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McFarland Taft

Cougars

Wildcats

The Taft (CA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against McFarland (CA) by a score of 75-65.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McFarland	-	-	-	-	65
Taft	-	-	-	-	75

Final score provided by J. Murillo.

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Game Stats

McFarland (23-24)

McFarland has not entered stats for this game.

Taft (23-24)

Taft

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	75	30	59	51	53
11	Tristen Wade (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Nick Andrade (So)	3	0	3	0	0
13	Chase Phillips (Sr)	10	4	8	50	50
15	Josh Cundiff (Sr)	11	5	9	56	56
20	David Magana (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
21	Ernie Laulu (Sr)	17	7	13	54	65
22	Blaine Neudorf (Sr)	32	13	20	65	65
23	Carver Johns (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0

Taft

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	75	3	8	38	12	18	67	27	51	53
11	Tristen Wade (Jr)	0	0	1	0
12	Nick Andrade (So)	3	0	2	0	3	4	75	0	1	0
13	Chase Phillips (Sr)	10				2	2	100	4	8	50
15	Josh Cundiff (Sr)	11				1	2	50	5	9	56
20	David Magana (Jr)	2	0	1	0				1	3	33
21	Ernie Laulu (Sr)	17	3	4	75				4	9	44
22	Blaine Neudorf (Sr)	32				6	8	75	13	20	65
23	Carver Johns (Jr)	0				0	2	0	0	1	0

Taft

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	75	10	34	44	15	9	11
12	Nick Andrade (So)	3				1	3
13	Chase Phillips (Sr)	10	2	12	14	6	3	8
15	Josh Cundiff (Sr)	11		2	2	3
20	David Magana (Jr)	2	2	4	6	1
21	Ernie Laulu (Sr)	17	3	9	12	2	2	1
22	Blaine Neudorf (Sr)	32	2	6	8	1		2
23	Carver Johns (Jr)	0	1	1	2	1	1

Game Story

California High School Basketball - McFarland succumbs to Taft

January 30, 2024: Taft, CA 93268

The Taft Wildcats topped the visiting McFarland Cougars basketball team by a final score of 75-65 in Tuesday's league game.

In their next game, the Wildcats face the Chavez Titans (Delano, CA) in a South Sequoia game, on Thursday, February 1. Taft will attempt to move on its 16-9 season record. The Titans enter the game with a 10-16 record after their 58-50 league win over Wasco (Wasco, CA).

With the defeat, McFarland moves to 20-7 on the year. The Cougars travel to Kennedy (Delano, CA) to face the Thunderbirds in a South Sequoia game on Thursday, February 1. The Thunderbirds enter the game with a record of 7-18. Kennedy won 61-30 in their recent league game against Wasco (Wasco, CA)

Players of the Game

McFarland (23-24)

McFarland has not selected any Players of the Game.

Taft (23-24)

Congratulations to #13 Chase Phillips for being selected the Taft Basketball Player of the Game.

McFarland @ Taft Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 30, 2024 @ 6:30p

The Taft (CA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against McFarland (CA) by a score of 75-65.

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Rankings & Records

McFarland (23-24)

CA	Section
553	36

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
23-8	11-1	9-1	12-4	2-3	.742	.917	2,192	1,771

Taft (23-24)

CA	Section
686	50

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
20-11	10-2	9-1	5-5	6-5	.645	.833	1,836	1,632

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McFarland	21.7	19.3	16.7	20.0	70.7
Taft	14.8	10.8	10.8	13.8	59.2

Head-to-Head

McFarland won on 1/10/2024

1/10 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Taft - - - - 68
McFarland - - - - 82

The Taft (CA) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against McFarland (CA) by a score of 82-68.
Box score
Taft won on 1/30/2024

1/30 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

McFarland - - - - 65
Taft - - - - 75

The McFarland (CA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Taft (CA) by a score of 75-65.
Box score

1/10 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Taft	-	-	-	-	68
McFarland	-	-	-	-	82

Team Stat Comparison

McFarland		Taft
1.7	Points Per Game	59.2
1.5	Rebounds Per Game	38.9
0.3	Assists Per Game	14.2
0.5	Steals Per Game	7.7
0.1	Blocks Per Game	4.7

Team Leaders

McFarland		Taft	National Avg.
#21 Joey Miranda17.0	Points Per Game	#22 Blaine Neudorf22.2	4.9
#55 Ulises Molina12.0	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Blaine Neudorf11.2	2.6
#5 Malachi Davis6.0	Assists Per Game	#13 Chase Phillips4.0	1.0
#5 Malachi Davis7.0	Steals Per Game	#21 Ernie Laulu1.9	0.8
#21 Joey Miranda1.0	Blocks Per Game	#13 Chase Phillips2.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
McFarland	10-0		Taft	11-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/3/24	McFarland	Wasco	(W) 83-41	12/9/23	Wasco	Taft	(W) 71-42
1/22/24	Wasco	McFarland	(W) 83-40	1/16/24	Wasco	Taft	(W) 66-27
				2/6/24	Taft	Wasco	(W) 69-58
1/5/24	Chavez	McFarland	(W) 92-58	1/12/24	Chavez	Taft	(W) 68-61
1/24/24	McFarland	Chavez	(W) 65-60	2/1/24	Taft	Chavez	(L) 60-54
1/8/24	McFarland	Shafter	(W) 74-64	1/4/24	Taft	Shafter	(W) 73-44
1/26/24	Shafter	McFarland	(W) 65-47	1/24/24	Shafter	Taft	(W) 53-29
1/12/24	Kennedy	McFarland	(W) 63-55	1/2/24	Kennedy	Taft	(W) 67-46
2/1/24	McFarland	Kennedy	(W) 81-52	1/22/24	Taft	Kennedy	(W) 54-47
1/16/24	McFarland	Delano	(W) 43-37	1/18/24	Taft	Delano	(W) 76-70
2/6/24	Delano	McFarland	(W) 71-67	2/8/24	Delano	Taft	(W) 56-45
				2/15/24	Delano	Taft	(W) 51-46

Record Breakdown

McFarland (23-24)		Taft (23-24)
23-8	Overall	20-11
11-1	League	10-2
4-1	Non-League	2-2
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
10-0	Common Opponent	11-1
9-1	Home	9-1
12-4	Away	5-5
2-3	Neutral	6-5
1-1	Playoff	2-1
23-8	In-State	20-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0