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Dove Creek Nucla

Bulldogs

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The Nucla (CO) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Dove Creek (CO) by a score of 66-47.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Dove Creek	8	9	19	11	47
Nucla	17	15	18	16	66

Final score provided by K. Arnold.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Dove Creek (23-24)

Nucla (23-24)

Dove Creek

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	47	16	55	29	33
1	Aiden Chadd (Sr)	1	0	3	0	0
3	Liam Hassell (Jr)	15	6	16	38	41
4	Nicholas Aragon (So)	6	2	6	33	50
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	4	1	3	33	33
14	Josh Kibel (So)	6	2	7	29	29
15	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	15	5	18	28	31
25	Trevan Ivie (So)	0	0	2	0	0

Nucla

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	66	24	46	52	64
0	Owen Dinsmore (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
1	Daniel Zunich (Fr)	1	0	1	0	0
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	13	5	11	45	50
10	Hemmy O'Brien (Sr)	4	1	3	33	33
11	Brycen Rummel (So)	25	9	14	64	89
14	Slade Gillen (Jr)	19	7	11	64	77
21	Joseph Casillas (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33

Dove Creek

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	47	4	23	17	11	18	61	12	32	38
1	Aiden Chadd (Sr)	1	0	1	0	1	2	50	0	2	0
3	Liam Hassell (Jr)	15	1	8	13	2	4	50	5	8	63
4	Nicholas Aragon (So)	6	2	2	100	0	0	0	0	4	0
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	4	0	0	0	2	2	100	1	3	33
14	Josh Kibel (So)	6	0	2	0	2	4	50	2	5	40
15	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	15	1	10	10	4	6	67	4	8	50
25	Trevan Ivie (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Nucla

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	66	11	24	46	7	11	64	13	22	59
0	Owen Dinsmore (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
1	Daniel Zunich (Fr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	1	0
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	13	1	5	20	2	2	100	4	6	67
10	Hemmy O'Brien (Sr)	4	0	1	0	2	3	67	1	2	50
11	Brycen Rummel (So)	25	7	11	64	0	0	0	2	3	67
14	Slade Gillen (Jr)	19	3	5	60	2	4	50	4	6	67
21	Joseph Casillas (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33

Dove Creek

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	47	17	13	30	8	12	1	16	12
1	Aiden Chadd (Sr)	1	2	4	6	0	1	0	2	1
3	Liam Hassell (Jr)	15	2	5	7	0	2	0	3	1
4	Nicholas Aragon (So)	6	2	0	2	1	2	0	2	1
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	4	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	3
14	Josh Kibel (So)	6	3	1	4	0	2	0	2	1
15	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	15	7	2	9	7	1	1	4	3
25	Trevan Ivie (So)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2

Nucla

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	66	9	21	30	21	7	2	17
0	Owen Dinsmore (Sr)	2	2	1	3	3	2	0	3
1	Daniel Zunich (Fr)	1	1	2	3	5	0	0	2
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	13	2	4	6	3	3	0	3
3	Josh Platt (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
10	Hemmy O'Brien (Sr)	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
11	Brycen Rummel (So)	25	0	5	5	6	2	0	0
14	Slade Gillen (Jr)	19	2	7	9	1	0	2	5
21	Joseph Casillas (Sr)	2	1	2	3	2	0	0	1

Dove Creek

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	0.50	0.75	1.00	0.08	1
1	Aiden Chadd (Sr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	0.00	0
3	Liam Hassell (Jr)	0.00	0.67	2.00	0.00	0
4	Nicholas Aragon (So)	0.50	1.00	2.00	0.00	0
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	0.00	2.00	1.33	0.00	0
14	Josh Kibel (So)	0.00	1.00	2.00	0.00	0
15	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	1.75	0.25	0.33	0.33	0
25	Trevan Ivie (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

Nucla

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.24	0.41
0	Owen Dinsmore (Sr)	1.00	0.67
1	Daniel Zunich (Fr)	2.50	0.00
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	1.00	1.00
10	Hemmy O'Brien (Sr)	0.33	0.00
11	Brycen Rummel (So)	6.00	2.00
14	Slade Gillen (Jr)	0.20	0.00
21	Joseph Casillas (Sr)	2.00	0.00

Game Story

Colorado High School Basketball - Nucla fells Dove Creek

February 16, 2024: Nucla, CO 81424

Nucla Mustangs (Nucla, CO) backers were in high spirits Friday as they witnessed their basketball squad thwart the visiting Dove Creek Bulldogs (Dove Creek, CO), 66-47 in a league bout.

With the win, Nucla upgrades its record to 12-7 on the season.

Rankings & Records

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	1,047

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

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Dove Creek	7.7	8.2	10.7	9.5	7.0	9.0	36.0
Nucla	13.2	13.4	14.7	13.3	8.0	-	55.0

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

1/11 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Nucla	15	10	10	16	51
Dove Creek	6	7	12	17	42

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

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

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

Common Opponents

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

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

Record Breakdown

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