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The Desert (Edwards AFB, CA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against The Palmdale Aerospace Academy (Palmdale, CA) by a score of 61-46.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
TPAA	-	-	-	-	61
Desert	-	-	-	-	46

Final score provided by B. Tapp.

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Game Stats

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy (23-24)

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	60	25	64	39	47
1	Sir-Gavin Epps (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
2	Imad Merachli (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
3	Mylan Thomas (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
5	Thomas Carillo (Fr)	2	1	2	50	50
11	C. Tonyala (Jr)	3	1	3	33	50
15	Mathew Palencia (Sr)	5	2	6	33	42
22	Melvyn Bob (Sr)	2	1	6	17	17
23	Tobi Akinsete (Jr)	7	3	9	33	39
24	David Romero (Sr)	31	13	23	57	67
30	Jordan Bernas (Sr)	6	2	8	25	38

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTA	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	60	10	32	31	4	15	32	47
1	Sir-Gavin Epps (Jr)	2	0	0	0	2	1	4	25
2	Imad Merachli (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	100
3	Mylan Thomas (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Thomas Carillo (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
11	C. Tonyala (Jr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0
15	Mathew Palencia (Sr)	5	1	4	25	0	1	2	50
22	Melvyn Bob (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	1	4	25
23	Tobi Akinsete (Jr)	7	1	4	25	2	2	5	40
24	David Romero (Sr)	31	5	11	45	0	8	12	67
30	Jordan Bernas (Sr)	6	2	7	29	0	0	1	0

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	60	34	16	11	6	8	12
1	Sir-Gavin Epps (Jr)	2	10	3	1	3	0	3
2	Imad Merachli (Sr)	2	4	0	0	0	0	1
3	Mylan Thomas (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Thomas Carillo (Fr)	2	4	1	3	0	3	1
11	C. Tonyala (Jr)	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
15	Mathew Palencia (Sr)	5	1	2	2	0	1	0
21	Oliver Winberg (Jr)	0	3	2	0	0	0	0
22	Melvyn Bob (Sr)	2	1	0	1	0	1	1
23	Tobi Akinsete (Jr)	7	2	5	3	2	1	3
24	David Romero (Sr)	31	6	3	1	1	1	0
30	Jordan Bernas (Sr)	6	2	0	0	0	0	2
35	Ulisses Rivas (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	2.00	1.38	0.92	0.50
1	Sir-Gavin Epps (Jr)	3.00	1.00	0.33	1.00
5	Thomas Carillo (Fr)	0.33	1.00	3.00	0.00
15	Mathew Palencia (Sr)	2.00	2.00	2.00	0.00
21	Oliver Winberg (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
22	Melvyn Bob (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
23	Tobi Akinsete (Jr)	5.00	3.00	1.00	0.67
24	David Romero (Sr)	3.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

Desert (23-24)

Desert has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Desert thwarted by The Palmdale Aerospace Academy

December 7, 2023: Edwards AFB, CA 93523

The Desert Scorpions basketball team (Edwards AFB, CA), was toppled 61-46 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting The Palmdale Aerospace Academy Griffins (Palmdale, CA)

The Griffins now possess a 2-5 record. They put it on the line next when they host Valley Torah for a Heritage battle on Monday, December 11. The Palmdale Aerospace Academy will confront a Wolfpack team coming off a 75-51 non-league win over St. Genevieve (Panorama City, CA). The Wolfpack record now stands at 8-1.

The Scorpions (3-3) will now prepare for their battle against Frazier Mountain (Lebec, CA). The Falcons come into the High Desert battle with a 0-0 record.

Players of the Game

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #24 David Romero for being selected the The Palmdale Aerospace Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Desert (23-24)

Desert has not selected any Players of the Game.

TPAA @ Desert Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 7, 2023 @ 7p

The Desert (Edwards AFB, CA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against The Palmdale Aerospace Academy (Palmdale, CA) by a score of 61-46.

Rankings & Records

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
934	348	108	23

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
13-11	9-7	7-2	6-9	.542	.562	1,504	1,301

Desert (23-24)

CA	Section
1,036	88

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
9-12	5-7	6-3	2-7	1-2	.429	.417	1,118	1,214

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
The Palmdale Aerospace Academy	16.3	16.7	17.3	16.3	62.7
Desert	24.3	11.7	8.3	11.2	53.2

Team Stat Comparison

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy		Desert
62.3	Points Per Game	-
36.9	Rebounds Per Game	-
12.5	Assists Per Game	-
13.6	Steals Per Game	-
2.3	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy		Desert	National Avg.
#24 David Romero18.9	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#1 Sir-Gavin Epps8.7	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#15 Mathew Palencia3.2	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#23 Tobi Akinsete3.0	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#1 Sir-Gavin Epps1.0	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Record Breakdown

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy (23-24)		Desert (23-24)
13-11	Overall	9-12
9-7	League	5-7
3-3	Non-League	1-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
7-2	Home	6-3
6-9	Away	2-7
0-0	Neutral	1-2
1-1	Playoff	1-1
13-11	In-State	9-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0