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The Liberty (Peoria, AZ) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's neutral tournament game against Thunderbird (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 79-66.

Game Details: 2023 McClintock Holiday Shootout Game 1

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Thunderbird	18	14	12	22	66
Liberty	18	22	19	20	79

Final score provided by M. Wood.

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Game Stats

Liberty (23-24)

Thunderbird

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	66	27	64	42	47
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	8	1	4	25	25
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	8	3	8	38	50
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	8	4	9	44	44
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
10	Will Clark (Sr)	13	6	15	40	43
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	14	6	12	50	58
20	Jordan Sayegh (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50
21	Kanai Tap (Sr)	10	5	7	71	71
30	Colby Schwartz (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0

Liberty

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	79	26	50	52	59
10	N. Topolosek (Fr)	5	2	3	67	83
12	Stephan Miller (Jr)	5	2	7	29	36
22	Jackson Hunter (Jr)	21	7	12	58	79
24	Ring Nyeri (Sr)	17	7	12	58	58
30	Jacob Hunter (Fr)	6	0	2	0	0
32	Aiden Dunne (Sr)	11	4	8	50	50
34	Elias Mills (Sr)	10	2	2	100	100
40	Keegan Colter (So)	2	1	2	50	50
42	Mark Duguid (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50

Thunderbird

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	66	6	22	27	6	6	100	21	42	50
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	8	0	1	0	6	6	100	1	3	33
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	8	2	5	40	0	0	0	1	3	33
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	7	57
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
10	Will Clark (Sr)	13	1	6	17	0	0	0	5	9	56
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	14	2	4	50	0	0	0	4	8	50
20	Jordan Sayegh (Sr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	Kanai Tap (Sr)	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	6	83
30	Colby Schwartz (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Liberty

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	79	7	18	39	20	22	91	19	32	59
10	N. Topolosek (Fr)	5	1	1	100	0	0	0	1	2	50
12	Stephan Miller (Jr)	5	1	4	25	0	0	0	1	3	33
22	Jackson Hunter (Jr)	21	5	9	56	2	2	100	2	3	67
24	Ring Nyeri (Sr)	17	0	1	0	3	4	75	7	11	64
30	Jacob Hunter (Fr)	6	0	0	0	6	6	100	0	2	0
32	Aiden Dunne (Sr)	11	0	2	0	3	4	75	4	6	67
34	Elias Mills (Sr)	10	0	0	0	6	6	100	2	2	100
40	Keegan Colter (So)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
42	Mark Duguid (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50

Thunderbird

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	66	26	20	7	2	13	21
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	8	1	3	2	0	1	5
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	8	2	2	1	1	1	4
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	8	2	6	1	1	1	5
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	2	3	2	2	0	4	1
10	Will Clark (Sr)	13	10	2	0	0	2	2
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	14	3	2	1	0	2	2
20	Jordan Sayegh (Sr)	3	2	1	0	0	1	1
21	Kanai Tap (Sr)	10	3	2	0	0	1	0
30	Colby Schwartz (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Liberty

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	79	8	20	28	12	10	4	15	15
10	N. Topolosek (Fr)	5	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	1
12	Stephan Miller (Jr)	5	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1
20	Ben Leber (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
22	Jackson Hunter (Jr)	21	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	4
24	Ring Nyeri (Sr)	17	4	6	10	1	1	2	3	1
30	Jacob Hunter (Fr)	6	0	7	7	2	2	1	4	1
32	Aiden Dunne (Sr)	11	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	3
34	Elias Mills (Sr)	10	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	3
40	Keegan Colter (So)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
42	Mark Duguid (Jr)	2	2	3	5	1	0	0	0	0

Thunderbird

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.54	0.54	0.33	0.10
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	3.00	2.00	0.40	0.00
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	2.00	1.00	0.25	0.25
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	6.00	1.00	0.20	0.20
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	0.50	0.50	2.00	0.00
10	Will Clark (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	1.00	0.50	0.50	0.00
20	Jordan Sayegh (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
21	Kanai Tap (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Liberty

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.80	0.67	0.67	0.27	3
10	N. Topolosek (Fr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
12	Stephan Miller (Jr)	2.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0
20	Ben Leber (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
22	Jackson Hunter (Jr)	1.00	2.00	0.50	0.00	2
24	Ring Nyeri (Sr)	0.33	0.33	1.00	2.00	1
30	Jacob Hunter (Fr)	0.50	0.50	2.00	1.00	0
32	Aiden Dunne (Sr)	1.50	0.50	0.33	0.33	0
34	Elias Mills (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.33	0.00	0
42	Mark Duguid (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Liberty tops Thunderbird

December 26, 2023: Phoenix, AZ 85023

Liberty Lions (Peoria, AZ) backers were pleased Tuesday as they saw their basketball squad knock off the host Thunderbird Titans (Phoenix, AZ), 79-66 in a non-league bout.

With the victory, Liberty upgrades its record to 8-6 on the campaign. The Lions travel to Hamilton (Chandler, AZ) to play the Huskies in a non-league bout on Wednesday, December 27. The Huskies come into the bout with a record of 9-4. Hamilton lost 53-40 in their recent non-league bout against Mesa (Mesa, AZ)

Next up, the Titans play the Shadow Mountain Matadors (Phoenix, AZ) in a 4A Skyline bout, on Wednesday, January 10. Thunderbird will attempt to upgrade on its 9-3 season record. The Matadors come into the bout with a 1-10 record after their 55-39 non-league loss to Desert Edge (Goodyear, AZ).

Rankings & Records

Thunderbird (23-24)

AZ	Div.
53	10

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
22-7	9-1	10-0	8-3	4-4	.759	.900	1,767	1,490

Liberty (23-24)

AZ	Div.
15	6

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
19-12	5-5	7-2	5-7	7-3	.613	.500	2,097	2,046

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Thunderbird	14.4	15.6	15.4	17.3	60.9
Liberty	15.6	14.5	20.7	17.8	67.6

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Team Stat Comparison

Thunderbird		Liberty
59.4	Points Per Game	65.0
34.2	Rebounds Per Game	32.1
14.7	Assists Per Game	12.5
10.4	Steals Per Game	5.7
4.6	Blocks Per Game	4.2

Team Leaders

Thunderbird		Liberty	National Avg.
#3 Paris Strozier jr13.3	Points Per Game	#24 Ring Nyeri20.4	4.9
#10 Will Clark8.1	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Ring Nyeri11.7	2.6
#10 Will Clark2.6	Assists Per Game	#32 Aiden Dunne3.4	1.0
#1 Ryan Calcaterra2.0	Steals Per Game	#12 Stephan Miller0.9	0.8
#10 Will Clark1.3	Blocks Per Game	#24 Ring Nyeri3.2	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Thunderbird	1-1		Liberty	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
1/11/24	Thunderbird	Paradise Honors	(L) 45-39		12/11/23	Liberty	Paradise Honors	(W) 74-68
1/25/24	Paradise Honors	Thunderbird	(W) 65-52

Record Breakdown

Thunderbird (23-24)		Liberty (23-24)
22-7	Overall	19-12
9-1	League	5-5
8-0	Non-League	5-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-1	Common Opponent	1-0
10-0	Home	7-2
8-3	Away	5-7
4-4	Neutral	7-3
1-2	Playoff	4-1
22-7	In-State	19-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0