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Central Thunderbird

Bobcats

Titans

The Thunderbird (Phoenix, AZ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Central (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 68-61.

Game Details: 2023 McClintock Holiday Shootout Game 3

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central	12	13	7	29	61
Thunderbird	9	15	24	20	68

Final score provided by B. Benson.

Recap
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Game Stats

Central (23-24)

Central has not entered stats for this game.

Thunderbird (23-24)

Thunderbird

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	29	62	47	50
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	7	3	6	50	58
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	8	4	9	44	44
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	16	7	13	54	58
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	7	3	5	60	60
10	Will Clark (Sr)	15	6	12	50	54
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	7	3	11	27	27
20	Jordan Sayegh (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
21	Kanai Tap (Sr)	5	2	2	100	100
30	Colby Schwartz (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50

Thunderbird

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	4	23	17	6	9	67	25	39	64
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	7	1	2	50	0	0	0	2	4	50
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	6	67
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	16	1	5	20	1	2	50	6	8	75
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	7	0	0	0	1	2	50	3	5	60
10	Will Clark (Sr)	15	1	5	20	2	2	100	5	7	71
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	7	0	5	0	1	2	50	3	6	50
20	Jordan Sayegh (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Kanai Tap (Sr)	5	0	0	0	1	1	100	2	2	100
30	Colby Schwartz (Sr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	1	0

Thunderbird

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	68	28	22	8	4	9	17
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	7	2	2	1	0	3	3
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	8	10	4	2	1	2	2
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	16	5	5	1	0	1	1
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	7	2	2	0	2	0	0
10	Will Clark (Sr)	15	6	1	2	0	1	4
11	Chris Moore (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	7	2	5	1	1	1	4
20	Jordan Sayegh (Sr)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	Kanai Tap (Sr)	5	1	1	0	0	0	1
30	Colby Schwartz (Sr)	3	0	1	0	0	1	2

Thunderbird

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	2.44	0.89	0.47	0.24
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	0.67	0.33	0.33	0.00
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.50
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	5.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	2.00
10	Will Clark (Sr)	1.00	2.00	0.50	0.00
11	Chris Moore (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	5.00	1.00	0.25	0.25
20	Jordan Sayegh (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
21	Kanai Tap (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
30	Colby Schwartz (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Thunderbird edges Central

December 28, 2023: Phoenix, AZ 85012

The Thunderbird Titans (Phoenix, AZ) basketball nipped the host Central Bobcats (Phoenix, AZ), 68-61 in Thursday's non-league test.

The Titans (11-3) will now prepare for their test against Mesquite (Gilbert, AZ). The Wildcats go into the non-league test with a 11-3 record. In their last test, Mesquite got by Carl Hayden Community (Phoenix, AZ), 83-64, in a non-league test.

The Bobcats now own a 8-3 record. They play next when they travel to Metro Tech for a 5A Metro test on Monday, January 8. Central will encounter a Knights squad coming off a 112-28 league loss to Central (Phoenix, AZ). The Knights record now stands at 2-13.

Rankings & Records

Central (23-24)

AZ	Div.
69	16

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
18-9	10-2	9-3	9-3	0-3	.667	.833	1,968	1,485

Thunderbird (23-24)

AZ	Div.
53	10

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
22-7	9-1	10-0	8-3	4-4	.759	.900	1,767	1,490

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central	17.4	17.6	19.0	16.9	72.9
Thunderbird	14.4	15.6	15.4	17.3	60.9

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Thunderbird Videos

Team Stat Comparison

Central		Thunderbird
57.7	Points Per Game	59.4
25.9	Rebounds Per Game	34.2
6.6	Assists Per Game	14.7
4.7	Steals Per Game	10.4
1.8	Blocks Per Game	4.6

Team Leaders

Central		Thunderbird	National Avg.
#4 Sabih Almasri23.5	Points Per Game	#3 Paris Strozier jr13.3	4.9
#24 Aligo Banja11.3	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Will Clark8.1	2.6
#32 Jake Trujillo 2.3	Assists Per Game	#10 Will Clark2.6	1.0
#4 Sabih Almasri1.2	Steals Per Game	#1 Ryan Calcaterra2.0	0.8
#24 Aligo Banja1.1	Blocks Per Game	#10 Will Clark1.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Central	1-0		Thunderbird	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/23	Central	Independence	(W) 81-39		11/21/23	Thunderbird	Independence	(W) 69-48

Record Breakdown

Central (23-24)		Thunderbird (23-24)
18-9	Overall	22-7
10-2	League	9-1
5-1	Non-League	8-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-0	Common Opponent	1-0
9-3	Home	10-0
9-3	Away	8-3
0-3	Neutral	4-4
1-1	Playoff	1-2
18-9	In-State	22-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0