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Payson Thatcher

Longhorns

Eagles

The Thatcher (AZ) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Payson (AZ) in overtime by a score of 44-42.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Payson	4	8	14	9	7	42
Thatcher	6	13	9	7	9	44

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Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Payson (25-26)

Payson has not entered stats for this game.

Thatcher (25-26)

Thatcher

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	17	54	31	34
1	Hudson Lopeman (Jr)	6	3	9	33	33
11	Wade Hull (Jr)	6	2	9	22	28
13	Braden Bryce (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
24	B. Stringfellow (Sr)	0	0	5	0	0
30	Chad Johnson (Sr)	7	3	9	33	39
31	Dylan Riney (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
33	Isaac Palmer (Sr)	23	8	17	47	50

Thatcher

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	3	18	17	7	18	39	14	36	39
1	Hudson Lopeman (Jr)	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	6	50
11	Wade Hull (Jr)	6	1	4	25	1	4	25	1	5	20
13	Braden Bryce (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	33
24	B. Stringfellow (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
30	Chad Johnson (Sr)	7	1	5	20	0	0	0	2	4	50
31	Dylan Riney (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
33	Isaac Palmer (Sr)	23	1	4	25	6	12	50	7	13	54

Thatcher

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	44	12	26	38	11	7	2	17	13
1	Hudson Lopeman (Jr)	6	3	1	4	1	1	0	0	1
11	Wade Hull (Jr)	6	2	3	5	1	1	0	2	0
13	Braden Bryce (Sr)	2	2	1	3	3	0	1	4	3
24	B. Stringfellow (Sr)	0	2	4	6	1	1	0	4	3
30	Chad Johnson (Sr)	7	1	7	8	2	1	0	3	1
31	Dylan Riney (Sr)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
33	Isaac Palmer (Sr)	23	2	9	11	2	3	1	3	3

Thatcher

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.65	0.41	0.54	0.15	1	8
1	Hudson Lopeman (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	1
11	Wade Hull (Jr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	0	4
13	Braden Bryce (Sr)	0.75	0.00	0.00	0.33	0	0
24	B. Stringfellow (Sr)	0.25	0.25	0.33	0.00	1	2
30	Chad Johnson (Sr)	0.67	0.33	1.00	0.00	0	1
31	Dylan Riney (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
33	Isaac Palmer (Sr)	0.67	1.00	1.00	0.33	0	0

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Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Thatcher holds off Payson

December 2, 2025: Thatcher, AZ 85552

In Tuesday's non-league contest, the host Thatcher Eagles basketball team scored a close 44-42 triumph over the Payson Longhorns.

The Eagles (1-0) will now prepare for their contest against Blue Ridge (Lakeside, AZ). The Yellow Jackets go into the non-league contest with a 1-2 record. In their last contest, Blue Ridge was nipped by Window Rock (Fort Defiance, AZ), 62-42, in a non-league outing.

The Longhorns (0-2) will now prepare for their outing against Apache Junction (Apache Junction, AZ). The Prospectors enter the non-league outing with a 0-3 record. In their last outing, Apache Junction was nipped by Valley Christian (Chandler, AZ), 106-15, in a league outing.

Payson @ Thatcher Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 2, 2025 @ 7p

Thatcher High School

The Thatcher (AZ) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Payson (AZ) in overtime by a score of 44-42.

Rankings & Records

Payson (25-26)

AZ	Div.
71	6

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
24-8	9-3	11-4	7-3	6-1	.750	.750	1,877	1,448

Thatcher (25-26)

AZ	Div.
86	8

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
20-9	7-1	10-4	5-2	5-3	.690	.875	1,913	1,644

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Payson	14.5	9.3	15.2	15.5	7.0	58.7
Thatcher	17.6	16.8	16.8	14.6	9.0	66.0

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Team Stat Comparison

Payson		Thatcher
9.0	Points Per Game	66.0
3.5	Rebounds Per Game	32.6
1.9	Assists Per Game	14.0
0.9	Steals Per Game	7.2
0.1	Blocks Per Game	2.2

Team Leaders

Payson		Thatcher	National Avg.
#1 Payton Stuart15.0	Points Per Game	#33 Isaac Palmer20.5	4.8
#25 Bryson Waterman-Echols7.0	Rebounds Per Game	#33 Isaac Palmer10.0	2.5
#1 Payton Stuart5.0	Assists Per Game	#30 Chad Johnson3.7	1.0
#00 Dane White3.0	Steals Per Game	#33 Isaac Palmer1.5	0.8
#24 Manny Sias1.0	Blocks Per Game	#33 Isaac Palmer1.0	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Payson	5-2		Thatcher	3-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/24/25	Payson	Show Low	(L) 77-72	12/10/25	Thatcher	Show Low	(W) 78-46
12/12/25	St. Johns	Payson	(W) 63-39	12/18/25	St. Johns	Thatcher	(W) 71-52
12/12/25	Payson	Alchesay	(W) 46-38	1/1/26	Alchesay	Thatcher	(L) 62-51
1/10/26	Payson	Alchesay	(W) 67-32
12/16/25	Florence	Payson	(W) 64-48	2/17/26	Florence	Thatcher	(L) 88-80
1/2/26	Payson	Benson	(W) 68-38	12/8/25	Thatcher	Benson	(W) 58-35
2/11/26	Coolidge	Payson	(L) 56-45	12/16/25	Coolidge	Thatcher	(L) 67-57
				1/2/26	Thatcher	Coolidge	(L) 83-58

Record Breakdown

Payson (25-26)		Thatcher (25-26)
24-8	Overall	20-9
9-3	League	7-1
5-2	Non-League	7-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
5-2	Common Opponent	3-4
11-4	Home	10-4
7-3	Away	5-2
6-1	Neutral	5-3
0-2	Playoff	0-2
24-8	In-State	20-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0