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Valley Union Desert Christian

Blue Devils

Eagles

The Desert Christian (Tucson, AZ) varsity basketball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Valley Union (Elfrida, AZ) by a score of 74-25.

Game Details: Desert Christian High School

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Valley Union	8	2	9	6	25
Desert Christian	16	19	24	15	74

Final score provided by M. Esparza.

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Game Stats

Desert Christian (23-24)

Valley Union

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	25	10	49	20	24
00	Braydon Draback (Sr)	1	0	6	0	0
3	M. Richardson (So)	5	2	8	25	31
5	Dylan Mitchell (Jr)	7	3	14	21	25
10	Michael Durazo (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
11	John Curiel (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
15	C. Gonzalez (So)	6	2	5	40	60
23	Landon Glenn (Sr)	2	1	11	9	9
30	Jose Sosa (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100

Desert Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	160	74	33	74	45	47
4	Joseph Serrano (Sr)	19	2	1	8	13	13
5	Tyson Dobbins (So)	17	23	11	18	61	64
10	Adam Vavala (Sr)	9	2	1	3	33	33
11	Landon Thigpen (Jr)	7		0	1	0	0
12	Ethan Craig (Jr)	6	2	1	4	25	25
15	L. Ayala (Fr)	16	3	1	1	100	150
20	Logan Benson (So)	6	2	1	2	50	50
22	Austin Yarger (Sr)	12	2	1	5	20	20
23	Samuel Nwoso (So)	6	4	2	3	67	67
24	Bennett Vondrak (Sr)	15		0	4	0	0
25	Jack Strait (So)	9	4	2	3	67	67
30	Austin Crabtree (Sr)	8	3	1	1	100	150
33	Wyatt Strait (Sr)	6	2	0	2	0	0
55	Jonathan Brown (Sr)	24	25	11	19	58	61

Valley Union

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	25	4	23	17	1	12	8	6	26	23
00	Braydon Draback (Sr)	1	0	3	0	1	2	50	0	3	0
3	M. Richardson (So)	5	1	5	20	0	0	0	1	3	33
5	Dylan Mitchell (Jr)	7	1	3	33	0	6	0	2	11	18
10	Michael Durazo (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	John Curiel (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	33
15	C. Gonzalez (So)	6	2	3	67	0	2	0	0	2	0
23	Landon Glenn (Sr)	2	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
30	Jose Sosa (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100

Desert Christian

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	160	74	4	16	25	4	8	50	29	58	50
4	Joseph Serrano (Sr)	19	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	5	20
5	Tyson Dobbins (So)	17	23	1	2	50	0	0	0	10	16	63
10	Adam Vavala (Sr)	9	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	50
11	Landon Thigpen (Jr)	7		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Ethan Craig (Jr)	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
15	L. Ayala (Fr)	16	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Logan Benson (So)	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
22	Austin Yarger (Sr)	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	20
23	Samuel Nwoso (So)	6	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	67
24	Bennett Vondrak (Sr)	15		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
25	Jack Strait (So)	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
30	Austin Crabtree (Sr)	8	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Wyatt Strait (Sr)	6	2	0	0	0	2	2	100	0	2	0
55	Jonathan Brown (Sr)	24	25	1	5	20	2	2	100	10	14	71

Valley Union

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	25	24	8	3	29	5
00	Braydon Draback (Sr)	1	1	2		1	0
3	M. Richardson (So)	5	2			5	0
5	Dylan Mitchell (Jr)	7	4	5		9	1
10	Michael Durazo (Fr)	0	0				2
11	John Curiel (Sr)	2	2			1	0
15	C. Gonzalez (So)	6	1			3	0
22	S. De La Cruz (Jr)	0	3	1		3	0
23	Landon Glenn (Sr)	2	6		2	7	1
30	Jose Sosa (Jr)	2	5		1		1

Desert Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	160	74	18	24	42	25	27	4	14	9
4	Joseph Serrano (Sr)	19	2	1	0	1	1	4	0	2	1
5	Tyson Dobbins (So)	17	23	6	2	8	2	6	0	2	0
10	Adam Vavala (Sr)	9	2	2	1	3	5	2	0	3	2
11	Landon Thigpen (Jr)	7		1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
12	Ethan Craig (Jr)	6	2	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	0
15	L. Ayala (Fr)	16	3	1	2	3	6	2	0	0	0
20	Logan Benson (So)	6	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
22	Austin Yarger (Sr)	12	2	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	1
23	Samuel Nwoso (So)	6	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0
24	Bennett Vondrak (Sr)	15		1	1	2	4	5	1	2	3
25	Jack Strait (So)	9	4	1	2	3	0	1	3	1	1
30	Austin Crabtree (Sr)	8	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
33	Wyatt Strait (Sr)	6	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
55	Jonathan Brown (Sr)	24	25	0	4	4	4	6	0	2	1

Valley Union

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.28	1.60	0.60
00	Braydon Draback (Sr)	2.00	2.00
5	Dylan Mitchell (Jr)	0.56	5.00
22	S. De La Cruz (Jr)	0.33	1.00
23	Landon Glenn (Sr)			2.00
30	Jose Sosa (Jr)			1.00

Desert Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.79	1.93	3.00	0.44	4
4	Joseph Serrano (Sr)	0.50	2.00	4.00	0.00
5	Tyson Dobbins (So)	1.00	3.00	6.00	0.00	1
10	Adam Vavala (Sr)	1.67	0.67	1.00	0.00	1
11	Landon Thigpen (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
15	L. Ayala (Fr)	6.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	1
20	Logan Benson (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
24	Bennett Vondrak (Sr)	2.00	2.50	1.67	0.33
25	Jack Strait (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	3.00
33	Wyatt Strait (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
55	Jonathan Brown (Sr)	2.00	3.00	6.00	0.00	1

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Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Desert Christian overwhelms Valley Union

January 29, 2024: Tucson, AZ 85710

Fans at Monday's non-league challenge between the Desert Christian Eagles (Tucson, AZ) and the visiting Valley Union Blue Devils (Elfrida, AZ), saw Desert Christian's basketball squad wallop Valley Union by a tally of 74-25.

With the victory, Desert Christian improves its record to 22-5 on the campaign.

Next up, the Blue Devils confront the St. David Tigers (St. David, AZ) in a 1A Tucson Southeast challenge, on Tuesday, January 30. Valley Union will attempt to improve on its 5-11 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 5-15 record after their 48-34 non-league loss to Benson (Benson, AZ).

Players of the Game

Valley Union (23-24)

Valley Union has not selected any Players of the Game.

Desert Christian (23-24)

Congratulations to #30 Austin Crabtree for being selected the Desert Christian Basketball Player of the Game.

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Rankings & Records

Valley Union (23-24)

AZ	Div.
312	25

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
5-13	3-4	4-6	1-6	0-1	.278	.429	754	1,089

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

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	OT3	Final
Valley Union	6.5	7.3	9.3	7.5	-	-	-	41.9
Desert Christian	19.2	14.8	17.3	11.2	5.7	3.5	5.0	61.5

Head-to-Head

Desert Christian won on 12/21/2023

12/21 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Desert Christian 22 23 18 14 77
Valley Union 5 12 10 6 33

The Desert Christian (Tucson, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Valley Union (Elfrida, AZ) by a score of 77-33.
Box score
Desert Christian won on 1/29/2024

1/29 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Valley Union 8 2 9 6 25
Desert Christian 16 19 24 15 74

The Valley Union (Elfrida, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Monday's away non-conference game against Desert Christian (Tucson, AZ) by a score of 74-25.
Box score

12/21 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Desert Christian	22	23	18	14	77
Valley Union	5	12	10	6	33

Team Stat Comparison

Valley Union		Desert Christian
33.4	Points Per Game	61.5
24.2	Rebounds Per Game	32.2
3.4	Assists Per Game	17.7
7.8	Steals Per Game	11.5
2.3	Blocks Per Game	4.4

Team Leaders

Valley Union		Desert Christian	National Avg.
#23 Landon Glenn15.1	Points Per Game	#5 Tyson Dobbins20.4	4.9
#23 Landon Glenn11.3	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Bennett Vondrak8.0	2.6
#22 Steven De La Cruz1.7	Assists Per Game	#10 Adam Vavala5.6	1.0
#5 Dylan Mitchell4.6	Steals Per Game	#5 Tyson Dobbins3.0	0.8
#23 Landon Glenn2.3	Blocks Per Game	#24 Bennett Vondrak1.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Valley Union	3-6		Desert Christian	8-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/27/23	Patagonia	Valley Union	(W) 54-44	12/6/23	Desert Christian	Patagonia	(W) 64-16
1/16/24	Valley Union	Patagonia	(L) 43-31	2/1/24	Desert Christian	Patagonia	(W) 80-31
12/1/23	Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind	Valley Union	(W) 60-14	12/14/23	Desert Christian	Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind	(W) 62-17
1/25/24	Valley Union	Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind
12/6/23	Valley Union	St. Augustine Catholic	(L) 69-40	12/19/23	St. Augustine Catholic	Desert Christian	(W) 74-53
12/9/23	Valley Union	Ray	(L) 70-36	1/10/24	Ray	Desert Christian	(W) 70-49
12/20/23	Baboquivari	Valley Union	(L) 86-54	12/12/23	Desert Christian	Baboquivari	(L) 54-41
				2/2/24	Desert Christian	Baboquivari	(W) 58-53
1/10/24	Duncan	Valley Union	(L) 46-37	12/8/23	Duncan	Desert Christian	(W) 82-32
1/22/24	Valley Union	Duncan	(W) 52-30
1/30/24	St. David	Valley Union	(L) 46-45	1/17/24	St. David	Desert Christian	(W) 80-34

Record Breakdown

Valley Union (23-24)		Desert Christian (23-24)
5-13	Overall	26-7
3-4	League	3-2
2-7	Non-League	14-2
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
3-6	Common Opponent	8-1
4-6	Home	10-1
1-6	Away	10-4
0-1	Neutral	6-2
0-0	Playoff	2-1
5-13	In-State	26-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0