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Highland Liberty

Hawks

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The Liberty (Peoria, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Highland (Gilbert, AZ) by a score of 57-55.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland	11	14	17	15	57
Liberty	16	15	15	9	55

Final score provided by M. Wood.

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Game Stats

Liberty (23-24)

Highland

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	57	23	52	44	52
3	Walker Stum (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
5	Nick Reber (Fr)	15	6	11	55	59
10	Michael Johnson (Jr)	18	7	12	58	75
12	Ty Crandall (Fr)	0	0	5	0	0
13	Max Robison (Sr)	12	5	7	71	79
23	Grady Crandall (So)	0	0	2	0	0
30	J. Gulbrandsen (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50
33	Travin Merrill (So)	7	3	8	38	44

Liberty

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	55	22	53	42	49
12	Stephan Miller (Jr)	2	1	8	13	13
22	Jackson Hunter (Jr)	19	7	16	44	53
24	Ring Nyeri (Sr)	17	7	18	39	44
30	Jacob Hunter (Fr)	2	1	2	50	50
32	Aiden Dunne (Sr)	15	6	9	67	83

Highland

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	57	8	27	30	3	7	43	15	25	60
3	Walker Stum (Jr)	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
5	Nick Reber (Fr)	15	1	3	33	2	4	50	5	8	63
10	Michael Johnson (Jr)	18	4	8	50	0	1	0	3	4	75
12	Ty Crandall (Fr)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Max Robison (Sr)	12	1	1	100	1	2	50	4	6	67
23	Grady Crandall (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30	J. Gulbrandsen (Sr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Travin Merrill (So)	7	1	5	20	0	0	0	2	3	67

Liberty

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	55	8	24	33	3	9	33	14	29	48
12	Stephan Miller (Jr)	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
22	Jackson Hunter (Jr)	19	3	9	33	2	3	67	4	7	57
24	Ring Nyeri (Sr)	17	2	5	40	1	5	20	5	13	38
30	Jacob Hunter (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
32	Aiden Dunne (Sr)	15	3	5	60	0	1	0	3	4	75

Highland

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	57	7	24	31	14	2	1	12	12
2	T. Knollmiller (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	Walker Stum (Jr)	2	2	11	13	1	0	0	2	3
5	Nick Reber (Fr)	15	0	1	1	4	0	1	4	2
10	Michael Johnson (Jr)	18	0	5	5	3	1	0	1	1
12	Ty Crandall (Fr)	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
13	Max Robison (Sr)	12	1	3	4	3	1	0	2	2
23	Grady Crandall (So)	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	2
30	J. Gulbrandsen (Sr)	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
33	Travin Merrill (So)	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2

Liberty

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	55	8	24	32	12	3	5	9	13
12	Stephan Miller (Jr)	2	2	2	4	1	1	0	1	0
20	Ben Leber (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
22	Jackson Hunter (Jr)	19	0	2	2	1	1	0	3	2
24	Ring Nyeri (Sr)	17	4	8	12	3	0	4	4	1
30	Jacob Hunter (Fr)	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2
32	Aiden Dunne (Sr)	15	0	2	2	4	0	1	1	2
40	Keegan Colter (So)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
42	Mark Duguid (Jr)	0	1	9	10	1	0	0	0	5

Highland

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.17	0.17	0.17	0.08	4
3	Walker Stum (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
5	Nick Reber (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0
10	Michael Johnson (Jr)	3.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	3
13	Max Robison (Sr)	1.50	0.50	0.50	0.00	0
23	Grady Crandall (So)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
33	Travin Merrill (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

Liberty

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.33	0.33	0.23	0.39	4
12	Stephan Miller (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
22	Jackson Hunter (Jr)	0.33	0.33	0.50	0.00	1
24	Ring Nyeri (Sr)	0.75	0.00	0.00	4.00	1
30	Jacob Hunter (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
32	Aiden Dunne (Sr)	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.50
40	Keegan Colter (So)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
42	Mark Duguid (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Highland edges Liberty

December 29, 2023: Gilbert, AZ 85234

The Highland Hawks (Gilbert, AZ) basketball nipped the visiting Liberty Lions (Peoria, AZ), 57-55 in Friday's non-league test.

The Hawks (10-3) will now prepare for their test against Sunnyslope (Phoenix, AZ). The Vikings go into the non-league test with a 8-4 record. In their last test, Sunnyslope got by Heritage Christian (Northridge, CA), 74-62, in a non-league test.

The Lions now own a 9-8 record. They play next when they travel to Mountain Ridge for a 6A Desert Valley test on Friday, January 12.

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Rankings & Records

Highland (23-24)

AZ	Div.
19	8

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
21-8	8-2	9-3	6-5	6-0	.724	.800	1,685	1,463

Liberty (23-24)

AZ	Div.
15	6

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
19-12	5-5	7-2	5-7	7-3	.613	.500	2,097	2,046

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Highland	14.3	14.2	15.5	14.0	12.0	58.1
Liberty	15.6	14.5	20.7	17.8	-	67.6

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Team Stat Comparison

Highland		Liberty
58.0	Points Per Game	65.0
27.3	Rebounds Per Game	32.1
11.2	Assists Per Game	12.5
7.6	Steals Per Game	5.7
2.1	Blocks Per Game	4.2

Team Leaders

Highland		Liberty	National Avg.
#5 Nick Reber12.5	Points Per Game	#24 Ring Nyeri20.4	4.9
#5 Nick Reber4.2	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Ring Nyeri11.7	2.6
#5 Nick Reber2.7	Assists Per Game	#32 Aiden Dunne3.4	1.0
#10 Michael Johnson1.9	Steals Per Game	#12 Stephan Miller0.9	0.8
#5 Nick Reber0.5	Blocks Per Game	#24 Ring Nyeri3.2	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland	6-5		Liberty	7-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/28/23	Highland	Cesar Chavez	(W) 59-58	11/22/23	Liberty	Cesar Chavez	(L) 63-55
				2/23/24	Cesar Chavez	Liberty	(W) 73-55
11/30/23	Hamilton	Highland	(L) 40-39	12/5/23	Liberty	Hamilton	(L) 64-54
				12/27/23	Hamilton	Liberty	(L) 57-44
				2/21/24	Liberty	Hamilton	(W) 55-52
12/26/23	Highland	Carl Hayden Community	(W) 65-42	12/7/23	Carl Hayden Community	Liberty	(W) 89-85
1/3/24	Highland	Sunnyslope	(L) 43-26	1/16/24	Sunnyslope	Liberty	(L) 58-37
				2/8/24	Liberty	Sunnyslope	(L) 69-58
1/12/24	Highland	Queen Creek	(W) 62-40	12/21/23	Queen Creek	Liberty	(W) 72-63
1/26/24	Queen Creek	Highland	(L) 59-51
1/16/24	Gilbert	Highland	(W) 63-56	12/28/23	Gilbert	Liberty	(W) 59-47
1/25/24	Highland	Gilbert	(W) 51-49
2/14/24	O'Connor	Highland	(W) 71-68	1/23/24	O'Connor	Liberty	(W) 82-76
2/23/24	O'Connor	Highland	(L) 75-61	2/2/24	Liberty	O'Connor	(L) 65-60
				3/2/24	Liberty	O'Connor	(W) 69-63
2/16/24	Highland	Notre Dame Prep	(L) 79-42	2/14/24	Liberty	Notre Dame Prep	(L) 91-75

Record Breakdown

Highland (23-24)		Liberty (23-24)
21-8	Overall	19-12
8-2	League	5-5
5-3	Non-League	5-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
6-5	Common Opponent	7-7
9-3	Home	7-2
6-5	Away	5-7
6-0	Neutral	7-3
2-2	Playoff	4-1
21-8	In-State	19-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0