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McAllen Vela

Bulldogs

Sabercats

The Vela (Edinburg, TX) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against McAllen (TX) by a score of 44-27.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McAllen	-	-	-	-	27
Vela	-	-	-	-	44

Final score provided by L. Zarate.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Vela (24-25)

McAllen

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	27	10	51	20	24
2	Lexine Solis (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
4	Hailey Martinez (So)	11	4	13	31	38
5	Aryanna Alba (Jr)	8	3	10	30	40
10	Emily Ham (Jr)	0	0	8	0	0
11	Olivia Gonzalez (Fr)	0	0	10	0	0
21	D. Villanueva (Jr)	3	1	2	50	50
30	Miller Richey (Jr)	3	1	6	17	17

Vela

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	16	58	28	29
1	Gg Betancourt (Sr)	14	5	20	25	28
2	Madison Cantu (Jr)	0	0	5	0	0
3	Savanah Rivera (So)	0	0	3	0	0
5	Kayna Dupree (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Aurora Guzman (So)	11	4	7	57	64
11	Renee Cruz (So)	2	1	4	25	25
12	Gena Benavidez (Fr)	1	0	2	0	0
13	Ava Tovar (Sr)	7	2	6	33	33
14	Jada Alfaro (Sr)	5	2	3	67	67
15	Haylee Cisneros (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20
20	Gabby Jaramillo (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50

McAllen

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	27	4	21	19	3	8	38	6	30	20
2	Lexine Solis (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
4	Hailey Martinez (So)	11	2	5	40	1	2	50	2	8	25
5	Aryanna Alba (Jr)	8	2	8	25	0	0	0	1	2	50
10	Emily Ham (Jr)	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11	Olivia Gonzalez (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	8	0
21	D. Villanueva (Jr)	3	0	1	0	1	2	50	1	1	100
30	Miller Richey (Jr)	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	6	17

Vela

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	2	14	14	10	16	63	14	44	32
1	Gg Betancourt (Sr)	14	1	4	25	3	4	75	4	16	25
2	Madison Cantu (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	Savanah Rivera (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5	Kayna Dupree (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	Aurora Guzman (So)	11	1	2	50	2	2	100	3	5	60
11	Renee Cruz (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
12	Gena Benavidez (Fr)	1	0	1	0	1	2	50	0	1	0
13	Ava Tovar (Sr)	7	0	2	0	3	6	50	2	4	50
14	Jada Alfaro (Sr)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	3	67
15	Haylee Cisneros (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
20	Gabby Jaramillo (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50

McAllen

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	27	14	22	36	7	12	1	25	9
2	Lexine Solis (Sr)	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	3	1
4	Hailey Martinez (So)	11	1	2	3	1	2	0	5	2
5	Aryanna Alba (Jr)	8	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	0
10	Emily Ham (Jr)	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	2
11	Olivia Gonzalez (Fr)	0	2	2	4	1	3	0	3	0
21	D. Villanueva (Jr)	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	2
30	Miller Richey (Jr)	3	9	14	23	1	3	1	7	2

Vela

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	44	16	21	37	5	16	16	11
1	Gg Betancourt (Sr)	14	3	2	5	1	2	2	1
2	Madison Cantu (Jr)	0	2	2	4	0	2	6	0
3	Savanah Rivera (So)	0	2	3	5	0	3	1	1
5	Kayna Dupree (Jr)	0	1	3	4	0	2	1	2
10	Aurora Guzman (So)	11	0	2	2	1	2	1	1
11	Renee Cruz (So)	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
12	Gena Benavidez (Fr)	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	0
13	Ava Tovar (Sr)	7	3	6	9	2	1	3	0
14	Jada Alfaro (Sr)	5	2	0	2	0	0	1	2
15	Haylee Cisneros (Sr)	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
20	Gabby Jaramillo (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3

McAllen

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.28	0.48	1.33	0.11	11
2	Lexine Solis (Sr)	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
4	Hailey Martinez (So)	0.20	0.40	1.00	0.00	2
5	Aryanna Alba (Jr)	0.50	1.00	2.00	0.00	4
10	Emily Ham (Jr)	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.00	1
11	Olivia Gonzalez (Fr)	0.33	1.00	3.00	0.00	0
21	D. Villanueva (Jr)	0.00	0.33	0.50	0.00	0
30	Miller Richey (Jr)	0.14	0.43	1.50	0.50	2

Vela

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Defl
	Team Totals	0.31	1.00	1.46	13
1	Gg Betancourt (Sr)	0.50	1.00	2.00	2
2	Madison Cantu (Jr)	0.00	0.33	2.00	1
3	Savanah Rivera (So)	0.00	3.00	3.00	2
5	Kayna Dupree (Jr)	0.00	2.00	1.00	2
10	Aurora Guzman (So)	1.00	2.00	2.00	1
11	Renee Cruz (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
12	Gena Benavidez (Fr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	1
13	Ava Tovar (Sr)	0.67	0.33	1.00	0
14	Jada Alfaro (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
15	Haylee Cisneros (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0
20	Gabby Jaramillo (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.33	1

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Vela's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Texas High School Basketball - Vela fells McAllen

January 24, 2025: Edinburg, TX 78539

The Vela Sabercats basketball team scored 44 points and limited the visiting McAllen Bulldogs to 27 in the Sabercats league triumph on Friday.

The Sabercats now have a 23-8 record. They play next when they travel to Sharyland for a 5A Region IV District 31 game on Tuesday, January 28. Vela will confront a Rattlers team coming off a 44-26 league loss to Pioneer (Mission, TX). The Rattlers record now stands at 18-12.

With the loss, McAllen falls to 17-15 on the campaign. The Bulldogs host Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial (Alamo, TX) to confront the Wolverines in a 5A Region IV District 31 game on Tuesday, January 28. The Wolverines go into the game with a record of 1-17. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial lost 60-16 in their recent league game against McAllen Memorial (McAllen, TX)

McAllen @ Vela Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 24, 2025 @ 6p

The Vela (Edinburg, TX) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against McAllen (TX) by a score of 44-27.

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Rankings & Records

McAllen (24-25)

TX	Section	State Div.
714	304	146

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
18-17	5-11	7-6	3-8	8-3	.514	.312	1,449	1,321

Vela (24-25)

TX	Section	State Div.
380	168	89

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
26-11	11-5	9-5	12-4	5-2	.703	.688	2,072	1,358

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
McAllen	12.3	10.6	11.1	9.8	-	41.4
Vela	15.4	14.6	12.4	12.4	11.0	56.0

Head-to-Head

Vela won on 12/20/2024

12/20 @ 4p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Vela - - - - 60
McAllen - - - - 31

The Vela (Edinburg, TX) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against McAllen (TX) by a score of 60-31.
Box score
Vela won on 1/24/2025

1/24 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

McAllen - - - - 27
Vela - - - - 44

The McAllen (TX) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Vela (Edinburg, TX) by a score of 44-27.
Box score

12/20 @ 4p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Vela	-	-	-	-	60
McAllen	-	-	-	-	31

Team Stat Comparison

McAllen		Vela
41.3	Points Per Game	56.5
32.0	Rebounds Per Game	34.0
8.9	Assists Per Game	10.3
14.7	Steals Per Game	15.5
2.4	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

McAllen		Vela	National Avg.
#30 Miller Richey9.0	Points Per Game	#1 Gg Betancourt15.5	4.1
#30 Miller Richey11.5	Rebounds Per Game	#13 Ava Tovar7.2	2.8
#10 Emily Ham2.0	Assists Per Game	#1 Gg Betancourt2.6	0.9
#12 Dariana Luna3.1	Steals Per Game	#2 Madison Cantu3.0	1.1
#30 Miller Richey1.5	Blocks Per Game	#3 Savanah Rivera1.1	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
McAllen	8-9		Vela	13-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/7/24	Tuloso-Midway	McAllen	(W) 39-38	11/9/24	Vela	Tuloso-Midway	(W) 70-29
				11/23/24	Vela	Tuloso-Midway	(W) 53-32
11/8/24	Donna	McAllen	(W) 25-24	11/26/24	Vela	Donna	(W) 88-29
11/15/24	Miller	McAllen	(W) 50-30	11/22/24	Miller	Vela	(W) 51-36
12/6/24	McAllen	Sharyland	(L) 41-40	12/28/24	Sharyland	Vela	(L) 63-59
1/10/25	Sharyland	McAllen	(W) 45-42	1/28/25	Vela	Sharyland	(L) 44-35
12/10/24	McAllen	Rowe	(L) 49-31	12/31/24	Vela	Rowe	(W) 51-49
1/14/25	Rowe	McAllen	(L) 55-39	1/31/25	Rowe	Vela	(L) 46-43
12/13/24	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest	McAllen	(W) 69-7	1/3/25	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest	Vela	(W) 80-21
1/17/25	McAllen	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest	(W) 46-21	2/4/25	Vela	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest	(W) 82-15
12/17/24	McAllen	Pioneer	(L) 54-28	12/3/24	Vela	Pioneer	(W) 48-40
1/20/25	Pioneer	McAllen	(L) 48-24	1/7/25	Pioneer	Vela	(L) 52-40
12/28/24	McAllen	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial	(W) 59-19	12/10/24	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial	Vela	(W) 91-11
1/28/25	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial	McAllen	(W) 48-18	1/14/25	Vela	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial	(W) 83-13
12/31/24	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North	McAllen	(L) 58-35	11/9/24	Vela	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North	(L) 47-40
1/31/25	McAllen	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North	(L) 52-47	11/16/24	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North	Vela	(L) 41-37
				12/13/24	Vela	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North	(L) 42-33
				1/17/25	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North	Vela	(W) 66-54
1/3/25	McAllen	McAllen Memorial	(L) 39-30	12/17/24	McAllen Memorial	Vela	(W) 57-52
2/4/25	McAllen Memorial	McAllen	(L) 47-35	1/21/25	Vela	McAllen Memorial	(W) 48-42

Record Breakdown

McAllen (24-25)		Vela (24-25)
18-17	Overall	26-11
5-11	League	11-5
2-2	Non-League	5-1
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
8-9	Common Opponent	13-7
7-6	Home	9-5
3-8	Away	12-4
8-3	Neutral	5-2
0-0	Playoff	2-1
18-17	In-State	26-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0