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LFPA MIT

Wolves

Iron Eagles

The Maricopa Institute of Technology (Phoenix, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Learning Foundation & Performing Arts (Gilbert, AZ) by a score of 44-26.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
LFPA	-	-	-	-	26
MIT	-	-	-	-	44

Final score provided by R. Obedin.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

LFPA (22-23)

MIT (22-23)

LFPA

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	24	9	37	24	24
1	Maritz Yescus (Sr)	1	0	5	0	0
10	GiGi Yescus (Fr)	4	1	4	25	25
12	S. Strauss (So)	6	2	6	33	33
14	A. Hetler (8th)	0	0	6	0	0
15	Ja'Mesha Lee (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
21	Ja Niyah Evens (So)	10	5	10	50	50
24	Khalyah Scott (Fr)	3	1	4	25	25

MIT

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	21	64	33	34
1	Shanya McCray (So)	16	7	14	50	54
4	A. Tlapaya Aca (So)	4	2	4	50	50
14	M. Valenzuela (Fr)	0	0	5	0	0
21	Chidera Nwafor (Fr)	7	6	8	75	75
24	Aniyah Roberson (Jr)	14	5	29	17	19
32	Chinyere Nwafor (So)	3	1	4	25	25

LFPA

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	24	4	6	16	38	9	33	27
1	Maritz Yescus (Sr)	1	1	1	3	33	0	4	0
10	GiGi Yescus (Fr)	4	2	2	6	33	1	2	50
12	S. Strauss (So)	6	1	2	2	100	2	5	40
14	A. Hetler (8th)	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
15	Ja'Mesha Lee (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	Ja Niyah Evens (So)	10	0	0	3	0	5	10	50
24	Khalyah Scott (Fr)	3	0	1	2	50	1	4	25

MIT

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	2	12	17	6	15	40	19	52	37
1	Shanya McCray (So)	16	1	6	17	1	2	50	6	8	75
4	A. Tlapaya Aca (So)	4							2	4	50
14	M. Valenzuela (Fr)	0	0	1	0				0	4	0
21	Chidera Nwafor (Fr)	7				1	2	50	6	8	75
24	Aniyah Roberson (Jr)	14	1	5	20	3	6	50	4	24	17
32	Chinyere Nwafor (So)	3				1	5	20	1	4	25

LFPA

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	24	14	26	40	6	9	55	12
1	Maritz Yescus (Sr)	1	2	2	4	3	4	24	2
4	D. Shepherd (So)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
10	GiGi Yescus (Fr)	4	1	1	2	0	0	5	0
12	S. Strauss (So)	6	1	5	6	3	1	7	1
14	A. Hetler (8th)	0	2	4	6	0	0	14	1
15	Ja'Mesha Lee (Fr)	0	1	3	4	0	1	1	1
21	Ja Niyah Evens (So)	10	5	7	12	0	3	3	5
24	Khalyah Scott (Fr)	3	2	2	4	0	0	1	2

MIT

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	44	8	11	8	27	16
1	Shanya McCray (So)	16	1	1	3	9	2
4	A. Tlapaya Aca (So)	4	1	3	3	2	2
10	Irys Trinidad (Fr)	0		0	0	0	1
14	M. Valenzuela (Fr)	0		0	0	1	0
21	Chidera Nwafor (Fr)	7	4	0	1	5	3
24	Aniyah Roberson (Jr)	14		6	1	5	4
32	Chinyere Nwafor (So)	3	2	1	0	5	4

LFPA

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.11	0.16	0.75	2	10
1	Maritz Yescus (Sr)	0.13	0.17	2.00	1	2
10	GiGi Yescus (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	4
12	S. Strauss (So)	0.43	0.14	1.00	0	1
14	A. Hetler (8th)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
15	Ja'Mesha Lee (Fr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0	0
21	Ja Niyah Evens (So)	0.00	1.00	0.60	1	1
24	Khalyah Scott (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1

MIT

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F
	Team Totals	0.41	0.30	0.50
1	Shanya McCray (So)	0.11	0.33	1.50
4	A. Tlapaya Aca (So)	1.50	1.50	1.50
21	Chidera Nwafor (Fr)	0.00	0.20	0.33
24	Aniyah Roberson (Jr)	1.20	0.20	0.25
32	Chinyere Nwafor (So)	0.20	0.00	0.00

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Learning Foundation & Performing Arts topped by Maricopa Institute of Technology

February 2, 2023: Phoenix, AZ 85043

The Learning Foundation & Performing Arts Wolves basketball team (Gilbert, AZ), dropped 44-26 in Thursday's non-league battle with the host Maricopa Institute of Technology (Phoenix, AZ)

The now sport a 7-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Glenview College Prep for a Canyon Division 2 - Roadrunner battle on Tuesday, February 7.

The Wolves (8-5) will now prepare for their battle against East Valley Athletes for Christ (Mesa, AZ). The Eagles come into the Canyon Division 2 - Sahuaro battle with a 7-1 record.

Players of the Game

LFPA (22-23)

Congratulations to #21 Ja Niyah Evens for being selected the Learning Foundation & Performing Arts Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

MIT (22-23)

Maricopa Institute of Technology has not selected any Players of the Game.

LFPA @ MIT Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 2, 2023 @ 4:15p

The Maricopa Institute of Technology (Phoenix, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Learning Foundation & Performing Arts (Gilbert, AZ) by a score of 44-26.

Rankings & Records

LFPA (22-23)

AZ
152

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
9-6	6-2	6-3	3-3	.600	.750	359	397

MIT (22-23)

AZ
106

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
10-6	4-2	7-2	3-3	0-1	.625	.667	577	498

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
LFPA	4.9	7.2	4.0	8.6	23.9
MIT	5.0	6.0	5.8	6.0	36.1

Team Stat Comparison

LFPA		MIT
15.7	Points Per Game	36.1
18.1	Rebounds Per Game	11.7
2.1	Assists Per Game	2.9
6.2	Steals Per Game	4.1
0.5	Blocks Per Game	1.1

Team Leaders

LFPA		MIT	National Avg.
#21 Ja Niyah Evens6.3	Points Per Game	#24 Aniyah Roberson19.5	4.1
#21 Ja Niyah Evens11.0	Rebounds Per Game	#21 Chidera Nwafor5.5	2.8
#1 Maritz Yescus2.0	Assists Per Game	#1 Shanya McCray1.3	0.9
#1 Maritz Yescus2.3	Steals Per Game	#1 Shanya McCray2.0	1.1
#21 Ja Niyah Evens0.5	Blocks Per Game	#21 Chidera Nwafor0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
LFPA	5-5		MIT	8-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/22	West Phoenix	Learning Foundation & Performing Arts	(L) 18-13	12/1/22	Maricopa Institute of Technology	West Phoenix	(W) 40-19
1/26/23	Learning Foundation & Performing Arts	West Phoenix	(W) 39-13	1/13/23	West Phoenix	Maricopa Institute of Technology	(W) 47-22
12/8/22	Learning Foundation & Performing Arts	East Valley Athletes for Christ	(L) 56-5	1/12/23	Maricopa Institute of Technology	East Valley Athletes for Christ	(L) 47-14
2/8/23	East Valley Athletes for Christ	Learning Foundation & Performing Arts	(L) 58-8	2/17/23	Maricopa Institute of Technology	East Valley Athletes for Christ	(L) 69-23
1/10/23	Heritage Academy	Learning Foundation & Performing Arts	(W) 28-22	12/7/22	Heritage Academy	Maricopa Institute of Technology	(W) 40-13
1/30/23	Learning Foundation & Performing Arts	Heritage Academy	(W) 28-17
1/12/23	Learning Foundation & Performing Arts	Glenview College Prep	(L) 32-30	1/18/23	Glenview College Prep	Maricopa Institute of Technology	(W) 40-16
				2/7/23	Maricopa Institute of Technology	Glenview College Prep	(W) 57-8
1/16/23	Phoenix College Prep	Learning Foundation & Performing Arts	(W) 0-0 (F)	2/9/23	Phoenix College Prep	Maricopa Institute of Technology	(W) 0-0 (F)
1/17/23	Heritage Academy Gateway	Learning Foundation & Performing Arts	(L) 43-29	1/5/23	Maricopa Institute of Technology	Heritage Academy Gateway	(L) 39-34
				1/25/23	Heritage Academy Gateway	Maricopa Institute of Technology	(W) 51-25
2/9/23	BASIS - Scottsdale	Learning Foundation & Performing Arts	(W) 33-31	12/14/22	BASIS - Scottsdale	Maricopa Institute of Technology	(L) 49-46
				2/15/23	BASIS - Scottsdale	Maricopa Institute of Technology	(W) 45-31

Record Breakdown

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