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Highland Desert Vista

Hawks

Thunder

The Desert Vista (Phoenix, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Highland (Gilbert, AZ) by a score of 73-66.

Game Details: Desert Vista High School

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland	-	-	-	-	66
Desert Vista	-	-	-	-	73

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Game Stats

Desert Vista (23-24)

Highland

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	66	23	54	43	48
2	T. Knollmiller (So)	2	1	5	20	20
3	Walker Stum (Jr)	7	3	3	100	117
5	Nick Reber (Fr)	17	7	17	41	41
10	Michael Johnson (Jr)	5	2	9	22	28
12	Ty Crandall (Fr)	20	6	10	60	80
13	Max Robison (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Grady Crandall (So)	4	2	6	33	33
30	J. Gulbrandsen (Sr)	1	0	0
33	Travin Merrill (So)	10	2	3	67	67

Desert Vista

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	73	26
11	Raymond Erran (Sr)	5	1
14	D. Spencer (Fr)	13	4
23	D. Williams (Jr)	3	1
24	Alex Taylor (So)	8	4
25	Isaiah Lassiter (Sr)	6	2
34	R. Morris III (Jr)	8	4
40	L. Diamond (Fr)	23	8
42	Corey James (Sr)	7	2

Highland

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	66	6	16	38	14	16	88	17	38	45
2	T. Knollmiller (So)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
3	Walker Stum (Jr)	7	1	1	100	0	0	0	2	2	100
5	Nick Reber (Fr)	17	0	2	0	3	4	75	7	15	47
10	Michael Johnson (Jr)	5	1	5	20	0	0	0	1	4	25
12	Ty Crandall (Fr)	20	4	6	67	4	4	100	2	4	50
13	Max Robison (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Grady Crandall (So)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
30	J. Gulbrandsen (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
33	Travin Merrill (So)	10	0	0	0	6	6	100	2	3	67

Desert Vista

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	2FGM
	Team Totals	73	7	14	19
11	Raymond Erran (Sr)	5	1	2
14	D. Spencer (Fr)	13		5	4
23	D. Williams (Jr)	3	1
24	Alex Taylor (So)	8			4
25	Isaiah Lassiter (Sr)	6	1	1	1
34	R. Morris III (Jr)	8			4
40	L. Diamond (Fr)	23	2	5	6
42	Corey James (Sr)	7	2	1

Highland

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	66	6	20	26	8	9	3	16	19
2	T. Knollmiller (So)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
3	Walker Stum (Jr)	7	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	1
5	Nick Reber (Fr)	17	2	3	5	3	1	2	5	2
10	Michael Johnson (Jr)	5	0	1	1	0	4	0	4	5
12	Ty Crandall (Fr)	20	0	2	2	1	1	0	3	3
13	Max Robison (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	Grady Crandall (So)	4	0	7	7	2	2	0	2	3
30	J. Gulbrandsen (Sr)	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	Travin Merrill (So)	10	3	2	5	2	1	1	1	2

Desert Vista

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	73	2	5	28	13	12	5	12	14
10	Aeneas Redmond (Jr)				1	2
11	Raymond Erran (Sr)	5			1	2				3
14	D. Spencer (Fr)	13	2	5	7	1	3			3
23	D. Williams (Jr)	3						1	1
24	Alex Taylor (So)	8			3	1	1	3	2	1
25	Isaiah Lassiter (Sr)	6			5		2			5
34	R. Morris III (Jr)	8			6		1			2
40	L. Diamond (Fr)	23			3	7	4	1	4
42	Corey James (Sr)	7			2		1		5

Highland

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.50	0.56	0.47	0.16	1	10
5	Nick Reber (Fr)	0.60	0.20	0.50	1.00	0	2
10	Michael Johnson (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.80	0.00	0	5
12	Ty Crandall (Fr)	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.00	0	0
13	Max Robison (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
23	Grady Crandall (So)	1.00	1.00	0.67	0.00	0	1
30	J. Gulbrandsen (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
33	Travin Merrill (So)	2.00	1.00	0.50	0.50	1	0

Desert Vista

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.08	1.00	0.86	0.36
14	D. Spencer (Fr)			1.00
24	Alex Taylor (So)	0.50	0.50	1.00	3.00
25	Isaiah Lassiter (Sr)			0.40
34	R. Morris III (Jr)			0.50
40	L. Diamond (Fr)	1.75	1.00
42	Corey James (Sr)		0.20

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Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Highland nipped by Desert Vista

January 18, 2024: Phoenix, AZ 85048

The Desert Vista Thunder tipped the visiting Highland Hawks basketball team by a final score of 73-66 in Thursday's league game.

In their next game, the Thunder face the Gilbert Tigers (Gilbert, AZ) in a 6A Central game, on Tuesday, January 23. Desert Vista will attempt to move on its 15-5 season record. The Tigers enter the game with a 12-8 record after their 57-55 league win over Corona del Sol (Tempe, AZ).

With the defeat, Highland moves to 14-5 on the year. The Hawks host Desert Ridge (Mesa, AZ) to face the Jaguars in a 6A Central game on Tuesday, January 23. The Jaguars enter the game with a record of 7-12. Desert Ridge won 68-56 in their recent league game against Queen Creek (Queen Creek, AZ)

Rankings & Records

Highland (23-24)

AZ	Div.
19	8

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
21-8	8-2	9-3	6-5	6-0	.724	.800	1,685	1,463

Desert Vista (23-24)

AZ	Div.
35	14

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
19-10	7-3	9-3	7-5	3-2	.655	.700	1,954	1,764

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Highland	14.3	14.2	15.5	14.0	12.0	58.1
Desert Vista	15.3	17.6	12.3	18.6	6.0	67.4

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Head-to-Head

Desert Vista won on 1/18/2024

1/18 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Highland - - - - 66
Desert Vista - - - - 73

The Highland (Gilbert, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Desert Vista (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 73-66.
Box score
Highland won on 2/8/2024

2/8 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Desert Vista - - - - 56
Highland - - - - 65

The Desert Vista (Phoenix, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Highland (Gilbert, AZ) by a score of 65-56.
Box score

2/8 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Desert Vista	-	-	-	-	56
Highland	-	-	-	-	65

Team Stat Comparison

Highland		Desert Vista
58.0	Points Per Game	67.2
27.3	Rebounds Per Game	27.8
11.2	Assists Per Game	12.6
7.6	Steals Per Game	10.2
2.1	Blocks Per Game	2.2

Team Leaders

Highland		Desert Vista	National Avg.
#5 Nick Reber12.5	Points Per Game	#14 Damian (DJ) Spencer13.1	4.9
#5 Nick Reber4.2	Rebounds Per Game	#14 Damian (DJ) Spencer8.2	2.6
#5 Nick Reber2.7	Assists Per Game	#1 Nicholas Velez6.0	1.0
#10 Michael Johnson1.9	Steals Per Game	#1 Nicholas Velez2.5	0.8
#5 Nick Reber0.5	Blocks Per Game	#34 Robert Morris III0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland	9-2		Desert Vista	7-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/14/23	Corona del Sol	Highland	(W) 68-51	1/12/24	Corona del Sol	Desert Vista	(W) 60-51
1/30/24	Highland	Corona del Sol	(W) 61-30	1/26/24	Desert Vista	Corona del Sol	(L) 70-56
1/4/24	Highland	Maricopa	(W) 69-25	1/2/24	Maricopa	Desert Vista	(W) 76-39
1/12/24	Highland	Queen Creek	(W) 62-40	1/5/24	Queen Creek	Desert Vista	(W) 82-59
1/26/24	Queen Creek	Highland	(L) 59-51	1/25/24	Desert Vista	Queen Creek	(W) 63-53
1/16/24	Gilbert	Highland	(W) 63-56	1/23/24	Gilbert	Desert Vista	(W) 72-61
1/25/24	Highland	Gilbert	(W) 51-49	2/2/24	Desert Vista	Gilbert	(W) 63-58
1/23/24	Desert Ridge	Highland	(W) 56-36	1/15/24	Desert Vista	Desert Ridge	(W) 66-56
2/2/24	Highland	Desert Ridge	(W) 61-52	1/30/24	Desert Ridge	Desert Vista	(L) 72-64
2/14/24	O'Connor	Highland	(W) 71-68	12/1/23	Desert Vista	O'Connor	(L) 84-75
2/23/24	O'Connor	Highland	(L) 75-61

Record Breakdown

Highland (23-24)		Desert Vista (23-24)
21-8	Overall	19-10
8-2	League	7-3
5-3	Non-League	6-2
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
9-2	Common Opponent	7-3
9-3	Home	9-3
6-5	Away	7-5
6-0	Neutral	3-2
2-2	Playoff	1-2
21-8	In-State	17-8
0-0	Out-of-State	2-2