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The Independence (Glendale, AZ) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against La Joya Community (Avondale, AZ) by a score of 49-20.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
La Joya Community	-	-	-	-	20
Independence	-	-	-	-	49

Final score provided by S. AIA.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

La Joya Community (24-25)

La Joya Community

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	20	3	38	8	9
2	Samaris Pena (Jr)	12	1	22	5	5
12	Joyce Samuel (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
15	Destiny Sanchez (Sr)	6	2	9	22	28
20	Bella Begay (Jr)	1	0	5	0	0
45	S. Valadez arzate (Jr)	1

La Joya Community

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	20	1	13	8	13	21	62	2	25	8
2	Samaris Pena (Jr)	12	0	5	0	10	14	71	1	17	6
12	Joyce Samuel (Sr)	0							0	2	0
15	Destiny Sanchez (Sr)	6	1	8	13	1	3	33	1	1	100
20	Bella Begay (Jr)	1				1	2	50	0	5	0
45	S. Valadez arzate (Jr)	1				1	2	50

La Joya Community

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	20	23	28	52	25	14
2	Samaris Pena (Jr)	12	4	4	8	4	4
12	Joyce Samuel (Sr)	0	5	7	12	4	3
14	Melissa Abrego (Jr)		3	3	6	4	2
15	Destiny Sanchez (Sr)	6	3	3	6	5
20	Bella Begay (Jr)	1	5	7	12	3	4
45	S. Valadez arzate (Jr)	1	3	3	6	2	1
	Aubrey Viera (Jr)			1	2	3

Independence (24-25)

Independence has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Independence crushes La Joya Community

February 4, 2025: Glendale, AZ 85303

The Independence Patriots (Glendale, AZ) basketball crushed the visiting La Joya Community Fighting Lobos (Avondale, AZ), 49-20 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Patriots now possess a 4-10 record. They play next when they host Desert Edge for a non-league bout on Thursday, February 6. Independence will play a Scorpions team coming off a 55-25 league loss to Paradise Valley (Phoenix, AZ). The Scorpions record now stands at 4-17.

With the loss, La Joya Community falls to 4-12 on the campaign. The Fighting lobos travel to Metro Tech (Phoenix, AZ) to play the Knights in a non-league bout on Thursday, February 6. The Knights go into the bout with a record of 4-17. Metro Tech won 48-47 in their recent league bout against Alhambra (Phoenix, AZ)

LJCHS @ Independence Basketball Game Info

Tue., Feb. 4, 2025 @ 5:30p

Independence High School

The Independence (Glendale, AZ) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against La Joya Community (Avondale, AZ) by a score of 49-20.

Rankings & Records

La Joya Community (24-25)

AZ	Div.
287	45

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
5-15	2-8	1-7	3-7	1-1	.250	.200	625	876

Independence (24-25)

AZ	Div.
264	40

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
4-14	3-7	3-6	1-8	.222	.300	495	673

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
La Joya Community	7.2	10.0	8.8	3.0	31.3
Independence	4.0	3.5	3.0	3.0	27.5

Head-to-Head

Independence won on 1/17/2025

1/17 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Independence - - - - 31
LJCHS - - - - 26

The Independence (Glendale, AZ) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against La Joya Community (Avondale, AZ) by a score of 31-26.
Box score
Independence won on 2/4/2025

2/4 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

LJCHS - - - - 20
Independence - - - - 49

The La Joya Community (Avondale, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Independence (Glendale, AZ) by a score of 49-20.
Box score

1/17 @ 5:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	-	-	-	-	31
LJCHS	-	-	-	-	26

2/4 @ 5:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
LJCHS	-	-	-	-	20
Independence	-	-	-	-	49

Team Stat Comparison

La Joya Community		Independence
30.4	Points Per Game	-
35.6	Rebounds Per Game	-
2.0	Assists Per Game	-
14.8	Steals Per Game	-
7.7	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

La Joya Community		Independence	National Avg.
#2 Samaris Pena9.9	Points Per Game	-	4.1
#20 Bella Begay10.5	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
#2 Samaris Pena0.8	Assists Per Game	-	0.9
#2 Samaris Pena3.6	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#20 Bella Begay2.9	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
La Joya Community	3-7		Independence	2-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/8/25	La Joya Community	Alhambra	(W) 42-39	11/22/24	Alhambra	Independence	(W) 38-12
1/9/25	Glendale	La Joya Community	(L) 45-35	1/21/25	Glendale	Independence	(W) 34-20
1/13/25	La Joya Community	Glendale	(L) 56-37	2/7/25	Independence	Glendale	(L) 33-31
1/15/25	La Joya Community	Fairfax	(L) 80-7	11/20/24	Independence	Fairfax	(L) 44-9
1/21/25	La Joya Community	Copper Canyon	(L) 59-37	1/27/25	Independence	Copper Canyon	(L) 33-28
2/7/25	Copper Canyon	La Joya Community	(L) 30-23	2/11/25	Copper Canyon	Independence	(L) 30-26
1/23/25	Washington	La Joya Community	(L) 37-31	1/9/25	Washington	Independence	(L) 38-36
2/13/25	La Joya Community	Washington	(W) 44-25	1/29/25	Independence	Washington	(L) 43-42
1/27/25	Sierra Linda	La Joya Community	(W) 27-25	1/23/25	Sierra Linda	Independence	(L) 29-19
2/11/25	La Joya Community	Sierra Linda	(L) 55-53	2/13/25	Independence	Sierra Linda	(L) 39-21

Record Breakdown

La Joya Community (24-25)		Independence (24-25)
5-15	Overall	4-14
2-8	League	3-7
2-5	Non-League	1-7
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
3-7	Common Opponent	2-8
1-7	Home	3-6
3-7	Away	1-8
1-1	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
5-15	In-State	4-14
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0