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The Needles (CA) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home conference game against Founders Classical Academy (Las Vegas, NV) by a score of 73-32.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
FCA	5	14	7	6	32
Needles	23	23	21	6	73

Final score provided by T. Russell.

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Game Stats

Founders Classical Academy (24-25)

Needles (24-25)

Founders Classical Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	32
2	Caleb Rider (So)	4
4	Rylan Gonzales (Jr)	2
10	Adam Bruning (Sr)	13
42	Evan Bruning (Sr)	13

Needles

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	159	73	28	62	45	56
0	darrell russell (Jr)	16	18	7	13	54	65
2	Luke Mills (Jr)	23	17	6	12	50	71
5	Connor Goulet (Jr)	17	3	1	7	14	21
10	Michael Burns (Jr)	16	0	0	3	0	0
11	Holden Jones (Sr)	15	18	6	8	75	100
12	Paxton Murch (Sr)	19	0	0	4	0	0
13	Luca Walema (Sr)	19	7	3	5	60	70
22	Dylan Castillo (Jr)	8	0	0	0
33	Jayden Valdez (Jr)	14	4	2	6	33	33
44	Avery Harvey (Jr)	12	6	3	4	75	75

Founders Classical Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	32
2	Caleb Rider (So)	4
4	Rylan Gonzales (Jr)	2
10	Adam Bruning (Sr)	13
42	Evan Bruning (Sr)	13

Needles

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	159	73	14	29	48	3	6	50	14	33	42
0	darrell russell (Jr)	16	18	3	7	43	1	2	50	4	6	67
2	Luke Mills (Jr)	23	17	5	10	50				1	2	50
5	Connor Goulet (Jr)	17	3	1	2	50				0	5	0
10	Michael Burns (Jr)	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11	Holden Jones (Sr)	15	18	4	6	67	2	2	100	2	2	100
12	Paxton Murch (Sr)	19	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	Luca Walema (Sr)	19	7	1	1	100	0	2	0	2	4	50
22	Dylan Castillo (Jr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Jayden Valdez (Jr)	14	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
44	Avery Harvey (Jr)	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	75

Founders Classical Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	32
2	Caleb Rider (So)	4
4	Rylan Gonzales (Jr)	2
10	Adam Bruning (Sr)	13
42	Evan Bruning (Sr)	13

Needles

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	159	73	8	20	28	23	19	1	9
0	darrell russell (Jr)	16	18	2	6	8	6	6		3
2	Luke Mills (Jr)	23	17		2	2	6	4		2
5	Connor Goulet (Jr)	17	3		1	1	2	1		1
10	Michael Burns (Jr)	16	0	3	1	4	4			1
11	Holden Jones (Sr)	15	18	1	0	1	1	1		1
12	Paxton Murch (Sr)	19	0	0	1	1	1	3
13	Luca Walema (Sr)	19	7	1	3	4	1	2	1	1
22	Dylan Castillo (Jr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Jayden Valdez (Jr)	14	4	1		1
44	Avery Harvey (Jr)	12	6	0	6	6	2	2

Misc Totals

Founders Classical Academy has not entered any misc totals stats.

Needles

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	2.56	2.11
0	darrell russell (Jr)	2.00	2.00
2	Luke Mills (Jr)	3.00	2.00
5	Connor Goulet (Jr)	2.00	1.00
10	Michael Burns (Jr)	4.00
11	Holden Jones (Sr)	1.00	1.00
13	Luca Walema (Sr)	1.00	2.00

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Needles overwhelms Founders Classical Academy

February 1, 2025: Needles, CA 92363

The Needles Mustangs basketball team scored 73 points and limited the visiting Founders Classical Academy Centurions to 32 in the Mustangs league triumph on Saturday.

The Mustangs now have a 25-0 record. They play next when they host Laughlin for a 2A Southern game on Tuesday, February 4. Needles will confront a Cougars team coming off a 60-49 league loss to Awaken Christian (Las Vegas, NV). The Cougars record now stands at 5-10.

With the loss, Founders Classical Academy falls to 18-4 on the campaign. The Centurions travel to GV Christian (Henderson, NV) to confront the Guardians in a 2A Southern game on Tuesday, February 4. The Guardians go into the game with a record of 9-14. GV Christian won 48-44 in their recent league game against White Pine (Ely, NV)

Players of the Game

Founders Classical Academy (24-25)

Founders Classical Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Needles (24-25)

Congratulations to #11 Holden Jones for being selected the Needles Basketball Player of the Game.

FCA @ Needles Basketball Game Info

Sat., Feb. 1, 2025 @ 3p

The Needles (CA) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home conference game against Founders Classical Academy (Las Vegas, NV) by a score of 73-32.

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Rankings & Records

Founders Classical Academy (24-25)

NV	Section	Div.
55	55	7

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
20-6	11-5	9-2	6-3	5-1	.769	.688	1,204	939

Needles (24-25)

CA	Section	State Div.
19	19	2

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
31-1	16-0	10-1	10-0	11-0	.969	1.000	2,484	1,393

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Founders Classical Academy	9.0	10.5	7.5	7.5	46.3
Needles	21.7	20.3	21.0	15.0	77.6

Head-to-Head

Needles won on 12/3/2024

12/3 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Needles 27 18 19 11 75
FCA 7 9 3 2 21

The Needles (CA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Founders Classical Academy (Las Vegas, NV) by a score of 75-21.
Box score
Needles won on 2/1/2025

2/1 @ 3p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

FCA 5 14 7 6 32
Needles 23 23 21 6 73

The Founders Classical Academy (Las Vegas, NV) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's away conference game against Needles (CA) by a score of 73-32.
Box score

12/3 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Needles	27	18	19	11	75
FCA	7	9	3	2	21

Team Stat Comparison

Founders Classical Academy		Needles
47.5	Points Per Game	75.5
3.8	Rebounds Per Game	30.1
-	Assists Per Game	17.7
-	Steals Per Game	13.3
-	Blocks Per Game	3.7

Team Leaders

Founders Classical Academy		Needles	National Avg.
#10 Adam Bruning12.5	Points Per Game	#2 Luke Mills18.9	4.9
#10 Adam Bruning2.4	Rebounds Per Game	#0 darrell russell6.7	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#2 Luke Mills3.9	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#0 darrell russell2.8	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#13 Luca Walema1.7	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Founders Classical Academy	11-4		Needles	16-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Adelson	Founders Classical Academy	(W) 49-33	12/10/24	Adelson	Needles	(W) 95-25
1/14/25	Founders Classical Academy	Adelson	(W) 53-38	1/21/25	Needles	Adelson	(W) 90-25
12/6/24	Founders Classical Academy	Lake Mead Christian Academy	(W) 56-14	1/10/25	Needles	Lake Mead Christian Academy	(W) 87-41
1/28/25	Lake Mead Christian Academy	Founders Classical Academy	(W) 56-27	2/7/25	Lake Mead Christian Academy	Needles	(W) 94-37
1/7/25	Awaken Christian	Founders Classical Academy	(W) 59-29	1/14/25	Awaken Christian	Needles	(W) 76-22
1/23/25	Founders Classical Academy	Awaken Christian	(W) 54-40	1/31/25	Needles	Awaken Christian	(W) 61-42
1/10/25	Founders Classical Academy	Lincoln County	(L) 59-28	12/14/24	Needles	Lincoln County	(W) 74-38
2/7/25	Lincoln County	Founders Classical Academy	(W) 50-44	1/18/25	Lincoln County	Needles	(W) 73-55
				2/15/25	Needles	Lincoln County	(W) 88-41
1/11/25	Founders Classical Academy	White Pine	(L) 50-42	12/13/24	Needles	White Pine	(W) 67-36
2/8/25	White Pine	Founders Classical Academy	(L) 40-37	1/17/25	White Pine	Needles	(W) 77-24
1/15/25	GV Christian	Founders Classical Academy	(W) 50-47	1/28/25	Needles	GV Christian	(W) 87-58
2/4/25	Founders Classical Academy	GV Christian	(W) 52-43	2/8/25	GV Christian	Needles	(W) 83-38
2/13/25	GV Christian	Founders Classical Academy	(L) 49-27	2/14/25	GV Christian	Needles	(W) 66-59
1/25/25	Founders Classical Academy	Laughlin	(W) 44-40	1/7/25	Needles	Laughlin	(W) 78-35
1/31/25	Laughlin	Founders Classical Academy	(W) 53-45	2/4/25	Laughlin	Needles	(W) 85-38

Record Breakdown

Founders Classical Academy (24-25)		Needles (24-25)
20-6	Overall	31-1
11-5	League	16-0
4-0	Non-League	3-0
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
11-4	Common Opponent	16-0
9-2	Home	10-1
6-3	Away	10-0
5-1	Neutral	11-0
0-1	Playoff	3-1
19-4	In-State	1-0
1-2	Out-of-State	29-1