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Thunderbird Independence

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The Independence (Glendale, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's neutral tournament game against Thunderbird (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 69-48.

Game Details: Sunnyslope Hoopsgiving Tournament Game 2

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Thunderbird	17	15	20	17	69
Independence	7	13	11	17	48

Final score provided by D. Monaghan.

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Game Stats

Independence (23-24)

Thunderbird

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	63	25	48	52	56
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	8	2	5	40	50
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	12	5	8	63	63
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	4	2	6	33	33
10	Will Clark (Sr)	8	4	8	50	50
11	Chris Moore (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	12	5	8	63	75
15	Charlie Weible (Jr)	2
20	Jordan Sayegh (Sr)	9	4	6	67	75
30	Colby Schwartz (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40

Independence

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	48	16	43	37	44
1	Ive Niyomukiza (Sr)	1	0	5	0	0
2	Aiden Nunez (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
3	James Davis (So)	5	2	9	22	22
5	Diego Martinez (Jr)	15	4	5	80	110
10	Jose Contreras (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
13	Anthony Colonna (So)	10	3	9	33	39
20	Rafael Sierra (Jr)	4	2	5	40	40
23	J. Mcclanahan (So)	6	2	2	100	150

Thunderbird

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	63	4	15	27	7	11	64	21	33	64
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	8	1	1	100	3	4	75	1	4	25
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	12	0	1	0	2	4	50	5	7	71
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	50
10	Will Clark (Sr)	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	7	57
11	Chris Moore (Sr)	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	0	0
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	12	2	5	40	0	0	0	3	3	100
15	Charlie Weible (Jr)	2
20	Jordan Sayegh (Sr)	9	1	3	33	0	0	0	3	3	100
30	Colby Schwartz (Sr)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	50

Independence

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	48	6	15	40	10	15	67	10	28	36
1	Ive Niyomukiza (Sr)	1	0	3	0	1	2	50	0	2	0
2	Aiden Nunez (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
3	James Davis (So)	5	0	2	0	1	2	50	2	7	29
5	Diego Martinez (Jr)	15	3	4	75	4	4	100	1	1	100
10	Jose Contreras (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	Anthony Colonna (So)	10	1	3	33	3	5	60	2	6	33
20	Rafael Sierra (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
23	J. Mcclanahan (So)	6	2	2	100

Thunderbird

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	63	16	19	35	13	12	4	13
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	4
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	8	2	1	3	2	5		2
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	12	5	3	8		1		3
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	2
10	Will Clark (Sr)	8	4	5	9	2		2
11	Chris Moore (Sr)	2	0	1	1	1
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	12	0	2	2	3	4	0	0
15	Charlie Weible (Jr)	2
20	Jordan Sayegh (Sr)	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Colby Schwartz (Sr)	4	2	4	6	4	1	1	2

Independence

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	48	8	13	21	11	3	4	25	15
1	Ive Niyomukiza (Sr)	1	0	3	3	5	0	0	6	2
2	Aiden Nunez (Jr)	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
3	James Davis (So)	5	2	0	2	1	0	0	4	5
5	Diego Martinez (Jr)	15	1	1	2	0	1	0	6	0
10	Jose Contreras (Sr)	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	2
13	Anthony Colonna (So)	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1
20	Rafael Sierra (Jr)	4	3	2	5	1	0	2	2	1
23	J. Mcclanahan (So)	6	1		1

Thunderbird

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.00	0.92
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	1.00	2.50
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)		0.33
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	0.50	0.50
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	3.00	4.00
30	Colby Schwartz (Sr)	2.00	0.50

Independence

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.44	0.12	0.20	0.27	2	4
1	Ive Niyomukiza (Sr)	0.83	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	2
2	Aiden Nunez (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0	0
3	James Davis (So)	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	1
5	Diego Martinez (Jr)	0.00	0.17	1.00	0.00	0	1
10	Jose Contreras (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
13	Anthony Colonna (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
20	Rafael Sierra (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	2.00	0	0

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Independence overwhelmed by Thunderbird

November 21, 2023: Glendale, AZ 85303

The Thunderbird Titans basketball team scored 69 points and restricted the host Independence Patriots to 48 in the Titans non-league victory on Tuesday.

The Titans now sport a 1-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to West Point for a non-league contest on Tuesday, November 28.

The Patriots (0-2) will now prepare for their contest against Phoenix Christian (Phoenix, AZ). The Cougars come into the non-league contest with a 1-1 record. In their last contest, Phoenix Christian was routed by Canyon View (Waddell, AZ), 79-57, in a non-league contest.

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

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
Thunderbird	14.4	15.6	15.4	17.3	60.9
Independence	8.1	12.3	11.4	11.3	53.5

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Team Stat Comparison

Thunderbird		Independence
59.4	Points Per Game	53.2
34.2	Rebounds Per Game	25.0
14.7	Assists Per Game	9.3
10.4	Steals Per Game	10.0
4.6	Blocks Per Game	2.3

Team Leaders

Thunderbird		Independence	National Avg.
#3 Paris Strozier jr13.3	Points Per Game	#1 Ive Niyomukiza13.7	4.9
#10 Will Clark8.1	Rebounds Per Game	#3 James Davis6.7	2.6
#10 Will Clark2.6	Assists Per Game	#1 Ive Niyomukiza3.4	1.0
#1 Ryan Calcaterra2.0	Steals Per Game	#1 Ive Niyomukiza2.5	0.8
#10 Will Clark1.3	Blocks Per Game	#3 James Davis0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Thunderbird	4-0		Independence	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/22/23	Cortez	Thunderbird	(W) 74-55	11/20/23	Cortez	Independence	(L) 67-33
12/28/23	Central	Thunderbird	(W) 68-61	12/5/23	Central	Independence	(L) 81-39
1/16/24	Moon Valley	Thunderbird	(W) 55-49	11/30/23	Independence	Moon Valley	(W) 60-57
1/26/24	Thunderbird	Moon Valley	(W) 52-51

Record Breakdown

Thunderbird (23-24)		Independence (23-24)
22-7	Overall	11-12
9-1	League	8-4
8-0	Non-League	3-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
4-0	Common Opponent	1-2
10-0	Home	7-3
8-3	Away	4-5
4-4	Neutral	0-4
1-2	Playoff	0-0
22-7	In-State	11-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0