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Desert Heights Prep Apache Junction

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Prospectors

The Apache Junction (AZ) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Desert Heights Prep (Glendale, AZ) by a score of 65-33.

Game Details: Pool Game 2 Lost Dutchman Holiday Tournament

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Desert Heights Prep	-	-	-	-	33
Apache Junction	-	-	-	-	65

Final score provided by N. Dunkelbarger.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup

Game Stats

Desert Heights Prep (23-24)

Desert Heights Prep has not entered stats for this game.

Apache Junction (23-24)

Apache Junction

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	65	27	52	52	58
1	Josh Castro (Sr)	20	9	12	75	83
2	Manuel Obrien (Jr)	7	3	6	50	50
3	Omar Adam (Jr)	14	6	12	50	58
5	Conor Wirries (Jr)	7	2	9	22	28
20	J. De guzman (Jr)	7	3	6	50	58
23	B. Castagnola (So)	10	4	7	57	57

Apache Junction

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	65	6	19	32	5	7	71	21	33	64
1	Josh Castro (Sr)	20	2	3	67	0	1	0	7	9	78
2	Manuel Obrien (Jr)	7	0	2	0	1	2	50	3	4	75
3	Omar Adam (Jr)	14	2	6	33	0	0	0	4	6	67
5	Conor Wirries (Jr)	7	1	6	17	2	2	100	1	3	33
20	J. De guzman (Jr)	7	1	2	50	0	0	0	2	4	50
23	B. Castagnola (So)	10	0	0	0	2	2	100	4	7	57

Apache Junction

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	65	14	24	38	16	5	2	8	8
1	Josh Castro (Sr)	20	2	7	9	3	1	0	4	1
2	Manuel Obrien (Jr)	7	2	0	2	4	1	0	3	1
3	Omar Adam (Jr)	14	3	3	6	5	1	2	0	1
5	Conor Wirries (Jr)	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
10	Jayden Andrade (Jr)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
20	J. De guzman (Jr)	7	1	3	4	2	0	0	0	0
23	B. Castagnola (So)	10	5	10	15	1	1	0	0	1

Apache Junction

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	2.00	0.63	0.63	0.25	7
1	Josh Castro (Sr)	0.75	0.25	1.00	0.00	1
2	Manuel Obrien (Jr)	1.33	0.33	1.00	0.00	3
3	Omar Adam (Jr)	5.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	1
5	Conor Wirries (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	1
10	Jayden Andrade (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
20	J. De guzman (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
23	B. Castagnola (So)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0

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Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Apache Junction crushes Desert Heights Prep

January 5, 2024: Glendale, AZ 85335

Apache Junction Prospectors (Apache Junction, AZ) backers were in high spirits Friday as they witnessed their basketball squad bounce the host Desert Heights Prep Yote (Glendale, AZ), 65-33 in a non-league bout.

With the win, Apache Junction upgrades its record to 6-8 on the season. The Prospectors host Superior (Superior, AZ) to play the Panthers in a non-league bout on Friday, January 5. The Panthers go into the bout with a record of 2-6. Superior lost 65-41 in their recent league bout against Joseph City (Joseph City, AZ)

Next up, the Yote confront the BASIS Phoenix Firebirds (Phoenix, AZ) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 8. Desert Heights Prep will attempt to improve on its 1-9 season record. The Firebirds come into the challenge with a 1-9 record after their 59-13 non-league loss to Santa Cruz Valley (Eloy, AZ).

Players of the Game

Desert Heights Prep (23-24)

Desert Heights Prep has not selected any Players of the Game.

Apache Junction (23-24)

Congratulations to #23 Biagio Castagnola for being selected the Apache Junction Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Desert Heights Prep (23-24)

AZ	Div.
336	28

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
5-13	1-7	3-6	2-5	0-2	.278	.125	855	1,130

Apache Junction (23-24)

AZ	Div.
296	48

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
7-20	1-9	1-9	1-7	5-4	.259	.100	1,077	1,413

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Desert Heights Prep	13.0	10.5	13.0	8.5	-	47.5
Apache Junction	9.7	9.8	8.8	12.3	7.5	39.9

Team Stat Comparison

Desert Heights Prep		Apache Junction
43.3	Points Per Game	39.7
29.8	Rebounds Per Game	23.4
2.4	Assists Per Game	6.2
6.6	Steals Per Game	6.7
4.4	Blocks Per Game	1.5

Team Leaders

Desert Heights Prep		Apache Junction	National Avg.
#11 Darron Flores17.0	Points Per Game	#1 Josh Castro12.3	4.9
#33 Luke Beck11.1	Rebounds Per Game	#1 Josh Castro5.2	2.6
#11 Darron Flores0.8	Assists Per Game	#3 Omar Adam1.4	1.0
#11 Darron Flores1.9	Steals Per Game	#3 Omar Adam2.1	0.8
#33 Luke Beck2.1	Blocks Per Game	#15 Tucker Barks0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Desert Heights Prep	0-1		Apache Junction	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
1/4/24	American Leadership Academy - Anthem South	Desert Heights Prep	(L) 52-29		1/4/24	American Leadership Academy - Anthem South	Apache Junction	(W) 36-23

Record Breakdown

Desert Heights Prep (23-24)		Apache Junction (23-24)
5-13	Overall	7-20
1-7	League	1-9
4-4	Non-League	1-7
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	1-0
3-6	Home	1-9
2-5	Away	1-7
0-2	Neutral	5-4
0-0	Playoff	0-0
4-13	In-State	7-20
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0