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Morenci Thatcher

Wildcats

Eagles

The Thatcher (AZ) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home tournament game against Morenci (AZ) by a score of 54-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Morenci	-	-	-	-	54
Thatcher	-	-	-	-	45

Final score provided by K. Hull.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Thatcher (24-25)

Morenci

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	54
11	A. Abdulqader (So)	13
21	Yedidia Luputa (Sr)	3
23	C. Lopez (Sr)	22
24	Abraham Cortez (Jr)	10
25	Adrian McCallum (Jr)	6

Thatcher

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	45	19	49	39	42
2	Brant Duncan (So)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Jay Carter (So)	0	0	1	0	0
13	Braden Bryce (Jr)	14	7	12	58	58
21	Wyatt Nicholas (Sr)	7	3	7	43	43
24	B. Stringfellow (Jr)	8	2	3	67	100
30	Chad Johnson (Jr)	5	2	9	22	22
33	Isaac Palmer (Jr)	11	5	16	31	34

Morenci

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	54
11	A. Abdulqader (So)	13
21	Yedidia Luputa (Sr)	3
23	C. Lopez (Sr)	22
24	Abraham Cortez (Jr)	10
25	Adrian McCallum (Jr)	6

Thatcher

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	45	3	12	25	4	6	67	16	37	43
2	Brant Duncan (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Jay Carter (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Braden Bryce (Jr)	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	58
21	Wyatt Nicholas (Sr)	7	0	0	0	1	2	50	3	7	43
24	B. Stringfellow (Jr)	8	2	2	100	2	2	100	0	1	0
30	Chad Johnson (Jr)	5	0	3	0	1	2	50	2	6	33
33	Isaac Palmer (Jr)	11	1	6	17	0	0	0	4	10	40

Morenci

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	54
11	A. Abdulqader (So)	13
21	Yedidia Luputa (Sr)	3
23	C. Lopez (Sr)	22
24	Abraham Cortez (Jr)	10
25	Adrian McCallum (Jr)	6

Thatcher

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	45	8	22	30	12	6	2	18	13
2	Brant Duncan (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
10	Ryan Jones (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
12	Jay Carter (So)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
13	Braden Bryce (Jr)	14	5	6	11	2	1	0	2	2
21	Wyatt Nicholas (Sr)	7	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	2
24	B. Stringfellow (Jr)	8	0	5	5	1	0	1	4	1
30	Chad Johnson (Jr)	5	1	2	3	3	1	1	3	4
32	Daniel Palmer (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
33	Isaac Palmer (Jr)	11	2	4	6	5	3	0	4	2

Misc Totals

Morenci has not entered any misc totals stats.

Thatcher

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.67	0.33	0.46	0.15	3	19
10	Ryan Jones (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
12	Jay Carter (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
13	Braden Bryce (Jr)	1.00	0.50	0.50	0.00	0	2
21	Wyatt Nicholas (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.00	3	2
24	B. Stringfellow (Jr)	0.25	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	1
30	Chad Johnson (Jr)	1.00	0.33	0.25	0.25	0	5
33	Isaac Palmer (Jr)	1.25	0.75	1.50	0.00	0	5

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Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Morenci defeats Thatcher

December 20, 2024: Thatcher, AZ 85552

The Morenci Wildcats (Morenci, AZ) basketball were winner over the host Thatcher Eagles (Thatcher, AZ), 54-45 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Wildcats now possess a 11-0 record. They play next when they host San Miguel for a 2A South bout on Tuesday, January 7. Morenci will play a Vipers team coming off a 68-49 non-league loss to Santa Cruz Valley (Eloy, AZ). The Vipers record now stands at 3-5.

With the loss, Thatcher falls to 6-4 on the campaign. The Eagles travel to Tanque Verde (Tucson, AZ) to play the Hawks in a non-league bout on Saturday, December 21. The Hawks go into the bout with a record of 9-6. Tanque Verde won 61-42 in their recent non-league bout against Safford (Safford, AZ)

Morenci @ Thatcher Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 20, 2024 @ 7:30p

The Thatcher (AZ) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home tournament game against Morenci (AZ) by a score of 54-45.

Rankings & Records

Morenci (24-25)

AZ	Div.
111	8

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
26-5	11-0	12-0	10-3	4-2	.839	1.000	1,938	1,553

Thatcher (24-25)

AZ	Div.
126	15

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
18-12	6-2	10-3	5-5	3-4	.600	.750	1,799	1,618

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Morenci	14.7	12.6	17.9	14.2	-	62.5
Thatcher	15.2	11.0	18.6	15.8	13.0	60.0

Head-to-Head

Morenci won on 12/20/2024

12/20 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Morenci - - - - 54
Thatcher - - - - 45

The Morenci (AZ) varsity basketball team won Friday's away tournament game against Thatcher (AZ) by a score of 54-45.
Box score
Thatcher won on 2/5/2025

2/5 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Morenci - - - - 54
Thatcher - - - - 72

The Morenci (AZ) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's away non-conference game against Thatcher (AZ) by a score of 72-54.
Box score

Team Stat Comparison

Morenci		Thatcher
55.2	Points Per Game	59.8
-	Rebounds Per Game	31.6
-	Assists Per Game	13.0
-	Steals Per Game	7.2
-	Blocks Per Game	1.8

Team Leaders

Morenci		Thatcher	National Avg.
#10 Noah Chavez14.9	Points Per Game	#33 Isaac Palmer17.4	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#33 Isaac Palmer8.6	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#30 Chad Johnson3.5	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#33 Isaac Palmer1.8	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#13 Braden Bryce0.6	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Morenci	6-2		Thatcher	5-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Morenci	Empire	(W) 75-43	12/20/24	Empire	Thatcher	(W) 59-44
				2/4/25	Thatcher	Empire	(W) 84-74
12/19/24	Morenci	Safford	(W) 73-55	1/29/25	Thatcher	Safford	(W) 71-59
12/21/24	Morenci	Pima	(L) 62-43	1/15/25	Pima	Thatcher	(L) 44-28
1/9/25	Morenci	Pima	(L) 52-37
1/10/25	Willcox	Morenci	(W) 57-43	1/3/25	Thatcher	Willcox	(W) 67-45
1/23/25	Morenci	Willcox	(W) 61-42
1/15/25	Benson	Morenci	(W) 60-42	12/6/24	Benson	Thatcher	(W) 71-42
1/28/25	Morenci	Benson	(W) 59-47

Record Breakdown

Morenci (24-25)		Thatcher (24-25)
26-5	Overall	18-12
11-0	League	6-2
5-3	Non-League	6-4
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
6-2	Common Opponent	5-1
12-0	Home	10-3
10-3	Away	5-5
4-2	Neutral	3-4
1-1	Playoff	0-1
26-5	In-State	18-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0