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Buckeye Willow Canyon

Hawks

Wildcats

The Willow Canyon (Surprise, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home playoff game against Buckeye (AZ) by a score of 51-39.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Buckeye	5	13	13	8	39
Willow Canyon	5	26	7	13	51

Final score provided by B. Scholtz.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Willow Canyon (22-23)

Buckeye

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	36	11	47	23	30
2	Tia Chapman (So)	2	1	4	25	25
3	O. Clinkscale (Sr)	1	0	2	0	0
3	Amayah Leyva (So)	17	5	13	38	58
5	Lexie Merrill (Sr)	9	2	11	18	18
22	K. Avila escarcega (So)	7	3	9	33	39
25	Mikalah Tensley (Jr)	0	0	8	0	0

Willow Canyon

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	51	17	49	35	41
1	Sarah Karnitz (Fr)	14	5	11	45	64
3	K. O'Connell (So)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Mia Martinez (Sr)	3	1	9	11	11
12	Launa Rogers (Jr)	1	0	3	0	0
21	Leilani Soto (Sr)	17	6	9	67	78
22	A. Morrison (Sr)	4	2	3	67	67
23	Mariah Preston (Sr)	4	0	3	0	0
34	D. Gilbertson (Sr)	7	3	6	50	50
40	Keke Helman (Jr)	1	0	4	0	0

Buckeye

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	36	6	19	32	8	26	31	5	28	18
2	Tia Chapman (So)	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	4	25
3	O. Clinkscale (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	6	17	0	2	0
3	Amayah Leyva (So)	17	5	11	45	2	5	40	0	2	0
5	Lexie Merrill (Sr)	9	0	0	0	5	9	56	2	11	18
22	K. Avila escarcega (So)	7	1	2	50	0	0	0	2	7	29
25	Mikalah Tensley (Jr)	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	2	0

Willow Canyon

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	51	6	19	32	11	19	58	11	30	37
1	Sarah Karnitz (Fr)	14	4	8	50				1	3	33
3	K. O'Connell (So)	0							0	1	0
10	Mia Martinez (Sr)	3	0	4	0	1	2	50	1	5	20
12	Launa Rogers (Jr)	1				1	2	50	0	3	0
21	Leilani Soto (Sr)	17	2	3	67	3	4	75	4	6	67
22	A. Morrison (Sr)	4				0	1	0	2	3	67
23	Mariah Preston (Sr)	4	0	2	0	4	6	67	0	1	0
34	D. Gilbertson (Sr)	7				1	2	50	3	6	50
40	Keke Helman (Jr)	1	0	2	0	1	2	50	0	2	0

Buckeye

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	36	13	22	35	8	15	2	33	19
2	Tia Chapman (So)	2	7	5	12	0	1	0	4	3
3	O. Clinkscale (Sr)	1	2	3	5	0	0	0	2	4
3	Amayah Leyva (So)	17	0	4	4	0	2	0	5	2
5	Lexie Merrill (Sr)	9	1	2	3	3	3	0	9	5
22	K. Avila escarcega (So)	7	1	5	6	5	7	1	6	3
23	Rosa Campos (So)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	Mikalah Tensley (Jr)	0	1	3	4	0	2	1	7	2

Willow Canyon

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	51	9	31	40	11	15	5	20	22
1	Sarah Karnitz (Fr)	14		2	2		1		2	3
10	Mia Martinez (Sr)	3	2	6	8	5	4	1	7	1
12	Launa Rogers (Jr)	1	2	4	6	1		2		3
21	Leilani Soto (Sr)	17	1	3	4	2	7		3	2
22	A. Morrison (Sr)	4		2	2					3
23	Mariah Preston (Sr)	4	1	3	4	2	1		4	4
34	D. Gilbertson (Sr)	7	2	9	11		1	2	1	3
40	Keke Helman (Jr)	1	1	2	3	1	1		3	3

Buckeye

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.24	0.46	0.79	0.11	19
2	Tia Chapman (So)	0.00	0.25	0.33	0.00	1
3	O. Clinkscale (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
3	Amayah Leyva (So)	0.00	0.40	1.00	0.00	8
5	Lexie Merrill (Sr)	0.33	0.33	0.60	0.00	3
22	K. Avila escarcega (So)	0.83	1.17	2.33	0.33	3
25	Mikalah Tensley (Jr)	0.00	0.29	1.00	0.50	2

Willow Canyon

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.55	0.75	0.68	0.23	15
1	Sarah Karnitz (Fr)		0.50	0.33		3
3	K. O'Connell (So)					1
10	Mia Martinez (Sr)	0.71	0.57	4.00	1.00	2
12	Launa Rogers (Jr)				0.67
21	Leilani Soto (Sr)	0.67	2.33	3.50		4
22	A. Morrison (Sr)					1
23	Mariah Preston (Sr)	0.50	0.25	0.25		1
34	D. Gilbertson (Sr)		1.00	0.33	0.67	1
40	Keke Helman (Jr)	0.33	0.33	0.33		2

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Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Buckeye knocked off by Willow Canyon

February 9, 2023: Surprise, AZ 85388

The Willow Canyon Wildcats basketball team scored 51 points and held the visiting Buckeye Hawks to 39 in the Wildcats non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Wildcats now sport a 19-6 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Fairfax for a non-league contest on Wednesday, February 15. Willow Canyon will meet a Stampede team coming off a 74-45 non-league loss to Perry (Gilbert, AZ). The Stampede record now stands at 22-5.

Players of the Game

Buckeye (22-23)

Buckeye has not selected any Players of the Game.

Willow Canyon (22-23)

Congratulations to #21 Leilani Soto for being selected the Willow Canyon Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Buckeye @ Willow Canyon Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 9, 2023 @ 7p

The Willow Canyon (Surprise, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home playoff game against Buckeye (AZ) by a score of 51-39.

Rankings & Records

Buckeye (22-23)

AZ	Div.
96	19

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
21-8	12-0	8-1	6-4	7-3	.724	1.000	1,447	949

Willow Canyon (22-23)

AZ	Div.
65	14

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
19-7	7-5	9-2	7-4	3-1	.731	.583	1,640	990

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Buckeye	9.5	11.5	10.9	8.0	49.9
Willow Canyon	13.7	17.3	14.7	8.7	63.1

Team Stat Comparison

Buckeye		Willow Canyon
49.7	Points Per Game	63.0
33.4	Rebounds Per Game	43.5
14.2	Assists Per Game	18.3
17.5	Steals Per Game	22.9
2.5	Blocks Per Game	6.7

Team Leaders

Buckeye		Willow Canyon	National Avg.
#3 Amayah Leyva14.9	Points Per Game	#1 Sarah Karnitz13.7	4.1
#5 Lexie Merrill8.5	Rebounds Per Game	#34 Dakota Gilbertson11.3	2.8
#22 Kiria Avila escarcega5.0	Assists Per Game	#10 Mia Martinez5.8	0.9
#22 Kiria Avila escarcega3.8	Steals Per Game	#23 Mariah Preston5.0	1.1
#3 Olyvia Clinkscale1.2	Blocks Per Game	#12 Launa Rogers2.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Buckeye	5-1		Willow Canyon	4-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/30/22	Buckeye	Kellis	(L) 59-41	12/21/22	Willow Canyon	Kellis	(L) 55-49
				1/19/23	Kellis	Willow Canyon	(L) 62-52
1/4/23	Kofa	Buckeye	(W) 71-6	12/9/22	Willow Canyon	Kofa	(W) 79-9
1/25/23	Buckeye	Kofa	(W) 66-22
1/10/23	Apollo	Buckeye	(W) 56-43	1/12/23	Willow Canyon	Apollo	(W) 79-23
				1/31/23	Apollo	Willow Canyon	(W) 79-53
1/17/23	Buckeye	Copper Canyon	(W) 52-25	12/7/22	Copper Canyon	Willow Canyon	(W) 72-12
1/30/23	Copper Canyon	Buckeye	(W) 71-41

Record Breakdown

Buckeye (22-23)		Willow Canyon (22-23)
21-8	Overall	19-7
12-0	League	7-5
2-4	Non-League	6-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
5-1	Common Opponent	4-2
8-1	Home	9-2
6-4	Away	7-4
7-3	Neutral	3-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
21-8	In-State	19-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0