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Highland Desert Ridge

Hawks

Jaguars

The Desert Ridge (Mesa, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Highland (Gilbert, AZ) by a score of 70-55.

Game Details: Desert Ridge High School

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland	16	11	25	18	70
Desert Ridge	9	13	22	11	55

Final score provided by S. AIA.

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Game Stats

Desert Ridge (23-24)

Highland

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	70	28	59	47	53
2	Madilyn Gewirtz (Sr)	25	11	18	61	64
3	Addison Riggs (So)	10	3	9	33	44
4	Isabella Cruz (So)	4	2	6	33	33
10	Emilee Searle (So)	14	6	10	60	65
11	Emery Wright (Fr)	7	3	6	50	58
32	Bailey Williams (Fr)	10	3	10	30	35

Desert Ridge

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	55	17	51	33	35
3	Hannah Mask (Sr)	12	2	4	50	50
4	Kaycee Steinke (Sr)	16	6	19	32	34
10	Lexi Herrera (Sr)	5	2	4	50	63
21	Erica Venell (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
25	Saige Miller (Sr)	22	7	21	33	33
30	Kaylee Cole (So)	0	0	2	0	0

Highland

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	70	6	19	32	8	10	80	22	40	55
2	Madilyn Gewirtz (Sr)	25	1	2	50	2	2	100	10	16	63
3	Addison Riggs (So)	10	2	5	40	2	2	100	1	4	25
4	Isabella Cruz (So)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	33
10	Emilee Searle (So)	14	1	3	33	1	2	50	5	7	71
11	Emery Wright (Fr)	7	1	3	33	0	0	0	2	3	67
32	Bailey Williams (Fr)	10	1	6	17	3	4	75	2	4	50

Desert Ridge

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	55	2	12	17	19	26	73	15	39	38
3	Hannah Mask (Sr)	12	0	1	0	8	10	80	2	3	67
4	Kaycee Steinke (Sr)	16	1	8	13	3	4	75	5	11	45
10	Lexi Herrera (Sr)	5	1	3	33	0	0	0	1	1	100
21	Erica Venell (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	Saige Miller (Sr)	22	0	0	0	8	12	67	7	21	33
30	Kaylee Cole (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Highland

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	70	11	18	29	14	14	3	23	16
2	Madilyn Gewirtz (Sr)	25	6	11	17	4	7	3	7	3
3	Addison Riggs (So)	10	3	1	4	2	1	0	7	1
4	Isabella Cruz (So)	4	1	1	2	2	2	0	3	1
10	Emilee Searle (So)	14	1	1	2	3	1	0	1	4
11	Emery Wright (Fr)	7	0	1	1	1	3	0	4	3
32	Bailey Williams (Fr)	10	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	4

Desert Ridge

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	55	13	17	30	11	13	3	23
3	Hannah Mask (Sr)	12	0	6	6	5	4	1	2
4	Kaycee Steinke (Sr)	16	5	3	8	1	1	0	7
10	Lexi Herrera (Sr)	5	0	1	1	3	1	0	6
21	Erica Venell (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1
25	Saige Miller (Sr)	22	4	4	8	0	4	2	5
30	Kaylee Cole (So)	0	4	2	6	2	1	0	1
33	Ryan Blair (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Highland

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.61	0.61	0.88	0.19	17
2	Madilyn Gewirtz (Sr)	0.57	1.00	2.33	1.00	8
3	Addison Riggs (So)	0.29	0.14	1.00	0.00	1
4	Isabella Cruz (So)	0.67	0.67	2.00	0.00	1
10	Emilee Searle (So)	3.00	1.00	0.25	0.00	5
11	Emery Wright (Fr)	0.25	0.75	1.00	0.00	0
32	Bailey Williams (Fr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2

Desert Ridge

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.48	0.57
3	Hannah Mask (Sr)	2.50	2.00
4	Kaycee Steinke (Sr)	0.14	0.14
10	Lexi Herrera (Sr)	0.50	0.17
21	Erica Venell (Jr)	0.00	2.00
25	Saige Miller (Sr)	0.00	0.80
30	Kaylee Cole (So)	2.00	1.00

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Highland thwarts Desert Ridge

January 23, 2024: Mesa, AZ 85212

The Highland Hawks (Gilbert, AZ) basketball knocked off the host Desert Ridge Jaguars (Mesa, AZ), 70-55 in Tuesday's league test.

The Hawks (11-9) will now prepare for their test against Gilbert (Gilbert, AZ). The Tigers go into the 6A Central test with a 18-3 record. In their last test, Gilbert went down by Desert Vista (Phoenix, AZ), 68-59, in a league test.

The Jaguars now own a 12-9 record. They play next when they travel to Corona del Sol for a 6A Central test on Thursday, January 25. Desert Ridge will encounter a Aztecs squad coming off a 52-14 league win over Queen Creek (Queen Creek, AZ). The Aztecs record now stands at 4-15.

Players of the Game

Highland (23-24)

Congratulations to #2 Madilyn Gewirtz for being selected the Highland Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Desert Ridge (23-24)

Congratulations to #3 Hannah Mask for being selected the Desert Ridge Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Highland (23-24)

AZ	Div.
71	17

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
15-14	5-5	8-7	5-6	2-1	.517	.500	1,387	1,471

Desert Ridge (23-24)

AZ	Div.
74	18

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
16-11	5-5	7-5	6-4	3-2	.593	.500	1,382	1,198

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland	9.0	10.1	12.3	9.9	47.8
Desert Ridge	9.7	7.8	12.8	10.2	51.2

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Head-to-Head

Highland won on 1/23/2024

1/23 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Highland 16 11 25 18 70
Desert Ridge 9 13 22 11 55

The Highland (Gilbert, AZ) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Desert Ridge (Mesa, AZ) by a score of 70-55.
Box score
Desert Ridge won on 2/2/2024

2/2 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Desert Ridge - - - - 59
Highland - - - - 48

The Desert Ridge (Mesa, AZ) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Highland (Gilbert, AZ) by a score of 59-48.
Box score

2/2 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Desert Ridge	-	-	-	-	59
Highland	-	-	-	-	48

Team Stat Comparison

Highland		Desert Ridge
47.6	Points Per Game	51.6
27.5	Rebounds Per Game	32.8
8.9	Assists Per Game	12.4
11.1	Steals Per Game	12.2
3.3	Blocks Per Game	3.4

Team Leaders

Highland		Desert Ridge	National Avg.
#2 Madilyn Gewirtz15.7	Points Per Game	#4 Kaycee Steinke16.4	4.2
#2 Madilyn Gewirtz8.0	Rebounds Per Game	#25 Saige Miller10.3	2.8
#2 Madilyn Gewirtz2.7	Assists Per Game	#3 Hannah Mask3.2	0.9
#2 Madilyn Gewirtz3.2	Steals Per Game	#25 Saige Miller2.9	1.1
#2 Madilyn Gewirtz1.6	Blocks Per Game	#25 Saige Miller1.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland	6-8		Desert Ridge	4-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/23	Corona del Sol	Highland	(W) 60-52	1/25/24	Desert Ridge	Corona del Sol	(W) 62-38
12/14/23	Highland	Corona del Sol	(W) 42-41	2/5/24	Corona del Sol	Desert Ridge	(W) 60-58
1/30/24	Corona del Sol	Highland	(W) 69-34
11/21/23	Mesa	Highland	(L) 56-31	12/5/23	Mesa	Desert Ridge	(L) 48-39
2/22/24	Highland	Mesa	(W) 52-49
12/1/23	Sunnyslope	Highland	(L) 58-51	12/7/23	Desert Ridge	Sunnyslope	(L) 73-41
12/30/23	Highland	Cibola	(L) 67-34	2/22/24	Desert Ridge	Cibola	(L) 56-34
1/12/24	Queen Creek	Highland	(W) 52-21	1/9/24	Queen Creek	Desert Ridge	(W) 62-14
1/26/24	Highland	Queen Creek	(W) 57-19	1/18/24	Desert Ridge	Queen Creek	(W) 62-28
1/16/24	Gilbert	Highland	(L) 68-46	1/12/24	Gilbert	Desert Ridge	(L) 82-60
1/25/24	Highland	Gilbert	(L) 75-25	1/26/24	Desert Ridge	Gilbert	(L) 72-40
1/18/24	Desert Vista	Highland	(L) 92-44	11/16/23	Desert Ridge	Desert Vista	(L) 88-33
2/1/24	Highland	Desert Vista	(L) 79-20	1/5/24	Desert Vista	Desert Ridge	(L) 63-32
2/6/24	Highland	Campo Verde	(L) 56-44	11/25/23	Campo Verde	Desert Ridge	(L) 51-44

Record Breakdown

Highland (23-24)		Desert Ridge (23-24)
15-14	Overall	16-11
7-5	League	5-5
2-6	Non-League	5-3
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
6-8	Common Opponent	4-8
8-7	Home	7-5
5-6	Away	6-4
2-1	Neutral	3-2
2-1	Playoff	0-1
15-14	In-State	15-11
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0