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Marcos de Niza Saguaro

Padres

Sabercats

The Saguaro (Scottsdale, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home playoff game against Marcos de Niza (Tempe, AZ) by a score of 83-67.

This game is a part of the "2015 Arizona High School Boys Basketball Playoff Brackets: AIA - Division II" tournament.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Marcos de Niza	22	10	15	20	67
Saguaro	19	15	22	27	83

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Saguaro (14-15)

Marcos de Niza

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	67	25	52	48	54
3	Luke Nguyen (Sr)	2
11	Mason Stark (So)	7	3	9	33	33
12	Bryan Battle (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
20	Joey Villa (Jr)	3	1	2	50	75
22	Chris Wright (So)	10	4	8	50	63
23	Chris Buchanon (Jr)	9	3	5	60	70
23	Montre Williams (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
25	Cameron Stark (Jr)	6	2	4	50	75
30	Sean Wood (Sr)	28	11	19	58	58
33	Jake Bayfield (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0

Saguaro

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	83	30	56	54	58
1	Max Hamati (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
3	Zach Nimtz (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
10	Byron Murphy (Jr)	33	12	21	57	62
20	Kenneth Arrick (Jr)	11	3	7	43	64
24	Jake Lieppert (So)	14	5	10	50	50
32	Mitch Lieppert (Sr)	12	4	9	44	44
33	Zak Kuhl (Sr)	10	5	5	100	100
34	Chase Kretch (Sr)	1

Marcos de Niza

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	67	6	16	38	11	15	73	19	36	53
3	Luke Nguyen (Sr)	2				2	2	100
11	Mason Stark (So)	7	0	4	0	1	2	50	3	5	60
12	Bryan Battle (Jr)	2	0	1	0				1	2	50
20	Joey Villa (Jr)	3	1	2	50
22	Chris Wright (So)	10	2	2	100				2	6	33
23	Chris Buchanon (Jr)	9	1	2	50	2	2	100	2	3	67
23	Montre Williams (Jr)	0							0	1	0
25	Cameron Stark (Jr)	6	2	4	50
30	Sean Wood (Sr)	28	0	1	0	6	9	67	11	18	61
33	Jake Bayfield (Sr)	0							0	1	0

Saguaro

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	83	5	15	33	18	22	82	25	41	61
1	Max Hamati (Jr)	0	0	2	0
3	Zach Nimtz (Jr)	2				0	1	0	1	2	50
10	Byron Murphy (Jr)	33	2	5	40	7	9	78	10	16	63
20	Kenneth Arrick (Jr)	11	3	5	60	2	2	100	0	2	0
24	Jake Lieppert (So)	14	0	3	0	4	4	100	5	7	71
32	Mitch Lieppert (Sr)	12				4	4	100	4	9	44
33	Zak Kuhl (Sr)	10							5	5	100
34	Chase Kretch (Sr)	1				1	2	50

Marcos de Niza

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	67	6	18	24	8	7	2	15
3	Luke Nguyen (Sr)	2
11	Mason Stark (So)	7	1	5	6	3	1	1	3
12	Bryan Battle (Jr)	2		1	1				2
15	Marcos Nido (Jr)			1	1	1	1
20	Joey Villa (Jr)	3
22	Chris Wright (So)	10	3	1	4	4	2		3
23	Chris Buchanon (Jr)	9	1	1	2				2
25	Cameron Stark (Jr)	6							2
30	Sean Wood (Sr)	28	1	9	10		3	1	2
33	Jake Bayfield (Sr)	0							1

Saguaro

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	83	8	26	34	17	7	5
1	Max Hamati (Jr)	0				1	1
3	Zach Nimtz (Jr)	2		1	1	1
10	Byron Murphy (Jr)	33	4	9	13	6	2	2
20	Kenneth Arrick (Jr)	11		4	4	5
23	Sean Senger (Jr)						1
24	Jake Lieppert (So)	14		4	4		1
32	Mitch Lieppert (Sr)	12	4	7	11	3	1	3
33	Zak Kuhl (Sr)	10		1	1	1	1
34	Chase Kretch (Sr)	1

Marcos de Niza

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.53	0.47
11	Mason Stark (So)	1.00	0.33
22	Chris Wright (So)	1.33	0.67
30	Sean Wood (Sr)		1.50

Misc Totals

Saguaro has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Saguaro tops Marcos de Niza

February 19, 2015: Scottsdale, AZ 85250

Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Saguaro Sabercats (Scottsdale, AZ) and the visiting Marcos de Niza Padres (Tempe, AZ), saw Saguaro's basketball squad knock off Marcos de Niza by a tally of 83-67.

With the victory, Saguaro improves its record to 18-9 on the campaign. The Sabercats travel to Flagstaff (Flagstaff, AZ) to play the Eagles in a non-league challenge on Saturday, February 21. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 21-4. Flagstaff won 70-51 in their recent non-league challenge against Coconino (Flagstaff, AZ)

Rankings & Records

Marcos de Niza (14-15)

National	AZ	Div.
3,497	53	22

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
15-11	10-2	7-4	5-4	3-3	.577	.833	1,874	1,726

Saguaro (14-15)

National	AZ	Div.
2,315	37	16

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
18-10	9-4	9-2	7-4	2-4	.643	.692	1,806	1,558

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Marcos de Niza	22.3	14.4	13.4	17.4	0	72.1
Saguaro	14.1	16.3	16.6	16.8	13.0	64.5

Team Stat Comparison

Marcos de Niza		Saguaro
72.2	Points Per Game	64.5
31.7	Rebounds Per Game	26.2
14.0	Assists Per Game	14.3
9.0	Steals Per Game	7.3
3.4	Blocks Per Game	2.5

Team Leaders

Marcos de Niza		Saguaro	National Avg.
#30 Sean Wood17.0	Points Per Game	#10 Byron Murphy16.0	4.9
#30 Sean Wood10.2	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Byron Murphy5.7	2.6
#22 Chris Wright4.1	Assists Per Game	#10 Byron Murphy5.6	1.0
#30 Sean Wood3.1	Steals Per Game	#10 Byron Murphy2.1	0.8
#30 Sean Wood1.5	Blocks Per Game	#32 Mitch Lieppert0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Marcos de Niza	7-1		Saguaro	6-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/15/14	McClintock	Marcos de Niza	(W) 75-70	12/26/14	Saguaro	McClintock	(L) 69-62
12/26/14	Moon Valley	Marcos de Niza	(W) 79-52	1/6/15	Moon Valley	Saguaro	(W) 57-49
12/29/14	Boulder Creek	Marcos de Niza	(L) 71-58	11/24/14	Saguaro	Boulder Creek	(L) 60-50
1/13/15	Bradshaw Mountain	Marcos de Niza	(W) 97-56	2/6/15	Saguaro	Bradshaw Mountain	(W) 63-54
1/14/15	Williams Field	Marcos de Niza	(W) 66-60	12/4/14	Saguaro	Williams Field	(W) 69-46
1/20/15	Campo Verde	Marcos de Niza	(W) 78-61	1/16/15	Campo Verde	Saguaro	(W) 65-50
1/27/15	Marcos de Niza	Coronado	(W) 76-60	12/2/14	Coronado	Saguaro	(W) 79-49
2/6/15	Marcos de Niza	Seton Catholic	(W) 68-45	12/9/14	Seton Catholic	Saguaro	(W) 57-51

Record Breakdown

Marcos de Niza (14-15)		Saguaro (14-15)
15-11	Overall	18-10
10-2	League	9-4
2-5	Non-League	6-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
7-1	Common Opponent	6-2
7-4	Home	9-2
5-4	Away	7-4
3-3	Neutral	2-4
0-1	Playoff	1-0
15-11	In-State	18-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0