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Rio Rico Empire

Hawks

Ravens

The Empire (Tucson, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Rio Rico (AZ) by a score of 63-12.

Game Details: Empire High School

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Rio Rico	-	-	-	-	63
Empire	-	-	-	-	12

Final score provided by S. AIA.

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Game Stats

Empire (23-24)

Rio Rico

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	60	26	57	46	51
2	Amber Nerey (Jr)	13	5	12	42	50
3	T. Arellano (So)	12	5	10	50	60
5	Addison Hix (Fr)	2	1	4	25	25
12	N. Gonzalez (Sr)	2	1	8	13	13
14	Marilyn Zazueta (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
30	Angelina Whelan (Jr)	14	6	11	55	59
31	A. Yocupicio (So)	2	1	1	100	100
32	Candys Canavet (Jr)	3	1	2	50	75
35	Daiana Hollman (Sr)	10	5	7	71	71

Empire

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	12	5	48	10	11
1	O. BUSTAMANTE (Sr)	0	0	8	0	0
11	TALISSA DURAN (Sr)	6	2	11	18	23
13	MADISON SIMMONS (Jr)	0	0	5	0	0
14	JENNA RIDLEY (Sr)	4	2	18	11	11
22	DIZZLA VELARDE (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	ADALYN THOMPSON (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20

Rio Rico

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	60	6	20	30	2	6	33	20	37	54
2	Amber Nerey (Jr)	13	2	8	25	1	3	33	3	4	75
3	T. Arellano (So)	12	2	4	50	0	0	0	3	6	50
5	Addison Hix (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
12	N. Gonzalez (Sr)	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	5	20
14	Marilyn Zazueta (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
30	Angelina Whelan (Jr)	14	1	2	50	1	1	100	5	9	56
31	A. Yocupicio (So)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	100
32	Candys Canavet (Jr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	1	0
35	Daiana Hollman (Sr)	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	5	100

Empire

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	12	1	21	5	1	8	13	4	27	15
1	O. BUSTAMANTE (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11	TALISSA DURAN (Sr)	6	1	3	33	1	6	17	1	8	13
13	MADISON SIMMONS (Jr)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	JENNA RIDLEY (Sr)	4	0	10	0	0	2	0	2	8	25
22	DIZZLA VELARDE (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	ADALYN THOMPSON (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	20

Rio Rico

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	60	9	18	26	12	19	2	10	10
2	Amber Nerey (Jr)	13	0	2	2	5	3	0	3	2
3	T. Arellano (So)	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	3
5	Addison Hix (Fr)	2	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	0
12	N. Gonzalez (Sr)	2	1	4	5	4	7	1	3	2
14	Marilyn Zazueta (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
30	Angelina Whelan (Jr)	14	1	3	4	1	5	0	0	0
31	A. Yocupicio (So)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
32	Candys Canavet (Jr)	3	2	4	6	0	2	0	0	0
35	Daiana Hollman (Sr)	10	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	0

Empire

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	12	10	13	23	2	11	31	8
1	O. BUSTAMANTE (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1
11	TALISSA DURAN (Sr)	6	5	2	7	1	3	5	2
13	MADISON SIMMONS (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	3
14	JENNA RIDLEY (Sr)	4	1	4	5	1	4	15	1
22	DIZZLA VELARDE (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	ADALYN THOMPSON (Sr)	2	3	5	8	0	4	5	1

Rio Rico

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	TF
	Team Totals	1.20	1.90	1.90	0.20	10
2	Amber Nerey (Jr)	1.67	1.00	1.50	0.00	2
3	T. Arellano (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
5	Addison Hix (Fr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
12	N. Gonzalez (Sr)	1.33	2.33	3.50	0.50	2
14	Marilyn Zazueta (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0
30	Angelina Whelan (Jr)	1.00	5.00	5.00	0.00	0
31	A. Yocupicio (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
32	Candys Canavet (Jr)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0
35	Daiana Hollman (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0

Empire

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F
	Team Totals	0.07	0.36	1.38
11	TALISSA DURAN (Sr)	0.20	0.60	1.50
14	JENNA RIDLEY (Sr)	0.07	0.27	4.00
23	ADALYN THOMPSON (Sr)	0.00	0.80	4.00

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Rio Rico crushes Empire

December 19, 2023: Tucson, AZ 85747

Rio Rico Hawks (Rio Rico, AZ) backers were pleased Tuesday as they saw their basketball squad bounce the host Empire Ravens (Tucson, AZ), 63-12 in a non-league bout.

With the victory, Rio Rico upgrades its record to 10-1 on the campaign. The Hawks host Walden Grove (Sahuarita, AZ) to play the Red Wolves in a 4A Gila bout on Thursday, January 4. The Red Wolves come into the bout with a record of 2-9. Walden Grove lost 41-40 in their recent non-league bout against Canyon del Oro (Tucson, AZ)

Next up, the Ravens play the Thatcher Eagles (Thatcher, AZ) in a 3A South bout, on Wednesday, January 3. Empire will attempt to upgrade on its 1-12 season record.

Rankings & Records

Rio Rico (23-24)

AZ	Div.
66	15

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
20-7	7-3	6-4	11-2	3-1	.741	.700	1,517	1,116

Empire (23-24)

AZ	Div.
280	40

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
4-20	2-8	1-7	3-7	0-6	.167	.200	483	1,150

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Rio Rico	16.9	15.9	14.3	12.8	56.2
Empire	3.8	5.3	5.4	4.3	20.1

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Team Stat Comparison

Rio Rico		Empire
54.1	Points Per Game	20.1
30.7	Rebounds Per Game	28.6
11.3	Assists Per Game	4.2
11.6	Steals Per Game	13.3
3.4	Blocks Per Game	1.7

Team Leaders

Rio Rico		Empire	National Avg.
#30 Angelina Whelan16.0	Points Per Game	#14 JENNA RIDLEY5.5	4.2
#30 Angelina Whelan8.8	Rebounds Per Game	#11 TALISSA DURAN7.4	2.8
#22 Debanny Cota6.1	Assists Per Game	#3 ADDYSON KEELING1.0	0.9
#22 Debanny Cota2.9	Steals Per Game	#11 TALISSA DURAN2.9	1.1
#30 Angelina Whelan2.1	Blocks Per Game	#11 TALISSA DURAN0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Rio Rico	7-0		Empire	1-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/23	Rio Rico	Tanque Verde	(W) 55-28	12/1/23	Empire	Tanque Verde	(L) 41-16
				1/23/24	Tanque Verde	Empire	(L) 44-10
11/28/23	Rio Rico	Sabino	(W) 57-44	12/5/23	Sabino	Empire	(L) 71-19
				1/24/24	Empire	Sabino	(L) 73-21
1/4/24	Walden Grove	Rio Rico	(W) 68-22	11/30/23	Empire	Walden Grove	(L) 52-18
1/23/24	Rio Rico	Walden Grove	(W) 80-21
1/8/24	Rio Rico	Amphitheater	(W) 52-43	12/7/23	Amphitheater	Empire	(L) 53-19
1/25/24	Amphitheater	Rio Rico	(W) 58-50
1/15/24	Palo Verde	Rio Rico	(W) 71-20	1/12/24	Empire	Palo Verde	(W) 25-20

Record Breakdown

Rio Rico (23-24)		Empire (23-24)
20-7	Overall	4-20
7-3	League	2-8
7-1	Non-League	2-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
7-0	Common Opponent	1-6
6-4	Home	1-7
11-2	Away	3-7
3-1	Neutral	0-6
0-2	Playoff	0-0
19-6	In-State	4-20
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0