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Nucla Dove Creek

Mustangs

Bulldogs

The Dove Creek (CO) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Nucla (CO) by a score of 51-42.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Nucla	15	10	10	16	51
Dove Creek	6	7	12	17	42

Final score provided by I. MacLaren.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Dove Creek (23-24)

Nucla

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	51	20	51	39	46
1	Daniel Zunich (Fr)	2	1	4	25	25
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	23	8	18	44	58
10	Hemmy O'Brien (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
11	Brycen Rummel (So)	7	3	11	27	32
14	Slade Gillen (Jr)	9	4	10	40	45
15	Caylon Joseph (Fr)	4	2	2	100	100
21	Joseph Casillas (Sr)	6	2	4	50	50

Dove Creek

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	42	14	59	24	26
1	Aiden Chadd (Sr)	7	3	5	60	60
3	Liam Hassell (Jr)	9	3	15	20	20
4	Nicholas Aragon (So)	7	2	7	29	36
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	0	0	9	0	0
14	Josh Kibel (So)	0	0	6	0	0
15	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	15	4	13	31	38
25	Trevan Ivie (So)	4	2	3	67	67
32	Jayden Laws (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0

Nucla

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	51	7	23	30	4	6	67	13	28	46
1	Daniel Zunich (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	25
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	23	5	13	38	2	2	100	3	5	60
10	Hemmy O'Brien (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Brycen Rummel (So)	7	1	5	20	0	0	0	2	6	33
14	Slade Gillen (Jr)	9	1	3	33	0	0	0	3	7	43
15	Caylon Joseph (Fr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
21	Joseph Casillas (Sr)	6	0	0	0	2	2	100	2	4	50

Dove Creek

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	42	3	13	23	11	22	50	11	46	24
1	Aiden Chadd (Sr)	7	0	0	0	1	3	33	3	5	60
3	Liam Hassell (Jr)	9	0	4	0	3	5	60	3	11	27
4	Nicholas Aragon (So)	7	1	1	100	2	2	100	1	6	17
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
14	Josh Kibel (So)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	0
15	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	15	2	2	100	5	10	50	2	11	18
25	Trevan Ivie (So)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
32	Jayden Laws (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Nucla

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	51	13	23	36	17	11	3	19
0	Owen Dinsmore (Sr)	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	2
1	Daniel Zunich (Fr)	2	3	1	4	3	3	0	2
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	23	2	6	8	1	0	0	2
10	Hemmy O'Brien (Sr)	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2
11	Brycen Rummel (So)	7	2	5	7	7	3	2	7
14	Slade Gillen (Jr)	9	2	6	8	1	2	0	2
15	Caylon Joseph (Fr)	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
21	Joseph Casillas (Sr)	6	2	4	6	1	1	0	0

Dove Creek

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	42	15	21	36	10	10	2	10	8
1	Aiden Chadd (Sr)	7	2	5	7	4	2	2	2	0
3	Liam Hassell (Jr)	9	5	4	9	1	3	0	0	1
4	Nicholas Aragon (So)	7	1	1	2	2	2	0	2	0
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
14	Josh Kibel (So)	0	3	3	6	3	1	0	2	1
15	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	15	3	7	10	0	2	0	0	5
25	Trevan Ivie (So)	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0

Nucla

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.90	0.58
1	Daniel Zunich (Fr)	1.50	1.50
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	0.50	0.00
10	Hemmy O'Brien (Sr)	1.50	0.50
11	Brycen Rummel (So)	1.00	0.43
14	Slade Gillen (Jr)	0.50	1.00
15	Caylon Joseph (Fr)	0.50	0.50
21	Joseph Casillas (Sr)	1.00	1.00

Dove Creek

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.00	1.00	1.25	0.25
1	Aiden Chadd (Sr)	2.00	1.00	2.00	2.00
3	Liam Hassell (Jr)	1.00	3.00	3.00	0.00
4	Nicholas Aragon (So)	1.00	1.00	2.00	0.00
14	Josh Kibel (So)	1.50	0.50	1.00	0.00
15	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	0.00	2.00	0.40	0.00

Game Story

Colorado High School Basketball - Nucla tops Dove Creek

January 11, 2024: Dove Creek, CO 81324

Nucla Mustangs (Nucla, CO) backers were pleased Thursday as they saw their basketball squad knock off the host Dove Creek Bulldogs (Dove Creek, CO), 51-42 in a league bout.

With the victory, Nucla upgrades its record to 5-3 on the campaign. The Mustangs host Ridgway (Ridgway, CO) to play the Demons in a 2A/1A San Juan Basin bout on Tuesday, January 16. The Demons come into the bout with a record of 2-4. Ridgway won 58-48 in their recent league bout against Dolores (Dolores, CO)

Next up, the Bulldogs play the Ouray Trojans (Ouray, CO) in a 2A/1A San Juan Basin bout, on Friday, January 19. Dove Creek will attempt to upgrade on its 2-7 season record. The Trojans come into the bout with a 4-4 record after their 65-55 league win over Nucla (Nucla, CO).

Nucla @ Dove Creek Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 11, 2024 @ 7:30p

The Dove Creek (CO) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Nucla (CO) by a score of 51-42.

Rankings & Records

Nucla (23-24)

CO	Class
164	15

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
15-8	6-2	5-4	5-3	5-1	.652	.750	1,266	1,174

Dove Creek (23-24)

CO	Class
273	30

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
8-14	4-4	4-4	3-5	1-5	.364	.500	792	1,043

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Nucla	13.2	13.4	14.7	13.3	8.0	-	55.0
Dove Creek	7.9	8.5	10.9	9.8	7.0	9.0	36.0

Head-to-Head

Nucla won on 1/11/2024

1/11 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Nucla 15 10 10 16 51
Dove Creek 6 7 12 17 42

The Nucla (CO) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Dove Creek (CO) by a score of 51-42.
Box score
Nucla won on 2/16/2024

2/16 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Dove Creek 8 9 19 11 47
Nucla 17 15 18 16 66

The Dove Creek (CO) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Nucla (CO) by a score of 66-47.
Box score
Nucla won on 2/23/2024

2/23 @ 8p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Dove Creek 9 12 12 9 42
Nucla 19 12 12 12 55

The Dove Creek (CO) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral playoff game against Nucla (CO) by a score of 55-42.
Box score

2/16 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Dove Creek	8	9	19	11	47
Nucla	17	15	18	16	66

2/23 @ 8p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Dove Creek	9	12	12	9	42
Nucla	19	12	12	12	55

Team Stat Comparison

Nucla		Dove Creek
55.0	Points Per Game	36.8
28.2	Rebounds Per Game	31.8
13.6	Assists Per Game	7.0
9.5	Steals Per Game	9.4
3.0	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

Nucla		Dove Creek	National Avg.
#2 Steele Arnold16.1	Points Per Game	#15 Sheldon Gardner11.5	4.9
#11 Brycen Rummel7.2	Rebounds Per Game	#15 Sheldon Gardner8.5	2.6
#11 Brycen Rummel5.0	Assists Per Game	#15 Sheldon Gardner1.4	1.0
#11 Brycen Rummel3.7	Steals Per Game	#4 Nicholas Aragon2.0	0.8
#11 Brycen Rummel1.1	Blocks Per Game	#3 Liam Hassell0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Nucla	9-5		Dove Creek	6-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/8/23	Nucla	Rangely	(W) 61-47	12/9/23	Dove Creek	Rangely	(L) 46-39
12/9/23	Nucla	De Beque	(W) 52-48	12/8/23	Dove Creek	De Beque	(L) 38-24
1/27/24	Nucla	De Beque	(L) 58-55
2/24/24	Nucla	De Beque	(W) 54-53
12/15/23	Monticello	Nucla	(W) 46-25	12/16/23	Monticello	Dove Creek	(W) 54-53
				1/23/24	Dove Creek	Monticello	(W) 31-29
12/16/23	Telluride	Nucla	(L) 40-38	12/15/23	Telluride	Dove Creek	(L) 34-23
1/25/24	Telluride	Nucla	(L) 53-42	2/12/24	Telluride	Dove Creek	(L) 42-27
2/9/24	Nucla	Telluride	(W) 61-55
1/6/24	Nucla	Ouray	(L) 65-55	1/19/24	Ouray	Dove Creek	(W) 52-37
2/7/24	Ouray	Nucla	(W) 64-35	2/2/24	Dove Creek	Ouray	(W) 34-31
1/16/24	Ridgway	Nucla	(W) 57-37	1/20/24	Ridgway	Dove Creek	(W) 38-34
2/15/24	Nucla	Ridgway	(W) 61-60
1/19/24	Nucla	Dolores	(W) 62-47	2/10/24	Dove Creek	Dolores	(W) 48-42
2/1/24	Nucla	Mancos	(L) 75-55	1/26/24	Dove Creek	Mancos	(L) 64-27

Record Breakdown

Nucla (23-24)		Dove Creek (23-24)
15-8	Overall	8-14
6-2	League	4-4
3-4	Non-League	1-2
3-0	Head to Head	0-3
9-5	Common Opponent	6-5
5-4	Home	4-4
5-3	Away	3-5
5-1	Neutral	1-5
3-1	Playoff	1-2
14-8	In-State	6-14
1-0	Out-of-State	2-0