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The Palm Desert (CA) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral tournament game against Linfield Christian (Temecula, CA) by a score of 68-44.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Linfield Christian	16	19	19	14	68
Palm Desert	6	16	7	15	44

Final score provided by J. Sobczyk.

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Game Stats

Palm Desert (22-23)

Linfield Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	22	61	36	43
1	Xavier Cox (So)	15	5	13	38	50
2	Calem Costello (Sr)	8	3	12	25	25
3	Mike McNair (Sr)	29	7	20	35	43
4	Tyrese Garnett (So)	3	1	2	50	75
12	Shepard Cope (Sr)	4	2	3	67	67
15	Julius Brower (So)	9	4	9	44	50
22	Ben Artiga (So)	0	0	2	0	0

Palm Desert

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	17	52	33	35
1	Ruben Pineda (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
3	Victor Estrada (Jr)	1	0	3	0	0
4	Reid Gorman (So)	9	4	6	67	67
11	Nick Digiacomo (Sr)	0	0	6	0	0
21	Jake Brande (Fr)	13	5	12	42	42
22	Brady Clemmer (Sr)	18	7	22	32	36
	Tanner Menning (Sr)	3	1	1	100	100

Linfield Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	8	30	27	16	19	84	14	31	45
1	Xavier Cox (So)	15	3	11	27	2	2	100	2	2	100
2	Calem Costello (Sr)	8	0	2	0	2	2	100	3	10	30
3	Mike McNair (Sr)	29	3	9	33	12	15	80	4	11	36
4	Tyrese Garnett (So)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Shepard Cope (Sr)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
15	Julius Brower (So)	9	1	3	33	0	0	0	3	6	50
22	Ben Artiga (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Palm Desert

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	2	19	11	8	14	57	15	33	45
1	Ruben Pineda (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	Victor Estrada (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	3	0
4	Reid Gorman (So)	9	0	1	0	1	4	25	4	5	80
11	Nick Digiacomo (Sr)	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Jake Brande (Fr)	13	0	2	0	3	3	100	5	10	50
22	Brady Clemmer (Sr)	18	2	11	18	2	3	67	5	11	45
	Tanner Menning (Sr)	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	1	100

Linfield Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	68	14	30	44	17	14	5	15	14
1	Xavier Cox (So)	15	1	3	4	2	1	0	1	0
2	Calem Costello (Sr)	8	3	7	10	5	4	0	3	3
3	Mike McNair (Sr)	29	5	8	13	3	2	3	3	1
4	Tyrese Garnett (So)	3	0	2	2	2	1	1	3	2
5	Greg Toth (Jr)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
12	Shepard Cope (Sr)	4	3	1	4	1	1	1	0	4
15	Julius Brower (So)	9	2	5	7	2	5	0	3	1
22	Ben Artiga (So)	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	2
24	Andrew Leighton (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1

Palm Desert

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	44	5	24	29	8	6	2	18	13
1	Ruben Pineda (Jr)	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	1	0
3	Victor Estrada (Jr)	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	5
4	Reid Gorman (So)	9	1	6	7	1	1	0	4	2
11	Nick Digiacomo (Sr)	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	1
13	Miles Burdette (So)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
21	Jake Brande (Fr)	13	1	9	10	0	1	1	5	0
22	Brady Clemmer (Sr)	18	0	4	4	2	2	0	2	2
	Tanner Menning (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2

Linfield Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.13	0.93	1.00	0.36	11
1	Xavier Cox (So)	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	2
2	Calem Costello (Sr)	1.67	1.33	1.33	0.00	1
3	Mike McNair (Sr)	1.00	0.67	2.00	3.00	0
4	Tyrese Garnett (So)	0.67	0.33	0.50	0.50	4
5	Greg Toth (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
12	Shepard Cope (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.25	0.25	2
15	Julius Brower (So)	0.67	1.67	5.00	0.00	2
24	Andrew Leighton (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

Palm Desert

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.44	0.33	0.46	0.15	7
1	Ruben Pineda (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
3	Victor Estrada (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20	0
4	Reid Gorman (So)	0.25	0.25	0.50	0.00	1
11	Nick Digiacomo (Sr)	1.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	0
13	Miles Burdette (So)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
21	Jake Brande (Fr)	0.00	0.20	1.00	1.00	2
22	Brady Clemmer (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
	Tanner Menning (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2

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Game Story

California High School Basketball - Linfield Christian crushes Palm Desert

November 30, 2022: Temecula, CA 92592

Linfield Christian Lions (Temecula, CA) backers were in high spirits Wednesday as they witnessed their basketball squad bounce the visiting Palm Desert Aztecs (Palm Desert, CA), 68-44 in a non-league bout.

With the win, Linfield Christian upgrades its record to 7-0 on the season. The Lions travel to Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo, CA) to clash with the Wolverines in a non-league bout on Friday, December 2. The Wolverines go into the bout with a record of 3-3. Aliso Niguel won 50-36 in their recent non-league bout against Rancho Dominguez (Long Beach, CA)

Next up, the Aztecs clash with the Rancho Dominguez Lobos (Long Beach, CA) in a non-league bout, on Friday, December 2. Palm Desert will attempt to upgrade on its 2-4 season record. The Lobos go into the bout with a 2-2 record after their 50-36 non-league loss to Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo, CA).

Players of the Game

Linfield Christian (22-23)

Congratulations to #3 Mike McNair for being selected the Linfield Christian Basketball Player of the Game.

Palm Desert (22-23)

Palm Desert has not selected any Players of the Game.

LCHS vs Palm Desert Basketball Game Info

Wed., Nov. 30, 2022 @ 7:30p

The Palm Desert (CA) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral tournament game against Linfield Christian (Temecula, CA) by a score of 68-44.

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Rankings & Records

Linfield Christian (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
135	65	27	14

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
24-6	5-3	10-2	7-4	7-0	.800	.625	2,094	1,419

Palm Desert (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
370	175	84	31

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
21-9	8-2	7-2	11-1	3-6	.700	.800	1,721	1,502

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Linfield Christian	19.1	20.2	16.8	13.4	8.0	69.8
Palm Desert	11.5	14.2	15.2	14.8	6.0	57.4

Team Stat Comparison

Linfield Christian		Palm Desert
69.8	Points Per Game	57.8
29.1	Rebounds Per Game	32.0
15.6	Assists Per Game	14.0
10.8	Steals Per Game	5.9
1.4	Blocks Per Game	2.7

Team Leaders

Linfield Christian		Palm Desert	National Avg.
#3 Mike McNair24.9	Points Per Game	#10 Stephen Shuffleton14.3	4.9
#3 Mike McNair8.5	Rebounds Per Game	#32 Owen Hayden9.9	2.6
#3 Mike McNair3.3	Assists Per Game	#22 Brady Clemmer4.4	1.0
#3 Mike McNair2.3	Steals Per Game	#22 Brady Clemmer1.7	0.8
#3 Mike McNair0.6	Blocks Per Game	#32 Owen Hayden1.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Linfield Christian	2-1		Palm Desert	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/28/22	Rancho Dominguez	Linfield Christian	(W) 62-50	12/2/22	Rancho Dominguez	Palm Desert	(L) 84-74
12/2/22	Aliso Niguel	Linfield Christian	(W) 50-28	11/28/22	Aliso Niguel	Palm Desert	(L) 57-49
1/14/23	Linfield Christian	Rancho Christian	(L) 75-65	2/10/23	Rancho Christian	Palm Desert	(L) 76-40

Record Breakdown

Linfield Christian (22-23)		Palm Desert (22-23)
24-6	Overall	21-9
5-3	League	8-2
6-1	Non-League	10-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-1	Common Opponent	0-3
10-2	Home	7-2
7-4	Away	11-1
7-0	Neutral	3-6
1-1	Playoff	1-1
24-6	In-State	21-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0