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Payson Benson

Longhorns

Bobcats

The Benson (AZ) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Payson (AZ) by a score of 68-38.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Payson	-	-	-	-	68
Benson	-	-	-	-	38

Final score provided by J. Collier.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Payson (25-26)

Payson has not entered stats for this game.

Benson (25-26)

Benson

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	36	12	20	60	65
2	Cohen Barney (So)	2
3	Luke Chapman (Jr)	10	4	9	44	56
11	RJ Montijo (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
12	Dawson Judd (Sr)	3	1	1	100	100
13	Jason Santo (Jr)	13	5	8	63	63
14	Kellen Deskins (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
33	Rage Thompson (So)	4

Benson

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	36	2	3	67	4	6	67	10	17	59
2	Cohen Barney (So)	2
3	Luke Chapman (Jr)	10	2	3	67				2	6	33
11	RJ Montijo (Jr)	2							1	1	100
12	Dawson Judd (Sr)	3				1	1	100	1	1	100
13	Jason Santo (Jr)	13				3	5	60	5	8	63
14	Kellen Deskins (Sr)	2							1	1	100
33	Rage Thompson (So)	4

Benson

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	36	5	36	6	5	3	4
1	Ruben Navarro (Sr)		3	3				1
2	Cohen Barney (So)	2
3	Luke Chapman (Jr)	10	2	2	3	2		3
11	RJ Montijo (Jr)	2
12	Dawson Judd (Sr)	3		14	3	3
13	Jason Santo (Jr)	13		7			3
14	Kellen Deskins (Sr)	2		10
33	Rage Thompson (So)	4

Benson

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	1.50	1.25
3	Luke Chapman (Jr)	1.00	0.67

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Payson triumphant over Benson

January 2, 2026: Payson, AZ 85541

The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Payson Longhorns (Payson, AZ) and the visiting Benson Bobcats (Benson, AZ), observed Payson's basketball squad rout Benson by a count of 68-38.

With the victory, Payson advances its record to 12-2 on the year. The Longhorns travel to Sunnyside (Tucson, AZ) to meet the Blue Devils in a non-league battle on Friday, January 2. The Blue Devils enter the battle with a record of 2-9. Sunnyside lost 74-57 in their recent non-league battle against Mica Mountain (Tucson, AZ)

The Bobcats now own a 6-6 record. They play next when they travel to San Luis for a non-league challenge on Friday, January 2. Benson will encounter a Sidewinders team coming off a 68-43 non-league win over Somerton (Somerton, AZ). The Sidewinders record now stands at 3-6.

Payson vs Benson Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 2, 2026 @ 11:30a

Mike Barr Memorial Tournament

The Benson (AZ) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Payson (AZ) by a score of 68-38.

Rankings & Records

Payson (25-26)

AZ	Div.
71	6

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
24-8	9-3	11-4	7-3	6-1	.750	.750	1,877	1,448

Benson (25-26)

AZ	Div.
211	25

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
17-13	6-2	8-4	3-6	6-3	.567	.750	1,653	1,636

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Payson	14.5	9.3	15.2	15.5	7.0	58.7
Benson	10.1	13.1	14.4	15.0	-	55.1

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Team Stat Comparison

Payson		Benson
9.0	Points Per Game	54.6
3.5	Rebounds Per Game	33.0
1.9	Assists Per Game	10.0
0.9	Steals Per Game	10.1
0.1	Blocks Per Game	1.8

Team Leaders

Payson		Benson	National Avg.
#1 Payton Stuart15.0	Points Per Game	#3 Luke Chapman12.8	4.8
#25 Bryson Waterman-Echols7.0	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Dawson Judd10.3	2.5
#1 Payton Stuart5.0	Assists Per Game	#12 Dawson Judd2.8	1.0
#00 Dane White3.0	Steals Per Game	#12 Dawson Judd2.7	0.8
#24 Manny Sias1.0	Blocks Per Game	#13 Jason Santo1.1	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Payson	6-2		Benson	3-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/25	Payson	Thatcher	(L) 44-42	12/8/25	Thatcher	Benson	(L) 58-35
12/13/25	Morenci	Payson	(W) 45-28	1/14/26	Morenci	Benson	(W) 83-66
				1/27/26	Benson	Morenci	(L) 67-55
1/2/26	Payson	Sunnyside	(W) 66-57	1/2/26	Benson	Sunnyside	(L) 91-58
1/2/26	San Luis	Payson	(W) 75-42	1/2/26	San Luis	Benson	(W) 67-47
1/3/26	San Tan Foothills	Payson	(W) 52-42	1/3/26	San Tan Foothills	Benson	(W) 56-46
1/6/26	San Tan Foothills	Payson	(W) 54-30
1/20/26	Payson	San Tan Foothills	(W) 59-44
1/3/26	Payson	Walden Grove	(L) 59-54	1/3/26	Benson	Walden Grove	(L) 70-39

Record Breakdown

Payson (25-26)		Benson (25-26)
24-8	Overall	17-13
9-3	League	6-2
5-2	Non-League	5-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
6-2	Common Opponent	3-4
11-4	Home	8-4
7-3	Away	3-6
6-1	Neutral	6-3
0-2	Playoff	0-1
24-8	In-State	17-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0