11	36
5	Will Perkins (Sr)	21				1	5	20	10	16	63
10	Evan Gustin (So)	21	5	14	36	2	2	100	2	5	40
11	Justen Smith (So)	4							2	5	40
14	Isaac Matney (So)	0							0	1	0
21	Benjamin Hogue (Fr)	0							0	1	0
30	Jaxon Newman (Fr)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0

Thunderbird Adventist Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	42	8	31	26	2	9	22	8	19	42
1	Patrick Riffel (So)	5	1	2	50				1	2	50
2	Gideon Orellana (So)	11	1	5	20				4	9	44
12	Malcolm Tucker (Jr)	5	1	6	17	0	2	0	1	2	50
13	Joey Gall (So)	14	3	9	33	1	2	50	2	4	50
14	Jadon Douglas (Sr)	7	2	9	22	1	4	25	0	1	0
23	Jonathan Kaniki (Sr)	0				0	1	0	0	1	0

Wickenburg Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	65	18	33	51	16	16	5	19	7
00	Joe Rigo (Sr)	3	6	5	11	1	3		4	2
3	Mark Blodgett (Sr)	16		5	5	7	6			1
5	Will Perkins (Sr)	21	9	9	18	2	2	5	6	2
10	Evan Gustin (So)	21		5	5	3	1		2
11	Justen Smith (So)	4	2	8	10	2	2		2
14	Isaac Matney (So)	0					1		1
21	Benjamin Hogue (Fr)	0							1
23	C. Dickinson (So)					1			1
30	Jaxon Newman (Fr)	0					1
33	Xavier Moralez (So)		1	1	2				1	1
53	Garris Massey (8th)								1	1

Thunderbird Adventist Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	42	10	19	29	9	8	4	13	11
1	Patrick Riffel (So)	5	1	3	4	1	1		1	4
2	Gideon Orellana (So)	11	5	1	6		2		3
12	Malcolm Tucker (Jr)	5	3	7	10	3	1	2	3	1
13	Joey Gall (So)	14		3	3	2	1		5	3
14	Jadon Douglas (Sr)	7	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1
15	Ronnie Garcia (Jr)			1	1	1	2	1		1
23	Jonathan Kaniki (Sr)	0								1
30	Daniel Venegas (Sr)			2	2

Wickenburg Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.84	0.84	2.29	0.71	14
00	Joe Rigo (Sr)	0.25	0.75	1.50
3	Mark Blodgett (Sr)			6.00		2
5	Will Perkins (Sr)	0.33	0.33	1.00	2.50	2
10	Evan Gustin (So)	1.50	0.50			2
11	Justen Smith (So)	1.00	1.00			6
14	Isaac Matney (So)		1.00
23	C. Dickinson (So)	1.00				1
53	Garris Massey (8th)					1

Thunderbird Adventist Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.69	0.62	0.73	0.36
1	Patrick Riffel (So)	1.00	1.00	0.25
2	Gideon Orellana (So)		0.67
12	Malcolm Tucker (Jr)	1.00	0.33	1.00	2.00
13	Joey Gall (So)	0.40	0.20	0.33
14	Jadon Douglas (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
15	Ronnie Garcia (Jr)			2.00	1.00

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Wickenburg Christian Academy overwhelms Thunderbird Adventist Academy

January 26, 2023: Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Wickenburg Christian Academy Lion (Wickenburg, AZ) and the host Thunderbird Adventist Academy (Scottsdale, AZ), saw Wickenburg Christian Academy's basketball squad wallop Thunderbird Adventist Academy by a tally of 65-42.

With the victory, Wickenburg Christian Academy improves its record to 19-2 on the campaign. The Lion host Gila Bend (Gila Bend, AZ) to play the Gila Monsters in a non-league challenge on Friday, January 27. The Gila Monsters come into the challenge with a record of 3-4.

Next up, the play the Mishawaka HomeSchool Wildcats Wildcats (Mishawaka, IN) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 27. Thunderbird Adventist Academy will attempt to improve on its 6-2 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 11-14 record after their 59-19 non-league win over Granger Christian (Granger, IN).

Players of the Game

Wickenburg Christian Academy (22-23)

Wickenburg Christian Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Thunderbird Adventist Academy (22-23)

Congratulations to #13 Joey Gall for being selected the Thunderbird Adventist Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

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Game Started

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WCA @ TAA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 26, 2023 @ 6:30p

The Thunderbird Adventist Academy (Scottsdale, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Wickenburg Christian Academy (Wickenburg, AZ) by a score of 65-42.

Rankings & Records

Wickenburg Christian Academy (22-23)

AZ
75

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
25-4	9-2	16-2	8-1	1-1	.862	.818	1,843	1,184

Thunderbird Adventist Academy (22-23)

AZ
164

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
9-5	4-2	4-3	5-2	.643	.667	802	651

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Wickenburg Christian Academy	18.8	17.5	15.4	11.5	6.5	12.0	63.6
Thunderbird Adventist Academy	13.2	12.8	12.6	11.2	-	-	57.3

Team Stat Comparison

Wickenburg Christian Academy		Thunderbird Adventist Academy
63.3	Points Per Game	50.0
33.3	Rebounds Per Game	24.6
13.2	Assists Per Game	12.1
14.1	Steals Per Game	12.6
2.6	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

Wickenburg Christian Academy		Thunderbird Adventist Academy	National Avg.
#3 Mark Blodgett24.0	Points Per Game	#2 Gideon Orellana16.9	4.9
#5 Will Perkins8.6	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Malcolm Tucker6.9	2.6
#3 Mark Blodgett4.3	Assists Per Game	#12 Malcolm Tucker3.8	1.0
#3 Mark Blodgett3.3	Steals Per Game	#14 Jadon Douglas3.4	0.8
#5 Will Perkins1.7	Blocks Per Game	#10 Christian Lopez1.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Wickenburg Christian Academy	12-1		Thunderbird Adventist Academy	6-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/22	Arrowhead Christian Academy	Wickenburg Christian Academy	(W) 58-23	12/1/22	Arrowhead Christian Academy	Thunderbird Adventist Academy	(W) 60-42
12/6/22	Wickenburg Christian Academy	Orme	(W) 91-87	2/14/23	Thunderbird Adventist Academy	Orme	(L) 71-44
12/12/22	Wickenburg Christian Academy	Brighton Charter	(W) 92-27	1/11/23	Thunderbird Adventist Academy	Brighton Charter	(W) 63-31
2/7/23	Brighton Charter	Wickenburg Christian Academy	(W) 65-23
12/16/22	Wickenburg Christian Academy	Paradise Valley Christian Prep	(W) 57-37	1/12/23	Paradise Valley Christian Prep	Thunderbird Adventist Academy	(W) 46-44
2/14/23	Paradise Valley Christian Prep	Wickenburg Christian Academy	(W) 57-40	2/6/23	Thunderbird Adventist Academy	Paradise Valley Christian Prep	(L) 53-46
12/16/22	Our Lady of the Sun Academy	Wickenburg Christian Academy	(W) 76-58	1/31/23	Thunderbird Adventist Academy	Our Lady of the Sun Academy	(W) 58-51
12/17/22	Our Lady of the Sun Academy	Wickenburg Christian Academy	(W) 76-46
2/9/23	Our Lady of the Sun Academy	Wickenburg Christian Academy	(W) 68-51
12/16/22	Wickenburg Christian Academy	Caurus Academy	(W) 57-43	1/24/23	Caurus Academy	Thunderbird Adventist Academy	(W) 55-14
12/17/22	Caurus Academy	Wickenburg Christian Academy	(W) 55-21
1/9/23	New Way Learning Academy	Wickenburg Christian Academy	(W) 57-17	12/13/22	Thunderbird Adventist Academy	New Way Learning Academy	(W) 62-34
2/18/23	Ville de Marie Academy	Wickenburg Christian Academy	(L) 73-51	2/2/23	Ville de Marie Academy	Thunderbird Adventist Academy	(L) 61-47

Record Breakdown

Wickenburg Christian Academy (22-23)		Thunderbird Adventist Academy (22-23)
25-4	Overall	9-5
9-2	League	4-2
9-1	Non-League	5-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
12-1	Common Opponent	6-3
16-2	Home	4-3
8-1	Away	5-2
1-1	Neutral	0-0
2-1	Playoff	0-1
25-4	In-State	9-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1