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Air Academy Centaurus

Kadets

Warriors

The Centaurus (Lafayette, CO) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Air Academy (US Air Force Academy, CO) by a score of 63-40.

Game Details: Paul Davis Classic

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Air Academy	19	18	13	13	63
Centaurus	13	11	7	9	40

Final score provided by B. Clark.

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Game Stats

Centaurus (23-24)

Air Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	63	26	53	49	56
2	Steven McGough (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
3	Max Howery (Sr)	3	1	5	20	20
5	Noah Hellem (Sr)	35	14	25	56	68
10	Sam Brennan (Jr)	6	2	2	100	100
11	Tommy Tygart (Jr)	5	2	6	33	42
22	Brody Winnett (So)	6	3	8	38	38
24	Turner Grow (Jr)	6	3	4	75	75
25	Mekhi Willams (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
30	Brad Wieker (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100

Centaurus

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	40	14	36	39	42
0	Sam Esposito (Jr)	9	3	8	38	38
1	Jameson Love (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0
2	Jesse Efe (Jr)	2
3	Antuan Vargas (Jr)	5	1	4	25	38
4	Gage Mutz (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	M. Mammarappallil (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
11	Cade Falzone (Sr)	3	1	4	25	25
14	Zak White (Sr)	8	4	8	50	50
21	Matthew Vaver (Sr)	5	2	2	100	125
25	Jason Nasca (Sr)	4	2	3	67	67

Air Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	63	7	23	30	4	9	44	19	30	63
2	Steven McGough (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	Max Howery (Sr)	3	0	3	0	1	2	50	1	2	50
5	Noah Hellem (Sr)	35	6	15	40	1	3	33	8	10	80
10	Sam Brennan (Jr)	6	0	0	0	2	4	50	2	2	100
11	Tommy Tygart (Jr)	5	1	3	33	0	0	0	1	3	33
22	Brody Winnett (So)	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	6	50
24	Turner Grow (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	75
25	Mekhi Willams (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	Brad Wieker (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100

Centaurus

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	40	2	8	25	10	14	71	12	28	43
0	Sam Esposito (Jr)	9	0	1	0	3	4	75	3	7	43
1	Jameson Love (Sr)	2				2	2	100	0	1	0
2	Jesse Efe (Jr)	2				2	2	100
3	Antuan Vargas (Jr)	5	1	4	25	2	2	100
4	Gage Mutz (Jr)	0							0	1	0
10	M. Mammarappallil (Jr)	2	0	1	0				1	4	25
11	Cade Falzone (Sr)	3				1	2	50	1	4	25
14	Zak White (Sr)	8	0	1	0				4	7	57
21	Matthew Vaver (Sr)	5	1	1	100				1	1	100
25	Jason Nasca (Sr)	4				0	2	0	2	3	67

Air Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	63	10	15	25	20	15	3	10
2	Steven McGough (Sr)	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
3	Max Howery (Sr)	3	1	1	2	10	8	0	1
5	Noah Hellem (Sr)	35	2	2	4	2	2	0	2
10	Sam Brennan (Jr)	6	1	2	3	2	0	2	0
11	Tommy Tygart (Jr)	5	2	1	3	2	2	0	3
22	Brody Winnett (So)	6	2	4	6	1	1	1	1
24	Turner Grow (Jr)	6	0	4	4	1	1	0	3
25	Mekhi Willams (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30	Brad Wieker (Sr)	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0

Centaurus

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	40	1	13	14	7	5	1	24	17
0	Sam Esposito (Jr)	9		2	2	1	1		7	2
1	Jameson Love (Sr)	2		1	1	1				3
2	Jesse Efe (Jr)	2		2	2	1	1			2
3	Antuan Vargas (Jr)	5		1	1	2	1		6	1
4	Gage Mutz (Jr)	0							2
5	Zack Young (Jr)								2
10	M. Mammarappallil (Jr)	2		1	1				1	1
11	Cade Falzone (Sr)	3		2	2	1		1	1	2
12	Ben Mischke (Sr)					1				2
14	Zak White (Sr)	8		3	3		1		1	3
21	Matthew Vaver (Sr)	5		1	1		1		1
25	Jason Nasca (Sr)	4	1		1				3	1

Air Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	2.00	1.50	1	14
2	Steven McGough (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0	0
3	Max Howery (Sr)	10.00	8.00	0	2
5	Noah Hellem (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0	2
10	Sam Brennan (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0	1
11	Tommy Tygart (Jr)	0.67	0.67	1	2
22	Brody Winnett (So)	1.00	1.00	0	0
24	Turner Grow (Jr)	0.33	0.33	0	2
25	Mekhi Willams (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0	0
30	Brad Wieker (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0	5

Centaurus

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.29	0.21	0.29	0.06	4	7
0	Sam Esposito (Jr)	0.14	0.14	0.50			1
1	Jameson Love (Sr)						1
2	Jesse Efe (Jr)			0.50
3	Antuan Vargas (Jr)	0.33	0.17	1.00
4	Gage Mutz (Jr)					1
11	Cade Falzone (Sr)	1.00			0.50	1	3
12	Ben Mischke (Sr)					1
14	Zak White (Sr)		1.00	0.33			1
21	Matthew Vaver (Sr)		1.00			1
25	Jason Nasca (Sr)						1

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Air Academy vs Centaurus Game Highlights - Dec. 1, 2023 615 views 1:45

Game Story

Colorado High School Basketball - Air Academy crushes Centaurus

December 1, 2023: US Air Force Academy, CO 80840

Air Academy Kadets (US Air Force Academy, CO) backers were in high spirits Friday as they witnessed their basketball squad bounce the visiting Centaurus Warriors (Lafayette, CO), 63-40 in a non-league bout.

With the win, Air Academy upgrades its record to 1-1 on the season. The Kadets host Longmont (Longmont, CO) to clash with the Trojans in a non-league bout on Saturday, December 2. The Trojans go into the bout with a record of 2-1. Longmont won 75-31 in their recent non-league bout against Cheyenne Mountain (Colorado Springs, CO)

Next up, the Warriors clash with the Wheat Ridge Farmers (Wheat Ridge, CO) in a non-league bout, on Wednesday, December 6. Centaurus will attempt to upgrade on its 1-2 season record. The Farmers go into the bout with a 0-1 record after their 90-59 non-league loss to Mullen (Denver, CO).

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Rankings & Records

Air Academy (23-24)

CO	Class
120	24

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
7-16	4-6	2-7	3-6	2-3	.304	.400	1,239	1,404

Centaurus (23-24)

CO	Class
151	36

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
6-17	2-12	4-7	1-8	1-2	.261	.143	1,123	1,300

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	OT3	Final
Air Academy	13.6	13.9	13.6	12.7	7.0	-	-	53.9
Centaurus	12.7	11.5	10.4	13.7	5.0	4.0	7.0	48.8

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Team Stat Comparison

Air Academy		Centaurus
54.0	Points Per Game	36.3
23.0	Rebounds Per Game	18.0
7.7	Assists Per Game	8.3
7.2	Steals Per Game	7.1
1.6	Blocks Per Game	0.4

Team Leaders

Air Academy		Centaurus	National Avg.
#5 Noah Hellem21.3	Points Per Game	#0 Sam Esposito12.4	4.9
#3 Max Howery5.1	Rebounds Per Game	#14 Zak White5.8	2.6
#3 Max Howery3.7	Assists Per Game	#1 Jameson Love2.4	1.0
#3 Max Howery2.9	Steals Per Game	#1 Jameson Love1.9	0.8
#10 Sam Brennan0.5	Blocks Per Game	#11 Cade Falzone0.2	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Air Academy	2-1		Centaurus	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/23	Longmont	Air Academy	(L) 47-39	1/25/24	Longmont	Centaurus	(L) 42-36
				2/16/24	Centaurus	Longmont	(L) 48-38
1/19/24	Air Academy	Cheyenne Mountain	(W) 48-37	12/2/23	Cheyenne Mountain	Centaurus	(W) 61-45
2/6/24	Cheyenne Mountain	Air Academy	(W) 60-58

Record Breakdown

Air Academy (23-24)		Centaurus (23-24)
7-16	Overall	6-17
4-6	League	2-12
2-6	Non-League	2-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-1	Common Opponent	1-2
2-7	Home	4-7
3-6	Away	1-8
2-3	Neutral	1-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-16	In-State	6-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0