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The Murrieta Mesa (Murrieta, CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Murrieta Valley (Murrieta, CA) by a score of 64-57.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murrieta Valley	-	-	-	-	57
Murrieta Mesa	-	-	-	-	64

Final score provided by M. Bertulfo.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Murrieta Mesa (24-25)

Murrieta Valley

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	166	57	19	70	27	30
1	Parker Steffen (Sr)	30	13	4	15	27	27
2	Micah Smith (Jr)	8	1	0	1	0	0
4	Tony Rutledge (So)	19	5	2	6	33	33
5	Philip Booker (Jr)	1	0	0	0
12	Jaizahn Lewis (Fr)	33	22	7	24	29	35
21	Jayden Dykes (Sr)	2	0	0	0
22	Justin Lara (Sr)	21	2	1	7	14	14
23	Jacob Johnson (So)	23	9	4	10	40	45
24	Mahlik Wethers (Jr)	29	5	1	7	14	14

Murrieta Mesa

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	64	21	57	37	46
1	Ray Riley (So)	28	9	18	50	69
2	Sir Livingston (Sr)	2	0	3	0	0
3	Kian Hendricks (So)	8	3	10	30	30
5	Jaden Merritt (Sr)	5	2	8	25	25
11	Zach Macdonald (Sr)	9	3	9	33	44
23	A. Contreras (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
30	Andrei Aguilera (So)	12	4	8	50	63

Murrieta Valley

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	166	57	4	26	15	15	20	75	15	44	34
1	Parker Steffen (Sr)	30	13	0	5	0	5	7	71	4	10	40
2	Micah Smith (Jr)	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	1	0
4	Tony Rutledge (So)	19	5	0	2	0	1	1	100	2	4	50
5	Philip Booker (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Jaizahn Lewis (Fr)	33	22	3	13	23	5	6	83	4	11	36
21	Jayden Dykes (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Justin Lara (Sr)	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	14
23	Jacob Johnson (So)	23	9	1	4	25	0	0	0	3	6	50
24	Mahlik Wethers (Jr)	29	5	0	2	0	3	4	75	1	5	20

Murrieta Mesa

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	64	11	26	42	11	20	55	10	31	32
1	Ray Riley (So)	28	7	13	54	3	6	50	2	5	40
2	Sir Livingston (Sr)	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	2	0
3	Kian Hendricks (So)	8	0	1	0	2	4	50	3	9	33
5	Jaden Merritt (Sr)	5	0	3	0	1	2	50	2	5	40
11	Zach Macdonald (Sr)	9	2	3	67	1	2	50	1	6	17
23	A. Contreras (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	Andrei Aguilera (So)	12	2	5	40	2	4	50	2	3	67

Murrieta Valley

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	166	57	18	28	46	7	4	4	16	13
1	Parker Steffen (Sr)	30	13	1	3	4	6	1	0	3	3
2	Micah Smith (Jr)	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
4	Tony Rutledge (So)	19	5	2	3	5	0	1	0	1	2
5	Philip Booker (Jr)	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	Jaizahn Lewis (Fr)	33	22	2	6	8	0	0	1	3	1
21	Jayden Dykes (Sr)	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
22	Justin Lara (Sr)	21	2	3	2	5	1	0	2	2	2
23	Jacob Johnson (So)	23	9	2	6	8	0	0	1	1	2
24	Mahlik Wethers (Jr)	29	5	7	5	12	0	2	0	1	3

Murrieta Mesa

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	64	5	13	18	17	9	15	10
1	Ray Riley (So)	28	0	0	0	2	3	0	0
2	Sir Livingston (Sr)	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
3	Kian Hendricks (So)	8	0	2	2	8	0	0	3
5	Jaden Merritt (Sr)	5	1	5	6	3	1	15	2
11	Zach Macdonald (Sr)	9	1	1	2	2	0	0	1
20	Luke Siefkin (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	2
30	Andrei Aguilera (So)	12	0	5	5	2	2	0	2

Murrieta Valley

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.44	0.25	0.31	0.31	4	1
1	Parker Steffen (Sr)	2.00	0.33	0.33	0.00	1	1
4	Tony Rutledge (So)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	1	0
12	Jaizahn Lewis (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0
22	Justin Lara (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	1.00	1	0
23	Jacob Johnson (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0	0
24	Mahlik Wethers (Jr)	0.00	2.00	0.67	0.00	1	0

Murrieta Mesa

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.70	0.90
1	Ray Riley (So)	2.00	3.00
3	Kian Hendricks (So)	2.67	0.00
5	Jaden Merritt (Sr)	1.50	0.50
11	Zach Macdonald (Sr)	2.00	0.00
20	Luke Siefkin (Jr)	0.00	1.50
30	Andrei Aguilera (So)	1.00	1.00

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Murrieta Mesa sneaks past Murrieta Valley

January 10, 2025: Murrieta, CA 92562

The Murrieta Mesa Rams (Murrieta, CA) basketball edged the visiting Murrieta Valley Nighthawks (Murrieta, CA), 64-57 in Friday's league bout.

The Rams now possess a 8-12 record. They play next when they travel to Temecula Valley for a Southwestern bout on Tuesday, January 14. Murrieta Mesa will play a Golden Bears team coming off a 79-59 non-league loss to Crean Lutheran (Irvine, CA). The Golden Bears record now stands at 11-9.

With the loss, Murrieta Valley falls to 12-8 on the campaign. The Nighthawks travel to Vista Murrieta (Murrieta, CA) to play the Broncos in a Southwestern bout on Wednesday, January 15. The Broncos go into the bout with a record of 15-4. Vista Murrieta won 75-50 in their recent league bout against Great Oak (Temecula, CA)

MVHS @ Murrieta Mesa Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 10, 2025 @ 7p

The Murrieta Mesa (Murrieta, CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Murrieta Valley (Murrieta, CA) by a score of 64-57.

Rankings & Records

Murrieta Valley (24-25)

CA	Section
187	86

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
17-11	6-4	6-2	6-5	5-4	.607	.600	1,929	1,773

Murrieta Mesa (24-25)

CA	Section
540	232

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
9-19	2-8	3-6	2-6	4-7	.321	.200	1,592	1,696

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Murrieta Valley	17.3	16.2	17.4	18.5	10.5	68.9
Murrieta Mesa	13.4	16.3	12.8	14.0	-	56.9

Head-to-Head

Murrieta Mesa won on 1/10/2025

1/10 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Murrieta Valley - - - - 57
Murrieta Mesa - - - - 64

The Murrieta Valley (Murrieta, CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Murrieta Mesa (Murrieta, CA) by a score of 64-57.
Box score
Murrieta Valley won on 1/29/2025

1/29 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Murrieta Mesa 9 12 9 9 39
Murrieta Valley 13 8 16 13 50

The Murrieta Mesa (Murrieta, CA) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Murrieta Valley (Murrieta, CA) by a score of 50-39.
Box score

1/29 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murrieta Mesa	9	12	9	9	39
Murrieta Valley	13	8	16	13	50

Team Stat Comparison

Murrieta Valley		Murrieta Mesa
68.8	Points Per Game	56.6
31.4	Rebounds Per Game	25.5
14.1	Assists Per Game	10.0
7.7	Steals Per Game	10.1
2.2	Blocks Per Game	5.4

Team Leaders

Murrieta Valley		Murrieta Mesa	National Avg.
#12 Jaizahn Lewis19.4	Points Per Game	#1 Ray Riley11.4	4.9
#12 Jaizahn Lewis5.8	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Jaden Merritt5.5	2.6
#1 Parker Steffen5.7	Assists Per Game	#3 Kian Hendricks3.5	1.0
#1 Parker Steffen1.9	Steals Per Game	#3 Kian Hendricks2.4	0.8
#22 Justin Lara0.9	Blocks Per Game	#5 Jaden Merritt4.2	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Murrieta Valley	7-3		Murrieta Mesa	2-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/10/24	La Sierra	Murrieta Valley	(W) 80-27	12/12/24	La Sierra	Murrieta Mesa	(W) 64-49
12/20/24	Murrieta Valley	Linfield Christian	(W) 72-45	12/4/24	Murrieta Mesa	Linfield Christian	(L) 74-69
1/8/25	Great Oak	Murrieta Valley	(W) 68-58	1/22/25	Great Oak	Murrieta Mesa	(L) 57-52
1/24/25	Murrieta Valley	Great Oak	(L) 69-50	2/5/25	Murrieta Mesa	Great Oak	(W) 53-51
1/15/25	Murrieta Valley	Vista Murrieta	(W) 77-75	1/17/25	Vista Murrieta	Murrieta Mesa	(L) 62-51
1/31/25	Vista Murrieta	Murrieta Valley	(L) 80-54	2/4/25	Murrieta Mesa	Vista Murrieta	(L) 73-56
1/17/25	Chaparral	Murrieta Valley	(W) 78-64	1/8/25	Chaparral	Murrieta Mesa	(L) 56-54
2/4/25	Murrieta Valley	Chaparral	(W) 65-63	1/24/25	Murrieta Mesa	Chaparral	(L) 48-41
1/22/25	Temecula Valley	Murrieta Valley	(L) 85-64	1/14/25	Murrieta Mesa	Temecula Valley	(L) 86-68
2/5/25	Murrieta Valley	Temecula Valley	(W) 82-80	1/31/25	Temecula Valley	Murrieta Mesa	(L) 87-67

Record Breakdown

Murrieta Valley (24-25)		Murrieta Mesa (24-25)
17-11	Overall	9-19
6-4	League	2-8
4-1	Non-League	0-3
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
7-3	Common Opponent	2-8
6-2	Home	3-6
6-5	Away	2-6
5-4	Neutral	4-7
0-0	Playoff	0-0
17-11	In-State	9-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1