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Home»Arizona Hoop Review Scouting Report»Horizon Overcomes Brophy Prep In Big Upset Win
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Horizon Overcomes Brophy Prep In Big Upset Win

azprepsBy azprepsDecember 1, 2012No Comments3 Mins Read
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Brophy Prep's 6-foot-9 senior post Tim Kempton has been selected as the 2013 Arizona Preps Boys Player of the Year. Kempton had a huge senior season - averaging 25 points and 16 rebounds per/game for Brophy Prep this season. Kempton signed with Lehigh University this fall.
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Lehigh University signee, Brophy Prep 6-foot-9 senior post Tim Kempton finished with a game-high 37 points and 14 rebounds in his team's loss to Horizon High School on Thursday evening.

On Thursday, November 29th, I went to observe the Brophy Prep Broncos vs the Horizon Huskies at Horizon’s house.

6-foot-4 senior forward Sean Deacon got the tall task of guarding skilled 6-foot-9 senior post Tim Kempton (Lehigh University signee).  Kempton took advantage of his height and made 9 quick points to start the game, but 6-foot sophomore PG Brandon Burke hit two 3-pointers and 6-foot-3 senior forward Jordan Esser came in off the bench to score 4 quick points to tie the game at 16 after 1 quarter.

The second quarter began and it was a back-and-forth battle with 6-foot sophomore guard Abraham Sesay sparking the Huskies with 5 quick points, and then three 3-pointers in the quarter by 5-foot-10 junior SG Christian Coraggio.

For Brophy, Kempton paced them with 15 points and 8 rebounds in the first half.  Horizon had a narrow 32 to 30 lead at halftime.

The 3rd period started with 2 quick steals by Brophy Prep, with 6-foot-2 sophomore SG Max Kufel being the beneficiary with 4-points to take a 34-32 lead.

Then Horizon started lighting up the scoreboard with 3-straight 3-pointers and Jordan Esser, once again, coming off the bench to give them huge energy with blocks, steals, rebounds and running tip-ins.  Horizon took a 52 to 43 lead.

Brophy struggled with point blank shots inside the paint and looked out of rhythm, especially with Kempton taking a breather.  Kempton checked in for the fourth quarter and made 6-straight points to cut the lead to 54 to 49.  But, Sean Deacon hit 2 shots in a row for a 59 to 49 game.  Then 6-foot-3 senior forward Austin West hit a hook shot over Kempton and Esser came over to block his 4th block of the game on a shooter - giving all the momentum to Horizon.

The Broncos went back to the well a few more times with Kempton, scoring another 7 points; but another huge 3-point shot by Coraggio for his 6th of the game, and then 2 quick steals by 6-foot-4 senior forward Thomas Kennedy for 4 points and Brophy looked to start making poor mistakes - trying to “catch up.”

Horizon went up 66 to 56 with 3 minutes left and with everyone on Horizon gaining amazing confidence.

Kempton hit one free-throw - giving himself 31 points and 13 rebounds, but the Broncos' other key players did not play well to help him out unfortunately.  Kempton scored a few more baskets at the end of the game, but it was not enough as a huge upset took place with Horizon beating Brophy Prep 79 to 66.

Kempton finished with a game-high 37 points and 14 rebounds, while no other player on the roster scored more than 8 points.

The whole entire Huskies team played well with Christian Coraggio finishing with a team-high 22 points.  Abraham Sesay contributed 14 points and Jordan Esser was the MVP for Horizon on the night with 12 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks and 3 steals. If Esser continues to play well; he should start getting looks from some colleges.

Some Quick Hitters:  After watching the freshman and JV games, I found a few players that you need to know about:  Horizon's 5-foot-11 freshman SG Joey Cipoletti scored 25 points in the freshman game, and Horizon 6-foot-5 post Matt Burdick and 6-foot-3 forward Josh Larsen all look to be good players in the future for Horizon HS, who beat Brophy in 2 overtimes.

Some younger Brophy standouts were 6-foot-2 freshman SG Bo Brunkhorst, 6-foot-1 freshman SG Dane Maggi, 6-foot-4 freshman forward Chris Stanley and 6-foot-6 freshman post Connor Murphy.

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