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Independence Sunnyside

Falcons

Wildcats

The Sunnyside (Fresno, CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Independence (Bakersfield, CA) by a score of 59-56.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	-	-	-	-	56
Sunnyside	-	-	-	-	59

Final score provided by C. Duckworth.

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Game Stats

Sunnyside (23-24)

Independence

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	23	53	43	49
5	DAVIAN LEON (Jr)	8	3	9	33	44
10	JAMES TANNER (Sr)	13	6	11	55	55
11	AAMIR SMITH (Jr)	4	2	3	67	67
12	A. ROWEL (Jr)	18	7	20	35	45
13	R. CARRASCO (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
14	SAM GRADY (Jr)	4	2	4	50	50
15	GRADY SCHMIDT (Sr)	4	2	2	100	100
22	ARINZE ONYEGULI (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100

Sunnyside

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	59
1	Cj Jones (Jr)	11
2	Malachi Barnes (Jr)	18
4	Daequan Jones (Sr)	2
5	DJ Johnson (Sr)	18
22	Tanner Wilson (Jr)	10

Independence

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	6	19	32	1	3	33	17	34	50
5	DAVIAN LEON (Jr)	8	2	4	50				1	5	20
10	JAMES TANNER (Sr)	13	0	1	0	1	1	100	6	10	60
11	AAMIR SMITH (Jr)	4							2	3	67
12	A. ROWEL (Jr)	18	4	11	36				3	9	33
13	R. CARRASCO (Sr)	0	0	3	0
14	SAM GRADY (Jr)	4							2	4	50
15	GRADY SCHMIDT (Sr)	4				0	2	0	2	2	100
22	ARINZE ONYEGULI (Sr)	2							1	1	100

Sunnyside

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FTM	FTA	FT%
	Team Totals	59	18	26	69
1	Cj Jones (Jr)	11
2	Malachi Barnes (Jr)	18
4	Daequan Jones (Sr)	2	0	2	0
5	DJ Johnson (Sr)	18	14	16	88
22	Tanner Wilson (Jr)	10	4	6	67

Independence

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	TO
	Team Totals	53	36	12	22
5	DAVIAN LEON (Jr)	8	5	3	3
10	JAMES TANNER (Sr)	13	11	1	1
11	AAMIR SMITH (Jr)	4	2	1	2
12	A. ROWEL (Jr)	18	2	6	9
13	R. CARRASCO (Sr)	0	2		3
14	SAM GRADY (Jr)	4	1
15	GRADY SCHMIDT (Sr)	4	5	1	2
22	ARINZE ONYEGULI (Sr)	2	8		2

Sunnyside

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	59
1	Cj Jones (Jr)	11
2	Malachi Barnes (Jr)	18
4	Daequan Jones (Sr)	2
5	DJ Johnson (Sr)	18
22	Tanner Wilson (Jr)	10

Independence

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO
	Team Totals	0.55
5	DAVIAN LEON (Jr)	1.00
10	JAMES TANNER (Sr)	1.00
11	AAMIR SMITH (Jr)	0.50
12	A. ROWEL (Jr)	0.67
15	GRADY SCHMIDT (Sr)	0.50

Misc Totals

Sunnyside has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Independence tipped by Sunnyside

January 5, 2024: Fresno, CA 93727

In Friday's non-league match, the host Sunnyside Wildcats basketball team scored a tight 59-56 triumph over the Independence Falcons.

In their next game, the Wildcats meet the McLane Highlanders (Fresno, CA) in a North Yosemite match, on Tuesday, January 9. Sunnyside will attempt to better on its 10-3 season record. The Highlanders enter the match with a 10-6 record after their 51-43 non-league win over Justin Garza (Fresno, CA).

With the defeat, Independence moves to 8-4 on the year. The Falcons host Highland (Bakersfield, CA) to meet the Scots in a South Yosemite - Valley match on Wednesday, January 10. The Scots enter the match with a record of 13-1.

Rankings & Records

Independence (23-24)

CA	Section
348	20

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
18-9	6-2	6-2	7-5	5-2	.667	.750	1,502	1,462

Sunnyside (23-24)

CA	Section
243	13

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
24-6	11-3	9-2	7-3	8-1	.800	.786	1,859	1,607

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Independence	17.3	9.8	21.8	15.5	-	-	55.6
Sunnyside	10.6	11.3	10.0	13.0	0	75.0	62.0

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Sunnyside
52.0	Points Per Game	61.8
31.9	Rebounds Per Game	6.9
5.3	Assists Per Game	3.0
0.1	Steals Per Game	3.9
0.3	Blocks Per Game	0.3

Team Leaders

Independence		Sunnyside	National Avg.
#12 AMARIUS "AR" ROWEL20.0	Points Per Game	#2 Malachi Barnes17.9	4.9
#10 JAMES TANNER10.1	Rebounds Per Game	#1 Cj Jones1.6	2.6
#12 AMARIUS "AR" ROWEL1.8	Assists Per Game	#22 Tanner Wilson1.2	1.0
#22 ARINZE ONYEGULI0.2	Steals Per Game	#2 Malachi Barnes1.0	0.8
#22 ARINZE ONYEGULI0.2	Blocks Per Game	#5 DJ Johnson0.1	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	6-2		Sunnyside	8-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/23	Torres	Independence	(L) 36-31	1/16/24	Torres	Sunnyside	(W) 65-43
				2/5/24	Sunnyside	Torres	(W) 60-52
12/14/23	Independence	Hoover	(W) 56-49	1/18/24	Sunnyside	Hoover	(L) 73-68
				2/6/24	Hoover	Sunnyside	(W) 66-55
12/15/23	Roosevelt	Independence	(W) 55-40	12/21/23	Roosevelt	Sunnyside	(L) 58-45
1/13/24	Independence	Roosevelt	(L) 51-39	1/25/24	Sunnyside	Roosevelt	(W) 62-54
12/16/23	Kingsburg	Independence	(W) 45-42	12/13/23	Kingsburg	Sunnyside	(W) 51-49
				2/13/24	Kingsburg	Sunnyside	(W) 55-43
1/17/24	Independence	Ridgeview	(W) 63-59	11/17/23	Ridgeview	Sunnyside	(W) 60-51
2/2/24	Ridgeview	Independence	(W) 65-58
2/13/24	Redwood	Independence	(W) 60-53	12/9/23	Sunnyside	Redwood	(W) 59-49

Record Breakdown

Independence (23-24)		Sunnyside (23-24)
18-9	Overall	24-6
6-2	League	11-3
5-4	Non-League	5-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
6-2	Common Opponent	8-2
6-2	Home	9-2
7-5	Away	7-3
5-2	Neutral	8-1
1-1	Playoff	2-1
18-9	In-State	24-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0