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Empire Palo Verde

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The Palo Verde (Tucson, AZ) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Empire (Tucson, AZ) by a score of 71-34.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Empire	-	-	-	-	34
Palo Verde	-	-	-	-	71

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Game Stats

Palo Verde (22-23)

Empire

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	33
4	Jack Wernimont (Jr)	2
5	D. Davidson (So)	9
10	Josh Bronstein (Jr)	2
14	Jayce Swapp (Jr)	4
35	Aidan Johnston (Jr)	16

Palo Verde

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	71	29	47	62	73
0	Kyan McGee (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
1	Spencer Iban (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
2	J. Blackburne (So)	12	6	9	67	67
3	Kameron Pippen (Fr)	5	2	4	50	63
5	Rozzy Martin (Jr)	28	11	14	79	100
10	Preston Laing (Jr)	6	2	3	67	100
12	Marvin Rzqo (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
14	Santos Valor (So)	2	1	2	50	50
24	Daniel Ortiz (So)	14	5	8	63	75

Empire

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	33
4	Jack Wernimont (Jr)	2
5	D. Davidson (So)	9
10	Josh Bronstein (Jr)	2
14	Jayce Swapp (Jr)	4
35	Aidan Johnston (Jr)	16

Palo Verde

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	71	11	16	69	2	13	15	18	31	58
0	Kyan McGee (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	9	0	2	5	40
1	Spencer Iban (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	J. Blackburne (So)	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	8	75
3	Kameron Pippen (Fr)	5	1	1	100	0	1	0	1	3	33
5	Rozzy Martin (Jr)	28	6	8	75	0	1	0	5	6	83
10	Preston Laing (Jr)	6	2	3	67	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Marvin Rzqo (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	Santos Valor (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
24	Daniel Ortiz (So)	14	2	2	100	2	2	100	3	6	50

Empire

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	33
4	Jack Wernimont (Jr)	2
5	D. Davidson (So)	9
10	Josh Bronstein (Jr)	2
14	Jayce Swapp (Jr)	4
35	Aidan Johnston (Jr)	16

Palo Verde

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	71	16	21	9	6
0	Kyan McGee (Sr)	4	3	2	1
1	Spencer Iban (Sr)	0				1
2	J. Blackburne (So)	12	1	1		1
3	Kameron Pippen (Fr)	5	1	11	2	1
5	Rozzy Martin (Jr)	28	3	2	3	3
10	Preston Laing (Jr)	6	1
14	Santos Valor (So)	2		1
20	M. Rodriguez (Sr)				1
24	Daniel Ortiz (So)	14	7	4	2

Misc Totals

Empire has not entered any misc totals stats.

Palo Verde

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	3.50	1.50
2	J. Blackburne (So)	1.00
3	Kameron Pippen (Fr)	11.00	2.00
5	Rozzy Martin (Jr)	0.67	1.00

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Palo Verde overwhelms Empire

January 13, 2023: Tucson, AZ 85710

Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Palo Verde Titans (Tucson, AZ) and the visiting Empire Ravens (Tucson, AZ), saw Palo Verde's basketball squad wallop Empire by a tally of 71-34.

With the victory, Palo Verde improves its record to 6-9 on the campaign. The Titans host Sabino (Tucson, AZ) to confront the Sabercats in a 3A South challenge on Wednesday, January 18. The Sabercats come into the challenge with a record of 8-9.

Next up, the Ravens confront the Safford Bulldogs (Safford, AZ) in a 3A South challenge, on Thursday, January 19. Empire will attempt to improve on its 2-13 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 9-9 record after their 52-50 league win over Tanque Verde (Tucson, AZ).

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Rankings & Records

Empire (22-23)

AZ	Div.
287	38

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
5-18	2-9	2-6	2-8	1-4	.217	.182	976	1,381

Palo Verde (22-23)

AZ	Div.
194	29

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
12-13	6-3	5-3	5-5	2-5	.480	.667	1,476	1,360

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Empire	7.3	8.3	7.3	7.2	42.4
Palo Verde	11.0	14.0	15.5	13.0	59.0

Team Stat Comparison

Empire		Palo Verde
40.3	Points Per Game	56.3
18.6	Rebounds Per Game	23.0
1.0	Assists Per Game	13.0
1.1	Steals Per Game	11.2
0.1	Blocks Per Game	1.6

Team Leaders

Empire		Palo Verde	National Avg.
#13 Vincent Caballero7.7	Points Per Game	#5 Rozzy Martin20.0	4.9
#10 Josh Bronstein 4.7	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Daniel Ortiz6.6	2.6
#1 Nick Owens0.5	Assists Per Game	#3 Kameron Pippen5.7	1.0
#1 Nick Owens0.4	Steals Per Game	#3 Kameron Pippen3.2	0.8
#1 Nick Owens0.1	Blocks Per Game	#0 Kyan McGee0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Empire	2-11		Palo Verde	6-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/22	Rio Rico	Empire	(L) 63-40	12/5/22	Palo Verde	Rio Rico	(W) 57-48
11/28/22	Empire	Cholla	(L) 64-40	11/23/22	Palo Verde	Cholla	(L) 64-27
12/1/22	Empire	Walden Grove	(L) 74-30	12/7/22	Palo Verde	Walden Grove	(L) 65-55
12/2/22	Empire	Tanque Verde	(L) 70-25	2/3/23	Palo Verde	Tanque Verde	(L) 67-54
1/24/23	Tanque Verde	Empire	(L) 80-43
12/6/22	Sabino	Empire	(L) 69-41	1/18/23	Sabino	Palo Verde	(L) 70-53
2/1/23	Empire	Sabino	(L) 86-47
1/10/23	Empire	Pusch Ridge Christian Academy	(L) 57-29	12/21/22	Pusch Ridge Christian Academy	Palo Verde	(L) 57-49
				1/19/23	Palo Verde	Pusch Ridge Christian Academy	(W) 67-49
1/12/23	Thatcher	Empire	(L) 57-31	1/31/23	Thatcher	Palo Verde	(L) 49-47
2/3/23	Empire	Thatcher	(L) 66-37
1/19/23	Safford	Empire	(L) 60-37	1/27/23	Palo Verde	Safford	(W) 70-59
1/27/23	Empire	San Miguel	(W) 65-41	1/24/23	San Miguel	Palo Verde	(W) 82-29
1/31/23	Catalina	Empire	(W) 69-46	11/29/22	Catalina	Palo Verde	(W) 81-29
				2/6/23	Palo Verde	Catalina	(W) 66-33

Record Breakdown

Empire (22-23)		Palo Verde (22-23)
5-18	Overall	12-13
2-9	League	6-3
2-4	Non-League	4-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-11	Common Opponent	6-6
2-6	Home	5-3
2-8	Away	5-5
1-4	Neutral	2-5
0-0	Playoff	0-0
5-18	In-State	12-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0