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Independence Central

Patriots

Bobcats

The Central (Phoenix, AZ) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Independence (Glendale, AZ) by a score of 55-15.

Game Details: Central High School

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	5	4	4	2	15
Central	14	15	18	8	55

Final score provided by J. Espinoza.

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Game Stats

Independence (23-24)

Independence has not entered stats for this game.

Central (23-24)

Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	144	55	25	58	43	45
1	Amber Shorten (Jr)	23	5	2	6	33	42
3	Evelyn Flores (Sr)	24	0	0	0
4	Selena Soto (So)	20	7	3	8	38	44
5	Lia Sims (Sr)	20	27	12	27	44	44
12	V. Valenzuela (Sr)	25	6	3	5	60	60
23	Lushon Norris (Sr)	23	10	5	11	45	45
45	Journey Sims (Fr)	5	0	0	1	0	0

Central

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	144	55	2	15	13	3	9	33	23	43	53
1	Amber Shorten (Jr)	23	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	4	25
3	Evelyn Flores (Sr)	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Selena Soto (So)	20	7	1	4	25	0	0	0	2	4	50
5	Lia Sims (Sr)	20	27	0	8	0	3	4	75	12	19	63
12	V. Valenzuela (Sr)	25	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	75
23	Lushon Norris (Sr)	23	10	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	11	45
45	Journey Sims (Fr)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	144	55	13	26	39	12	23	5	26	14
1	Amber Shorten (Jr)	23	5	2	3	5	5	8	0	6	2
3	Evelyn Flores (Sr)	24	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	5	5
4	Selena Soto (So)	20	7	1	1	2	2	2	1	4	2
5	Lia Sims (Sr)	20	27	3	5	8	1	4	1	6	0
12	V. Valenzuela (Sr)	25	6	2	5	7	2	4	3	2	0
23	Lushon Norris (Sr)	23	10	4	6	10	1	5	0	3	5
45	Journey Sims (Fr)	5	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0

Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.46	0.89	1.64	0.36	26
1	Amber Shorten (Jr)	0.83	1.33	4.00	0.00	9
3	Evelyn Flores (Sr)	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
4	Selena Soto (So)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.50	5
5	Lia Sims (Sr)	0.17	0.67	4.00	1.00	6
12	V. Valenzuela (Sr)	1.00	2.00	4.00	3.00	3
23	Lushon Norris (Sr)	0.33	1.67	1.00	0.00	0

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Central vs Independence Game Highlights - Dec. 5, 2023 1:39

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Central overwhelms Independence

December 5, 2023: Phoenix, AZ 85012

Fans at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Central Bobcats (Phoenix, AZ) and the visiting Independence Patriots (Glendale, AZ), saw Central's basketball squad wallop Independence by a count of 52-15.

With the victory, Central upgrades its record to 2-4 on the campaign. The Bobcats travel to Kellis (Glendale, AZ) to play the Cougars in a non-league challenge on Thursday, December 7. The Cougars come into the challenge with a record of 3-2. Kellis won 62-14 in their recent non-league challenge against Queen Creek (Queen Creek, AZ)

Next up, the Patriots play the Arizona College Prep Knights (Chandler, AZ) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, December 6. Independence will attempt to upgrade on its 0-3 season record. The Knights come into the challenge with a 3-4 record after their 60-55 non-league loss to Vista Grande (Casa Grande, AZ).

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Rankings & Records

Independence (23-24)

AZ	Div.
291	47

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
1-18	0-12	0-9	1-9	.053	.000	434	911

Central (23-24)

AZ	Div.
195	35

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
11-15	6-6	5-5	3-6	3-4	.423	.500	1,178	1,350

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	5.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	22.8
Central	11.0	12.3	12.7	7.3	45.3

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Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Central
-	Points Per Game	45.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	36.5
-	Assists Per Game	6.7
-	Steals Per Game	13.8
-	Blocks Per Game	2.2

Team Leaders

Independence		Central	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#5 Lia Sims29.0	4.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Lia Sims10.7	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#1 Amber Shorten2.9	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#5 Lia Sims4.5	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#5 Lia Sims0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	0-6		Central	4-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/29/23	North Canyon	Independence	(L) 59-18	12/11/23	North Canyon	Central	(L) 59-46
				1/22/24	Central	North Canyon	(W) 46-40
12/7/23	Independence	Sierra Linda	(L) 51-47	1/11/24	Central	Sierra Linda	(W) 59-45
				1/30/24	Sierra Linda	Central	(W) 59-44
1/16/24	Washington	Independence	(L) 53-29	11/29/23	Washington	Central	(L) 68-42
2/2/24	Independence	Washington	(L) 51-18
1/19/24	Independence	Glendale	(L) 25-22	12/21/23	Glendale	Central	(W) 61-40
1/22/24	Glendale	Independence	(L) 34-32

Record Breakdown

Independence (23-24)		Central (23-24)
1-18	Overall	11-15
0-12	League	6-6
1-6	Non-League	2-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-6	Common Opponent	4-2
0-9	Home	5-5
1-9	Away	3-6
0-0	Neutral	3-4
0-0	Playoff	0-0
1-18	In-State	11-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0