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Thatcher Willcox

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The Willcox (AZ) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Thatcher (AZ) by a score of 68-41.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Thatcher	27	18	13	10	68
Willcox	8	14	12	7	41

Final score provided by P. McInnes.

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Game Stats

Willcox (23-24)

Thatcher

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	27	60	45	48
3	Brett Jones (Jr)	5	2	2	100	100
10	Ryan Jones (So)	2	1	1	100	100
12	Rhett Lunt (So)	2	1	2	50	50
13	Braden Bryce (So)	6	3	8	38	38
21	Wyatt Nicholas (Jr)	6	3	4	75	75
23	Daniel Palmer (Jr)	6	2	6	33	33
24	B. Stringfellow (So)	5	2	8	25	31
30	Chad Johnson (So)	18	7	12	58	63
31	Dylan Riney (So)	2	0	0
32	C. Carter (Sr)	16	6	8	75	81
33	Isaac Palmer (So)	0	0	9	0	0

Willcox

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	41	17	51	33	36
1	Alan Solis (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
2	Ty Shull (So)	2	1	4	25	25
3	Tj Ward (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
4	Emiliano Chavez (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
5	Jacob Kauffman (Sr)	5	2	10	20	25
10	J. Rodriguez (Jr)	4	2	6	33	33
11	Avery Edington (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
12	Gabe Salas (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
14	Lane Whetten (Sr)	18	6	9	67	78
15	Jd Whetten (Fr)	4	2	3	67	67
20	Caden Hooper (Jr)	4	2	9	22	22

Thatcher

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	3	13	23	11	15	73	24	47	51
3	Brett Jones (Jr)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	2	100
10	Ryan Jones (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
12	Rhett Lunt (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
13	Braden Bryce (So)	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	8	38
21	Wyatt Nicholas (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	75
23	Daniel Palmer (Jr)	6	0	0	0	2	2	100	2	6	33
24	B. Stringfellow (So)	5	1	5	20	0	0	0	1	3	33
30	Chad Johnson (So)	18	1	4	25	3	4	75	6	8	75
31	Dylan Riney (So)	2	0	0	0	2	2	100	0	0	0
32	C. Carter (Sr)	16	1	1	100	3	3	100	5	7	71
33	Isaac Palmer (So)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	0

Willcox

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	41	3	9	33	4	4	100	14	42	33
1	Alan Solis (Jr)	0							0	1	0
2	Ty Shull (So)	2	0	2	0				1	2	50
3	Tj Ward (Jr)	2							1	5	20
4	Emiliano Chavez (Fr)	0							0	1	0
5	Jacob Kauffman (Sr)	5	1	4	25				1	6	17
10	J. Rodriguez (Jr)	4							2	6	33
11	Avery Edington (Jr)	0							0	2	0
12	Gabe Salas (Jr)	2							1	1	100
14	Lane Whetten (Sr)	18	2	2	100	4	4	100	4	7	57
15	Jd Whetten (Fr)	4							2	3	67
20	Caden Hooper (Jr)	4	0	1	0				2	8	25

Thatcher

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	68	16	28	44	22	9	2	19	8
3	Brett Jones (Jr)	5	2	1	3	0	1	1	3	3
10	Ryan Jones (So)	2	3	2	5	2	0	0	2	2
12	Rhett Lunt (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Braden Bryce (So)	6	1	4	5	3	0	1	0	0
21	Wyatt Nicholas (Jr)	6	2	5	7	3	0	0	0	0
23	Daniel Palmer (Jr)	6	1	6	7	0	3	0	4	2
24	B. Stringfellow (So)	5	1	2	3	2	1	0	4	0
30	Chad Johnson (So)	18	1	2	3	3	0	0	2	0
31	Dylan Riney (So)	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1
32	C. Carter (Sr)	16	1	5	6	5	4	0	0	0
33	Isaac Palmer (So)	0	3	1	4	2	0	0	3	0

Willcox

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	41	16	29	45	6	10	4	10
1	Alan Solis (Jr)	0		2	2	2			2
2	Ty Shull (So)	2		1	1		3
3	Tj Ward (Jr)	2	2	3	5		1
4	Emiliano Chavez (Fr)	0		2	2			1
5	Jacob Kauffman (Sr)	5	1	2	3	1		1	1
10	J. Rodriguez (Jr)	4		3	3	1	3
11	Avery Edington (Jr)	0	1	1	2				1
12	Gabe Salas (Jr)	2	1	1	2
14	Lane Whetten (Sr)	18	5	6	11	1	1	1	2
15	Jd Whetten (Fr)	4	2	2	4	1	2		1
20	Caden Hooper (Jr)	4	4	6	10			1	3

Thatcher

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.16	0.47	1.13	0.25	1	3
3	Brett Jones (Jr)	0.00	0.33	0.33	0.33	0	1
10	Ryan Jones (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
13	Braden Bryce (So)	3.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0
21	Wyatt Nicholas (Jr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
23	Daniel Palmer (Jr)	0.00	0.75	1.50	0.00	0	0
24	B. Stringfellow (So)	0.50	0.25	1.00	0.00	1	0
30	Chad Johnson (So)	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
31	Dylan Riney (So)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
32	C. Carter (Sr)	5.00	4.00	4.00	0.00	0	1
33	Isaac Palmer (So)	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0

Willcox

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.60	1.00	1
1	Alan Solis (Jr)	1.00
5	Jacob Kauffman (Sr)	1.00		1
14	Lane Whetten (Sr)	0.50	0.50
15	Jd Whetten (Fr)	1.00	2.00

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Thatcher vs Willcox Game Highlights - Jan. 5, 2024 1:36

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Thatcher overwhelms Willcox

January 5, 2024: Thatcher, AZ 85552

Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Thatcher Eagles (Thatcher, AZ) and the visiting Willcox Cowboys (Willcox, AZ), saw Thatcher's basketball squad wallop Willcox by a tally of 68-41.

With the victory, Thatcher improves its record to 5-3 on the campaign. The Eagles travel to Safford (Safford, AZ) to play the Bulldogs in a 3A South challenge on Tuesday, January 9. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a record of 8-0. Safford won 92-26 in their recent league challenge against San Miguel (Tucson, AZ)

The Cowboys now own a 6-12 record. They play next when they travel to Seton Catholic for a non-league test on Saturday, January 6. Willcox will encounter a Sentinels squad coming off a 77-38 non-league win over Blue Ridge (Lakeside, AZ). The Sentinels record now stands at 11-4.

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Players of the Game

Thatcher (23-24)

Thatcher has not selected any Players of the Game.

Willcox (23-24)

Congratulations to #14 Lane Whetten for being selected the Willcox Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Thatcher (23-24)

AZ	Div.
112	9

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
20-8	6-4	7-3	5-5	8-0	.714	.600	1,640	1,362

Willcox (23-24)

AZ	Div.
285	33

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
10-18	4-8	4-8	4-5	2-5	.357	.333	1,364	1,520

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Thatcher	15.0	13.4	15.4	15.7	58.6
Willcox	7.5	10.5	9.5	8.8	48.7

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Team Stat Comparison

Thatcher		Willcox
58.6	Points Per Game	44.4
31.4	Rebounds Per Game	37.1
13.4	Assists Per Game	8.3
7.3	Steals Per Game	13.3
1.9	Blocks Per Game	4.8

Team Leaders

Thatcher		Willcox	National Avg.
#32 Christian Carter17.9	Points Per Game	#14 Lane Whetten12.8	4.9
#33 Isaac Palmer5.5	Rebounds Per Game	#14 Lane Whetten11.5	2.6
#32 Christian Carter4.5	Assists Per Game	#13 Alec Fuentes1.8	1.0
#32 Christian Carter2.5	Steals Per Game	#14 Lane Whetten2.9	0.8
#33 Isaac Palmer0.5	Blocks Per Game	#5 Jacob Kauffman1.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Thatcher	6-3		Willcox	2-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/12/23	Thatcher	Show Low	(L) 59-42	1/4/24	Show Low	Willcox	(L) 71-34
12/28/23	Thatcher	Morenci	(W) 58-52	12/6/23	Willcox	Morenci	(L) 52-40
				1/16/24	Morenci	Willcox	(L) 68-37
1/3/24	Empire	Thatcher	(W) 51-50	2/5/24	Empire	Willcox	(L) 78-54
2/2/24	Thatcher	Empire	(L) 60-56
1/4/24	Seton Catholic	Thatcher	(L) 46-42	1/6/24	Willcox	Seton Catholic	(L) 65-37
1/5/24	Blue Ridge	Thatcher	(W) 71-54	1/4/24	Blue Ridge	Willcox	(L) 71-49
1/6/24	Music Mountain	Thatcher	(W) 87-31	1/5/24	Music Mountain	Willcox	(W) 71-36
1/23/24	Catalina	Thatcher	(W) 67-11	11/21/23	Catalina	Willcox	(W) 61-24
1/25/24	Thatcher	Pima	(W) 64-47	12/1/23	Pima	Willcox	(L) 65-31
				1/29/24	Willcox	Pima	(L) 58-19

Record Breakdown

Thatcher (23-24)		Willcox (23-24)
20-8	Overall	10-18
6-4	League	4-8
4-2	Non-League	3-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
6-3	Common Opponent	2-8
7-3	Home	4-8
5-5	Away	4-5
8-0	Neutral	2-5
2-1	Playoff	0-0
20-8	In-State	10-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0