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Poston Butte Mesquite

Broncos

Wildcats

The Mesquite (Gilbert, AZ) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Poston Butte (San Tan Valley, AZ) by a score of 75-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Poston Butte	-	-	-	-	45
Mesquite	-	-	-	-	75

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Game Stats

Mesquite (22-23)

Poston Butte

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	29	11	18	61	72
5	Andre Thomas (Jr)	18	7	10	70	80
10	NiJay Wilson (Jr)	3	1	2	50	50
15	Carmelo Diaz (Sr)	8	3	6	50	67

Mesquite

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	75	31	58	53	61
1	CohenJ Gonzales (Sr)	22	9	17	53	65
2	Jaylen Wollangk (Jr)	11	5	7	71	79
3	M. Calvin jr (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
4	Sean White Jr (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
5	Devone Pless (Jr)	12	4	10	40	40
11	Marcus Ward (So)	3	1	1	100	150
12	Carter Mehlberg (Jr)	3	1	4	25	38
22	Kobe Bradley (So)	2	1	3	33	33
24	J. Gutierrez-ellis (Jr)	10	4	5	80	100
33	Jamar Trotter (Jr)	10	5	8	63	63

Poston Butte

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	29	4	6	67	3	4	75	7	12	58
5	Andre Thomas (Jr)	18	2	3	67	2	2	100	5	7	71
10	NiJay Wilson (Jr)	3				1	2	50	1	2	50
15	Carmelo Diaz (Sr)	8	2	3	67				1	3	33

Mesquite

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	75	9	22	41	4	5	80	22	36	61
1	CohenJ Gonzales (Sr)	22	4	9	44	0	1	0	5	8	63
2	Jaylen Wollangk (Jr)	11	1	3	33	0	0	0	4	4	100
3	M. Calvin jr (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
4	Sean White Jr (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Devone Pless (Jr)	12	0	0	0	4	4	100	4	10	40
11	Marcus Ward (So)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Carter Mehlberg (Jr)	3	1	4	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Kobe Bradley (So)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
24	J. Gutierrez-ellis (Jr)	10	2	2	100	0	0	0	2	3	67
33	Jamar Trotter (Jr)	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	63

Poston Butte

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	29	12	12	3	4	1	7	1
5	Andre Thomas (Jr)	18	6	6	1	2	1	4
10	NiJay Wilson (Jr)	3	2	2		1		1	1
15	Carmelo Diaz (Sr)	8	3	3	1	1		2
15	Connor Martin (Jr)		1	1
21	Cordd Baker (So)				1

Mesquite

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	75	5	25	30	19	15	2	19
1	CohenJ Gonzales (Sr)	22	0	3	3	1	2	1	3
2	Jaylen Wollangk (Jr)	11	0	2	2	5	3	0	4
3	M. Calvin jr (Jr)	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1
4	Sean White Jr (Sr)	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1
5	Devone Pless (Jr)	12	1	5	6	4	1	1	1
10	Maurice Lakes (Sr)	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1
11	Marcus Ward (So)	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	1
12	Carter Mehlberg (Jr)	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	1
22	Kobe Bradley (So)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
24	J. Gutierrez-ellis (Jr)	10	1	4	5	3	1	0	2
33	Jamar Trotter (Jr)	10	2	6	8	0	1	0	3

Poston Butte

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.43	0.57	4.00	1.00
5	Andre Thomas (Jr)	0.25	0.50
10	NiJay Wilson (Jr)		1.00	1.00
15	Carmelo Diaz (Sr)	0.50	0.50

Mesquite

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	0.79	3	5
1	CohenJ Gonzales (Sr)	0.33	0.67	0	1
2	Jaylen Wollangk (Jr)	1.25	0.75	0	0
3	M. Calvin jr (Jr)	2.00	2.00	0	1
4	Sean White Jr (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1	0
5	Devone Pless (Jr)	4.00	1.00	0	1
10	Maurice Lakes (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0	0
11	Marcus Ward (So)	0.00	1.00	1	0
12	Carter Mehlberg (Jr)	1.00	2.00	0	0
22	Kobe Bradley (So)	0.00	1.00	0	0
24	J. Gutierrez-ellis (Jr)	1.50	0.50	0	1
33	Jamar Trotter (Jr)	0.00	0.33	1	1

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Poston Butte trounced by Mesquite

January 6, 2023: Gilbert, AZ 85233

The Mesquite Wildcats routed the visiting Poston Butte Broncos basketball team by a final score of 75-45 in Friday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Wildcats face the St. Mary's Knights (Phoenix, AZ) in a 4A Desert Sky game, on Wednesday, January 11. Mesquite will attempt to move on its 12-6 season record. The Knights enter the game with a 6-10 record after their 81-70 non-league loss to Perry (Gilbert, AZ).

With the defeat, Poston Butte moves to 10-9 on the year. The Broncos travel to Arizona College Prep (Chandler, AZ) to face the Knights in a 4A East Sky game on Wednesday, January 11. The Knights enter the game with a record of 12-6.

Players of the Game

Poston Butte (22-23)

Congratulations to #5 Andre Thomas for being selected the Poston Butte Basketball Player of the Game.

Mesquite (22-23)

Mesquite has not selected any Players of the Game.

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Rankings & Records

Poston Butte (22-23)

AZ	Div.
180	31

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
11-18	1-9	2-9	1-7	8-2	.379	.100	1,657	1,604

Mesquite (22-23)

AZ	Div.
27	4

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
21-9	9-1	8-3	8-3	5-3	.700	.900	2,115	1,763

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Poston Butte	15.6	12.9	14.3	14.3	7.0	57.1
Mesquite	16.8	24.4	15.6	14.6	-	70.5

Team Stat Comparison

Poston Butte		Mesquite
53.1	Points Per Game	70.4
27.2	Rebounds Per Game	29.9
8.0	Assists Per Game	15.8
7.4	Steals Per Game	11.0
2.1	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

Poston Butte		Mesquite	National Avg.
#5 Andre Thomas15.6	Points Per Game	#1 CohenJ Gonzales25.1	4.9
#22 Connor Lopez10.0	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Devone Pless7.7	2.6
#1 Dutch Martinez jr2.3	Assists Per Game	#2 Jaylen Wollangk6.9	1.0
#5 Andre Thomas2.3	Steals Per Game	#2 Jaylen Wollangk3.0	0.8
#5 Andre Thomas0.8	Blocks Per Game	#5 Devone Pless1.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Poston Butte	1-10		Mesquite	8-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/22	Poston Butte	Dysart	(L) 61-39	11/23/22	Dysart	Mesquite	(W) 67-62
12/7/22	Seton Catholic	Poston Butte	(L) 70-45	12/16/22	Seton Catholic	Mesquite	(W) 78-51
				1/12/23	Mesquite	Seton Catholic	(W) 70-32
12/12/22	Saguaro	Poston Butte	(L) 75-46	12/10/22	Saguaro	Mesquite	(W) 87-56
				1/17/23	Mesquite	Saguaro	(W) 67-48
1/12/23	ALA - Queen Creek	Poston Butte	(W) 50-44	11/30/22	Mesquite	ALA - Queen Creek	(W) 68-65
1/26/23	Poston Butte	ALA - Queen Creek	(L) 67-62
1/17/23	ALA - Gilbert North	Poston Butte	(L) 71-62	11/25/22	ALA - Gilbert North	Mesquite	(L) 73-68
1/27/23	Poston Butte	ALA - Gilbert North	(L) 80-59
1/19/23	Eastmark	Poston Butte	(L) 69-64	12/5/22	Mesquite	Eastmark	(W) 63-59
1/30/23	Poston Butte	Eastmark	(L) 71-55
1/20/23	Poston Butte	Combs	(L) 59-43	12/7/22	Mesquite	Combs	(W) 75-47
2/1/23	Combs	Poston Butte	(L) 66-61

Record Breakdown

Poston Butte (22-23)		Mesquite (22-23)
11-18	Overall	21-9
1-9	League	9-1
2-6	Non-League	5-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-10	Common Opponent	8-1
2-9	Home	8-3
1-7	Away	8-3
8-2	Neutral	5-3
0-0	Playoff	2-2
11-18	In-State	20-8
0-0	Out-of-State	1-1