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Highland Desert Ridge

Hawks

Jaguars

The Desert Ridge (Mesa, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Highland (Gilbert, AZ) by a score of 65-43.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland	-	-	-	-	65
Desert Ridge	-	-	-	-	43

Final score provided by S. AIA.

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Game Stats

Desert Ridge (21-22)

Highland

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	160	65	25	49	51	58
0	Jacob Aurich (Jr)	2	0	0	0
1	Matix Arnett (Sr)	23	6	3	4	75	75
2	Isaac Kaps (Jr)	13	2	1	1	100	100
3	Matt Shorts (Sr)	24	7	3	7	43	50
5	Aj Riggs (Sr)	26	24	8	13	62	77
13	Porter Caskey (Jr)	2	0	0	0
20	Ryan Moon (Jr)	6	2	1	3	33	33
21	Hayden Winegar (Jr)	12	3	1	3	33	50
22	B. Knollmiller (Jr)	26	5	2	4	50	63
35	M. Knollmiller (Sr)	26	16	6	14	43	43

Desert Ridge

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	29	8	27	30	35
0	Angelo Jones (So)	0	0	1	0	0
2	Mason Rausch (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Landon Montague (Sr)	11	3	6	50	58
13	Zy Fuentes (So)	5	2	6	33	42
15	Devin Miller (Jr)	8	2	7	29	29
34	Devin Blair (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0
44	Major Wootan (So)	3	1	5	20	30

Highland

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	160	65	7	18	39	8	16	50	18	31	58
0	Jacob Aurich (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Matix Arnett (Sr)	23	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	100
2	Isaac Kaps (Jr)	13	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	100
3	Matt Shorts (Sr)	24	7	1	4	25	0	0	0	2	3	67
5	Aj Riggs (Sr)	26	24	4	6	67	4	5	80	4	7	57
13	Porter Caskey (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Ryan Moon (Jr)	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
21	Hayden Winegar (Jr)	12	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	B. Knollmiller (Jr)	26	5	1	1	100	0	0	0	1	3	33
35	M. Knollmiller (Sr)	26	16	0	2	0	4	9	44	6	12	50

Desert Ridge

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	29	3	15	20	10	14	71	5	12	42
0	Angelo Jones (So)	0							0	1	0
2	Mason Rausch (Jr)	0	0	1	0
10	Landon Montague (Sr)	11	1	3	33	4	6	67	2	3	67
13	Zy Fuentes (So)	5	1	5	20				1	1	100
15	Devin Miller (Jr)	8	0	1	0	4	6	67	2	6	33
34	Devin Blair (Jr)	2				2	2	100	0	1	0
44	Major Wootan (So)	3	1	5	20

Highland

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	160	65	11	16	27	12	7	5	12	16
0	Jacob Aurich (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1	Matix Arnett (Sr)	23	6	2	1	3	3	1	0	3	4
2	Isaac Kaps (Jr)	13	2	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	2
3	Matt Shorts (Sr)	24	7	2	8	10	3	0	0	3	2
5	Aj Riggs (Sr)	26	24	0	2	2	2	2	3	1	2
13	Porter Caskey (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
20	Ryan Moon (Jr)	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	Hayden Winegar (Jr)	12	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	0
22	B. Knollmiller (Jr)	26	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
35	M. Knollmiller (Sr)	26	16	5	1	6	1	1	0	3	2

Desert Ridge

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	29	1	7	8	8	6	5	14
0	Angelo Jones (So)	0		1	1	1	1	2	1
2	Mason Rausch (Jr)	0							1
5	B. Mangahas (So)			1	1	1
10	Landon Montague (Sr)	11		1	1	2			4
13	Zy Fuentes (So)	5		1	1	2	2	2	3
15	Devin Miller (Jr)	8	1	2	3		1		3
34	Devin Blair (Jr)	2		1	1	2	1	1	2
44	Major Wootan (So)	3					1

Highland

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	0.58	0.44	0.31	6
0	Jacob Aurich (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
1	Matix Arnett (Sr)	1.00	0.33	0.25	0.00	1
2	Isaac Kaps (Jr)	2.00	1.00	0.50	0.50	1
3	Matt Shorts (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4
5	Aj Riggs (Sr)	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.50	0
21	Hayden Winegar (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0
22	B. Knollmiller (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	0
35	M. Knollmiller (Sr)	0.33	0.33	0.50	0.00	0

Desert Ridge

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.57	0.43
0	Angelo Jones (So)	1.00	1.00
10	Landon Montague (Sr)	0.50
13	Zy Fuentes (So)	0.67	0.67
15	Devin Miller (Jr)		0.33
34	Devin Blair (Jr)	1.00	0.50

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Highland crushes Desert Ridge

February 3, 2022: Mesa, AZ 85212

Highland Hawks (Gilbert, AZ) backers were in high spirits Thursday as they witnessed their basketball squad bounce the host Desert Ridge Jaguars (Mesa, AZ), 65-43 in a league bout.

With the win, Highland upgrades its record to 18-6 on the season. The Hawks host Queen Creek (Queen Creek, AZ) to play the Bulldogs in a 6A Central bout on Tuesday, February 8. The Bulldogs enter the game with a record of 12-12. Queen Creek lost 53-47 in their recent league game against Mountain Pointe (Phoenix, AZ)

With the defeat, Desert Ridge moves to 11-14 on the year. The Jaguars travel to Perry (Gilbert, AZ) to face the Pumas in a non-league game on Monday, February 7. The Pumas enter the game with a record of 19-5. Perry won 41-39 in their recent league game against Hamilton (Chandler, AZ)

Rankings & Records

Highland (21-22)

AZ	Div.
22	8

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
19-7	7-3	7-3	7-3	5-1	.731	.700	1,644	1,417

Desert Ridge (21-22)

AZ	Div.
83	21

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
12-17	1-9	4-7	5-8	3-2	.414	.100	1,482	1,645

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland	12.7	13.8	18.8	13.0	63.2
Desert Ridge	14.0	10.3	11.5	14.5	51.1

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Head-to-Head

Highland won on 1/18/2022

1/18 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Desert Ridge - - - - 57
Highland - - - - 68

The Desert Ridge (Mesa, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Highland (Gilbert, AZ) by a score of 68-57.
Box score
Highland won on 2/3/2022

2/3 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Highland - - - - 65
Desert Ridge - - - - 43

The Highland (Gilbert, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Desert Ridge (Mesa, AZ) by a score of 65-43.
Box score

1/18 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Desert Ridge	-	-	-	-	57
Highland	-	-	-	-	68

Team Stat Comparison

Highland		Desert Ridge
63.1	Points Per Game	48.3
23.8	Rebounds Per Game	22.4
9.1	Assists Per Game	11.1
7.1	Steals Per Game	6.3
3.0	Blocks Per Game	1.6

Team Leaders

Highland		Desert Ridge	National Avg.
#35 Mason Knollmiller19.6	Points Per Game	#15 Devin Miller14.8	4.9
#1 Matix Arnett4.3	Rebounds Per Game	#15 Devin Miller9.3	2.6
#1 Matix Arnett3.3	Assists Per Game	#13 Zy Fuentes3.0	1.0
#1 Matix Arnett1.5	Steals Per Game	#15 Devin Miller2.3	0.8
#33 Noah Peterson1.5	Blocks Per Game	#0 Angelo Jones0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland	8-4		Desert Ridge	5-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/7/21	Highland	Gilbert	(L) 70-67	12/2/21	Gilbert	Desert Ridge	(L) 61-43
12/15/21	Chandler	Highland	(W) 65-52	11/26/21	Desert Ridge	Chandler	(W) 50-37
				12/10/21	Desert Ridge	Chandler	(W) 51-45
1/4/22	Tucson High Magnet School	Highland	(W) 65-48	2/11/22	Desert Ridge	Tucson High Magnet School	(W) 52-51
1/6/22	Highland	Shadow Ridge	(W) 69-62	12/14/21	Desert Ridge	Shadow Ridge	(W) 62-59
1/7/22	Mountain Pointe	Highland	(L) 71-67	1/12/22	Mountain Pointe	Desert Ridge	(L) 69-58
1/24/22	Highland	Mountain Pointe	(L) 71-56	2/1/22	Desert Ridge	Mountain Pointe	(L) 78-68
1/11/22	Corona del Sol	Highland	(W) 68-61	1/7/22	Desert Ridge	Corona del Sol	(L) 49-40
1/28/22	Highland	Corona del Sol	(W) 57-55	1/26/22	Corona del Sol	Desert Ridge	(L) 70-57
1/12/22	Highland	Desert Vista	(W) 81-56	1/21/22	Desert Vista	Desert Ridge	(W) 41-39
2/1/22	Desert Vista	Highland	(W) 68-62	2/8/22	Desert Ridge	Desert Vista	(L) 59-48
1/21/22	Highland	Queen Creek	(L) 60-50	1/11/22	Desert Ridge	Queen Creek	(L) 58-51
2/8/22	Queen Creek	Highland	(W) 58-48	1/28/22	Queen Creek	Desert Ridge	(L) 53-36

Record Breakdown

Highland (21-22)		Desert Ridge (21-22)
19-7	Overall	12-17
7-3	League	1-9
7-2	Non-League	6-4
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
8-4	Common Opponent	5-8
7-3	Home	4-7
7-3	Away	5-8
5-1	Neutral	3-2
0-0	Playoff	1-0
19-7	In-State	12-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0