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    2015-16 TIGER VARSITY ROSTER    
    # PLAYER HEIGHT WEIGHT CLASS      
    10 Caden Towt 6‘ 1 155 Jr      
    12 Kyle Isaacson* 6‘ 1 140 Jr      
    15 Connor LaGanke 5’ 11 145 Sr      
    20 Tyler LaGanke* 5’ 10 165 So      
    21 Trajon Hawkins 5’ 11 160 So      
    22 Dylan Roach 6‘ 3 175 Jr PLAYER    
    23 CJ Waters 6‘ 5 175 Jr PROFILES    
    24 Nick LaMancusa 6‘ 1 160 Jr      
    25 Jacob Nicolds 6‘ 6 190 Sr      
    30 Tyler Green 5‘ 9 145 Sr      
    32 Matt Hogan* 6‘ 1 130 Jr      
    33 Chris Bowling 6‘ 7 175 Sr      
    34 Jack Plummer* 6‘ 5 180 So      
    40 Steven Newendyke 6‘ 1 190 Jr      
    44 Kaleb Hoyum* 6‘ 0 190 Jr      
      * Player is on more than one roster          
     

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VARSITY COACHING STAFF

   
    Head Varsity Coach Jay Caserio    
    Assistant Coach Scott Newendyke    
   

SUPPORT STAFF

   
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SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

   
    Principal Mr. Christopher Stroud    
    Athletic Director Dan Haasch    
    Athletic Dept. Secretary Katie Suesue    
           
           
           
   
2015-16 TIGER JUNIOR VARSITY ROSTER

 
   
    # PLAYER HEIGHT WEIGHT CLASS      
    10 Matt Hogan* 6‘ 1 130 Jr      
    12 Jack Plummer* 6‘ 5 180 So      
    15 Drew Hudson 5’ 11 155 So      
    20 Tyler LaGanke* 5’ 10 165 So      
    21 Doug Baldwin 6’ 1 150 So      
    22 Kyle Isaacson* 6‘ 1 140 Jr      
    23 Conner Nolan 5‘ 10 150 So      
    24 Dante Gonzales 6‘ 2 140 So      
    25 Nathan Steers 6‘ 6 150 So      
    30 Erfan Emami 5‘ 11 135 So      
    32 Richard Gomez 6‘ 0 180 So      
    33 Brenden Lopez 5‘ 11 160 So      
    34 Thomas Aranda 5‘ 9 170 Jr      
    40 Corvan Otanez 6‘ 1 170 So      
    44 Kaleb Hoyum* 6‘ 0 190 Jr      
      * Player is on more than one roster          
         
    Jason Gremillion - Junior Varsity  Head Coach
Fabian Valladolid - Junior Varsity  Assistant Coach
   
   
2015-16 TIGER FRESHMEN ROSTER

 
   
    # PLAYER HEIGHT WEIGHT CLASS      
    10 Carson Towt 5‘ 10 130 Fr      
    12 Jadakiss Kirksey 5‘ 8 135 Fr      
    15 Caleb Cochrane 6’ 2 180 Fr      
    20 Nicolas Quinn 5’ 5 100 Fr      
    21 Rene Mariscal 5’ 9 130 Fr      
    22 Turner Jackson 5‘ 6 100 Fr      
    23 Chase Timmick 5‘ 11 145 Fr      
    24 Noah Self 5‘ 8 130 Fr      
    25 Hannan Perez 5‘ 8 145 Fr      
    30 Connor Nesselrote 5‘ 9 145 Fr      
    32 Adonai Kabash 5‘ 7 140 Fr      
    33 Tsion Hawkins 6‘ 1 165 Fr      
    34 DJ Hawkins 6‘ 3 160 Fr      
    40 Sterling Hatch 6‘ 5 190 Fr      
    44 Jacquez Barrow 6‘ 3 170 Fr      
    Clyde Myles - Freshmen Head Coach
Clint Treadway - Freshmen  Assistant Coach
   
    2015-16 TIGER VARSITY SCHEDULE    
    NOVEMBER TIME LOCATION OPPONENT RESULT RECORD    
    11/23 Monday 8:00PM Queen Creek (W) 81-47 1-0    
    11/24 Tuesday 8:00PM Westview (W) 58-48 2-0    
    11/25 Wednesday 8:00PM Chaparral (W) 62-45 3-0    
    11/27 Friday 5:00PM Shadow Mountain (L) 55-80 3-1    
    DECEMBER TIME LOCATION OPPONENT RESULT RECORD    
    12/01 Tuesday 7:00PM Home Liberty (W) 89-82 4-1    
    12/04 Friday 7:00PM Away Mesquite (W) 59-38 5-1    
    12/07 Monday 7:00PM Home Sunnyslope (L) 49-54 5-2    
    12/08 Tuesday 7:00PM Away Millennium (W) 56-45 6-2    
    12/11 Friday 7:00PM Home Mesa (L) 33-35 6-3    
    12/14 Monday 7:00PM Away Skyline (W) 69-40 7-3    
    12/18 Friday 7:00PM Home Desert Ridge (W) 57-46 8-3    
    12/28 Monday 1:00PM Perry (L) 41-46 8-4    
    12/29 Tuesday 4:00PM Orange Lutheran (CA) (L) 40-59 8-5    
    12/30 Wednesday 7:00PM American Fork (UT) (L) 44-70 8-6    
    12/31 Thursday 2:30PM Federal Way (WA) (L) 42-59 8-7    
    JANUARY TIME LOCATION OPPONENT RESULT RECORD    
    01/05 Tuesday 7:00PM Away Mountain View Mesa (W) 65-52 9-7    
    01/08 Friday 7:00PM Home Perry (W) 54-40 10-7    
    01/12 Tuesday 7:00PM Away Chandler (W) 58-55 11-7    
    01/14 Thursday 7:00PM Home Boulder Creek (W) 46-44 12-7    
    01/19 Tuesday 7:00PM Home Hamilton (W) 59-40 13-7    
    01/22 Friday 7:00PM Away Basha (L) 53-58 13-8    
    01/26 Tuesday 7:00PM Away Highland (W) 59-54 14-8    
    01/29 Friday 7:00PM Home Mountain Pointe* (W) 70-59 15-8    
    February TIME LOCATION OPPONENT RESULT RECORD    
    02/02 Tuesday 7:00PM Away Desert Vista (W) 60-56 16-8    
    02/04 Thursday 7:00PM Home Highland** (W) 67-52 17-8    
    02/10 Wednesday 7:00PM Away Corona del Sol (L) 46-53 17-9    
    FEBRUARY TIME LOCATION STATE TOURNAMENT RESULT RECORD    
    02/20 Saturday 7:00PM Home Dobson (W) 74-65 18-9    
    02/24 Wednesday 2:30PM Wells Fargo Mesa Mt. View (W) 51-44 19-9    
    02/26 Friday 8:00PM GCU Sunnyslope (L) 43-46 19-10    
    SPECIAL EVENTS    
    * PARENT NIGHT    
    ** SENIOR NIGHT    
    2015-16 TIGER GAME RECAPS    

 

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●●● GILBERT -  SUNNYSLOPE ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 29 - 02/26/16
 by Jose Garcia, AZPreps365

One by one they filed out of the arena to the arms of anxious parents waiting to congratulate them.

The cheers grew louder as each of Sunnyslope’s basketball players exited. On Friday night, Grand Canyon University belonged to Sunnyslope High School.

Now it’s time to see if Gila River Arena will be as welcoming come Monday in the Division I boys state championship basketball game. The strong-willed team keeps earning its big stage settings and did so again with Friday’s hard-fought semifinal 46-43 victory over another solid team, Gilbert.

When it takes the court Monday in the program’s first ever state title appearance in the state’s highest division, Sunnyslope will be facing a mirror image of itself. D-I finalist Mesa High also likes to scratch and claw its way to victory.

Of the top-10 seeded teams in the D-I tournament, Mesa and Sunnyslope allowed the least amount of points per game this season, with both of them giving up just under 49 points per game. Sunnyslope’s defense delivered one of the biggest plays of the game against Gilbert with about 43 seconds left in the game.

Gilbert was trying to run a play for one of its two big threats, Jacob Nicolds or Chris Bowling, with Gilbert trailing 40-38. But sophomore Kyle Fischer anticipated a pass to Nicolds, stole the ball and sprinted down the court.

Fischer (12 points) was fouled but made both free throws, handing Sunnyslope a 4-point lead. Nicold scored on the next possession, but after Sunnyslope made two more free throws, Gilbert then turned the ball over on a night it took good care of the ball.

Converting field goals is where Gilbert (4 of 21 in the first half) struggled. It went 0-9 from three-point land while Sunnyslope made five first half treys.

But Caden Towt made back-to-back threes in the third period to kick-start Gilbert’s offense. Gilbert had a chance at a five-point play when Bowling (14 points) made a three and Gilbert’s C.J. Waters was immediately fouled after the shot, sending Waters to the line.

Waters made one of the free throws to get Gilbert within a point of the lead, 35-34 with 7:09 left. Gilbert got within one point of tying Sunnsyslope again a couple of times later, but Sunnyslope never gave in.

The final time Gilbert was ahead in the game was when it held a 5-3 lead.

“Our guys just work hard,” Sunnyslope coach Ray Portela said. “They are tenacious.”

Dane Maggi, Portela’s senior leader, scored a game-high 15 points for 25-4 Sunnyslope.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT -- -- -- -- 43
SUNNYSLOPE -- -- -- -- 46
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt - 4 - 0/2 3/4 - 9 1 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins - 1 - - 0/2 - - - -
Roach - - - - - - - - -
Waters - 2 1 2/2 - 2/4 6 - -
LaMancusa - 1 - 1/3 0/2 - 2 - -
Nicolds 4 8 - 3/7 0/2 6/6 12 1 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 3 11 1 5/10 1/5 1/3 14 1 3
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - 2 - - 0/2 - - 1 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

7 29 2 10/24 4/17 9/13 43 4 3

PCT

- - - 42% 22% 69% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  MOUNTAIN VIEW ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 28 - 02/24/16
 By Jason P. Skoda, Tribune
One more loss and the state quarterfinals might have become the official end point on the season schedule for the Gilbert boys basketball team.

Instead the Tigers got past what seemed to be annual sticking point by beating Mountain View 51-44 in overtime on Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena to qualify for the semifinals for the first time since 2008-09.

“A little a bit of a monkey (on their backs), I guess,” Gilbert coach Jay Caserio said. “We had been here four years in a row and kind of got our butts handed to us a couple of times. It’s a big leap but I don’t think it is where they want to stop.”

The quarterfinals might have been it again if 6-foot-7 senior Chris Bowling didn’t take over at the end of the fourth quarter and overtime.

Bowling scored nine of his game-high 25 points and grabbed several key rebounds in overtime, but it took some work to get to the extra session.

The two teams were rarely separated by more than a two possession game as it was tied at 31 after three quarters.

"I'm a Midwest kind of guy - Tom Izzo, defend, rebuond," said Caserio, who is from Michigan. "Gary’s teams pride themselves on defending and rebounding., We talked about executing on both sides of the basketball because we knew every possession was going to be pretty crucial."

The fifth-seeded Toros (17-9) went up 36-32 with 5:16 remaining in the fourth on Jayton Brown’s 3-pointer but Bowling answered with a 3-pointer of his own and then connected on another one with 1:33 left to tie it at 40.

Mountain View ran down the clock from there for one final shot with Tommy Kuhse getting an off balanced attempt off that was too deep.

Both defenses played well and kept, but Mountain View, which was led by Zane Jowaiszas' 10 points, struggled most of the night as the Toros shot 28.3 percent.

Kuhse, the team's top shooter, was 2 of 12 from the field and the team made just 4 of 21 3-point attempts.

“We couldn’t get it going offensively the whole game,” Mountain View coach Gary Ernst said. “We had a crummy night shooting all game. That’s partly on us and a lot on them.”

The overtime period started with a Bowling 3-pointer, his fourth of the game, and then he made six straight free throws down the stretch, getting the Tigers (19-7) closer to Friday’s semifinals with each successful make.

“It gave us the lead but we still had to finish the game,” Bowling said of his 3-pointer to start overtime. “It was a big hump to get over, losing in the quarterfinals the last four years. We finally made it over that hump and we will try and keep it going.”

Mountain View, which made the semifinals last year, had higher hopes for the season, but Ernst said the senior class left a lasting impression.

“They had nine straight wins coming into this one,” Ernst said. “They had a great season, and obviously this is going to hurt them a whole lot.”

The fourth-seeded Tigers will play either No. 8 Sunnyslope or No. 1 Corona del Sol on Friday at GCU in an attempt to make the program’s first state title appearance since winning it in 2003.

“We were struggling a little bit (at mid-season),” said Bowling, who also had 11 rebounds. “After that we were grinding and grinding. We stepped up our play and it ended up working out great.”

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT -- -- -- -- 51
MOUNTAIN VIEW -- -- -- -- 44
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 5 1 1/1 - 2/2 4 1 4
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins - 1 - 1/1 - - 2 2 -
Roach - - - 0/2 - - - 1 1
Waters - 3 - 1/2 - 2/4 4 - -
LaMancusa 4 5 - - - 3/4 3 2 1
Nicolds 2 1 1 1/5 0/1 4/7 6 3 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling - 11 1 2/3 4/8 11/11 27 5 2
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke 2 2 - 1/1 1/3 0/1 5 2 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

9 28 3 7/15 5/12 22/29 51 16 8

PCT

- - - 47% 42% 76% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  DOBSON ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 27 - 02/20/16
The Tigers opened up 2016 state tournament play with a home game versus the Dobson Mustangs Saturday night and came away with an exciting overtime victory by a score of 74 - 65. This was the first time the Tigers faced Dobson this year and Dobson came out of the gates on fire. Dobson has the ability to score in bunches as they put 4 to 5 guys on the court at all times that can shoot deep and drive impressively to the basket. The Tigers started out 5 - 0, but before you blinked Dobson regained the lead 10 - 5. Stevie Newendyke sparked the Tigers at the four minute mark of the first quarter with two threes and the Tigers were able to continue to execute to their game plan of getting the ball inside and held on to a 19 - 14 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter continued as the first and the Tigers just could not stop #12 Kendrick Williams as he scored 13 straight points. The Tigers answered with their own run as Jacob Nicolds tallied 9 points in the quarter and Stevie Newendyke with two more threes and 8 of his own points in the second. The Tigers held a seven point lead at the break by a score of 39-32.

To start the second half the Tigers made an adjustment defensively by putting Nick LaMancusa on #12 Williams and he did a great job of slowing him down. Williams scored 19 points in the first half, but 0 in the second half and fouled out in the early parts of the 4th quarter. With Williams out of the game the Tigers looked to control the game, but Dobson had other plans as #3 Matthews took over getting the ball to the basket and getting his teammates open threes as Dobson connected on 10 threes for the game.

The Tigers still were holding on to a 7 point lead going into the 4th quarter, but it evaporated quickly. Dobson came roaring back with a barrage of baskets to tie the game with 6 seconds left and the Tigers inbounding on the sideline to try to win at the buzzer. The Tigers inbound pass went off of Jacob Nicolds' hands and Dobson had their chance to win it having to go the distance in 5 seconds. The Tigers actually did a good job with a foul to give and then executing great defense that didn't allow Dobson to get a good look. OVERTIME!

The Tigers did a great job executing in overtime and outscored Dobson 15 - 6 to secure the 2nd round playoff victory. Dobson had four players in double figure with Williams leading the way with 19 points. For the Tigers, Jacob Nicolds had a monster game with 38 points and 5 rebounds and also going 23-27 from the line. Also having a huge game was Stevie Newendyke scoring 24 points and hauling in an impressive 10 rebounds. Chris Bowling had a quiet night scoring, but pulled down 10 rebounds himself, especially down the stretch in OT.

Up next for the Tigers is a rematch of last year's quarterfinal game versus the Mountain View Toros where MTV really took it to the Tigers. The game is Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at ASU's Wells Fargo. There is a spirit bus for the GOONS and the Tigers will need all the support they can get to be successful on Wednesday.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4/OT F
GILBERT 19 20 12 08/15 74
DOBSON 14 18 12 15/06 65
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 5 2 0/2 - - 2/2 2 2 1
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 1 4 - 1/3 0/2 - 2 1 -
Roach - - - - - - - - -
Waters - 2 - - - - - 1 -
LaMancusa - 6 - 0/3 0/1 - - - -
Nicolds 2 5 1 6/13 1/2 23/27 40 5 1
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 1 10 - 2/8 0/1 2/4 6 2 1
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - 10 2 1/2 5/8 7/10 24 3 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

6 42 4 10/31 6/14 34/43 74 14 3

PCT

- - - 32% 43% 79% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  CORONA DEL SOL ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 26 - 02/10/16

The Corona Del Sol boys basketball team showed Gilbert on Wednesday exactly why it is still the top team in the state.

No. 1 Corona Del Sol was down by seven points in its last game of the season, but an 18-9 run in the third quarter lifted the team over No. 3 Gilbert, 53-46.

The Aztecs trailed the Tigers originally, who scored 28 first half points and came out aggressively in the early minutes of the game, with Chris Bowling and Jacob Nichols leading the way for Gilbert.

Much of the first-half did not go Corona’s way, as turnovers and lackluster defense failed to stop the hard-hitting Gilbert offense.

But Corona small forward Shane Grier did not let the five-point deficit midway get him down.

“Coach just really told us in the locker room that we needed to focus on what we knew going into the game,” Grier said. “We needed to really focus on swinging the ball more, driving and knocking down our open shots and so that’s what I did.”

Opening up the second half, Grier was a bright spot for the Aztecs, nailing back-to-back-to-back 3-pointers and giving Corona its first lead with three minutes remaining in the third quarter.

Corona coach Neil MacDonald said Grier was a large part of their offensive attack.

“Shane stepped up and did what Shane does really well and that’s shoot the ball with confidence and that was a big difference for us tonight—that was huge,” MacDonald said.

Junior guard Saben Lee also sparked a huge second half for Corona, including a dunk in the closing minutes of regulation. He finished the game with 14 points, 10 of which were scored in the final minutes.

The Aztecs will now get ready for the playoffs, which will be announced on Saturday. He said it is likely his team will rest up before the first round begins next week.

“We put ourselves through the grinder this year,” MacDonald said. “So we’ll take a day or two off here and focus on some individual shooting work.”

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT -- -- -- -- 46
CORONA DEL SOL -- -- -- -- 53
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 3 2 0/1 1/2 2/3 5 1 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins - 5 2 1/2 - - 5 1 -
Roach - 1 - 0/1 - - - - -
Waters - 6 1 1/3 - 2/2 4 2 -
LaMancusa - 1 - - 0/1 - - 1 -
Nicolds 2 1 - 4/7 0/1 7/7 15 2 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling - 8 - 6/10 1/7 2/2 17 1 1
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke 1 1 - 0/1 0/1 - - 1 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

4 26 5 12/25 2/11 13/14 46 9 1

PCT

- - - 48% 18% 93% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT - HIGHLAND ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 25 - 02/04/16
Chris Bowling and Jacob Nicolds may not have said goodbye to home games at Gilbert High. Especially if they continue to play the way they did on Thursday night.

They celebrated a night partly in their honor -- Senior Night -- by combining for 48 points in essentially a wire-to-wire 67-52 win over rival Highland at The Jungle.

"They (Bowling and Nicolds) have played varsity since their sophomore year and have gotten better and better," Gilbert coach Jay Caserio said. "This game was kind of similar to the one we played against them last week. That one was tied at halftime, and then we made a run in the third quarter. We've played very well since the first of the year."

Gilbert (17-6 overall, 14-3 power-ranking games) won for the ninth time in its last 10 games and is tied with Corona del Sol for the Division I Section I title. Those teams meet on Wednesday (Feb. 10) to decide the section winner. Highland has suddenly gone in the other direction, absorbing its fifth consecutive loss to fall to 14-10. Gilbert was No. 4 in the power-rankings at the start of play Thursday and Highland was No. 8. The top eight teams in the power-rankings get a first-round bye and a home game in the second round at state.

Nicolds had the hot hand in the first half helping Gilbert break out to a 15-9 lead after one quarter and improve the margin to 29-20 by halftime. Nicolds scored 13 of his 21 points in the first half and made 5-of-6 field goals in the half. Bowling began heating up late in the second quarter with back-to-back threes.

Bowling was just getting untracked with his offense before halftime. He sank two quick threes in he third quarter to key an 8-0 run that pushed Gilbert's lead to 37-22. Bowling tallied 18 of his 26 points in the second half.

Highland's 6-foot-9 forward Tim Fuller, its leading scorer, had a difficult night with persistent foul trouble and Gilbert making him its defensive focus. Fuller sat out a chunk of the second period with two fouls and in the third period added his third and fourth. To Highland's credit, they made a run late in the third period with Fuller out as Iisia Washington (eight points) and Nick Lott (team-high 15 points) helped slice the lead to 41-36 by quarter's end.

Gilbert pushed the lead back to double digits with an 8-2 run to begin the final quarter. When Fuller returned with six minutes to play, Gilbert was back in control. Fuller finished with 12 points, but without a couple teammates who had fouled out a comeback was not forthcoming.

"I'm happy with the way we're playing right now," Caserio said. "Every team has a rough stretch. We had ours at Christmas. Highland is going through one now."

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT -- -- -- -- 67
HIGHLAND -- -- -- -- 52
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt - 8 - 2/5 - 2/2 6 2 1
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. 2 - - 0/1 0/1 - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 2 3 - 1/2 - 1/3 3 - -
Roach - - - 1/1 - - 2 - -
Waters 1 2 - 1/2 - 1/1 3 - -
LaMancusa - 2 - 0/2 - 3/4 3 - -
Nicolds 4 6 1 7/13 - 7/14 21 - -
Green - 2 - 1/1 - - 2 1 -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 1 10 1 4/8 4/6 6/7 26 1 3
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke 2 - 1 0/1 0/2 1/2 1 - -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

12 33 3 17/36 4/9 21/33 67 4 4

PCT

- - - 43% 44% 64% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  DESERT VISTA ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 24 - 02/02/16
The Tigers were on the road Tuesday night and up against a well coached and ultra athletic Desert Vista Thunder team who are led by the trio of Tarik Cool, Caleb Simmons and DJ Hamilton. The game was never outside of 4 or 5 points all night and the Tigers were able to make enough plays on both sides of the ball late in the fourth quarter to hold on 60-56.

The Tigers were unsure what offense they were going to have to execute as Desert Vista uses a variety of defenses. The Thunder came out in a 2-3 zone and the Tigers did a nice job of getting the ball to the nail and in the short corners for high percentage shots, mainly by Jacob Nicolds and CJ Waters. As the Tigers found some success around the basket the perimeter started to open up shots for Chris Bowling who scored a game high 22 points. Going into the locker room the Tigers held a slight 4 point advantage by a score of 31-27.

The Tigers struggled in the third quarter on the offensive end and just couldn't get their hands on the 50/50 ball and the Thunder outscored the Tigers by 5 and took a 1 point lead going into the final quarter. The Tigers had a big fourth quarter though scoring 24 points and regaining the lead and holding on with execution, passing and great free throw shooting as they went 17-18 from the line for the game.

Also scoring in double figures for the Tigers was Jacob Nicolds scoring 18 points and CJ Waters with 12 points. Double digit scorers for the Thunder were Adonis Arms with 12 points and Tarik Cool with 11 points.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 20 11 05 24 60
DESERT VISTA 14 13 10 19 56
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 2 3 - 1/3 1/2 - 5 2 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 3 2 1 - 1/2 - 3 1 -
Roach - 1 - - - - - - -
Waters 1 7 - 4/5 - 4/4 12 1 1
LaMancusa 1 1 1 0/1 0/1 - - 2 -
Nicolds 2 4 - 4/7 - 10/11 18 1 1
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 3 9 - 8/15 1/4 3/3 22 2 -
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke 2 - - 0/1 0/2 - - 1 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

14 27 2 17/32 2/11 17/18 60 10 2

PCT

- - - 53% 18% 94% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT - MOUNTAIN POINTE ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 23 - 01/29/16
On the night where the Gilbert Tiger basketball program honored the varsity parents before the game the Tigers were able to pull away from the Pride late in the game to secure the victory by a score of 70 - 59.

The Tigers started the game well, with the help of Chris Bowling's sharp shooting, as they were able to score very efficiently versus Mountain Pointe's man to man defense and were up 23 - 11 at the end of the first quarter. The coaching staff knew it was just a matter of time before the Mountain Pointe switched to their zone trapping defense and when they did in the late first quarter, the tide switched to the Pride. The trap caused numerous turnovers and turnovers for layups. The Tigers used a timeout to try to talk about how to attack, but they just couldn't get a good feel for it. Before you knew it the Pride took the lead and at the break the Tigers were down one point at 33 - 32. The Tigers were even on the boards, but 10 costly turnovers in the first half.

The Pride came out in the second half and were able to score a few buckets to take a 5 point lead and it didn't look promising for the Tigers. Finally, the Tigers started to find open spots in the Pride defense and took advantage and went on a 14-0 run late in the third quarter to take a 52 - 44 lead going into the final stanza. On that important run the Tigers got big baskets by Trajon Hawkins, Nick LaMancusa, Caden Towt and CJ Waters.

The 4th quarter went back and forth for both teams, but the Tigers were able to maintain that double digit lead for the most part. Good spacing, passing and free throw shooting by the Tigers made it difficult for the Pride to really cut into the lead. The Tigers were lead in scoring by Chris Bowling's 24 points, including 4 big blocks. Also scoring double digit points was CJ Waters with 14 points, including going 8 for 9 from the free throw line. Jacob Nicolds scored a loud 7 points as he also had 11 rebounds, 5 assists and was in total control for most of the game.

Up next for the Tigers is a similar game versus the talented and athletic Desert Vista Thunder Tuesday night on the road. The Thunder, coached by Tony Darden, return some quality members from last year's team that played in the D1 state championship. The Tigers will have to be sharp and bring their A game on all three levels to have any type of success.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 23 09 20 18 70
MOUNTAIN POINTE 11 22 11 15 59
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 4 - 0/1 2/2 - 6 2 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 2 1 - 1/1 2/5 - 8 4 -
Roach - - - 1/2 - - 2 - -
Waters 2 3 1 3/4 - 8/9 14 5 -
LaMancusa 4 1 1 2/2 - 2/2 6 - -
Nicolds 5 11 1 2/5 0/1 3/5 7 4 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 2 6 2 7/11 3/5 1/2 24 1 4
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke 1 - - - 1/1 - 5 - -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

17 26 5 16/26 8/14 14/18 70 16 4

PCT

- - - 62% 64% 78% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  HIGHLAND ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 22 - 01/26/16
The Tigers bounced back after a tough loss last week at Basha with a nice win on the road over a well coached and talented Highland Hawks team by a score of 59 - 54. The Gilbert versus Highland basketball games are one of the better rivalries in the state and Tuesday night did not disappoint as both student sections were out in full force. Both teams started the game sharp as the Tigers were connecting on some perimeter shots and Highland was punishing the Tigers around the basket mainly by Weber State commit Tim Fuller who led the Hawks with 14 points. The Hawks out rebounded the Tigers 22-11 in the first half. The game was knotted up at 13 at the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter saw some more scoring by both teams and it was Jacob Nicolds doing the damage for the Tigers. Highland was face guarding Chris Bowling (14 points) so the Tigers used him to ball screen for Jacob and create space to drive and find teammates for open shots. Jacob tallied 13 of his game high 22 points in the second quarter and got to the free throw line 7 times in that second quarter alone. If it wasn't for some forced shots and poor decisions the coaching staff believed they could of been ahead going into the locker room, but credit to Highland taking advantage and tying the game up at 31 all at the half.

The third was the deciding quarter for the game for the Tigers as they outscored the Hawks 13-8. The Tigers defended and rebound well and did a much better job executing for good shots, which also helped the Tigers with their defense and rebounding. The Tigers found themselves up double digit points early in the fourth quarter and got a huge offensive boost from Trajon Hawkins with 7 straight points including a key corner three. The Tigers did a pretty good job of executing full court press breakers and half court offense to keep the Hawks at bay.

The Tigers and Hawks will have a rematch next Thursday night in The Jungle as Highland is the only team on the schedule that they play twice in the regular season. Up next though before the rematch the Tigers have a home game Friday night versus one of the more athletic teams in the state in the Mountain Pointe Pride. Also, Friday night is parent night where we honor all of our parents of our varsity program. Please come support the Tigers Friday night.
 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 13 18 13 15 59
HIGHLAND 13 18 08 15 54
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 2 1 1/3 0/1 0/1 2 1 2
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 1 2 1 2/2 1/1 - 7 1 -
Roach - 1 - 1/1 - 2 - - -
Waters 1 - 2 1/2 - - 2 - -
LaMancusa 2 2 - 1/3 1/2 - 5 - -
Nicolds - 8 - 6/9 1/1 7/9 22 2 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 2 6 3 4/8 2/5 - 14 1 3
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - - - 1/3 2/3 - 5 1 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

7 23 5 16/28 5/13 9/13 59 6 5

PCT

- - - 57% 39% 69% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT - BASHA ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 21 - 01/22/16
The Tigers dropped a road game Friday night at the Basha Bears. Basha coming off a closely contested game versus the defending state champs of Corona where they lost a close game were very focused Friday night and played very well too. Right from the start Basha senior Antwan Ross-Jones was on fire connecting on 5 first quarter threes and 6 for the game finishing with a game high 31 points. It didn't matter who covered him and how we covered him as he was hitting from all over the court. The Tigers found themselves down 22-13 after the 1st quarter and 35-22 at the half. The Tigers had a chance to be only down 11 at the break, but a poor coaching decision allowed the Bears to get exactly what they wanted without any resistance, which ended in an impressive alley-oop dunk to Gabe McGlothan who finished the night with 12 points himself.

The Tigers played fairly well after the rough first quarter start, but it was obvious that the Tigers were going to have to pick up their defenses to get back in the game. From about the half way point of the third quarter the Tiger's full court defense started chipping away at their deficit and with about 30 seconds in the game the Tigers had Stevie Newendyke on the free throw line shooting a 1-1 down only 4 points. Stevie made the first and missed the second in which Jacob Nicolds recovered, but the ball got knocked away to a Basha Bear. The Bears made their two free throws to pretty much sealed the victory.

The Tigers showed a lot of resolve being down double digit points to one of the best teams in the state and coming back at the end. The Tigers were led by Jacob Nicolds' 14 points and Chris Bowling's 13 points. The Tigers have to regroup quickly as they play their cross-town rivals of the Highland Hawks on the road Tuesday night who are one of the better teams in the state and have one of the best bigs in Tim Fuller who is averaging 20 points and 12 rebounds and committed to Weber State to play basketball.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 10 12 10 21 53
BASHA 22 13 13 10 58
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt - 3 - 0/3 2/3 6 1 - -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins - 5 2 0/2 1/3 1/2 4 4 -
Roach - 3 - - - - - - 1
Waters 2 1 2 1/2 - 3/4 5 3 -
LaMancusa 3 2 - 1/2 - 2/2 4 1 -
Nicolds 2 2 1 3/5 1/5 5/6 14 2 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 1 2 1 2/3 3/8 - 13 2 -
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - 2 - 0/1 2/4 1/2 7 1 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

8 20 6 7/18 8/23 12/16 53 14 1

PCT

- - - 39% 35% 75% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  HAMILTON ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 20 - 01/19/16
The Tigers played a solid game Tuesday night in The Jungle versus a young Hamilton Huskies team and came away with a victory by the score of 59 - 40. The Huskies started the game with more energy and concentration than the Tigers as they beat the Tigers up the court in transition, hurt the Tigers on the offensive glass and ran their zone well turning the Tigers over 7 times in the first half overall.

The Tigers offensively struggled to hit perimeter shots and at times forced the issue which resulted in turnovers. When the Tigers did get some quality looks around the basket and in the paint they didn't fall. One bright spot on the offensive end was the Tigers were able to get to the free throw line 14 times, but making only 9 of them, which isn't terrible, but could be better. The Tigers held a slight 20 - 17 lead.

The Tigers came out of the locker room very impressively outscoring the Huskies 21 - 4 in the third quarter pushing the Tiger's lead to 20+. The Tigers third quarter was sparked by Stevie Newendyke's and Trajon Hawkins' sharp shooting as they went a combined 7/8 from the three point line for the game. Player of the game for the Tigers though was CJ Waters as he earned a double-double on the night with 15 points and 10 rebounds and many of the Tigers 3 pointers came because of CJ's ORB and creating multiple offensive possessions for the Tigers.

Up next for the Tigers is a road game versus the Basha Bears who are one of the better teams in the state. Basha, who is coached by Mike Grothaus, played for the Gilbert Tigers and won a state championship in 2003 under legendary coach Tom Bennett. The Bears exemplify Coach Grothaus as they play with toughness, they defend as a team and might be the best rebounding team in the state. Basha has waves of size and athleticism and the Tigers will have to bring their A game Friday night.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 10 10 21 18 59
HAMILTON 12 05 04 19 40
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 3 4 - 0/1 - 1/2 1 1 1
Isaacson - 1 - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. 3 - - - - - - 3 -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 2 4 - 0/1 3/4 - 9 1 -
Roach - - - 0/1 0/1 - - - -
Waters 1 10 4 5/10 - 5/6 15 1 -
LaMancusa 2 - - 0/1 0/1 2/2 2 2 -
Nicolds 2 4 1 3/6 0/1 4/6 10 1 -
Green - 1 - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - 2/2 - - 4 - -
Bowling 1 8 - 2/6 0/3 2/4 6 7 3
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - 1 1 - 4/4 - 12 - -
Hoyum - 2 - 0/1 - - - - -

TOTAL

14 35 6 12/28 7/15 14/20 59 16 4

PCT

- - - 43% 47% 70% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  BOULDER CREEK ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 19 - 01/14/16
The Tigers played a rare Thursday night home game versus a very skilled Boulder Creek team last night and were fortunate enough to sneak by with a CJ Waters buzzer beating tip in.

The Tigers seemed to be in a funk offensively for the better part of the game, except one nice stretch in the third quarter. Give credit to the Jags as their defense and rebounding was solid all night long. After a slow paced first half the Tigers went into the locker room with a slight 21 - 18 lead. The Jags, one of the better shooting teams in the state, connected on 5 three pointers in the first half and 9 overall for the game.

The Tigers finally got in a groove in the third quarter and went on a run to take a double digit lead, but steady play by BC kept them in the game, which they're never out of with their ability to shoot the deep ball. The Tigers lead steadily slipped away as BC made big shot after big shot by Justin Braun (12 points), Matt Downey (11 points) and Nick Johnson (8 points). The game all of the sudden was notched at 44 with under a minute left. The Tigers tried to execute a set, but BC defended it perfectly. To the credit of the Tigers they didn't force the issue or panic and were able to run offense until 6 seconds left, which the Tigers called timeout. Confusion in the timeout on where the ball was being in bounded caused the Tigers to have to take back to back timeouts. Thankfully they had another left. The Tigers were able to execute a sideline inbounds play very well, which led to the Jaguars having to over rotate off of CJ Waters who tipped in Jacob Nicolds' missed shot to get the W at the buzzer.

The Tigers were led by Chris Bowling who earned a double-double scoring 18 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Jacob Nicolds also scored double digit points with 12 points. Up next for the Tigers is another home game versus the Hamilton Huskies next Tuesday. Hamilton has a new coach for the first time in their history. Kevin Hartwig, who is regarded as one of the best in the state, retired last year and Doug Harris took over the program. Coach Harris is as good as they get. He won a state championship with Desert Vista about 10 years ago. The Tigers are excited for the challenge.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 10 11 12 13 46
BOULDER CREEK 09 09 08 44 44
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 2 2 2 1/3 0/1 - 2 2 1
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 1 3 1 2/2 - 0/1 4 1 -
Roach - 1 2 - 0/1 - - - -
Waters - 8 - 4/7 - - 8 1 -
LaMancusa 4 2 1 1/2 - 2/2 4 1 -
Nicolds 1 6 - 4/9 1/2 1/5 12 3 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 1 11 3 4/6 3/8 1/2 18 3 1
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - - - 0/1 0/2 - - 1 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

9 33 9 16/30 4/14 4/10 46 12 2

PCT

- - - 53% 29% 40% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  CHANDLER ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 18 - 01/12/16
The Tigers took on the talented and athletic Wolves on the road Tuesday and snuck out with a 58 - 55 victory. The Tigers started the game very sharp as they found their way for layups and great, high percentage shots leading to a 19 - 6 first quarter lead. As good teams always do though Chandler bounced back with their own impressive quarter outscoring the Tigers 21 - 13. Caden Towt who was assigned the difficult challenge of covering Chandler's high scoring stud N'Keal Harry picked up his second foul early in the second quarter, which caused some real match up problems for the Tigers. Harry scored 9 points in the quarter (20 points for the game) and got to the line 8 times. The Tigers held a slight 32-27 lead going into the locker room.

To the start the second half somehow the Tigers forgot about a player named N'Keal Harry as he got the inbound pass and simply drove right to the cup for an uncontested layup. The third quarter was played solid by both teams on both ends of the court and the Tigers got timely 3 pointers by Dylan Roach and Trajon Hawkins. With that said the Wolves were able to outscore the Tigers in the third by 2 points and chip Gilbert's lead to 44 - 41.

The 4th quarter the Wolves pressure combined with some really poor decision making by the Tigers allowed Chandler to take the lead three different times. Many of those poor decisions ended with thunderous dunks by Tevion Jones (19 points) who looks to be a promising sophomore. To the Tigers credit, they were able to be mentally strong enough to make enough plays to regain those leads they had for the majority of the game. Timely free throws by Chris Bowling and Jacob Nicolds, good execution on some offensive sets and changing defensive schemes allowed to the Tigers to hold on.

The Tigers were led by their two senior captains in Nicolds and Bowling. Jacob with another double-double scoring a game high 23 points and pulling down another 10 boards. Chris earned his own double-double scoring 12 points coupled with 11 rebounds including a huge offensive rebound put back late in the game.

The Tigers need to get back at it quickly as they only have one day of practice to prepare for Boulder Creek as they come to town Thursday night. Boulder Creek is one of the top shooting teams in the state as they often play 5 guys who can shoot from deep. Hope to see the GOONS out in full force.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 19 13 12 14 58
CHANDLER 06 21 14 14 55
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 2 - 2/2 - - 4 1 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 1 1 1 0/2 1/2 2/2 5 2 -
Roach - - - 1/2 1/3 - 5 - -
Waters 1 7 - 2/4 - - 4 3 2
LaMancusa 2 2 - 1/3 - - 2 5 -
Nicolds 1 10 - 8/10 0/1 7/10 23 5 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 2 11 1 2/5 1/5 5/5 12 3 2
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke 3 3 - 0/1 1/2 - 3 2 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

11 35 2 16/29 4/13 14/17 58 21 4

PCT

- - - 55% 31% 82% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  PERRY ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 17 - 01/08/16
The Tigers were at home Friday night versus a well coached Perry team and were looking to avenge a loss versus the Pumas who beat the Tigers in the Holiday tournament two weeks ago.

The Tigers started the game defensively pretty sound throughout the first half, but it was the offensive rebound that doomed the Tigers as they were out-rebounded by 6 in the first half and gave up 9 offensive rebounds, mainly by #35 John Schlangen who led the Pumas with 13 points in the game. Despite the disappointing rebounding numbers the Tigers still led by 2 going into the locker room.

The good shots the Tigers worked for in the first half that didn't fall started to drop in the second half which led to the Tigers outscoring the Pumas 21-8 in the third quarter, including 4 threes as a team and 11 big points by Chris Bowling. The Tigers led 38-23 going into the final stanza, but the Pumas didn't go quietly as they worked for good shots and caused some problems for the Tigers with some full court pressure. Credit to the Tigers and their good free-throw shooting (18-22) to help keep Perry from getting too close.

The Tigers were led in scoring by Chris Bowling's 20 points and 8 rebounds. Also scoring double digit points was Jacob Nicolds notching 10 points and pulling down 6 rebounds. Junior CJ Waters chipped in with 6 points and another 8 big boards. Another solid night defensively for the Tigers as a team and individually by Caden Towt as he was assigned Perry's efficient scoring PG Kyle Van Haren and limiting him to 10 tough points on the night.

Up next for the Tigers is a tough road contest versus the well coached and ultra-athletic Chandler Wolves. Even though dropping a contest on the road versus the Mesa Jackrabbits on Friday night, the Wolves are one of the hottest teams in the state and always tough to beat at their place.
 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 06 11 21 16 54
PERRY 04 11 08 17 40
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 3 3 - 0/1 0/1 2/6 2 - -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 1 2 - - 0/3 2/2 2 4 -
Roach - 2 1 0/2 2/3 - 6 - -
Waters 2 8 - 3/5 - - 6 - 1
LaMancusa 2 4 - 0/2 0/1 4/4 4 3 1
Nicolds 2 6 - 3/8 0/3 4/4 10 3 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling - 8 2 4/8 3/6 3/3 20 - 2
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - - - 1/1 0/3 2/2 4 - -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

10 33 3 11/27 5/20 17/21 54 10 4

PCT

- - - 41% 25% 81% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  MOUNTAIN VIEW ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 16 - 01/05/16
The Tigers bounced back from a rough Holiday tournament where they dropped all four games in the Visit Mesa tournament held at Mountain View HS as they traveled back to Mountain View to play the Toros in the first power point game of 2016 and held off a very good team by a score of 65 - 52.

The Toros started off the game very efficiently as they had the Tigers on their heels with their PG, Tommy Kuhse dicing up the Tigers for baskets (game high 27 points) and getting his teammates involved. After the Tigers were able to finally settle down and find a groove they were able to take the lead in the early parts of the 2nd quarter, which they never relinquished. Stevie Newendyke's two second quarter three pointers sparked the Tigers run and held a 33 - 29 halftime lead going into the locker room.

The Tigers came out in the second half and finally put two good halves of basketball together as this was a difficult task in the four games in the Visit Mesa tournament. The Tigers outscored the Toros in the third quarter 17 - 10, which helped push their lead to double digits. The Tigers had a quality 4th quarter too as Tommy Kuhse kept forcing the issue with drives and timely baskets by Zane Jowaiszas, which kept the Toros in the game.

Jacob Nicolds had a monster game finishing with 25 points and 8 rebounds. Jacob was in control the entire game and looked like a seasoned senior letting the game come to him. Also scoring double digit points was CJ Waters chipping in with 10 points and 7 boards, followed by Chris Bowling's 8 points and 9 rebounds. The Tigers also got great contributions offensively from Caden Towt (7 points), Trajon Hawkins (6 points) and Stevie Newendyke (6 points).

Big shout out to the GOONS who came out to support the boys on the road. Much appreciated! The Tigers will need your help again this Friday as the Perry Pumas come to the Jungle. The Pumas took down the Tigers in the Holiday tournament in a closely contested game, so the Tigers are excited to get a rematch. Come out and support!

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 15 18 17 15 65
MOUNTAIN VIEW 17 12 10 13 52
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 2 - 0/2 2/3 1/2 7 4 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 3 5 - - 1/1 3/5 6 1 -
Roach - - - 1/1 - 1/2 3 - -
Waters 4 7 - 5/8 - 0/1 10 2 1
LaMancusa 1 2 - 0/1 - - - 1 -
Nicolds 2 8 1 6/11 3/3 4/5 25 2 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 3 9 - 3/9 0/2 2/2 8 3 3
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - - - - 2/2 - 6 - -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

13 33 1 14/31 8/11 11/17 65 13 4

PCT

- - - 45% 76% 65% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  FEDERAL WAY ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 15 - 12/31/15
The Gilbert Tigers lost to Federal Way, WA.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT -- -- -- -- 42
FEDERAL WAY, WA -- -- -- -- 59
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 3 1 0/1 - - - 4 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins - - 1 2/5 - - 4 2 -
Roach - - - - 1/1 - 3 3 -
Waters - 2 1 2/3 0/1 5/6 9 3 -
LaMancusa 2 3 - - - - - 2 -
Nicolds 2 8 1 4/10 0/1 6/9 14 5 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling - 4 1 4/6 1/5 1/2 12 5 -
Plummer - - - - 0/1 0/1 - - -
Newendyke - - - - - - - - -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

5 20 5 12/25 2/9 12/18 42 26 0

PCT

- - - 48% 22% 67% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  ORANGE LUTHERAN ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 14 - 12/30/15
The Gilbert Tigers lost toe Orange Luthern (CA)

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT -- -- -- -- 40
ORANGE LUTHERAN -- -- -- -- 59
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt - 4 - 0/2 0/2 - - 1 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - 1 -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - 2 - - - - - 4 -
Hawkins - - - - - - - - -
Roach - 2 2 1/4 0/1 2/2 4 1 -
Waters - 5 1 3/6 - 0/2 6 2 -
LaMancusa - 2 - - - 4/4 4 3 -
Nicolds - 4 - 4/6 1/2 6/8 17 3 -
Green - 2 - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling - 1 1 0/5 1/7 5/5 8 5 -
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - 1 - - 0/1 - - 1 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

- 23 4 8/23 2/13 17/21 40 21 0

PCT

- - - 35% 15% 81% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  AMERICAN FORK ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 13 - 12/29/15
The Gilbert Tigers lost to American Fork, UT by a score of 70-44.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT -- -- -- -- 44
AMERICAN FORK, UT -- -- -- -- 70
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt - 4 1 - 2/2 2/3 8 2 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - 1 - - - - - -
LaGankeT. 1 3 1 1/2 - - 2 4 -
Hawkins 1 2 - 2/3 - - 4 1 -
Roach 1 6 1 1/2 0/2 1/2 3 3 1
Waters 1 4 1 0/1 - 1/2 1 1 -
LaMancusa 2 2 1 1/2 0/1 - 2 2 -
Nicolds 2 1 - 2/5 0/1 3/3 7 1 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling - 3 - 1/4 2/4 - 8 3 -
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - 1 1 3/6 1/3 - 9 1 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

8 26 7 11/25 5/13 5/8 44 18 1

PCT

- - - 44% 38% 53% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  PERRY ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 12 - 12/28/15
The Gilbert Tigers lost to Perry.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT -- -- -- -- 41
PERRY -- -- -- -- 46
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 - - - 0/1 - - 1 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. 1 1 2 - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins - - - - - - - - -
Roach - - - - - - - - -
Waters 1 10 1 5/9 - 0/2 10 1 1
LaMancusa 4 2 - 1/3 0/1 - 2 1 -
Nicolds - 7 - 2/5 0/2 3/3 7 3 1
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 1 4 - 5/7 2/7 - 16 5 -
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - 1 - 2/10 - - 6 1 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

8 25 3 13/24 4/21 3/5 41 12 2

PCT

- - - 54% 19% 60% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  DESERT RIDGE ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 11 - 12/18/15
The Tigers last power point game of the calendar year was a home game Friday night versus the Desert Ridge Jaguars. The Jags were coming in on a two game skid so the Tigers were looking for Desert Ridge to be very prepared for the game and it looked to be that way early in the first quarter as the Jaguars raced out to a 15 - 6 lead.

The Jaguars forced Gilbert into tough contested jump shots and the bigger Jags mopped up the defensive rebounds easily and drove the ball down the court and basically down the Tigers throats for layups. In the second quarter the Tigers clawed back and tied the game as Chris Bowling hit 5 big perimeter shots, scoring 12 of his 20 points, with the talented Timmy Allen draped all over him. The Jags got the last shot of the half as they ran a top of the key ball screen for Timmy Allen and he calmly drained a long three pointer to put them up 28 - 25 at the break.

The Tigers came out in the second half executing their offense about as good as they have all season. Those tough perimeter jump shots turned into layups, shots in and around the paint and trips to the free throw line. The Tiger defense was very good too limiting the Jags to 11 points until a little scoring run late in the 4th quarter and were helped by the Jaguars going 4 -16 from the free throw line on the night. Jacob Nicolds, again, had a beautiful game, quietly scoring 19 points and tearing down another 11 boards. CJ Waters too had 10 rebounds himself. The rebounding by Nicolds, Waters and Bowling have been the main key in this early part of the season and will continue to be if the Tigers want to experience any type of success as the season continues. Timmy Allen scored 20 points of his own and looks to have a bright future being only a sophomore. Not going unnoticed was the defensive effort by Nick LaMancusa and Caden Towt on the Jags' PG Keith Holmes who is a very talented player himself.

Up next for the Tigers is a well deserved break. Great time to be with family and loved ones and enjoy the Holidays. The Tigers next game is versus a red hot Perry Puma team in the annual Visit Mesa tournament at Mt. View on Monday, December 28th at 1P. Here is a link to all of the games as the Visit Mesa tournament has multiple out of state teams and is the premier Holiday tournament in the valley year in and year out.
BRACKET

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 06 19 10 22 57
DESERT RIDGE 15 13 08 10 46
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 3 2 1 0/1 0/1 2/2 2 - -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins - - - - - - - - -
Roach 1 1 - 0/3 1/2 - 3 1 -
Waters - 10 1 1/4 - - 2 1 1
LaMancusa 2 1 - 2/2 0/2 3/4 7 - -
Nicolds 2 11 1 5/8 1/2 7/10 19 2 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 2 5 1 7/11 2/8 1/2 21 - -
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke 1 1 - 0/1 1/1 - 3 2 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

11 31 4 15/30 4/16 13/18 57 6 1

PCT

- - - 50% 25% 72% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  SKYLINE ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 10 - 12/14/15
The Tigers bounced back from a tough loss last Friday night versus Mesa by beating the Skyline Coyotes on the road by a score of 69-40. The Tigers struggled at the start to find quality shots as Skyline's zone limited paint touches and forced Gilbert to take contested jump shots.

At the end of the first quarter the Tigers made a nice adjustment on offense to create higher percentage shots by cutting through Skyline's zone, which also opened up the paint for touches around the rim.
Jacob Nicold's had another strong game scoring 18 points and pulling down 10 more rebounds. Chris Bowling led the Tigers in scoring with 20 points himself. Eight different Tigers were able to get into the scoring column for the Tigers. Connor LaGanke came off the bench to give the Tigers a spark throughout the game. Skyline's Demetrious Moore led the Coyotes with 18 points.

The Tigers next game is at home this Friday night versus a big, athletic and talented Jaguar team from Desert Ridge coached by Greg Ream. This will be Gilbert's last home game until the new year.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 12 17 20 20 69
SKYLINE 10 07 13 10 40
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 2 3 2 1/1 - 1/1 3 1 1
Isaacson - 1 - - - - - 1 -
LaGankeC. 1 2 1 1/2 2/4 - 8 1 -
LaGankeT. 2 1 - - 1/1 1/2 4 1 -
Hawkins - - - - - - - - -
Roach - - - - - - - - -
Waters 2 5 - 1/3 - 4/4 6 1 -
LaMancusa 2 1 1 1/1 0/1 2/2 4 - -
Nicolds - 10 1 6/8 - 6/7 18 4 1
Green 2 1 2 - - - - 2 -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 2 2 1 5/7 3/6 1/2 20 1 -
Plummer - 1 - 0/2 - - - - -
Newendyke 2 4 - 2/4 - - 6 2 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

15 31 8 15/24 8/16 15/18 69 14 2

PCT

- - - 53% 50% 83% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  MESA ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 09 - 12/11/15
The Tigers and Jackrabbits played a low scoring, backyard brawl type of game on Friday night with the Jackrabbits coming away with the win on a last second offensive rebound put back and beating the Tigers in The Jungle by the score of 35-33.

Every time these schools meet the game seems to come down to the wire as both head coaches, Jay Caserio and Shane Burcar, are very familiar with each other as both grew up together attending the same high school in the small Yooper town of Hancock, Michigan. Also, both coaches cut their teeth under legendary AZ coach Tom Bennett and it is obvious as both teams exemplified the old Tom Bennett teams of yesteryear.

The Tigers were very prepared for the Jackrabbits and it showed holding them to single digit scoring quarters through the first three quarters. Also the Tigers executed pretty good on the offensive end and even though the low scoring, points were at a premium and tough to come by, especially when Jacob Nicolds and Chris Bowling were being defended as hard as they were by the Jackrabbits.

In the second half the Jackrabbits really turned up the pressure on the Tigers and made it extremely difficult for them to run their offense. This seems to be a theme for the Tigers this season. Mesa was able to create 18 turnovers in the game and many of those in the crucial fourth quarter when Mesa outscored the Tigers 14-3 with timely buckets by David Cummard, Drew Hatch and good free throw shooting by Mark Hatch. Gilbert had their chances to win the game, but three critical turnovers late and two offensive rebounds with the last one by Drew Hatch winning the game with 1 second left, did them in. The Tigers had a last second desperation try, but didn't get a shot off.

The Tigers did a great job containing Mesa's Drew Hatch, limiting him to 9 points. Mesa's Darius Goodeau had 13 points. Jacob Nicold's led the Tigers with 13 points and 8 rebounds and Chris Bowling chipped in with 10 points and 8 rebounds too. The Tigers are back at it Monday night as they take on the Skyline Coyotes on the road at 7P
 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 07 13 10 03 33
MESA 05 07 09 14 35
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 2 2 0/2 0/1 - - 4 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 1 1 1 0/1 - - - 3 -
Roach - 1 - - - - - - -
Waters - 4 - 2/4 0/1 - 4 1 1
LaMancusa - 1 - 0/1 0/1 0/1 - 2 -
Nicolds 5 8 - 5/6 0/1 3/3 13 2 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling - 8 - 2/5 2/5 - 10 3 1
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - 3 - 0/1 2/5 - 6 3 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

7 28 3 9/20 4/14 3/4 33 18 2

PCT

- - - 45% 29% 75% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  MILLENNIUM ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 08 - 12/08/15
The Tigers didn't necessarily play pretty basketball Tuesday night, but were able to bounce back from Monday night's loss to Sunnyslope and getting a nice road victory by beating Millennium by a score of 56 - 45.

The Tigers were a little out of sorts at the beginning of the game by getting two uncharacteristic technicals and not shooting great. With that being said the Tigers did find a nice stretch of basketball in the middle part of the second quarter fueled by solid play Dylan Roach and Trajon Hawkins. The Tigers had a really good chance to go up by double digits going into the locker room, but there last second play faltered and the Tigers went into the half with a 29 - 20 advantage.

For whatever reason the Tigers did not play smoothly either in the third quarter, struggling to find baskets and not getting to the line once in the third and were outscored 6 - 5. Finally, the Tigers started finding each other for high percentage baskets and scoring 22 points in the final stanza. The Tigers were led in scoring by Chris Bowling's 17 points and Jacob Nicolds' 12 points. Millennium's Arogundade and Takapu led their Tigers with 14 and 11 points respectively.

Up next for the Tigers is a home game on Friday night versus the highly ranked Mesa Jackrabbits. Mesa comes in with only one loss on the season, ranked in the top 10 by most media and have a veteran team led by Coach Burcar. The Tiger vs. Jackrabbit basketball games in the last decade have been some of the more competitive games throughout the season. Hope to see all you GOONS at the game!
 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 13 16 05 22 56
MILLENNIUM 10 10 06 19 45
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 2 - 0/1 - 6/8 6 - -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 1 1 2 2/2 1/3 - 7 1 -
Roach - 6 - 2/3 0/1 - 4 - -
Waters 2 5 - 1/2 - 1/3 3 2 -
LaMancusa 2 1 - 0/1 - 1/2 1 3 -
Nicolds 1 13 1 5/11 - 2/5 12 3 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 1 2 - 3/10 3/6 2/3 17 1 1
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke 5 3 1 0/1 2/3 - 6 1 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

13 33 - 13/32 6/13 12/21 56 11 1

PCT

- - - 41% 46% 57% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  SUNNYSLOPE ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 07 - 12/07/15
The Tigers dropped their first power point game of the year to a well-coached Sunnyslope team Monday night by a score of 54 - 49. Right from the start the coaching staff could see the Tigers were not ready to play basketball as a smaller Vikings team stole the jump ball right from the Tigers. From that point forward the Sunnyslope players pushed the Tigers around, not allowing them to run their offense, continuously beat Gilbert to every 50/50 ball and making the Tigers take very low percentage contested jump shots.

Sunnyslope ran their offense sharply and even with their leading scorer on the year, Maggi, sidelined in the first two minutes of the game with two fouls, the Vikings entered the lockerroom with a 23-20 advantage. The Tigers came out in the third quarter and finally started to run their offense better, finding open teammates and getting to the line, but poor freethrow shooting doomed the Tigers all night as they went 10 - 21 from the charity stripe.

The Tigers made a little late run at the end, but it was too little and too late for Gilbert. High scorers for the Tigers were Chris Bowling with 18 points and Jacob Nicolds with 11 points.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 04 16 14 15 49
SUNNYSLOPE 10 13 10 21 54
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 2 - 1/1 0/1 - 2 2 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins - 2 - - 0/1 - - - -
Roach - - - - 0/1 - - - -
Waters - 7 - 3/3 - 2/4 8 3 -
LaMancusa 2 3 - - - 2/2 2 - -
Nicolds 2 10 - 5/11 0/3 1/7 11 3 1
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 4 4 - 3/7 3/8 3/6 18 2 1
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - 1 - 0/1 2/3 2/2 8 1 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

9 29 - 12/23 5/17 10/21 49 11 2

PCT

- - - 52% 29% 48% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  MESQUITE ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 06 - 12/04/15
The Tigers were on the road for the first time on the season as they traveled to their cross-town rivals of the Mesquite Wilcats and came out victorious with a 59 - 38 win. First year coach Chris Lemon's Wildcats came out in the first quarter playing inspired, tough basketball with the first quarter ending with the Tigers with a slight 10 - 7 lead despite Mesquite's leading scorer, David Exline, sidelined with two early fouls.

Gilbert started slowly on offense as the Tigers executed fairly well for good shots, but those shots were not falling. Jacob Nicolds finally got some scoring started in the second quarter as he netted 11 of his game high 18 points, including 2 three-pointers. Chris Bowling then picked up where Jacob Nicolds left off and scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half. Besides Jacob Nicolds and Chris Bowling the next highest individual scorer for the Tigers was only 5 points by Stevie Newendyke, but spread out between 8 different Tigers!

Leading the Tigers on the boards was CJ Waters, Jacob Nicolds and Chris Bowling all with 7 rebounds. On the defensive end Caden Towt played well getting the assignment of covering Mesquite's leading scorer in David Exline and holding him to 7 points on the night. Mesquites leading scorer was senior big guy Besirevil with 8 points, all scored in the first half.

Also, the Tiger Basketball Program earned their second straight sweep in as many tries with both the freshmen and JV teams winning too. Up next for the Tigers is their first of two three-game weeks starting off with a well-coached, tough and physical team in the Sunnyslope Vikings Monday night at 7P.
 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 10 19 12 18 59
MESQUITE 07 10 06 15 38
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 4 - 1/1 0/1 0/2 2 1 2
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. 2 - - - 1/1 - 3 - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 2 1 - 0/3 - - - - -
Roach - - - 1/2 - - 2 1 1
Waters - 7 - 1/3 - 2/5 4 1 -
LaMancusa 1 3 1 2/5 - - 4 - 1
Nicolds 4 7 1 5/8 2/5 2/2 18 3 1
Green - - - 1/1 - - 2 - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 1 7 - 6/9 1/2 2/4 17 - 1
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke 3 5 - 1/2 1/5 - 5 - -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

14 34 2 18/31 5/17 6/13 59 6 6

PCT

- - - 58% 29% 46% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  LIBERTY ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 05 - 12/01/15
The Tigers opened up the regular season with a big home win versus Mark Wood's Liberty Lions. The Tigers knew this game would be a track meet as Liberty plays a extremely fast paced style, by pressing full court and shooting quickly on the offensive end. In fact the Lions were able to connect on 17 three-pointers on the night and had three guys in double scoring, led by J. Edahl with 19 points.

On the other hand the Tigers only connected on 3 three-pointers, but 30 two-pointers and got to the line 32 times. The Tigers got huge games from Jacob Nicolds with 27 points and 14 rebounds, Chris Bowling with 28 points and 8 rebounds and CJ Waters with 20 points and 8 rebounds. Many of these baskets were assisted from the Tigers guards, especially from Stevie Newendyke as he continuously get the ball up the court for easy baskets. The coaching staff was pleased not only with effort, but also the discipline to execute the game plan.

The Tigers next game is on the road versus one of their cross-town rivals of Mesquite on Friday night. The Wildcats, who are led by first year Coach Lemon, are playing inspired basketball and are always a tough opponent to face.

The Tiger Basketball Program also earned their first sweep of the year as the freshmen won in dominating fashion and the JV team also fairly handily.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT 19 25 23 22 89
LIBERTY 23 16 16 27 82
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 5 1 0/3 - 1/3 1 1 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins - 1 - 0/1 - - - 3 -
Roach - 2 - 1/3 1/1 - 5 - -
Waters 1 6 - 6/8 - 8/10 20 1 -
LaMancusa 2 2 - 1/2 - 1/2 3 - 1
Nicolds 5 14 1 12/15 - 3/5 27 5 -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 2 8 1 10/18 - 5/9 28 2 -
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke 4 5 - 1/2 1/6 - 9 - -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

15 43 3 31/52 2/7 18/29 89 12 1

PCT

- - - 60% 29% 62% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  SHADOW MOUNTAIN ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 04 - 11/27/15
Gilbert matched up with Shadow Mountain for the championship in the inaugural Gilbert Basketball Classic, but were no match as the Matadors pressured the Tigers into 30 turnovers and routing the Tigers to a 80-55 victory. Shadow Mountain was very impressive throughout the entire tournament and no one could really match their speed, size and athleticism.

The Tigers were led in scoring by their two captains in Jacob Nicolds and Chris Bowling with 15 points apiece. Shadow Mountain's JJ Rhymes led all scorers with 27 and 20 of those points coming in the first half. On a bright side, Caden Towt and company did a nice job on point guard Michael Bibby, one of Shadow Mountain's leading scorers, by holding him to 7 points on the night with no made three pointers.

Gilbert's Chris Bowling was named to the All-Tournament Team along with Shadow Mountain's JJ Rhymes (MOP) and Michael Bibby, Catalina Foothills' Nik Nehls, Red Mountain's Desi Ethridge and Chaparral's Colton Kresl.

The Tigers need to regroup quickly as they play their first power point game of the year on Tuesday night at home versus Liberty.

*These games are played in two halves.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT -- 20 -- 35 55
SHADOW MOUNTAIN -- 39 -- 41 80
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 1 - 0/4 - 2/2 2 3 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 3 2 1 1/3 0/1 2/2 4 6 -
Roach - 3 - - - 1/3 1 - -
Waters - 3 - 1/4 - 1/2 3 - -
LaMancusa 3 1 - - 0/1 6/6 6 6 -
Nicolds - 5 - 4/4 1/4 4/6 15 3 -
Green 2 2 - - - 1/2 1 - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 1 6 - 2/6 2/4 5/6 15 8 4
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke 2 2 1 1/1 2/6 - 8 4 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

12 25 2 9/23 5/16 22/29 55 30 4

PCT

- - - 39% 31% 76% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  CHAPARRAL ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 03 - 11/24/15
The Tigers matched up with Coach Peterson's Chaparral Firebirds in essentially the semi-finals of the Gilbert Basketball Classic Wednesday night and came out victorious by a score of 62-45.

The Tigers came out very sharp by breaking the press, moving the ball versus their zone for good shots and defending without fouling. The first half was played fairly well for the Tigers on both sides of the ball, except for a bad stretch late as the Tigers committed multiple turnovers in a row to allow the Firebirds close the gap. Nick LaMancusa's one-footed runner as time expired kept a bit of a cushion and the Tigers held a 33-20 advantage going into the locker room.

The second half didn't start particularly well for the Tigers as more turnovers were committed and some easier baskets for Chaparral. The Tigers settled in quickly though, mainly by the big game for CJ Waters coming in off the bench. CJ was a force all night, hitting the boards, scoring around the paint and getting to the line often due to playing with a high motor. CJ ended the night with 20 points and 8 rebounds. Also scoring 20 points and tearing down 8 boards was Chris Bowling who scored the ball very efficiently. Along with CJ and Chris, Jacob Nicolds nearly notched his second straight double-double with another solid night scoring 9 points and grabbing 9 rebounds. Caden Towt had a huge game too, only scoring 6 points, but rarely came off the floor, as he had the difficult task of guarding Chaparral's leading scorer in Colton Kresl and did a tremendous job of making it difficult for him all night long.

The Tigers have earned the right to play for the inaugural Gilbert Basketball Classic championship on Friday night in The Jungle at 5PM. The Tigers will have a tremendous task ahead of them as they will face off with the Shadow Mountain Matadors led by Michael Bibby, son of Arizona and NBA star Mike Bibby, JJ Rhymes and a load of other great players who have played together for many years.

Hope to see many out to support the Tigers Friday night!!

*These games are played in two halves.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT -- 33 -- 29 62
CHAPARRAL -- 20 -- 25 45
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt - 4 - 3/7 - - 6 2 -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - 0/1 - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 4 7 - 0/1 0/2 - - 5 -
Roach - - - - - - - - -
Waters 3 8 1 6/7 0/1 8/9 20 - -
LaMancusa 1 2 - 1/1 - - 2 5 -
Nicolds 2 9 - 4/5 0/1 1/1 9 4 -
Green - 1 - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 1 8 1 3/6 3/5 5/6 20 1 3
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - - - 1/2 1/5 - 5 1 -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

11 39 2 18/29 4/14 14/17 62 18 3

PCT

- - - 62% 29% 82% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  WESTVIEW ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 02 - 11/24/15
The Tigers played a tough game versus Brendan McEvoy's Westview Knights Tuesday night and pulled away late winning by a score of 58-48. The Knights had a tough game on the opening night of the Gilbert Basketball Classic, dropping a game to a talented Chaparral team, but responded very well to their coach and fighting the Tigers down the last minutes of the game and playing more to their talents and abilities.

As well as the Tigers shot the ball in the first night versus Queen Creek, they did not in the first half versus the Knights. Rather than recognizing the poor shooting and attacking the paint, the Tigers continued to force no pass and one pass perimeter jump shots. Credit to the Tigers, they executed the coaching
staff points at halftime and worked the ball into primarily Jacob Nicolds and Chris Bowling for paint touches which opened up post progression shots and kick out threes in which the Tigers connected on 6 in the second half and 7 overall.

The Tigers were led by the two captain in Chris Bowling and Jacob Nicolds as both players notched a double-double with Bowling going for 18 points and 10 rebounds and Nicolds going for 16 points and 11 rebounds.

*These games are played in two halves.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT -- 20 -- 38 58
WESTVIEW -- 21 -- 27 48
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 1 5 - 1/5 0/1 - 2 - -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - 0/1 - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins 1 2 3 0/1 3/4 - 9 1 -
Roach - 3 - 1/1 0/1 1/2 3 1 -
Waters 1 5 - 0/3 - 2/5 2 - -
LaMancusa 1 1 1 1/2 - 1/2 3 4 -
Nicolds 3 11 - 6/11 - 4/7 16 2 -
Green - - - - 0/1 - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling 4 10 2 4/11 3/5 1/2 18 - 1
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - 1 - - 1/1 2/2 5 - -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

11 38 6 13/34 7/14 11/20 58 8 1

PCT

- - - 38% 50% 55% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  QUEEN CREEK ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 01 - 11/23/15
The Tigers opened the 2015-2016 season with a convincing win over a well-coached Queen Creek team in the inaugural Gilbert Basketball Classic Holiday Tournament by a score of 81 - 47. Queen Creek, coached by Troy Gibson, came in a little hobbled with one of their best players out with a sprained ankle.

The Tigers shot the ball very very well connecting on 13 three-pointers on the night, mostly in the first half and making the halftime score 51-22. The Tigers had 4 players in double digit scoring, let by Steven Newendyke with 18 pts on six three-pointers, CJ Waters with 15 points, Jacob Nicolds with 13 points and Chris Bowling with 12 points.

The Tigers move on to the second pool play game Tuesday night versus the Westview Knights

*These tournament games are being played in two halves.

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT -- 51 -- 30 81
QUEEN CREEK -- 22 -- 25 47
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt 5 4 - 3/4 0/1 - 6 - -
Isaacson - - 1 - 0/1 - - 1 2
LaGankeC. 1 1 - 1/1 - - 2 1 -
LaGankeT. 2 - - - - - - 2 -
Hawkins 1 4 1 - 2/3 - 6 3 -
Roach - - - - - - - - -
Waters 1 2 2 6/7 1/2 0/1 15 - 1-
LaMancusa 3 2 - 0/2 - - - 1 -
Nicolds - 4 - 2/3 2/2 3/4 13 1 -
Green - - - - - - - 1 -
Hogan - - - 2/3 - - 4 - -
Bowling 1 6 - 4/7 1/3 1/1 12 2 2
Plummer 1 1 - 1/1 - - 2 3 -
Newendyke 2 3 - - 6/8 - 18 - -
Hoyum - 2 - - 1/2 - 3 - -

TOTAL

17 29 4 19/28 13/22 4/7 81 15 5

PCT

- - - 68% 59% 57% - - -

 

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●●● GILBERT -  OPPONENT ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
GAME 00 - 00/00/00
The Gilbert Tigers

 
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
GILBERT -- -- -- -- --
OPPONENT -- -- -- -- --
PLAYER

ASST

REB STL 2PT 3PT FT PTS TO BLK
Towt - - - - - - - - -
Isaacson - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeC. - - - - - - - - -
LaGankeT. - - - - - - - - -
Hawkins - - - - - - - - -
Roach - - - - - - - - -
Waters - - - - - - - - -
LaMancusa - - - - - - - - -
Nicolds - - - - - - - - -
Green - - - - - - - - -
Hogan - - - - - - - - -
Bowling - - - - - - - - -
Plummer - - - - - - - - -
Newendyke - - - - - - - - -
Hoyum - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

- - - - - - - - -

PCT

- - - % % % - - -
 
2015-16 TIGER STATISTICS

 

 
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2015-16 TIGER PHOTO GALLERY
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    GILBERT- MOUNTAIN VIEW
February 24, 2016
Photos courtesy of Dennis Webb Photography. These photos and more from the game can be purchased by
players, parents and fans in an uncropped professional quality format and size by visiting
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GILBERT- LIBERTY
December 01, 2015
   
   
   
    GILBERT- PERRY
December 28, 2015
Photos courtesy of Dennis Webb Photography. These photos and more from the game can be purchased by
players, parents and fans in an uncropped professional quality format and size by visiting
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