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Willow Canyon Central

Wildcats

Bobcats

The Central (Phoenix, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home tournament game against Willow Canyon (Surprise, AZ) by a score of 88-25.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Willow Canyon	-	-	-	-	88
Central	-	-	-	-	25

Final score provided by J. Espinoza.

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Game Stats

Willow Canyon (22-23)

Willow Canyon

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	88	38	83	46	51
1	Sarah Karnitz (Fr)	32	12	23	52	65
3	K. O'Connell (So)	5	2	5	40	50
5	Nevaeh Henson (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
10	Mia Martinez (Sr)	12	6	17	35	35
12	Launa Rogers (Jr)	6	3	6	50	50
21	Leilani Soto (Sr)	8	4	6	67	67
22	A. Morrison (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
23	Mariah Preston (Sr)	10	4	10	40	50
32	Monica Ortiz (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
34	D. Gilbertson (Sr)	11	5	8	63	63
42	Alyssa Pena (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
44	Maggie Busari (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50

Willow Canyon

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	88	9	26	35	3	4	75	29	57	51
1	Sarah Karnitz (Fr)	32	6	14	43	2	2	100	6	9	67
3	K. O'Connell (So)	5	1	3	33				1	2	50
5	Nevaeh Henson (Jr)	2							1	2	50
10	Mia Martinez (Sr)	12	0	4	0				6	13	46
12	Launa Rogers (Jr)	6							3	6	50
21	Leilani Soto (Sr)	8							4	6	67
22	A. Morrison (Sr)	0							0	2	0
23	Mariah Preston (Sr)	10	2	5	40				2	5	40
32	Monica Ortiz (Jr)	0							0	1	0
34	D. Gilbertson (Sr)	11				1	2	50	5	8	63
42	Alyssa Pena (Jr)	0							0	1	0
44	Maggie Busari (Sr)	2							1	2	50

Willow Canyon

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	88	25	32	57	35	33	10	18	9
1	Sarah Karnitz (Fr)	32	2	2	4	2	2		2	1
3	K. O'Connell (So)	5	2		2	5	5		2
5	Nevaeh Henson (Jr)	2	1	1	2	1			1
10	Mia Martinez (Sr)	12	5	2	7	9	7	2	3
12	Launa Rogers (Jr)	6	3	7	10	2	2	4		3
13	Kayla Preston (So)			1	1	1
21	Leilani Soto (Sr)	8	1	1	2	3	5		3
22	A. Morrison (Sr)	0	1		1	1	1		2
23	Mariah Preston (Sr)	10	3	8	11	10	10	1	2	2
32	Monica Ortiz (Jr)	0		1	1					1
34	D. Gilbertson (Sr)	11	6	8	14	1	1	3	1
42	Alyssa Pena (Jr)	0	1		1				2	1
44	Maggie Busari (Sr)	2		1	1					1

Willow Canyon

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.94	1.83	3.67	1.11	19
1	Sarah Karnitz (Fr)	1.00	1.00	2.00		1
3	K. O'Connell (So)	2.50	2.50			4
5	Nevaeh Henson (Jr)	1.00
10	Mia Martinez (Sr)	3.00	2.33			4
12	Launa Rogers (Jr)			0.67	1.33	1
21	Leilani Soto (Sr)	1.00	1.67			4
22	A. Morrison (Sr)	0.50	0.50
23	Mariah Preston (Sr)	5.00	5.00	5.00	0.50	2
32	Monica Ortiz (Jr)					1
34	D. Gilbertson (Sr)	1.00	1.00			1
44	Maggie Busari (Sr)					1

Central (22-23)

Central has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Willow Canyon overwhelms Central

December 28, 2022: Phoenix, AZ 85012

Fans at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the Willow Canyon Wildcats (Surprise, AZ) and the host Central Bobcats (Phoenix, AZ), saw Willow Canyon's basketball squad wallop Central by a tally of 88-25.

With the victory, Willow Canyon improves its record to 7-1 on the campaign. The Wildcats travel to Desert Mountain (Scottsdale, AZ) to confront the Wolves in a non-league challenge on Thursday, January 5. The Wolves come into the challenge with a record of 0-5.

Next up, the Bobcats confront the South Mountain Jaguars (Phoenix, AZ) in a 5A Metro challenge, on Tuesday, January 10. Central will attempt to improve on its 5-7 season record. The Jaguars come into the challenge with a 3-5 record after their 43-28 non-league loss to Bourgade Catholic (Phoenix, AZ).

Rankings & Records

Willow Canyon (22-23)

AZ	Div.
65	14

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
19-7	7-5	9-2	7-4	3-1	.731	.583	1,640	990

Central (22-23)

AZ	Div.
214	36

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
7-15	3-9	2-9	4-6	1-0	.318	.250	878	1,281

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Willow Canyon	13.7	17.3	14.7	8.7	63.1
Central	4.0	3.5	9.5	9.5	39.9

Team Stat Comparison

Willow Canyon		Central
63.0	Points Per Game	34.5
43.5	Rebounds Per Game	27.4
18.3	Assists Per Game	6.3
22.9	Steals Per Game	11.3
6.7	Blocks Per Game	1.7

Team Leaders

Willow Canyon		Central	National Avg.
#1 Sarah Karnitz13.7	Points Per Game	#5 Lia Sims19.3	4.1
#34 Dakota Gilbertson11.3	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Lia Sims13.1	2.8
#10 Mia Martinez5.8	Assists Per Game	#15 Precious Hernandez3.5	0.9
#23 Mariah Preston5.0	Steals Per Game	#5 Lia Sims3.7	1.1
#12 Launa Rogers2.7	Blocks Per Game	#5 Lia Sims0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Willow Canyon	5-4		Central	1-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/21/22	Willow Canyon	Kellis	(L) 55-49	12/8/22	Kellis	Central	(L) 56-27
1/19/23	Kellis	Willow Canyon	(L) 62-52
12/27/22	Willow Canyon	North	(W) 73-52	12/27/22	North	Central	(L) 49-21
12/27/22	Willow Canyon	Maryvale	(W) 79-2	12/27/22	Maryvale	Central	(W) 44-29
1/7/23	Willow Canyon	Paradise Valley	(L) 47-40	12/12/22	Paradise Valley	Central	(L) 60-32
1/13/23	Paradise Valley	Willow Canyon	(W) 50-45
1/10/23	Centennial	Willow Canyon	(W) 51-38	2/2/23	Central	Centennial	(L) 58-43
1/26/23	Willow Canyon	Centennial	(W) 54-47
2/15/23	Willow Canyon	Fairfax	(L) 74-39	11/28/22	Central	Fairfax	(L) 95-22
				1/17/23	Fairfax	Central	(L) 104-28

Record Breakdown

Willow Canyon (22-23)		Central (22-23)
19-7	Overall	7-15
7-5	League	3-9
6-0	Non-League	3-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
5-4	Common Opponent	1-6
9-2	Home	2-9
7-4	Away	4-6
3-1	Neutral	1-0
1-1	Playoff	0-0
19-7	In-State	7-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0