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Desert Christian North Valley Christian Academy

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The North Valley Christian Academy (Phoenix, AZ) varsity basketball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Desert Christian (Tucson, AZ) by a score of 84-60.

Game Details: North Valley Christian Academy

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Desert Christian	10	15	13	22	60
NVCA	22	15	18	29	84

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Game Stats

Desert Christian (23-24)

North Valley Christian Academy (23-24)

Desert Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	159	60	21	51	41	51
4	Joseph Serrano (Sr)	21	2	1	1	100	100
5	Tyson Dobbins (So)	24	18	6	17	35	44
10	Adam Vavala (Sr)	26	12	4	11	36	41
11	Landon Thigpen (Jr)	3		0	0
12	Ethan Craig (Jr)	4	2	0	0
15	L. Ayala (Fr)	12	3	1	2	50	75
20	Logan Benson (So)	11	6	3	3	100	100
22	Austin Yarger (Sr)	8		0	0
23	Samuel Nwoso (So)	7		0	1	0	0
25	Jack Strait (So)	14		0	3	0	0
30	Austin Crabtree (Sr)	2		0	0
55	Jonathan Brown (Sr)	27	17	6	13	46	65

North Valley Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	84	30	52	58	69
12	Jethro Maerina (Sr)	9	3	10	30	35
15	Zac Ruelas (Sr)	12	4	8	50	69
20	Bobby Rodriguez (Jr)	30	12	20	60	75
21	Drew Ruelas (So)	1
24	Levi Corrigan (Jr)	4	1	1	100	150
30	Josh Igdanes (Sr)	5	2	3	67	67
32	Zathan Ruffin (Fr)	13	4	6	67	75
33	Braiden Homer (Sr)	8	3	3	100	100
42	Marshall Brown (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100

Desert Christian

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	159	60	10	20	50	8	11	73	11	31	35
4	Joseph Serrano (Sr)	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
5	Tyson Dobbins (So)	24	18	3	6	50	3	4	75	3	11	27
10	Adam Vavala (Sr)	26	12	1	3	33	3	4	75	3	8	38
11	Landon Thigpen (Jr)	3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Ethan Craig (Jr)	4	2	0	0	0	2	2	100	0	0	0
15	L. Ayala (Fr)	12	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Logan Benson (So)	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100
22	Austin Yarger (Sr)	8		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Samuel Nwoso (So)	7		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
25	Jack Strait (So)	14		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	Austin Crabtree (Sr)	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	Jonathan Brown (Sr)	27	17	5	7	71	0	0	0	1	6	17

North Valley Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	84	12	23	52	12	19	63	18	29	62
12	Jethro Maerina (Sr)	9	1	5	20	2	2	100	2	5	40
15	Zac Ruelas (Sr)	12	3	5	60	1	2	50	1	3	33
20	Bobby Rodriguez (Jr)	30	6	11	55				6	9	67
21	Drew Ruelas (So)	1				1	2	50
24	Levi Corrigan (Jr)	4	1	1	100	1	2	50
30	Josh Igdanes (Sr)	5				1	1	100	2	3	67
32	Zathan Ruffin (Fr)	13	1	1	100	4	8	50	3	5	60
33	Braiden Homer (Sr)	8				2	2	100	3	3	100
42	Marshall Brown (Sr)	2							1	1	100

Desert Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	159	60	7	15	22	16	6	2	16	14
4	Joseph Serrano (Sr)	21	2	1	4	5	1	1	0	2	2
5	Tyson Dobbins (So)	24	18	1	2	3	4	2	1	1	1
10	Adam Vavala (Sr)	26	12	1	4	5	6	1	1	5	3
11	Landon Thigpen (Jr)	3		0	0		0	0	0	1	0
12	Ethan Craig (Jr)	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	1
15	L. Ayala (Fr)	12	3	0	0		0	1	0	2	0
20	Logan Benson (So)	11	6	0	0		1	0	0	0	2
22	Austin Yarger (Sr)	8		0	0		3	0	0	0	1
23	Samuel Nwoso (So)	7		3	0	3	0	0	0	2	1
25	Jack Strait (So)	14		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
30	Austin Crabtree (Sr)	2		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
55	Jonathan Brown (Sr)	27	17	1	5	6	1	1	0	3	3

North Valley Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	84	7	24	31	18	9	11	12
12	Jethro Maerina (Sr)	9		1	1	3	4		1
15	Zac Ruelas (Sr)	12		6	6	5			1
20	Bobby Rodriguez (Jr)	30	1	7	8	3		4
21	Drew Ruelas (So)	1						1
24	Levi Corrigan (Jr)	4		4	4	2	1		3
30	Josh Igdanes (Sr)	5		1	1	1	2	2	2
32	Zathan Ruffin (Fr)	13	6	4	10	3		4	2
33	Braiden Homer (Sr)	8				1	1		2
42	Marshall Brown (Sr)	2		1	1		1		1

Desert Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	0.38	0.43	0.14	1
4	Joseph Serrano (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.00
5	Tyson Dobbins (So)	4.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1
10	Adam Vavala (Sr)	1.20	0.20	0.33	0.33
15	L. Ayala (Fr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	0.00
20	Logan Benson (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
22	Austin Yarger (Sr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
55	Jonathan Brown (Sr)	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.00

North Valley Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	1.64	0.82	0.75	2
12	Jethro Maerina (Sr)			4.00
20	Bobby Rodriguez (Jr)	0.75
21	Drew Ruelas (So)				1
24	Levi Corrigan (Jr)			0.33
30	Josh Igdanes (Sr)	0.50	1.00	1.00	1
32	Zathan Ruffin (Fr)	0.75
33	Braiden Homer (Sr)			0.50
42	Marshall Brown (Sr)			1.00

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Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Desert Christian overwhelmed by North Valley Christian Academy

December 18, 2023: Phoenix, AZ 85085

The Desert Christian Eagles basketball team (Tucson, AZ), was overwhelmed 84-60 in Monday's non-league battle with the host North Valley Christian Academy Lions (Phoenix, AZ)

The Lions now possess a 6-5 record. They put it on the line next when they host San Pasqual Valley for a non-league battle on Wednesday, December 20. North Valley Christian Academy will confront a Warriors team coming off a 48-40 non-league win over Mayer (Mayer, AZ). The Warriors record now stands at 1-7.

The Eagles (8-3) will now prepare for their battle against St. Augustine Catholic (Tucson, AZ). The Wolves come into the non-league battle with a 6-3 record. In their last battle, St. Augustine Catholic trounced Catalina (Tucson, AZ), 86-51, in a non-league battle.

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Rankings & Records

Desert Christian (23-24)

AZ	Div.
136	2

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
26-7	3-1	10-1	10-4	6-2	.788	.750	2,030	1,415

North Valley Christian Academy (23-24)

AZ	Div.
144	3

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
22-10	9-0	15-0	6-3	1-7	.688	1.000	1,963	1,573

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	OT3	Final
Desert Christian	19.2	14.8	17.3	11.2	5.7	3.5	5.0	61.5
North Valley Christian Academy	16.6	18.1	16.6	12.6	10.0	9.0	-	61.3

Head-to-Head

North Valley Christian Academy won on 12/18/2023

12/18 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Desert Christian 10 15 13 22 60
NVCA 22 15 18 29 84

The Desert Christian (Tucson, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Monday's away non-conference game against North Valley Christian Academy (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 84-60.
Box score
North Valley Christian Academy won on 2/16/2024

2/16 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Desert Christian 16 12 12 12 52
NVCA 14 21 16 6 57

The Desert Christian (Tucson, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away playoff game against North Valley Christian Academy (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 57-52.
Box score

2/16 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Desert Christian	16	12	12	12	52
NVCA	14	21	16	6	57

Team Stat Comparison

Desert Christian		North Valley Christian Academy
61.5	Points Per Game	60.8
32.2	Rebounds Per Game	32.2
17.7	Assists Per Game	13.0
11.5	Steals Per Game	8.5
4.4	Blocks Per Game	1.3

Team Leaders

Desert Christian		North Valley Christian Academy	National Avg.
#5 Tyson Dobbins20.4	Points Per Game	#20 Bobby Rodriguez16.5	4.9
#24 Bennett Vondrak8.0	Rebounds Per Game	#32 Zathan Ruffin7.4	2.6
#10 Adam Vavala5.6	Assists Per Game	#20 Bobby Rodriguez3.5	1.0
#5 Tyson Dobbins3.0	Steals Per Game	#12 Jethro Maerina1.7	0.8
#24 Bennett Vondrak1.8	Blocks Per Game	#32 Zathan Ruffin0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Desert Christian	3-3		North Valley Christian Academy	5-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/12/23	Desert Christian	Baboquivari	(L) 54-41	1/6/24	Baboquivari	North Valley Christian Academy	(W) 68-61
2/2/24	Desert Christian	Baboquivari	(W) 58-53
1/26/24	The Gregory School	Desert Christian	(L) 65-54	1/18/24	North Valley Christian Academy	The Gregory School	(L) 65-63
2/3/24	Desert Christian	The Gregory School	(L) 65-45	2/17/24	North Valley Christian Academy	The Gregory School	(L) 55-52
2/7/24	Cicero Prep Academy	Desert Christian	(W) 52-50	11/30/23	Cicero Prep Academy	North Valley Christian Academy	(W) 62-32
2/10/24	Anthem Prep	Desert Christian	(W) 57-44	12/9/23	North Valley Christian Academy	Anthem Prep	(W) 60-48
				1/29/24	Anthem Prep	North Valley Christian Academy	(W) 64-52
				2/3/24	Anthem Prep	North Valley Christian Academy	(W) 50-36

Record Breakdown

Desert Christian (23-24)		North Valley Christian Academy (23-24)
26-7	Overall	22-10
3-2	League	9-0
14-2	Non-League	9-2
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
3-3	Common Opponent	5-2
10-1	Home	15-0
10-4	Away	6-3
6-2	Neutral	1-7
2-1	Playoff	3-1
26-7	In-State	21-10
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0