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Sahuaro Amphitheater

Cougars

Panthers

The Amphitheater (Tucson, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against Sahuaro (Tucson, AZ) by a score of 73-25.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Sahuaro	22	21	19	11	73
Amphitheater	6	5	7	7	25

Final score provided by D. Cook.

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Game Stats

Amphitheater (22-23)

Sahuaro

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	73	33	63	52	56
12	Kristen Valdez (Jr)	9	4	5	80	80
14	Ynnia Abella (Sr)	5	2	2	100	125
20	A. Bonapart (Sr)	21	10	24	42	44
22	Cesia Salazar (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	D. Lagarda-Pacheco (Jr)	4	2	3	67	67
30	C. Coolidge (Jr)	19	8	15	53	57
32	Nashelle Ponds (Sr)	8	4	9	44	44
34	Ny'Anza Brown (Jr)	7	3	4	75	88

Amphitheater

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	25	7
2	Kiara Waters (So)	5	0
20	S. Bustamante (Jr)	7	3
	Kayla Tuakalau (Fr)	11	4
	Monica Verrett (Fr)	2	0

Sahuaro

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	73	4	18	22	3	7	43	29	45	64
12	Kristen Valdez (Jr)	9	0	1	0	1	2	50	4	4	100
14	Ynnia Abella (Sr)	5	1	1	100	0	0	0	1	1	100
20	A. Bonapart (Sr)	21	1	5	20	0	2	0	9	19	47
22	Cesia Salazar (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	D. Lagarda-Pacheco (Jr)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
30	C. Coolidge (Jr)	19	1	5	20	2	3	67	7	10	70
32	Nashelle Ponds (Sr)	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	7	57
34	Ny'Anza Brown (Jr)	7	1	2	50	0	0	0	2	2	100

Amphitheater

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FG%
	Team Totals	25	2		9	19	47	5
2	Kiara Waters (So)	5	0	0	5	8	63	0	0
20	S. Bustamante (Jr)	7	0	0	1	4	25	3
	Kayla Tuakalau (Fr)	11	2		1	2	50	2
	Monica Verrett (Fr)	2	0	0	2	5	40	0	0

Sahuaro

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	73	15	28	43	20	14	2	16	15
12	Kristen Valdez (Jr)	9	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4
14	Ynnia Abella (Sr)	5	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	2
20	A. Bonapart (Sr)	21	8	2	10	4	1	0	3	0
22	Cesia Salazar (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	3
24	D. Lagarda-Pacheco (Jr)	4	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	1
30	C. Coolidge (Jr)	19	4	6	10	4	3	1	4	2
32	Nashelle Ponds (Sr)	8	0	7	7	5	2	1	2	3
34	Ny'Anza Brown (Jr)	7	2	7	9	3	3	0	2	0

Amphitheater

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	25	4	8	12	4	11	4	21	9
2	Kiara Waters (So)	5	1	3	4	2	2	0	8	3
20	S. Bustamante (Jr)	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
	Anika Waters (Jr)	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	4	3
	Kayla Tuakalau (Fr)	11	2	3	5	0	1	4	2	0
	Monica Verrett (Fr)	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	4	3

Sahuaro

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	1.25	0.88	0.93	0.13	1
12	Kristen Valdez (Jr)	2.00	1.00	0.25	0.00	1
14	Ynnia Abella (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
20	A. Bonapart (Sr)	1.33	0.33	1.00	0.00	0
22	Cesia Salazar (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.67	0.00	0
24	D. Lagarda-Pacheco (Jr)	0.50	1.00	2.00	0.00	0
30	C. Coolidge (Jr)	1.00	0.75	1.50	0.50	0
32	Nashelle Ponds (Sr)	2.50	1.00	0.67	0.33	0
34	Ny'Anza Brown (Jr)	1.50	1.50	3.00	0.00	0

Amphitheater

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.19	0.52	1.22	0.44	6	9
2	Kiara Waters (So)	0.25	0.25	0.67	0.00	2	3
20	S. Bustamante (Jr)	0.00	1.00	3.00	0.00	1	0
	Anika Waters (Jr)	0.50	0.50	0.67	0.00	1	3
	Kayla Tuakalau (Fr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	4.00	1	0
	Monica Verrett (Fr)	0.00	0.75	1.00	0.00	1	3

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Sahuaro overwhelms Amphitheater

December 5, 2022: Tucson, AZ 85705

Fans at Monday's non-league challenge between the Sahuaro Cougars (Tucson, AZ) and the host Amphitheater Panthers (Tucson, AZ), saw Sahuaro's basketball squad wallop Amphitheater by a tally of 73-25.

With the victory, Sahuaro improves its record to 5-0 on the campaign. The Cougars host Marana (Tucson, AZ) to confront the Tigers in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, December 7. The Tigers come into the challenge with a record of 0-4. Marana lost 54-27 in their recent non-league challenge against Nogales (Nogales, AZ)

Next up, the Panthers confront the Empire Ravens (Tucson, AZ) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 8. Amphitheater will attempt to improve on its 4-2 season record. The Ravens come into the challenge with a 1-4 record after their 40-38 league loss to Sabino (Tucson, AZ).

Players of the Game

Sahuaro (22-23)

Sahuaro has not selected any Players of the Game.

Amphitheater (22-23)

Congratulations to Kayla Tuakalau for being selected the Amphitheater Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Sahuaro (22-23)

AZ	Div.
36	7

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
24-7	4-4	9-2	8-5	7-0	.774	.500	1,920	1,038

Amphitheater (22-23)

AZ	Div.
163	30

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
15-15	2-8	7-7	4-6	4-2	.500	.200	1,186	1,185

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Sahuaro	14.9	19.4	13.1	15.0	61.9
Amphitheater	7.1	11.9	8.1	8.7	39.5

Team Stat Comparison

Sahuaro		Amphitheater
61.9	Points Per Game	39.3
31.1	Rebounds Per Game	18.6
13.2	Assists Per Game	6.7
14.8	Steals Per Game	15.7
3.2	Blocks Per Game	5.1

Team Leaders

Sahuaro		Amphitheater	National Avg.
#30 Cassandra Coolidge16.3	Points Per Game	Kayla Tuakalau10.0	4.1
#32 Nashelle Ponds6.5	Rebounds Per Game	Kayla Tuakalau6.9	2.8
#30 Cassandra Coolidge2.8	Assists Per Game	#2 Kiara Waters2.1	0.9
#20 Ayjianna Bonapart 3.7	Steals Per Game	#20 Shanise Bustamante4.0	1.1
#32 Nashelle Ponds1.0	Blocks Per Game	Kayla Tuakalau4.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Sahuaro	7-3		Amphitheater	2-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/22	Mica Mountain	Sahuaro	(W) 74-25	1/5/23	Mica Mountain	Amphitheater	(L) 64-38
				1/24/23	Amphitheater	Mica Mountain	(L) 53-34
11/29/22	Sahuaro	Sahuarita	(W) 65-42	12/15/22	Amphitheater	Sahuarita	(L) 62-22
				1/16/23	Sahuarita	Amphitheater	(L) 55-30
				1/30/23	Amphitheater	Sahuarita	(L) 59-17
12/2/22	Sahuaro	Desert View	(W) 95-7	1/20/23	Desert View	Amphitheater	(W) 58-21
1/9/23	Flowing Wells	Sahuaro	(W) 47-39	12/1/22	Flowing Wells	Amphitheater	(L) 66-29
1/26/23	Sahuaro	Flowing Wells	(W) 48-47
1/11/23	Sahuaro	Pueblo	(L) 60-56	12/21/22	Pueblo	Amphitheater	(L) 57-31
1/19/23	Pueblo	Sahuaro	(L) 51-46
2/21/23	Sahuaro	Pueblo	(L) 57-50
1/12/23	Sahuaro	Canyon del Oro	(W) 64-14	11/29/22	Amphitheater	Canyon del Oro	(W) 43-33
1/30/23	Canyon del Oro	Sahuaro	(W) 81-20

Record Breakdown

Sahuaro (22-23)		Amphitheater (22-23)
24-7	Overall	15-15
4-4	League	2-8
10-0	Non-League	5-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
7-3	Common Opponent	2-7
9-2	Home	7-7
8-5	Away	4-6
7-0	Neutral	4-2
1-2	Playoff	0-0
21-6	In-State	15-15
3-1	Out-of-State	0-0