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Independence Desert Edge

Patriots

Scorpions

The Desert Edge (Goodyear, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Independence (Glendale, AZ) by a score of 70-40.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	-	-	-	-	40
Desert Edge	-	-	-	-	70

Final score provided by S. AIA.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Desert Edge (24-25)

Independence

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	153	40	13	46	28	32
0	James Davis (Jr)	29	11	5	11	45	45
1	Anthony Colonna (Jr)	27	16	4	14	29	32
2	Aiden Nunez (Sr)	8	5	2	5	40	50
3	Kevin Wiley Jr. (So)	8	0	0	1	0	0
4	Adam Sherrif (Sr)	7	0	0	2	0	0
5	Diego Martinez (Sr)	21	2	0	3	0	0
12	Charles Arbizu (Fr)	13	0	0	1	0	0
13	J. Mcclanahan (Jr)	15	5	2	5	40	50
15	Rashad Johnson (Jr)	5	0	0	1	0	0
20	Rafael Sierra (Sr)	16	0	0	1	0	0
23	F. Valenzuela (Jr)	4	1	0	2	0	0

Desert Edge

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	150	70	28	50	56	59
0	Ché Johnson (Sr)	7	2	1	3	33	33
1	Jude Ramirez (Jr)	24	24	8	10	80	85
2	Elijah Poe (Sr)	6	0	0	1	0	0
3	Mehki Storkel (Fr)	23	2	0	1	0	0
4	A. Fernandez (Sr)	11	5	2	3	67	67
14	Byron Nelson (So)	6	0	0	1	0	0
24	Kueth Kueth (So)	23	17	8	13	62	65
25	B. Williams (Jr)	21	8	4	8	50	50
30	Jaishon Gunn (Fr)	3	3	1	2	50	50
35	N. Appenzeller (So)	26	9	4	8	50	56

Independence

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	153	40	3	14	21	11	13	85	10	32	31
0	James Davis (Jr)	29	11				1	1	100	5	11	45
1	Anthony Colonna (Jr)	27	16	1	5	20	7	8	88	3	9	33
2	Aiden Nunez (Sr)	8	5	1	1	100				1	4	25
3	Kevin Wiley Jr. (So)	8	0	0	1	0
4	Adam Sherrif (Sr)	7	0							0	2	0
5	Diego Martinez (Sr)	21	2	0	2	0	2	2	100	0	1	0
12	Charles Arbizu (Fr)	13	0	0	1	0
13	J. Mcclanahan (Jr)	15	5	1	4	25				1	1	100
15	Rashad Johnson (Jr)	5	0							0	1	0
20	Rafael Sierra (Sr)	16	0							0	1	0
23	F. Valenzuela (Jr)	4	1				1	2	50	0	2	0

Desert Edge

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	150	70	3	11	27	11	14	79	25	39	64
0	Ché Johnson (Sr)	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
1	Jude Ramirez (Jr)	24	24	1	2	50	7	8	88	7	8	88
2	Elijah Poe (Sr)	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Mehki Storkel (Fr)	23	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	0	0
4	A. Fernandez (Sr)	11	5	0	1	0	1	1	100	2	2	100
14	Byron Nelson (So)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	Kueth Kueth (So)	23	17	1	2	50	0	0	0	7	11	64
25	B. Williams (Jr)	21	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	5	80
30	Jaishon Gunn (Fr)	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	100	1	2	50
35	N. Appenzeller (So)	26	9	1	1	100	0	2	0	3	7	43

Independence

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	153	40	4	17	21	4	10	18	9
0	James Davis (Jr)	29	11		7	7	1	3	3	2
1	Anthony Colonna (Jr)	27	16		1	1	1	3	5	1
2	Aiden Nunez (Sr)	8	5						1	1
3	Kevin Wiley Jr. (So)	8	0	1	1	2				1
4	Adam Sherrif (Sr)	7	0		1	1			1	2
5	Diego Martinez (Sr)	21	2		3	3		1	1
12	Charles Arbizu (Fr)	13	0				1	1	1	2
13	J. Mcclanahan (Jr)	15	5					1	1
15	Rashad Johnson (Jr)	5	0				1		2
20	Rafael Sierra (Sr)	16	0	1	3	4		1	3
23	F. Valenzuela (Jr)	4	1	2	1	3

Desert Edge

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	150	70	6	26	32	12	11	4	14	7
0	Ché Johnson (Sr)	7	2				1				1
1	Jude Ramirez (Jr)	24	24	0	2	2	1	3	0	4
2	Elijah Poe (Sr)	6	0							1	1
3	Mehki Storkel (Fr)	23	2	0	6	6	4	3	1	5	2
4	A. Fernandez (Sr)	11	5	0	1	1		1
14	Byron Nelson (So)	6	0	0	1	1	1			1
24	Kueth Kueth (So)	23	17	2	5	7	0	4	0	2	0
25	B. Williams (Jr)	21	8	0	1	1	1				2
30	Jaishon Gunn (Fr)	3	3	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
35	N. Appenzeller (So)	26	9	2	8	10	4	0	3	1	1

Independence

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.22	0.56	1.11	10	1
0	James Davis (Jr)	0.33	1.00	1.50	1	1
1	Anthony Colonna (Jr)	0.20	0.60	3.00	2
2	Aiden Nunez (Sr)				3
3	Kevin Wiley Jr. (So)				1
5	Diego Martinez (Sr)		1.00		1
12	Charles Arbizu (Fr)	1.00	1.00	0.50	1
13	J. Mcclanahan (Jr)		1.00
15	Rashad Johnson (Jr)	0.50			1
20	Rafael Sierra (Sr)		0.33

Desert Edge

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.86	0.79	1.57	0.57	0	9
0	Ché Johnson (Sr)						1
1	Jude Ramirez (Jr)	0.25	0.75				3
3	Mehki Storkel (Fr)	0.80	0.60	1.50	0.50		1
14	Byron Nelson (So)	1.00
24	Kueth Kueth (So)	0.00	2.00	4.00	0.00	0	3
25	B. Williams (Jr)						1
35	N. Appenzeller (So)	4.00	0.00	0.00	3.00		0

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Desert Edge overwhelms Independence

February 6, 2025: Goodyear, AZ 85338

The Desert Edge Scorpions basketball team scored 70 points and limited the visiting Independence Patriots to 40 in the Scorpions non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Scorpions now have a 8-15 record. They play next when they travel to Buckeye for a 5A Desert West game on Friday, February 7. Desert Edge will confront a Hawks team coming off a 81-62 league win over Youngker (Buckeye, AZ). The Hawks record now stands at 3-18.

With the loss, Independence falls to 11-7 on the campaign. The Patriots host Glendale (Glendale, AZ) to confront the Cardinals in a 5A Central Valley game on Friday, February 7. The Cardinals go into the game with a record of 4-11. Glendale lost 63-61 in their recent non-league game against Agua Fria (Avondale, AZ)

Independence @ Desert Edge Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 6, 2025 @ 7p

Desert Edge High School

The Desert Edge (Goodyear, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Independence (Glendale, AZ) by a score of 70-40.

Rankings & Records

Independence (24-25)

AZ	Div.
172	28

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
13-8	6-4	7-2	5-4	1-2	.619	.600	1,207	1,186

Desert Edge (24-25)

AZ	Div.
185	32

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
9-17	4-8	6-4	3-6	0-7	.346	.333	1,413	1,728

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	12.4	10.6	13.6	13.8	57.5
Desert Edge	12.0	15.4	14.8	13.8	54.3

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Desert Edge
57.4	Points Per Game	43.4
30.5	Rebounds Per Game	22.8
10.4	Assists Per Game	7.5
11.3	Steals Per Game	6.4
1.8	Blocks Per Game	1.4

Team Leaders

Independence		Desert Edge	National Avg.
#1 Anthony Colonna13.0	Points Per Game	#1 Jude Ramirez13.4	4.9
#0 James Davis8.1	Rebounds Per Game	#35 Nicholas Appenzeller8.5	2.6
#1 Anthony Colonna3.0	Assists Per Game	#1 Jude Ramirez2.2	1.0
#1 Anthony Colonna2.7	Steals Per Game	#1 Jude Ramirez1.6	0.8
#0 James Davis0.6	Blocks Per Game	#35 Nicholas Appenzeller1.1	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	3-2		Desert Edge	3-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/24	Fairfax	Independence	(W) 78-46	12/4/24	Fairfax	Desert Edge	(W) 64-49
11/27/24	Independence	Horizon	(L) 73-27	12/21/24	Desert Edge	Horizon	(L) 72-40
12/10/24	Independence	Youngker	(W) 70-66	1/17/25	Youngker	Desert Edge	(W) 76-70
				2/11/25	Desert Edge	Youngker	(L) 71-65
1/9/25	Independence	Washington	(L) 69-66	11/20/24	Desert Edge	Washington	(W) 59-46
1/29/25	Washington	Independence	(W) 60-55

Record Breakdown

Independence (24-25)		Desert Edge (24-25)
13-8	Overall	9-17
6-4	League	4-8
6-2	Non-League	4-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-2	Common Opponent	3-2
7-2	Home	6-4
5-4	Away	3-6
1-2	Neutral	0-7
0-0	Playoff	0-0
13-8	In-State	9-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0