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Imperial Central

Tigers

Spartans

The Central (El Centro, CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Imperial (CA) by a score of 71-58.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Imperial	18	21	8	24	71
Central	14	9	13	22	58

Final score provided by D. Staton.

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Game Stats

Imperial (25-26)

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Central (25-26)

Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	58	23	61	38	41
#1	J. SOTO-CHAVEZ (Jr)	16	6	16	38	44
#10	NICOLAS Romero (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
#12	N. WILLIAMS (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
#13	BRADEN BERNAL (So)	1
#15	FERNANDO LUNA (So)	21	8	19	42	42
#2	ROY MENDEZ (Sr)	5	2	7	29	36
#21	E. NEUENSCHWANDER (Sr)	4	2	7	29	29
#3	JOSEPH AISPURO (Jr)	5	2	4	50	63
#4	EMILIANO MEDINA (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
#5	A. HERNANDEZ (Jr)	4	2	2	100	100

Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	58	4	13	31	8	19	42	19	48	40
#1	J. SOTO-CHAVEZ (Jr)	16	2	4	50	2	6	33	4	12	33
#10	NICOLAS Romero (Jr)	2	0	1	0				1	3	33
#12	N. WILLIAMS (Sr)	0							0	1	0
#13	BRADEN BERNAL (So)	1				1	2	50
#15	FERNANDO LUNA (So)	21	0	2	0	5	8	63	8	17	47
#2	ROY MENDEZ (Sr)	5	1	4	25				1	3	33
#21	E. NEUENSCHWANDER (Sr)	4				0	3	0	2	7	29
#3	JOSEPH AISPURO (Jr)	5	1	2	50				1	2	50
#4	EMILIANO MEDINA (Sr)	0							0	1	0
#5	A. HERNANDEZ (Jr)	4							2	2	100

Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	58	7	19	26	9	15	1	17
#1	J. SOTO-CHAVEZ (Jr)	16	1	2	3	4	3		4
#10	NICOLAS Romero (Jr)	2		1	1				1
#12	N. WILLIAMS (Sr)	0		1	1				3
#13	BRADEN BERNAL (So)	1		2	2		1	1
#15	FERNANDO LUNA (So)	21	3	3	6	1	1
#2	ROY MENDEZ (Sr)	5	1	5	6	1	3		4
#21	E. NEUENSCHWANDER (Sr)	4	1	2	3	1	5
#3	JOSEPH AISPURO (Jr)	5	1	1	2		1		2
#4	EMILIANO MEDINA (Sr)	0		2	2	1			1
#5	A. HERNANDEZ (Jr)	4				1	1		2

Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.53	0.88
#1	J. SOTO-CHAVEZ (Jr)	1.00	0.75
#2	ROY MENDEZ (Sr)	0.25	0.75
#3	JOSEPH AISPURO (Jr)		0.50
#4	EMILIANO MEDINA (Sr)	1.00
#5	A. HERNANDEZ (Jr)	0.50	0.50

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Imperial topples Central

December 5, 2025: Imperial, CA 92251

In Friday's non-league test, the Imperial Tigers (Imperial, CA) basketball squad knocked off the visiting Central Spartans (El Centro, CA), by a score of 71-58.

Next, the Tigers encounter the Brawley Wildcats (Brawley, CA) in a non-league test, on Monday, December 8. Imperial will attempt to improve on its 3-0 season record. The Wildcats come into the test with a 3-1 record after their 55-51 non-league win over Shadow Hills (Indio, CA).

The Spartans (2-1) will now prepare for their test against Shadow Hills (Indio, CA). The Knights go into the non-league bout with a 3-1 record. In their last bout, Shadow Hills gained a win over Calexico (Calexico, CA), 50-43, in a non-league bout.

Imperial vs Central Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 5, 2025 @ 7p

@ I.H.S. GYM

The Central (El Centro, CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Imperial (CA) by a score of 71-58.

Rankings & Records

Imperial (25-26)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
233	23	21	2

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
5-0	1-0	2-0	2-0	1.000	334	259

Central (25-26)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
846	78	87	13

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
2-3	0-0	1-1	1-2	.400	272	285

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Imperial	16.3	18.0	14.3	20.7	66.8
Central	16.8	12.0	13.5	14.8	54.4

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Imperial won this month

12/5 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Imperial 18 21 8 24 71
Central 14 9 13 22 58

The Imperial (CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Central (El Centro, CA) by a score of 71-58.
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The Imperial (CA) varsity basketball team has an away non-conference game @ Central (El Centro, CA) on Thursday, January 8 @ 7p.
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Game on 2/10/2026
The Central (El Centro, CA) varsity basketball team has an away non-conference game @ Imperial (CA) on Tuesday, February 10 @ 7p.
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Team Stat Comparison

Imperial		Central
-	Points Per Game	54.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	29.6
-	Assists Per Game	9.2
-	Steals Per Game	17.4
-	Blocks Per Game	1.0

Team Leaders

Imperial		Central	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#15 FERNANDO LUNA13.6	5.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	#15 FERNANDO LUNA5.2	2.9
-	Assists Per Game	#1 JOAP SOTO-CHAVEZ3.8	1.1
-	Steals Per Game	#1 JOAP SOTO-CHAVEZ5.0	1.0
-	Blocks Per Game	#12 NATHANIEL WILLIAMS0.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Imperial	3-0		Central	0-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home
12/4/25	Calipatria	Imperial	(W) 68-48	1/20/26	Central	Calipatria
1/28/26	Calipatria	Imperial		2/5/26	Calipatria	Central
12/6/25	Brawley	Imperial	(W) 63-45	1/13/26	Central	Brawley
12/15/25	Imperial	Brawley		1/29/26	Brawley	Central
2/3/26	Brawley	Imperial
12/10/25	Imperial	Vincent Memorial	(W) 74-55	1/16/26	Vincent Memorial	Central
2/6/26	Vincent Memorial	Imperial		2/2/26	Central	Vincent Memorial
1/13/26	Southwest EC	Imperial		1/6/26	Southwest EC	Central
1/23/26	Imperial	Southwest EC		2/6/26	Central	Southwest EC
2/2/26	Southwest EC	Imperial
1/16/26	Holtville	Imperial		1/19/26	Central	Holtville
1/27/26	Imperial	Holtville
2/5/26	Holtville	Imperial

Record Breakdown

Imperial (25-26)		Central (25-26)
5-0	Overall	2-3
0-0	League	0-0
2-0	Non-League	1-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-0	Common Opponent	0-0
1-0	Home	0-0
2-0	Away	1-1
2-0	Neutral	1-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
4-0	In-State	2-3
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0