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Highland Cibola

Hornets

Cougars

The Cibola (Albuquerque, NM) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home tournament game against Highland (Albuquerque, NM) by a score of 51-47.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland	-	-	-	-	51
Cibola	-	-	-	-	47

Final score provided by J. Barnhill.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Highland (24-25)

Highland

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	158	51	16	39	41	47
2	Makiaya Ortiz (Jr)	20	6	2	4	50	63
3	Makayla Lovato (Sr)	10	0	0	1	0	0
4	Ava Cordova (Sr)	28	14	5	9	56	67
5	Alenah Cordova (Fr)	7	0	0	3	0	0
10	Rubi Cruz (Sr)	6	3	0	1	0	0
11	Jasonay Owens (So)	3	0	0	1	0	0
20	J. Rodriguez (Sr)	2	1
23	Breanna Payton (Sr)	26	13	4	7	57	71
25	Rebecca Neal (Jr)	26	12	4	8	50	50
33	N. Rodriguez (So)	30	2	1	5	20	20

Highland

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	158	51	5	12	42	14	18	78	11	27	41
2	Makiaya Ortiz (Jr)	20	6	1	2	50	1	2	50	1	2	50
3	Makayla Lovato (Sr)	10	0							0	1	0
4	Ava Cordova (Sr)	28	14	2	4	50	2	2	100	3	5	60
5	Alenah Cordova (Fr)	7	0							0	3	0
10	Rubi Cruz (Sr)	6	3				3	4	75	0	1	0
11	Jasonay Owens (So)	3	0							0	1	0
20	J. Rodriguez (Sr)	2	1				1	2	50
23	Breanna Payton (Sr)	26	13	2	5	40	3	3	100	2	2	100
25	Rebecca Neal (Jr)	26	12				4	5	80	4	8	50
33	N. Rodriguez (So)	30	2	0	1	0				1	4	25

Highland

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	158	51	9	18	27	10	3	4	28	24
2	Makiaya Ortiz (Jr)	20	6		2	2	1			6	5
3	Makayla Lovato (Sr)	10	0		1	1	1			4	1
4	Ava Cordova (Sr)	28	14		2	2	1	1		9	5
5	Alenah Cordova (Fr)	7	0	3		3	1
10	Rubi Cruz (Sr)	6	3								2
11	Jasonay Owens (So)	3	0		2	2				1
20	J. Rodriguez (Sr)	2	1
23	Breanna Payton (Sr)	26	13		4	4	3			4	2
25	Rebecca Neal (Jr)	26	12	2	3	5	3	2	2	4	5
33	N. Rodriguez (So)	30	2	4	4	8			2		4

Highland

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.36	0.11	0.13	0.17	14	1
2	Makiaya Ortiz (Jr)	0.17				1
3	Makayla Lovato (Sr)	0.25				2
4	Ava Cordova (Sr)	0.11	0.11	0.20			1
5	Alenah Cordova (Fr)					1
11	Jasonay Owens (So)					1
23	Breanna Payton (Sr)	0.75				5
25	Rebecca Neal (Jr)	0.75	0.50	0.40	0.40	2
33	N. Rodriguez (So)				0.50	2

Cibola (24-25)

Cibola has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

New Mexico High School Basketball - Highland sneaks past Cibola

January 11, 2025: Albuquerque, NM 87114

The Highland Hornets (Albuquerque, NM) basketball edged the host Cibola Cougars (Albuquerque, NM), 51-47 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Hornets now possess a 7-7 record. They play next when they host Bernalillo for a non-league bout on Wednesday, January 15. Highland will play a Spartans team coming off a 53-45 non-league win over Taos (Taos, NM). The Spartans record now stands at 8-8.

With the loss, Cibola falls to 7-6 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Valley (Albuquerque, NM) to play the Vikings in a non-league bout on Thursday, January 16. The Vikings go into the bout with a record of 2-7. Valley lost 66-17 in their recent non-league bout against Robertson (Las Vegas, NM)

Players of the Game

Highland (24-25)

Congratulations to #4 Ava Cordova for being selected the Highland Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Cibola (24-25)

Cibola has not selected any Players of the Game.

Highland @ Cibola Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 11, 2025 @ 1p

The Cibola (Albuquerque, NM) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home tournament game against Highland (Albuquerque, NM) by a score of 51-47.

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Rankings & Records

Highland (24-25)

NM	Class
51	16

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
14-15	3-5	10-4	4-8	0-3	.483	.375	1,328	1,299

Cibola (24-25)

NM	Class
65	22

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-18	0-11	3-7	5-9	1-2	.333	.000	1,102	1,307

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland	10.3	10.8	13.0	9.8	45.8
Cibola	7.7	9.6	8.6	9.1	40.8

Head-to-Head

Cibola won on 12/9/2024

12/9 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Highland - - - - 42
Cibola - - - - 46

The Highland (Albuquerque, NM) varsity basketball team lost Monday's away non-conference game against Cibola (Albuquerque, NM) by a score of 46-42.
Box score
Highland won on 1/11/2025

1/11 @ 1p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Highland - - - - 51
Cibola - - - - 47

The Highland (Albuquerque, NM) varsity basketball team won Saturday's away tournament game against Cibola (Albuquerque, NM) by a score of 51-47.
Box score

12/9 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland	-	-	-	-	42
Cibola	-	-	-	-	46

Team Stat Comparison

Highland		Cibola
45.8	Points Per Game	-
27.7	Rebounds Per Game	-
10.4	Assists Per Game	-
6.1	Steals Per Game	-
3.2	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Highland		Cibola	National Avg.
#25 Rebecca Neal10.6	Points Per Game	-	4.1
#25 Rebecca Neal8.7	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
#25 Rebecca Neal2.8	Assists Per Game	-	0.9
#25 Rebecca Neal1.9	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#25 Rebecca Neal1.9	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland	6-3		Cibola	2-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/12/24	Highland	Rio Rancho	(L) 71-31	1/29/25	Rio Rancho	Cibola	(L) 64-16
				2/13/25	Cibola	Rio Rancho	(L) 65-42
				2/24/25	Cibola	Rio Rancho	(L) 69-34
12/21/24	Highland	Piedra Vista	(L) 50-42	1/24/25	Cibola	Piedra Vista	(L) 61-42
				2/11/25	Piedra Vista	Cibola	(L) 57-53
1/3/25	Atrisco Heritage Academy	Highland	(W) 60-22	2/8/25	Atrisco Heritage Academy	Cibola	(W) 40-39
1/8/25	Del Norte	Highland	(W) 50-33	1/4/25	Cibola	Del Norte	(L) 42-37
1/22/25	Highland	Del Norte	(W) 46-39
1/10/25	West Mesa	Highland	(W) 44-37	12/21/24	Cibola	West Mesa	(L) 48-40
1/18/25	West Mesa	Highland	(L) 64-63
1/15/25	Bernalillo	Highland	(W) 55-43	1/2/25	Cibola	Bernalillo	(L) 48-45
1/17/25	Highland	Valley	(W) 61-18	1/16/25	Cibola	Valley	(W) 66-30

Record Breakdown

Highland (24-25)		Cibola (24-25)
14-15	Overall	9-18
3-6	League	0-11
7-2	Non-League	4-3
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
6-3	Common Opponent	2-8
10-4	Home	3-7
4-8	Away	5-9
0-3	Neutral	1-2
0-1	Playoff	0-0
14-15	In-State	9-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0