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Benson Desert Christian

Bobcats

Eagles

The Desert Christian (Tucson, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Benson (AZ) by a score of 54-20.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Benson	-	-	-	-	54
Desert Christian	-	-	-	-	20

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Game Stats

Desert Christian (22-23)

Benson

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	54	24	56	43	47
1	Karlee Sherman (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
2	Ellie Palmer (Sr)	11	4	8	50	69
10	Tatum Benson (Sr)	10	4	11	36	45
11	Jessica Barker (Sr)	4	2	7	29	29
12	Ally Crouse (Sr)	20	10	21	48	48
22	Grace Parke (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
23	Kaylei Taylor (So)	8	4	6	67	67
24	Aubrey Moon (So)	1	0	0

Desert Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	20	9	29	31	31
0	Emmy Welch (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0
1	Faith Charles (Fr)	4	2	5	40	40
5	Emma Charles (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20
11	Anika Mulkey (Jr)	1	0	1	0	0
30	Olivia Perez (Sr)	9	4	10	40	40
34	Elsie Lehman (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40

Benson

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	54	5	11	45	1	4	25	19	45	42
1	Karlee Sherman (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	Ellie Palmer (Sr)	11	3	5	60	0	0	0	1	3	33
10	Tatum Benson (Sr)	10	2	5	40				2	6	33
11	Jessica Barker (Sr)	4	0	1	0				2	6	33
12	Ally Crouse (Sr)	20							10	21	48
22	Grace Parke (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
23	Kaylei Taylor (So)	8							4	6	67
24	Aubrey Moon (So)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0

Desert Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	20	0	6	0	2	8	25	9	23	39
0	Emmy Welch (Fr)	0	0	1	0				0	2	0
1	Faith Charles (Fr)	4	0	1	0				2	4	50
5	Emma Charles (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	25
11	Anika Mulkey (Jr)	1				1	2	50	0	1	0
30	Olivia Perez (Sr)	9	0	1	0	1	2	50	4	9	44
34	Elsie Lehman (Sr)	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	3	67

Benson

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	54	12	14	26	14	24	4	26	11
1	Karlee Sherman (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1			2	2
2	Ellie Palmer (Sr)	11	0	0	0	1	5		4	3
5	J. De la Cruz (So)			1	1				1
10	Tatum Benson (Sr)	10	3	5	8	3	6	2	5	2
11	Jessica Barker (Sr)	4	1		1	2	3		5	2
12	Ally Crouse (Sr)	20	4	3	7	2	6		3
22	Grace Parke (Sr)	0					1		3
23	Kaylei Taylor (So)	8	4	4	8	5	3	2	3	2
24	Aubrey Moon (So)	1
42	Irene Hernandez (Jr)			1	1

Desert Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	PF
	Team Totals	20	4	6	10	6	9	4
0	Emmy Welch (Fr)	0						1
1	Faith Charles (Fr)	4				2	1
2	Kate Steckler (Fr)						1
5	Emma Charles (Sr)	2		1	1	2	2
11	Anika Mulkey (Jr)	1		1	1		3	1
30	Olivia Perez (Sr)	9	2	2	4	1	1	1
34	Elsie Lehman (Sr)	4	2	2	4	1	1	1

Benson

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.54	0.92	2.18	0.36
1	Karlee Sherman (Jr)	0.50
2	Ellie Palmer (Sr)	0.25	1.25	1.67
10	Tatum Benson (Sr)	0.60	1.20	3.00	1.00
11	Jessica Barker (Sr)	0.40	0.60	1.50
12	Ally Crouse (Sr)	0.67	2.00
22	Grace Parke (Sr)		0.33
23	Kaylei Taylor (So)	1.67	1.00	1.50	1.00

Desert Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Stl:F
	Team Totals	2.25
11	Anika Mulkey (Jr)	3.00
30	Olivia Perez (Sr)	1.00
34	Elsie Lehman (Sr)	1.00

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Desert Christian trounced by Benson

January 14, 2023: Tucson, AZ 85710

The Benson Bobcats routed the host Desert Christian Eagles basketball team by a final score of 54-20 in Saturday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Bobcats face the Santa Rita Eagles (Tucson, AZ) in a 2A East game, on Tuesday, January 17. Benson will attempt to move on its 14-6 season record. The Eagles enter the game with a 1-8 record after their 56-11 league loss to Bisbee (Bisbee, AZ).

With the defeat, Desert Christian moves to 14-7 on the year. The Eagles host San Manuel (San Manuel, AZ) to face the Miners in a 1A Tucson Northwest game on Tuesday, January 17. The Miners enter the game with a record of 4-9. San Manuel won 52-23 in their recent league game against The Gregory School (Tucson, AZ)

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Rankings & Records

Benson (22-23)

AZ	Div.
104	11

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
20-10	7-5	10-3	8-6	2-1	.667	.583	1,556	999

Desert Christian (22-23)

AZ	Div.
173	12

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
19-11	5-0	7-5	8-2	4-4	.633	1.000	1,027	810

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Benson	13.0	11.7	13.9	9.0	51.9
Desert Christian	6.8	11.0	4.8	8.9	34.2

Team Stat Comparison

Benson		Desert Christian
51.8	Points Per Game	34.1
38.3	Rebounds Per Game	25.7
12.6	Assists Per Game	6.5
16.9	Steals Per Game	12.1
2.5	Blocks Per Game	1.0

Team Leaders

Benson		Desert Christian	National Avg.
#12 Ally Crouse18.4	Points Per Game	#30 Olivia Perez11.2	4.1
#12 Ally Crouse13.6	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Anika Mulkey6.8	2.8
#10 Tatum Benson2.4	Assists Per Game	#34 Elsie Lehman2.6	0.9
#10 Tatum Benson3.8	Steals Per Game	#34 Elsie Lehman2.7	1.1
#23 Kaylei Taylor0.8	Blocks Per Game	#11 Anika Mulkey0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Benson	7-2		Desert Christian	4-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/22	Benson	St. Augustine Catholic	(W) 60-17	12/20/22	Desert Christian	St. Augustine Catholic	(W) 47-35
11/22/22	Baboquivari	Benson	(W) 57-45	12/13/22	Baboquivari	Desert Christian	(L) 58-21
				2/3/23	Baboquivari	Desert Christian	(L) 42-30
11/29/22	Benson	Ray	(W) 52-11	1/13/23	Desert Christian	Ray	(W) 32-11
12/1/22	Morenci	Benson	(L) 51-48	12/28/22	Morenci	Desert Christian	(L) 30-26
1/24/23	Benson	Morenci	(W) 63-37
12/5/22	Sabino	Benson	(W) 71-26	12/29/22	Sabino	Desert Christian	(L) 32-24
12/16/22	Patagonia	Benson	(W) 34-20	1/9/23	Patagonia	Desert Christian	(W) 38-26
1/25/23	Benson	St. David	(L) 52-39	1/18/23	Desert Christian	St. David	(L) 42-26
1/30/23	Benson	The Gregory School	(W) 90-21	12/17/22	Desert Christian	The Gregory School	(W) 49-5

Record Breakdown

Benson (22-23)		Desert Christian (22-23)
20-10	Overall	19-11
7-5	League	5-0
5-1	Non-League	10-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
7-2	Common Opponent	4-5
10-3	Home	7-5
8-6	Away	8-2
2-1	Neutral	4-4
1-1	Playoff	0-1
20-10	In-State	19-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0