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Princeton CORE Butte

Eagles

Lynx

The CORE Butte (Chico, CA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Princeton (CA) by a score of 43-36.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Princeton	-	-	-	-	36
CORE Butte	-	-	-	-	43

Final score provided by R. Dillard.

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Game Stats

CORE Butte (24-25)

Princeton

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	36	15	46	33	35
0	A. Woodworth (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
2	Jenna Silva (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
11	Starlin Smith (Jr)	3	1	1	100	150
21	Mackenzie Wills (Sr)	14	6	19	32	32
23	G. Espinoza (Jr)	5	2	13	15	19
25	Sissy Winn (Jr)	14	6	10	60	60

CORE Butte

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	43
2	Ashlynn Hayes (Jr)	2
5	Lali Gonzalez (Sr)	21
11	Bella Hazelton (Jr)	1
21	Brianna Hayes (Jr)	15
22	Polly Hansen (Fr)	4

Princeton

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	36	2	10	20	4	12	33	13	36	36
0	A. Woodworth (Jr)	0							0	1	0
2	Jenna Silva (Jr)	0	0	2	0
11	Starlin Smith (Jr)	3	1	1	100
21	Mackenzie Wills (Sr)	14	0	4	0	2	4	50	6	15	40
23	G. Espinoza (Jr)	5	1	3	33				1	10	10
25	Sissy Winn (Jr)	14				2	8	25	6	10	60

CORE Butte

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	43
2	Ashlynn Hayes (Jr)	2
5	Lali Gonzalez (Sr)	21
11	Bella Hazelton (Jr)	1
21	Brianna Hayes (Jr)	15
22	Polly Hansen (Fr)	4

Princeton

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	36	4	21	25	3	8	2
0	A. Woodworth (Jr)	0	2	3	5
2	Jenna Silva (Jr)	0		1	1	1
11	Starlin Smith (Jr)	3					4
15	Jackie Kent (Jr)			2	2
21	Mackenzie Wills (Sr)	14	1	5	6		2
23	G. Espinoza (Jr)	5		5	5	2	2	1
25	Sissy Winn (Jr)	14	1	5	6			1

CORE Butte

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	43
2	Ashlynn Hayes (Jr)	2
5	Lali Gonzalez (Sr)	21
11	Bella Hazelton (Jr)	1
21	Brianna Hayes (Jr)	15
22	Polly Hansen (Fr)	4

Game Story

California High School Basketball - CORE Butte holds off Princeton

January 16, 2025: Chico, CA 95928

The CORE Butte Lynx basketball team scored 43 points and limited the visiting Princeton Eagles to 36 in the Lynx non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Lynx now have a 2-6 record. They play next when they travel to Chester for a Five Star game on Friday, January 17. CORE Butte will confront a Volcanoes team coming off a 40-29 non-league win over Portola (Portola, CA). The Volcanoes record now stands at 10-4.

With the loss, Princeton falls to 7-7 on the campaign. The Eagles host Chester (Chester, CA) to confront the Volcanoes in a non-league game on Wednesday, January 22. The Volcanoes go into the game with a record of 10-4.

Players of the Game

Princeton (24-25)

Princeton has not selected any Players of the Game.

CORE Butte (24-25)

Congratulations to #5 Lali Gonzalez for being selected the CORE Butte Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Princeton @ CORE Butte Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 16, 2025 @ 5:30p

The CORE Butte (Chico, CA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Princeton (CA) by a score of 43-36.

Rankings & Records

Princeton (24-25)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
1,063	40	31	4

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
12-10	6-2	5-3	6-3	1-4	.545	.750	857	749

CORE Butte (24-25)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
1,181	46	91	9

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
4-13	0-8	1-4	3-7	0-2	.235	.000	514	755

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Princeton	6.8	4.8	8.0	8.8	39.0
CORE Butte	8.4	7.8	11.0	10.0	30.2

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Head-to-Head

CORE Butte won on 12/3/2024

12/3 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

CORE Butte - - - - 48
Princeton - - - - 45

The CORE Butte (Chico, CA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against Princeton (CA) by a score of 48-45.
Box score
CORE Butte won on 1/16/2025

1/16 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Princeton - - - - 36
CORE Butte - - - - 43

The Princeton (CA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against CORE Butte (Chico, CA) by a score of 43-36.
Box score

12/3 @ 5:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
CORE Butte	-	-	-	-	48
Princeton	-	-	-	-	45

Team Stat Comparison

Princeton		CORE Butte
37.5	Points Per Game	30.1
24.3	Rebounds Per Game	-
5.3	Assists Per Game	-
15.6	Steals Per Game	-
2.1	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Princeton		CORE Butte	National Avg.
#1 Jada Dillard20.3	Points Per Game	#21 Brianna Hayes10.8	4.1
#21 Mackenzie Wills6.0	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
#23 Guadalupe Espinoza1.9	Assists Per Game	-	0.9
#21 Mackenzie Wills3.6	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#23 Guadalupe Espinoza1.0	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Princeton	5-4		CORE Butte	2-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/24	Princeton	Paradise	(W) 32-22	12/17/24	CORE Butte	Paradise	(L) 34-15
12/10/24	Plumas Charter	Princeton	(W) 29-19	2/12/25	CORE Butte	Plumas Charter	(W) 38-34
1/15/25	Princeton	Plumas Charter	(L) 35-31
12/19/24	Los Molinos	Princeton	(L) 36-24	1/14/25	CORE Butte	Los Molinos	(L) 40-36
				1/31/25	Los Molinos	CORE Butte	(L) 45-28
1/6/25	Princeton	Chester	(L) 49-31	1/17/25	CORE Butte	Chester	(L) 38-18
1/22/25	Chester	Princeton	(L) 41-30	2/4/25	Chester	CORE Butte	(L) 42-32
1/9/25	Paradise Adventist Academy	Princeton	(W) 22-9	1/29/25	CORE Butte	Paradise Adventist Academy	(W) 52-28
1/28/25	Princeton	Paradise Adventist Academy	(W) 58-27
2/3/25	Princeton	Paradise Adventist Academy	(W) 52-23

Record Breakdown

Princeton (24-25)		CORE Butte (24-25)
12-10	Overall	4-13
6-2	League	0-8
5-4	Non-League	4-2
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
5-4	Common Opponent	2-5
5-3	Home	1-4
6-3	Away	3-7
1-4	Neutral	0-2
1-1	Playoff	0-0
12-10	In-State	4-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0