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Desert Vista Canyon del Oro

Thunder

Dorados

The Canyon del Oro (Tucson, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Desert Vista (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 57-56.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Desert Vista	0	38	0	18	56
Canyon del Oro	0	29	0	28	57

Final score provided by G. Nunez.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Canyon del Oro (23-24)

Desert Vista

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	56	18
1	Nicholas Velez (So)	14	5
10	Aeneas Redmond (Jr)	3	1
14	D. Spencer (Fr)	8	2
24	Alex Taylor (So)	6	2
25	Isaiah Lassiter (Sr)	5	2
34	R. Morris III (Jr)	4	2
40	L. Diamond (Fr)	5	1
42	Corey James (Sr)	11	3

Canyon del Oro

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	57	20	53	38	44
1	Isaiah Gill (Fr)	10	2	4	50	50
2	Tyler Skorupa (So)	0	0	5	0	0
3	Will Dixion (Sr)	24	9	19	47	61
4	Gabriel Lujan (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
10	Sean Mccarthy (So)	3	1	4	25	38
20	Mykael Nunez (So)	5	2	10	20	25
24	Brandon Watson (Sr)	13	5	7	71	71
30	Camren Hicks (Fr)	2	1	2	50	50

Desert Vista

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	2FGM
	Team Totals	56	6	14	12
1	Nicholas Velez (So)	14	2	2	3
10	Aeneas Redmond (Jr)	3	1
14	D. Spencer (Fr)	8		4	2
24	Alex Taylor (So)	6		2	2
25	Isaiah Lassiter (Sr)	5		1	2
34	R. Morris III (Jr)	4			2
40	L. Diamond (Fr)	5		3	1
42	Corey James (Sr)	11	3	2

Canyon del Oro

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	57	7	20	35	10	13	77	13	33	39
1	Isaiah Gill (Fr)	10	0	0	0	6	6	100	2	4	50
2	Tyler Skorupa (So)	0	0	1	0				0	4	0
3	Will Dixion (Sr)	24	5	8	63	1	3	33	4	11	36
4	Gabriel Lujan (Jr)	0	0	2	0
10	Sean Mccarthy (So)	3	1	4	25
20	Mykael Nunez (So)	5	1	4	25				1	6	17
24	Brandon Watson (Sr)	13				3	4	75	5	7	71
30	Camren Hicks (Fr)	2	0	1	0				1	1	100

Desert Vista

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	56	2	3	10	2	4	6	17
1	Nicholas Velez (So)	14			4	2	1
10	Aeneas Redmond (Jr)	3
14	D. Spencer (Fr)	8	2	3	5		2	4	5
23	D. Williams (Jr)								2
24	Alex Taylor (So)	6							2
25	Isaiah Lassiter (Sr)	5							3
34	R. Morris III (Jr)	4							1
40	L. Diamond (Fr)	5					1	2	3
42	Corey James (Sr)	11			1				1

Canyon del Oro

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	57	8	15	23	11	12	2
1	Isaiah Gill (Fr)	10	3	2	5	2	3
2	Tyler Skorupa (So)	0		1	1	2	1
3	Will Dixion (Sr)	24		3	3	4	2
4	Gabriel Lujan (Jr)	0				1
10	Sean Mccarthy (So)	3
20	Mykael Nunez (So)	5	1	4	5		6
24	Brandon Watson (Sr)	13	4	5	9	1		2
30	Camren Hicks (Fr)	2				1

Desert Vista

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	0.33	0.67	0.24
14	D. Spencer (Fr)		0.50	0.40
40	L. Diamond (Fr)		0.50	0.33

Canyon del Oro

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Defl
	Team Totals	2
1	Isaiah Gill (Fr)	1
30	Camren Hicks (Fr)	1

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Canyon del Oro nudges Desert Vista

December 28, 2023: Phoenix, AZ 85048

In Thursday's non-league outing, the Canyon del Oro Dorados (Tucson, AZ) basketball squad edged the host Desert Vista Thunder (Phoenix, AZ), by a count of 57-56.

The Dorados (12-2) will now prepare for their outing against Sunnyside (Tucson, AZ). The Blue Devils go into the non-league outing with a 7-7 record. In their last outing, Sunnyside tipped Sahuarita (Sahuarita, AZ), 77-57, in a non-league match.

With the defeat, Desert Vista moves to 7-5 on the year. The Thunder travel to Pueblo (Tucson, AZ) to face the Warriors in a non-league match on Thursday, December 28. The Warriors enter the match with a record of 2-11. Pueblo lost 65-51 in their recent non-league match against Sabino (Tucson, AZ)

Rankings & Records

Desert Vista (23-24)

AZ	Div.
35	14

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
19-10	7-3	9-3	7-5	3-2	.655	.700	1,954	1,764

Canyon del Oro (23-24)

AZ	Div.
114	20

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
16-11	3-5	6-4	3-6	7-1	.593	.375	1,457	1,356

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Desert Vista	15.3	17.6	12.3	18.6	6.0	67.4
Canyon del Oro	14.3	15.3	12.4	12.5	0	54.0

Team Stat Comparison

Desert Vista		Canyon del Oro
67.2	Points Per Game	56.7
27.8	Rebounds Per Game	26.0
12.6	Assists Per Game	9.8
10.2	Steals Per Game	8.9
2.2	Blocks Per Game	3.4

Team Leaders

Desert Vista		Canyon del Oro	National Avg.
#14 Damian (DJ) Spencer13.1	Points Per Game	#3 Will Dixion18.3	4.9
#14 Damian (DJ) Spencer8.2	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Brandon Watson8.1	2.6
#1 Nicholas Velez6.0	Assists Per Game	#1 Isaiah Gill3.0	1.0
#1 Nicholas Velez2.5	Steals Per Game	#1 Isaiah Gill2.3	0.8
#34 Robert Morris III0.8	Blocks Per Game	#24 Brandon Watson1.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Desert Vista	2-0		Canyon del Oro	2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/28/23	Desert Vista	Pueblo	(W) 82-45	1/8/24	Pueblo	Canyon del Oro	(W) 61-53
				1/23/24	Canyon del Oro	Pueblo	(L) 58-49
12/29/23	Desert Vista	Sabino	(W) 74-55	11/21/23	Sabino	Canyon del Oro	(W) 58-38

Record Breakdown

Desert Vista (23-24)		Canyon del Oro (23-24)
19-10	Overall	16-11
7-3	League	3-5
6-2	Non-League	8-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-0	Common Opponent	2-1
9-3	Home	6-4
7-5	Away	3-6
3-2	Neutral	7-1
1-2	Playoff	0-1
17-8	In-State	16-11
2-2	Out-of-State	0-0