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Empire Benson

Ravens

Bobcats

The Benson (AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home tournament game against Empire (Tucson, AZ) by a score of 72-8.

Game Details: Benson Holiday Tournament

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Empire	0	2	2	4	8
Benson	27	24	13	8	72

Final score provided by R. Bristow.

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Game Stats

Empire (22-23)

Empire has not entered stats for this game.

Benson (22-23)

Benson

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	72	34	80	43	45
1	Karlee Sherman (Jr)	4	2	6	33	33
2	Ellie Palmer (Sr)	12	5	10	50	60
5	J. De la Cruz (So)	4	2	7	29	29
10	Tatum Benson (Sr)	11	5	9	56	61
11	Jessica Barker (Sr)	4	2	4	50	50
12	Ally Crouse (Sr)	22	11	15	73	73
22	Grace Parke (Sr)	4	2	9	22	22
23	Kaylei Taylor (So)	4	2	8	25	25
24	Aubrey Moon (So)	3	1	9	11	17
42	Irene Hernandez (Jr)	4	2	3	67	67

Benson

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	72	4	16	25	2	6	33	30	64	47
1	Karlee Sherman (Jr)	4							2	6	33
2	Ellie Palmer (Sr)	12	2	4	50	0	1	0	3	6	50
5	J. De la Cruz (So)	4				2	4	50	2	7	29
10	Tatum Benson (Sr)	11	1	3	33	0	1	0	4	6	67
11	Jessica Barker (Sr)	4	0	1	0				2	3	67
12	Ally Crouse (Sr)	22							11	15	73
22	Grace Parke (Sr)	4	0	2	0				2	7	29
23	Kaylei Taylor (So)	4	0	1	0				2	7	29
24	Aubrey Moon (So)	3	1	5	20				0	4	0
42	Irene Hernandez (Jr)	4							2	3	67

Benson

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	72	28	14	42	14	30	1	10	1
1	Karlee Sherman (Jr)	4	3	2	5	1	1		2
2	Ellie Palmer (Sr)	12				2	4		1
5	J. De la Cruz (So)	4	7	2	9		2		1	1
10	Tatum Benson (Sr)	11	2	1	3	2	8		2
11	Jessica Barker (Sr)	4					2
12	Ally Crouse (Sr)	22	9	4	13	1	2
22	Grace Parke (Sr)	4	5	1	6	5	4		1
23	Kaylei Taylor (So)	4	2	1	3	2	4		1
24	Aubrey Moon (So)	3		2	2		2		2
42	Irene Hernandez (Jr)	4		1	1	1	1	1

Benson

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.40	3.00	30.00	1.00
1	Karlee Sherman (Jr)	0.50	0.50
2	Ellie Palmer (Sr)	2.00	4.00
5	J. De la Cruz (So)		2.00	2.00
10	Tatum Benson (Sr)	1.00	4.00
22	Grace Parke (Sr)	5.00	4.00
23	Kaylei Taylor (So)	2.00	4.00
24	Aubrey Moon (So)		1.00

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Benson overwhelms Empire

December 15, 2022: Benson, AZ 85602

Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Benson Bobcats (Benson, AZ) and the visiting Empire Ravens (Tucson, AZ), saw Benson's basketball squad wallop Empire by a tally of 72-8.

With the victory, Benson improves its record to 8-3 on the campaign. The Bobcats host Douglas (Douglas, AZ) to confront the Bulldogs in a non-league challenge on Thursday, December 15. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a record of 3-5. Douglas won 69-52 in their recent non-league challenge against Buena (Sierra Vista, AZ)

Next up, the Ravens confront the Douglas Bulldogs (Douglas, AZ) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 16. Empire will attempt to improve on its 1-7 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 5-5 record after their 45-31 non-league win over Benson (Benson, AZ).

Rankings & Records

Empire (22-23)

AZ	Div.
266	40

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
3-19	3-7	2-7	1-9	0-3	.136	.300	439	1,168

Benson (22-23)

AZ	Div.
104	11

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
20-10	7-5	10-3	8-6	2-1	.667	.583	1,556	999

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Empire	3.8	3.3	4.3	3.8	20.0
Benson	13.0	11.7	13.9	9.0	51.9

Team Stat Comparison

Empire		Benson
-	Points Per Game	51.8
-	Rebounds Per Game	38.3
-	Assists Per Game	12.6
-	Steals Per Game	16.9
-	Blocks Per Game	2.5

Team Leaders

Empire		Benson	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#12 Ally Crouse18.4	4.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Ally Crouse13.6	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#10 Tatum Benson2.4	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#10 Tatum Benson3.8	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#23 Kaylei Taylor0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Empire	1-7		Benson	6-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/22	Empire	Sabino	(L) 40-38	12/5/22	Sabino	Benson	(W) 71-26
2/1/23	Sabino	Empire	(L) 56-22
12/8/22	Empire	Amphitheater	(L) 55-19	12/16/22	Amphitheater	Benson	(W) 55-35
12/17/22	Empire	Amphitheater	(L) 42-8
12/16/22	Empire	Douglas	(L) 56-12	12/15/22	Douglas	Benson	(L) 45-31
				12/17/22	Benson	Douglas	(L) 49-43
12/16/22	Empire	Willcox	(L) 58-14	12/17/22	Willcox	Benson	(W) 50-18
2/6/23	Willcox	Empire	(L) 41-22	1/9/23	Benson	Willcox	(L) 54-43
				2/2/23	Willcox	Benson	(W) 54-19
				2/9/23	Willcox	Benson	(W) 64-37
1/31/23	Catalina	Empire	(W) 54-38	11/22/22	Catalina	Benson	(W) 48-1

Record Breakdown

Empire (22-23)		Benson (22-23)
3-19	Overall	20-10
3-7	League	7-5
0-6	Non-League	5-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-7	Common Opponent	6-3
2-7	Home	10-3
1-9	Away	8-6
0-3	Neutral	2-1
0-0	Playoff	1-1
3-19	In-State	20-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0