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Merino Yuma

Rams

Outlaws Y

The Yuma (CO) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Merino (CO) by a score of 62-55.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merino	22	13	10	17	62
Yuma	14	13	13	15	55

Final score provided by C. Debus.

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Game Stats

Yuma (23-24)

Merino

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	62	22	36	61	72
2	Kaden Piel (Sr)	5	1	3	33	33
4	D. Hernandez (Sr)	13	4	9	44	56
13	Tyler Miller (Sr)	18	6	10	60	85
15	Slayter Goss (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
21	Jaxson Samber (Sr)	24	10	11	91	95

Yuma

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	55	21	55	38	41
2	Alex Pensado (Fr)	1
3	Brody Sheffield (So)	23	8	20	40	45
4	J. Thomson (Jr)	15	6	13	46	46
5	Cesar Gamboa (Sr)	4	2	4	50	50
10	Edwin Munoz (Sr)	3	1	9	11	17
13	Cristian Duarte (Sr)	9	4	9	44	44

Merino

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	62	8	16	50	10	14	20	70
2	Kaden Piel (Sr)	5				3	1	3	33
4	D. Hernandez (Sr)	13	2	6	33	3	2	3	67
13	Tyler Miller (Sr)	18	5	9	56	1	1	1	100
15	Slayter Goss (Sr)	2					1	3	33
21	Jaxson Samber (Sr)	24	1	1	100	3	9	10	90

Yuma

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	55	3	19	16	10	18	56	18	36	50
2	Alex Pensado (Fr)	1				1	2	50
3	Brody Sheffield (So)	23	2	8	25	5	5	100	6	12	50
4	J. Thomson (Jr)	15				3	6	50	6	13	46
5	Cesar Gamboa (Sr)	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	67
10	Edwin Munoz (Sr)	3	1	9	11
13	Cristian Duarte (Sr)	9	0	1	0	1	3	33	4	8	50

Merino

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	62	3	28	31	20	4	1
1	Jace Curtis (So)		1		1
2	Kaden Piel (Sr)	5	1	4	5	11
4	D. Hernandez (Sr)	13	1	5	6	4	2
13	Tyler Miller (Sr)	18		6	6	2
15	Slayter Goss (Sr)	2		2	2	3	1
21	Jaxson Samber (Sr)	24		11	11		1	1

Yuma

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	55	7	14	21	9	13	1
2	Alex Pensado (Fr)	1		1	1		1
3	Brody Sheffield (So)	23		3	3	1	3
4	J. Thomson (Jr)	15	6	3	9	2	1	1
5	Cesar Gamboa (Sr)	4	1	1	2	1	2
10	Edwin Munoz (Sr)	3		5	5	2	4
13	Cristian Duarte (Sr)	9		1	1	3	2

Game Story

Colorado High School Basketball - Yuma tipped by Merino

February 9, 2024: Yuma, CO 80759

In Friday's league match, the visiting Merino Rams basketball team scored a tight 62-55 triumph over the Yuma Yuma.

In their next game, the Rams meet the Otis Bulldogs (Otis, CO) in a non-league match, on Tuesday, February 13. Merino will attempt to better on its 14-3 season record.

With the defeat, Yuma moves to 14-3 on the year. The Yuma travel to Caliche (Iliff, CO) to meet the Buffaloes in a 3A/2A Lower Platte match on Tuesday, February 13. The Buffaloes enter the match with a record of 5-12. Caliche lost 75-60 in their recent non-league match against Idalia (Idalia, CO)

Rankings & Records

Merino (23-24)

CO	Class
30	4

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
22-5	7-1	9-0	4-3	9-2	.815	.875	1,518	1,167

Yuma (23-24)

CO	Class
13	1

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
22-4	7-1	9-1	7-2	6-1	.846	.875	1,683	1,315

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Merino	16.3	12.0	13.5	13.6	-	56.2
Yuma	16.2	17.8	17.0	13.6	7.0	64.7

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Team Stat Comparison

Merino		Yuma
55.4	Points Per Game	64.7
29.1	Rebounds Per Game	29.0
14.1	Assists Per Game	11.2
9.5	Steals Per Game	12.3
2.4	Blocks Per Game	1.3

Team Leaders

Merino		Yuma	National Avg.
#13 Tyler Miller18.5	Points Per Game	#3 Brody Sheffield18.6	4.9
#2 Kaden Piel6.4	Rebounds Per Game	#4 Jonathan Thomson10.1	2.6
#2 Kaden Piel3.8	Assists Per Game	#3 Brody Sheffield3.3	1.0
#2 Kaden Piel2.1	Steals Per Game	#4 Jonathan Thomson2.3	0.8
#15 Slayter Goss0.9	Blocks Per Game	#4 Jonathan Thomson0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merino	11-1		Yuma	8-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/15/23	Merino	Akron	(W) 63-32	1/19/24	Yuma	Akron	(W) 64-41
2/2/24	Akron	Merino	(W) 35-24
2/23/24	Akron	Merino	(W) 51-46
12/16/23	Merino	Holyoke	(W) 57-53	1/12/24	Yuma	Holyoke	(W) 67-41
2/8/24	Merino	Holyoke	(L) 62-57
1/5/24	Merino	Wray	(W) 46-31	12/2/23	Wray	Yuma	(W) 70-65
2/24/24	Wray	Merino	(W) 47-44	1/26/24	Yuma	Wray	(W) 58-53
1/12/24	Merino	Wiggins	(W) 48-42	2/1/24	Wiggins	Yuma	(W) 79-48
1/19/24	Caliche	Merino	(W) 56-30	2/13/24	Yuma	Caliche	(W) 72-32
2/3/24	Sedgwick County	Merino	(W) 39-34	2/8/24	Sedgwick County	Yuma	(W) 67-56
2/16/24	Haxtun	Merino	(W) 77-36	1/16/24	Haxtun	Yuma	(W) 87-20
2/20/24	Haxtun	Merino	(W) 67-33

Record Breakdown

Merino (23-24)		Y Yuma (23-24)
22-5	Overall	22-4
7-1	League	7-1
7-2	Non-League	7-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
11-1	Common Opponent	8-0
9-0	Home	9-1
4-3	Away	7-2
9-2	Neutral	6-1
6-2	Playoff	6-1
22-5	In-State	21-4
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0