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Central Independence

Bobcats

Patriots

The Independence (Glendale, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Central (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 81-39.

Game Details: Independence High School

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central	20	23	23	15	81
Independence	6	8	17	8	39

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Game Stats

Independence (23-24)

Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	176	70	25	50	50	53
2	Shawn Hernandez (So)	42	3	1	7	14	14
4	Sabih Almasri (Sr)	41	39	13	20	65	73
5	Jaron Darrett (Jr)	40	1	0	5	0	0
15	M. Sebastian (Sr)	4		0	1	0	0
22	Eric Butler (Jr)	18	4	2	5	40	40
24	Aligo Banja (Sr)	31	23	9	12	75	75

Independence

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	39	15	59	25	31
1	Ive Niyomukiza (Sr)	16	6	14	43	54
2	Aiden Nunez (Jr)	4	2	9	22	22
3	James Davis (So)	2	1	6	17	17
10	Jose Contreras (Sr)	6	2	3	67	100
13	Anthony Colonna (So)	6	2	13	15	19
20	Rafael Sierra (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
23	J. Mcclanahan (So)	3	1	6	17	25

Central

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	176	70	3	14	21	17	21	81	22	36	61
2	Shawn Hernandez (So)	42	3	0	3	0	1	2	50	1	4	25
4	Sabih Almasri (Sr)	41	39	3	8	38	10	11	91	10	12	83
5	Jaron Darrett (Jr)	40	1	0	3	0	1	3	33	0	2	0
15	M. Sebastian (Sr)	4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Eric Butler (Jr)	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
24	Aligo Banja (Sr)	31	23	0	0	0	5	5	100	9	12	75

Independence

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	39	7	31	23	2	5	40	8	28	29
1	Ive Niyomukiza (Sr)	16	3	8	38	1	1	100	3	6	50
2	Aiden Nunez (Jr)	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	7	29
3	James Davis (So)	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
10	Jose Contreras (Sr)	6	2	3	67	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Anthony Colonna (So)	6	1	8	13	1	2	50	1	5	20
20	Rafael Sierra (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
23	J. Mcclanahan (So)	3	1	5	20	0	0	0	0	1	0

Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	176	70	17	23	40	6	5	10	5
2	Shawn Hernandez (So)	42	3	0	2	2	1	2	1	1
4	Sabih Almasri (Sr)	41	39	3	3	6	1	0	1	1
5	Jaron Darrett (Jr)	40	1	1	6	7	2	2	4	1
15	M. Sebastian (Sr)	4		1	0	1	0	0	0	0
22	Eric Butler (Jr)	18	4	5	7	12	1	1	3	1
24	Aligo Banja (Sr)	31	23	7	5	12	1	0	1	1

Independence

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	39	7	13	20	9	9	6	11	18
1	Ive Niyomukiza (Sr)	16	0	3	3	3	2	0	4	2
2	Aiden Nunez (Jr)	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	1
3	James Davis (So)	2	0	4	4	0	1	3	1	5
10	Jose Contreras (Sr)	6	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	4
13	Anthony Colonna (So)	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	2
20	Rafael Sierra (Jr)	2	2	2	4	0	1	1	0	0
23	J. Mcclanahan (So)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	0.60	0.50	1.00	1
2	Shawn Hernandez (So)	1.00	2.00	2.00
4	Sabih Almasri (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00
5	Jaron Darrett (Jr)	0.50	0.50	2.00	1
22	Eric Butler (Jr)	0.33	0.33	1.00
24	Aligo Banja (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00

Independence

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.82	0.82	0.50	0.33	2	5	1
1	Ive Niyomukiza (Sr)	0.75	0.50	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
2	Aiden Nunez (Jr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	0.00	1	0	0
3	James Davis (So)	0.00	1.00	0.20	0.60	1	3	1
10	Jose Contreras (Sr)	1.00	2.00	0.50	0.00	0	0	0
13	Anthony Colonna (So)	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
20	Rafael Sierra (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0	0	0

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Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Independence trounced by Central

December 5, 2023: Glendale, AZ 85303

In Tuesday's non-league match, the visiting Central Bobcats basketball team scored a decisive 81-39 triumph over the Independence Patriots.

In their next game, the Bobcats meet the Kellis Cougars (Glendale, AZ) in a non-league match, on Thursday, December 7. Central will attempt to move on its 2-2 season record. The Cougars enter the match with a 2-4 record after their 53-34 non-league loss to Queen Creek (Queen Creek, AZ).

With the defeat, Independence moves to 1-6 on the year. The Patriots travel to Arizona College Prep (Chandler, AZ) to meet the Knights in a non-league match on Wednesday, December 6. The Knights enter the match with a record of 4-2. Arizona College Prep won 76-34 in their recent non-league match against Vista Grande (Casa Grande, AZ)

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Rankings & Records

Central (23-24)

AZ	Div.
69	16

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
18-9	10-2	9-3	9-3	0-3	.667	.833	1,968	1,485

Independence (23-24)

AZ	Div.
200	34

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
11-12	8-4	7-3	4-5	0-4	.478	.667	1,230	1,431

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central	17.4	17.6	19.0	16.9	72.9
Independence	8.1	12.3	11.4	11.3	53.5

Team Stat Comparison

Central		Independence
57.7	Points Per Game	53.2
25.9	Rebounds Per Game	25.0
6.6	Assists Per Game	9.3
4.7	Steals Per Game	10.0
1.8	Blocks Per Game	2.3

Team Leaders

Central		Independence	National Avg.
#4 Sabih Almasri23.5	Points Per Game	#1 Ive Niyomukiza13.7	4.9
#24 Aligo Banja11.3	Rebounds Per Game	#3 James Davis6.7	2.6
#32 Jake Trujillo 2.3	Assists Per Game	#1 Ive Niyomukiza3.4	1.0
#4 Sabih Almasri1.2	Steals Per Game	#1 Ive Niyomukiza2.5	0.8
#24 Aligo Banja1.1	Blocks Per Game	#3 James Davis0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Central	4-2		Independence	3-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/29/23	Central	Washington	(W) 77-48	1/16/24	Independence	Washington	(W) 53-43
				2/2/24	Washington	Independence	(W) 56-45
12/11/23	Central	North Canyon	(W) 64-61	11/29/23	Independence	North Canyon	(L) 76-40
2/8/24	North Canyon	Central	(L) 71-70
12/28/23	Central	Thunderbird	(L) 68-61	11/21/23	Thunderbird	Independence	(L) 69-48
1/11/24	Sierra Linda	Central	(W) 68-26	12/7/23	Sierra Linda	Independence	(W) 79-59
1/30/24	Central	Sierra Linda	(W) 85-36

Record Breakdown

Central (23-24)		Independence (23-24)
18-9	Overall	11-12
10-2	League	8-4
5-1	Non-League	3-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
4-2	Common Opponent	3-2
9-3	Home	7-3
9-3	Away	4-5
0-3	Neutral	0-4
1-1	Playoff	0-0
18-9	In-State	11-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0

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