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Golden Valley Independence

Bulldogs

Falcons

The Independence (Bakersfield, CA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home tournament game against Golden Valley (Bakersfield, CA) by a score of 78-39.

Game Details: Shafter tournament

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Golden Valley	-	-	-	-	39
Independence	-	-	-	-	78

Final score provided by R. ROSS.

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Game Stats

Independence (22-23)

Golden Valley

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	39	16	43	37	45
2	Kamron Smith (Sr)	8	4	8	50	50
4	Robert Roberson (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
10	Laquish Devgan (Sr)	8	3	8	38	50
11	Matthew Prado (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
13	Dillon Thompson (So)	5	2	5	40	50
21	D. Crittetend (So)	0	0	1	0	0
22	Miguel Ceja (Jr)	6	2	3	67	100
23	Kevin Soto (Jr)	3	1	4	25	38
24	J. Baltazar (Sr)	5	2	9	22	28

Independence

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	78	29	63	46	53
2	ETHAN ECKLES (So)	14	5	13	38	42
5	DAVIAN LEON (So)	14	5	11	45	55
11	AAMIR SMITH (So)	2	1	2	50	50
12	AMARIUS ROWEL (So)	22	8	13	62	77
22	ARINZE ONYEGULI (Jr)	4	2	5	40	40
23/10	XAVIER O'NEAL (So)	7	3	6	50	50
25/1	PRINCE ELLIS (Sr)	15	5	13	38	46

Golden Valley

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTA	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	39	7	26	27	1	9	17	53
2	Kamron Smith (Sr)	8	0	3	0	1	4	5	80
4	Robert Roberson (Jr)	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	100
10	Laquish Devgan (Sr)	8	2	4	50	0	1	4	25
11	Matthew Prado (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
13	Dillon Thompson (So)	5	1	3	33	0	1	2	50
21	D. Crittetend (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	Miguel Ceja (Jr)	6	2	3	67	0	0	0	0
23	Kevin Soto (Jr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	1	0
24	J. Baltazar (Sr)	5	1	7	14	0	1	2	50

Independence

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	78	9	19	47	11	11	100	20	44	45
2	ETHAN ECKLES (So)	14	1	4	25	3	3	100	4	9	44
5	DAVIAN LEON (So)	14	2	4	50	2	2	100	3	7	43
11	AAMIR SMITH (So)	2							1	2	50
12	AMARIUS ROWEL (So)	22	4	7	57	2	2	100	4	6	67
22	ARINZE ONYEGULI (Jr)	4							2	5	40
23/10	XAVIER O'NEAL (So)	7				1	1	100	3	6	50
25/1	PRINCE ELLIS (Sr)	15	2	4	50	3	3	100	3	9	33

Golden Valley

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	39	3	17	20	5	6	1
2	Kamron Smith (Sr)	8	2	6	8	0	2	1
4	Robert Roberson (Jr)	2	0	5	5	0	0	0
10	Laquish Devgan (Sr)	8	0	4	4	1	1	0
11	Matthew Prado (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Dillon Thompson (So)	5	0	0	0	1	1	0
22	Miguel Ceja (Jr)	6	0	1	1	0	1	0
23	Kevin Soto (Jr)	3	1	1	2	3	1	0
24	J. Baltazar (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0

Independence

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	TO	PF
	Team Totals	78	31	10	20	17
2	ETHAN ECKLES (So)	14	6	5	4	3
5	DAVIAN LEON (So)	14	2		3	2
11	AAMIR SMITH (So)	2	3		2	1
12	AMARIUS ROWEL (So)	22	1	2	3	2
22	ARINZE ONYEGULI (Jr)	4	11	1	3	3
23/10	XAVIER O'NEAL (So)	7	4		3	3
25/1	PRINCE ELLIS (Sr)	15	4	2	2	3

Misc Totals

Golden Valley has not entered any misc totals stats.

Independence

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO
	Team Totals	0.50
2	ETHAN ECKLES (So)	1.25
12	AMARIUS ROWEL (So)	0.67
22	ARINZE ONYEGULI (Jr)	0.33
25/1	PRINCE ELLIS (Sr)	1.00

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Golden Valley ripped by Independence

December 15, 2022: Bakersfield, CA 93311

The Independence Falcons basketball team scored 78 points and held the visiting Golden Valley Bulldogs to 39 in the Falcons non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Falcons now sport a 4-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Shafter for a non-league contest on Friday, December 16. Independence will battle a Generals team coming off a 52-35 non-league win over Strathmore (Strathmore, CA). The Generals record now stands at 4-6.

The Bulldogs (5-10) will now prepare for their contest against Strathmore (Strathmore, CA). The Spartans enter the non-league contest with a 3-6 record. In their last contest, Strathmore was routed by Shafter (Shafter, CA), 52-35, in a non-league contest.

Rankings & Records

Golden Valley (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
965	86	238	18

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
11-18	4-2	2-5	5-9	4-4	.379	.667	1,308	1,583

Independence (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
449	31	107	13

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
15-15	6-2	8-4	5-6	2-5	.500	.750	1,710	1,745

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Golden Valley	10.0	12.3	9.0	13.1	45.1
Independence	11.9	12.7	14.4	17.0	57.0

Team Stat Comparison

Golden Valley		Independence
40.4	Points Per Game	17.7
25.9	Rebounds Per Game	8.4
5.5	Assists Per Game	2.6
8.1	Steals Per Game	-
1.5	Blocks Per Game	0.2

Team Leaders

Golden Valley		Independence	National Avg.
#2 Kamron Smith12.4	Points Per Game	#12 AMARIUS ROWEL14.7	4.9
#1 Nate Abbott8.6	Rebounds Per Game	#22 ARINZE ONYEGULI10.8	2.6
#23 Kevin Soto2.7	Assists Per Game	#2 ETHAN ECKLES4.6	1.0
#2 Kamron Smith2.5	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#1 Nate Abbott0.7	Blocks Per Game	#22 ARINZE ONYEGULI0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Golden Valley	1-6		Independence	6-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/14/22	Ridgeview	Golden Valley	(L) 73-26	1/17/23	Ridgeview	Independence	(L) 77-57
				2/2/23	Independence	Ridgeview	(W) 64-53
11/17/22	Golden Valley	Frontier	(L) 51-19	12/6/22	Independence	Frontier	(W) 65-41
11/29/22	Golden Valley	Atascadero	(L) 78-29	2/15/23	Atascadero	Independence	(W) 58-53
12/8/22	Golden Valley	Kingsburg	(L) 64-33	2/22/23	Kingsburg	Independence	(L) 59-52
12/13/22	South	Golden Valley	(L) 46-44	11/29/22	South	Independence	(W) 52-42
				12/17/22	Independence	South	(L) 59-54
12/14/22	Golden Valley	Shafter	(W) 46-44	12/16/22	Independence	Shafter	(W) 77-50
12/16/22	Golden Valley	Strathmore	(L) 42-40	12/14/22	Independence	Strathmore	(W) 81-34

Record Breakdown

Golden Valley (22-23)		Independence (22-23)
11-18	Overall	15-15
4-2	League	6-2
1-7	Non-League	2-8
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-6	Common Opponent	6-3
2-5	Home	8-4
5-9	Away	5-6
4-4	Neutral	2-5
0-1	Playoff	2-1
11-18	In-State	15-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0