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Thunderbird Desert Mountain

Titans

Wolves

The Desert Mountain (Scottsdale, AZ) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home playoff game against Thunderbird (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 48-43.

Game Details: Desert Mountain High School

This game is a part of the "2024 AIA Boys Basketball State Championships (Arizona) - Open State Championship" tournament.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Thunderbird	5	11	14	13	43
Desert Mountain	14	18	11	5	48

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Game Stats

Desert Mountain (23-24)

Thunderbird

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	43	16	45	36	42
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	12	4	12	33	42
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	10	4	10	40	45
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
10	Will Clark (Sr)	5	2	6	33	42
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	14	5	11	45	55

Desert Mountain

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	48	18	55	33	36
0	Josh Allen (Jr)	2	0	2	0	0
2	Reid Neuhausen (Jr)	3	1	4	25	38
5	Kalek House (So)	20	8	17	47	50
10	Kaden House (So)	5	2	13	15	15
11	Mekhi Walcott (Fr)	8	3	6	50	67
24	Javon Bardwell (Fr)	10	4	13	31	31

Thunderbird

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	43	6	19	32	5	11	45	10	26	38
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	12	2	9	22	2	3	67	2	3	67
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	10	1	2	50	1	2	50	3	8	38
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	3	33
10	Will Clark (Sr)	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	4	25
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	14	2	4	50	2	4	50	3	7	43

Desert Mountain

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	48	4	19	21	8	11	73	14	36	39
0	Josh Allen (Jr)	2	0	0	0	2	2	100	0	2	0
2	Reid Neuhausen (Jr)	3	1	4	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Kalek House (So)	20	1	5	20	3	3	100	7	12	58
10	Kaden House (So)	5	0	4	0	1	2	50	2	9	22
11	Mekhi Walcott (Fr)	8	2	4	50	0	0	0	1	2	50
24	Javon Bardwell (Fr)	10	0	2	0	2	4	50	4	11	36

Thunderbird

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	43	32	10	8	5	23	16
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	12	6	1	2	1	3	3
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	10	7	0	3	1	3	3
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	2	2	3	0	1	3	1
10	Will Clark (Sr)	5	10	2	0	1	5	4
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	14	5	4	1	1	7	2
21	Kanai Tap (Sr)	0	2	0	1	0	1	1
30	Colby Schwartz (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Desert Mountain

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	48	14	15	29	13	12	5	17	12
0	Josh Allen (Jr)	2	3	1	4	1	2	0	5	2
2	Reid Neuhausen (Jr)	3	1	0	1	5	1	0	2	1
5	Kalek House (So)	20	1	5	6	1	3	0	4	1
10	Kaden House (So)	5	5	5	10	5	2	3	3	1
11	Mekhi Walcott (Fr)	8	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
21	Nick Rosato (So)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
24	Javon Bardwell (Fr)	10	4	3	7	0	1	1	2	4

Thunderbird

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.44	0.35	0.50	0.31
0	Chase Benson (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
1	Ryan Calcaterra (Sr)	0.33	0.67	0.67	0.33
3	P. Strozier jr (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.33
5	Kellen Braddix (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
10	Will Clark (Sr)	0.40	0.00	0.00	0.25
12	Aidan Rampley (Sr)	0.57	0.14	0.50	0.50
21	Kanai Tap (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00

Desert Mountain

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.77	0.71	1.00	0.42	5	12
0	Josh Allen (Jr)	0.20	0.40	1.00	0.00	2	0
2	Reid Neuhausen (Jr)	2.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	0	1
5	Kalek House (So)	0.25	0.75	3.00	0.00	0	1
10	Kaden House (So)	1.67	0.67	2.00	3.00	2	8
11	Mekhi Walcott (Fr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1	0
21	Nick Rosato (So)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0	0
24	Javon Bardwell (Fr)	0.00	0.50	0.25	0.25	0	2

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Desert Mountain vs Thunderbird Game Highlights - Feb. 14, 2024 1:43

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Thunderbird nipped by Desert Mountain

February 14, 2024: Scottsdale, AZ 85259

The Desert Mountain Wolves tipped the visiting Thunderbird Titans basketball team by a final score of 48-43 in Wednesday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Wolves face the Canyon View Jaguars (Waddell, AZ) in a non-league game, on Friday, February 16. Desert Mountain will attempt to move on its 20-7 season record. The Jaguars enter the game with a 23-4 record after their 87-81 non-league win over Cesar Chavez (Laveen, AZ).

With the defeat, Thunderbird moves to 21-6 on the year.

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Rankings & Records

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

Desert Mountain (23-24)

AZ	Div.
8	3

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
22-9	7-1	10-1	6-4	6-4	.710	.875	2,341	2,146

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Thunderbird	14.4	15.6	15.4	17.3	-	60.9
Desert Mountain	19.1	19.1	16.1	17.8	13.0	75.5

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Team Stat Comparison

Thunderbird		Desert Mountain
59.4	Points Per Game	59.4
34.2	Rebounds Per Game	22.1
14.7	Assists Per Game	8.8
10.4	Steals Per Game	8.8
4.6	Blocks Per Game	1.9

Team Leaders

Thunderbird		Desert Mountain	National Avg.
#3 Paris Strozier jr13.3	Points Per Game	#10 Kaden House24.1	4.9
#10 Will Clark8.1	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Kaden House7.9	2.6
#10 Will Clark2.6	Assists Per Game	#10 Kaden House3.0	1.0
#1 Ryan Calcaterra2.0	Steals Per Game	#10 Kaden House3.2	0.8
#10 Will Clark1.3	Blocks Per Game	#10 Kaden House1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Thunderbird	0-1		Desert Mountain	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/23	Thunderbird	Canyon View	(L) 82-72		2/16/24	Canyon View	Desert Mountain	(W) 67-57

Record Breakdown

Thunderbird (23-24)		Desert Mountain (23-24)
22-7	Overall	22-9
9-1	League	7-1
8-0	Non-League	8-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	1-0
10-0	Home	10-1
8-3	Away	6-4
4-4	Neutral	6-4
1-2	Playoff	3-1
22-7	In-State	17-6
0-0	Out-of-State	5-3