HOLIDAY HOOPS: Flowing Wells Shootout & NW Desert Classic
December 30, 2015 by Andy Morales, AZPreps365
The Flowing Wells Girl's Holiday Shootout and the Northwest Desert Classic are all set for the final day of bracket play on Wednesday.
Pueblo will play Sahuaro in the semifinal round of the Flowing Wells Shootout and Cienega will take on Dobson in the other half of the bracket. The winner's will face off at 8:30 p.m. in the championship game.
Pueblo is 12-0 on the year and the Warriors feature a trio of scorers in Ilyssa Galindo, Alicia Reyes and Araceli Loya while Sahuaro (10-2) has Sydney Harden, Elena Arriaga and Reazsha Benjamin. Harden is on pace to set the career scoring mark at Sahuaro and two of her points came at the buzzer to beat Canyon del Oro 47-45 Tuesday night to qualify for the semifinal round.
Pueblo defeated Sahuaro in the championship game of the Boyd Baker Invite in November.
Shauna Bribiescas and Megan Lopez have been scoring machines for Dobson and the duo will have to come up big to defeat Cienega to get to the final. The Bobcats are 7-1 under first-year coach Deia Mack.
The championship games of the Northwest Desert Classic are all set.
Ironwood Ridge will face Tucson in the girl's final and Pusch Ridge will play Globe on the boy's side.
Lexy Ram is only 63 points behind the Ironwood Ridge scoring leader (Lindsey Miller, 955) and she will go up against Tucson's Alexis Cortez. Cortez has 2,151 career points and is one of the top scorers in the nation with 32 points per game.
Pusch Ridge will take on Globe in the boy's final of the Northwest Desert Classic. Aaron Noller, Ben Walker and Cameron Foss are averaging double figures under first-year coach David Thomas at Pusch Ridge while Globe is led by freshman Robert Burries and his 22 points per game.
Flowing Wells Holiday Shootout
Monday, Dec. 28
Palo Verde 51, Flowing Wells 37
Cienega 56, Desert Christian 34
Tuesday, Dec. 29
Pueblo 69, Catalina Foothills 28
Marana 63, Buena 13
Dobson 68, Rio Rico 16
Sunnyside 62, Nogales 34
Queen Creek 44, Kofa 41
Sahuaro 58, Vista Grande 31
Canyon del Oro 63, Palo Verde 16
Catalina Foothills 31, Flowing Wells 19
Desert Christian 46, Buena 21
Cienega 47, Marana 31
Pueblo 65, Queen Creek 27
Sahuaro 47, Canyon del Oro 45
Dobson 55, Nogales 32
Sunnyside 55, Rio Rico 36
Flowing Wells 44, Vista Grande 33
Kofa 51, Palo Verde 16
Wednesday, Dec. 30
Palo Verde vs. Sunnyside, 8:30 a.m.
Vista Grande vs. Desert Christian, 8:30 a.m.
Catalina Foothills vs. Kofa, 10 a.m.
Flowing Wells vs. Buena, 10 a.m.
Rio Rico vs. Flowing Wells, 11:30 a.m.
Sunnyside vs. Vista Grande, 11:30 a.m.
Queen Creek vs. Canyon del Oro, 1 p.m.
Marana vs. Nogales, 1 p.m.
Catalina Foothills vs. Buena, 4 p.m.
Desert Christian vs. Palo Verde, 4 p.m.
Rio Rico vs. Kofa, 5:30 p.m.
Semifinals
Pueblo vs. Sahuaro, 2:30 p.m.
Dobson vs. Cienega, 2:30 p.m.
Third Place Game, 7 p.m.
Championship Game, 8:30 p.m.
Northwest Desert Classic
Monday, Dec. 28
Pusch Ridge 62, St. Augustine 32 (BOYS)
Pusch Ridge 41, Salpointe 36 (GIRLS)
Globe 70, Catalina 45 (BOYS)
Ironwood Ridge 48 , Notre Dame 45, (GIRLS)
Tucson 63, Marcos De Niza 32 (GIRLS)
Pusch Ridge 59, St. Michael’s 25 (BOYS)
Tucson 46, Coconino 44 (GIRLS)
Benson 52, St. Michaels 14 (BOYS)
Desert Christian 58, Immaculate Heart 21 (BOYS)
Coconino 59, St. Michael’s 41 (GIRLS)
Catalina 43, Immaculate Heart 37 (BOYS)
Pusch Ridge 38, Notre Dame 28 (GIRLS)
Globe 57, Desert Christian 54 (BOYS)
Tuesday, Dec. 29
At Pusch Ridge
St. Michael’s 52, Marcos De Niza 31 (GIRLS)
Ironwood Ridge 66, Salpointe 27 (GIRLS)
Catalina 47, Desert Christian 41 (BOYS)
Tucson 52, St. Michael’s 35 (GIRLS)
Notre Dame 62, Salpointe 32 (GIRLS)
Ironwood Ridge 37, Pusch Ridge 24 (GIRLS)
Pusch Ridge 56, Benson 36 (BOYS)
At Immaculate Heart
St. Augustine 55, Benson 50 (BOYS)
Globe 61, Immaculate Heart 40 (BOYS)
Coconino 47, Marcos De Niza 26 (GIRLS)
St. Augustine 75, St. Michael’s 25 (BOYS)
Wednesday, Dec. 30
At Pusch Ridge
Salpointe vs. Marcos De Niza (Girls), 11:40 a.m.
Notre Dame vs. St. Michaels (Girls), 1:20 p.m.
Pusch Ridge vs. Coconino (Girls), 3:00 p.m.
At Immaculate Heart
St. Michaels vs. Immaculate Heart (Boys), 11:40 a.m.
Benson vs. Desert Christian (Boys), 1:20 p.m.
St. Augustine vs. Catalina (Boys), 3:00 p.m.
Championship Games at Pusch Ridge
Ironwood Ridge vs. Tucson (Girls), 4:40 p.m.
Pusch Ridge vs. Globe (Boys), 6:20 p.m.