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West Mesa Highland

Mustangs

Hornets

The Highland (Albuquerque, NM) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against West Mesa (Albuquerque, NM) by a score of 64-63.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
West Mesa	-	-	-	-	64
Highland	-	-	-	-	63

Final score provided by M. Otero.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Highland (24-25)

West Mesa

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	64	18	43	42	47
3	Onyx Williams (Sr)	6	1	8	13	13
4	Alicia Charlie (Sr)	5	1	6	17	25
11	Alize Castillo (So)	6	2	3	67	67
23	Monique Sena (Sr)	26	7	12	58	63
30	Jaylin Varela (Jr)	8	3	5	60	80
32	Johnnay Edwards (Jr)	13	4	9	44	44

Highland

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	159	63	24	49	49	58
2	Makiaya Ortiz (Jr)	28	15	5	11	45	59
3	Makayla Lovato (Sr)	11
4	Ava Cordova (Sr)	30	18	6	17	35	47
5	Alenah Cordova (Fr)	3
10	Rubi Cruz (Sr)	7
14	Ilia Flores (Jr)	1
20	J. Rodriguez (Sr)	2	0	0	1	0	0
23	Breanna Payton (Sr)	26	13	5	8	63	75
25	Rebecca Neal (Jr)	25	7	3	6	50	50
33	N. Rodriguez (So)	26	10	5	6	83	83

West Mesa

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	64	4	12	33	24	32	75	14	31	45
3	Onyx Williams (Sr)	6	0	1	0	4	8	50	1	7	14
4	Alicia Charlie (Sr)	5	1	5	20	2	2	100	0	1	0
11	Alize Castillo (So)	6	0	0	0	2	2	100	2	3	67
23	Monique Sena (Sr)	26	1	2	50	11	12	92	6	10	60
30	Jaylin Varela (Jr)	8	2	4	50	0	0	0	1	1	100
32	Johnnay Edwards (Jr)	13	0	0	0	5	8	63	4	9	44

Highland

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	159	63	9	21	43	6	10	60	15	28	54
2	Makiaya Ortiz (Jr)	28	15	3	7	43	2	4	50	2	4	50
3	Makayla Lovato (Sr)	11
4	Ava Cordova (Sr)	30	18	4	9	44	2	2	100	2	8	25
5	Alenah Cordova (Fr)	3
10	Rubi Cruz (Sr)	7
14	Ilia Flores (Jr)	1
20	J. Rodriguez (Sr)	2	0	0	1	0
23	Breanna Payton (Sr)	26	13	2	4	50	1	1	100	3	4	75
25	Rebecca Neal (Jr)	25	7				1	2	50	3	6	50
33	N. Rodriguez (So)	26	10				0	1	0	5	6	83

West Mesa

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	64	9	11	20	10	14	1	17	15
3	Onyx Williams (Sr)	6	1	0	1	0	3	0	5	3
4	Alicia Charlie (Sr)	5	0	5	5	0	1	0	7	2
10	Jazmine Melo (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11	Alize Castillo (So)	6	3	2	5	0	1	0	2	3
21	Audrina Ortega (8th)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	Monique Sena (Sr)	26	0	0	0	8	6	0	1	2
30	Jaylin Varela (Jr)	8	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	2
32	Johnnay Edwards (Jr)	13	3	3	6	2	1	1	1	2

Highland

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	159	63	8	14	22	18	5	3	25	24
2	Makiaya Ortiz (Jr)	28	15	1	1	2	2	2		5	1
3	Makayla Lovato (Sr)	11		1		1					3
4	Ava Cordova (Sr)	30	18		1	1	6			6	4
5	Alenah Cordova (Fr)	3		2	1	3				2
10	Rubi Cruz (Sr)	7					1			2
14	Ilia Flores (Jr)	1
20	J. Rodriguez (Sr)	2	0								1
23	Breanna Payton (Sr)	26	13		2	2	3	1	1	5	5
25	Rebecca Neal (Jr)	25	7	3	4	7	5	2	2	2	5
33	N. Rodriguez (So)	26	10	1	5	6	1			3	5

West Mesa

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.59	0.82	0.93	0.07	15
3	Onyx Williams (Sr)	0.00	0.60	1.00	0.00	5
4	Alicia Charlie (Sr)	0.00	0.14	0.50	0.00	2
11	Alize Castillo (So)	0.00	0.50	0.33	0.00	1
21	Audrina Ortega (8th)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
23	Monique Sena (Sr)	8.00	6.00	3.00	0.00	2
30	Jaylin Varela (Jr)	0.00	2.00	1.00	0.00	1
32	Johnnay Edwards (Jr)	2.00	1.00	0.50	0.50	3

Highland

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.72	0.20	0.21	0.13	14
2	Makiaya Ortiz (Jr)	0.40	0.40	2.00		1
3	Makayla Lovato (Sr)					2
4	Ava Cordova (Sr)	1.00				3
10	Rubi Cruz (Sr)	0.50				1
23	Breanna Payton (Sr)	0.60	0.20	0.20	0.20	3
25	Rebecca Neal (Jr)	2.50	1.00	0.40	0.40	2
33	N. Rodriguez (So)	0.33				2

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Game Story

New Mexico High School Basketball - Highland can't hold off West Mesa

January 18, 2025: Albuquerque, NM 87108

West Mesa Mustangs (Albuquerque, NM) boosters left the game satisfied Saturday as they witnessed their basketball squad nudge the host Highland Hornets (Albuquerque, NM), 64-63 in a non-league match.

With the victory, West Mesa upgrades its record to 10-7 on the year. The Mustangs travel to Los Lunas (Los Lunas, NM) to face the Tigers in a 5A District 5 match on Tuesday, January 21. The Tigers enter the match with a record of 15-3. Los Lunas won 56-50 in their recent non-league match against West Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NM)

The Hornets now sport a 9-8 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Del Norte for a non-league match on Wednesday, January 22. Highland will face a Knights squad coming off a 27-23 non-league loss to Melrose (Melrose, NM). The Knights record now stands at 4-10.

Players of the Game

West Mesa (24-25)

West Mesa has not selected any Players of the Game.

Highland (24-25)

Congratulations to #2 Makiaya Ortiz for being selected the Highland Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

West Mesa @ Highland Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 18, 2025 @ 1p

The Highland (Albuquerque, NM) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against West Mesa (Albuquerque, NM) by a score of 64-63.

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Rankings & Records

West Mesa (24-25)

NM	Class
36	17

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
16-12	4-4	7-5	7-7	2-0	.571	.500	1,352	1,264

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

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
West Mesa	9.4	9.2	11.8	13.0	5.0	48.3
Highland	10.3	10.8	13.0	9.8	-	45.8

Head-to-Head

Highland won on 1/10/2025

1/10 @ 5:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

West Mesa 8 12 7 10 37
Highland 7 13 15 9 44

The West Mesa (Albuquerque, NM) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away tournament game against Highland (Albuquerque, NM) by a score of 44-37.
Box score
West Mesa won on 1/18/2025

1/18 @ 1p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

West Mesa - - - - 64
Highland - - - - 63

The West Mesa (Albuquerque, NM) varsity basketball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Highland (Albuquerque, NM) by a score of 64-63.
Box score

1/10 @ 5:15p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
West Mesa	8	12	7	10	37
Highland	7	13	15	9	44

Team Stat Comparison

West Mesa		Highland
48.5	Points Per Game	45.8
29.3	Rebounds Per Game	27.7
9.5	Assists Per Game	10.4
10.0	Steals Per Game	6.1
2.2	Blocks Per Game	3.2

Team Leaders

West Mesa		Highland	National Avg.
#23 Monique Sena18.1	Points Per Game	#25 Rebecca Neal10.6	4.1
#32 Johnnay Edwards6.2	Rebounds Per Game	#25 Rebecca Neal8.7	2.8
#23 Monique Sena5.6	Assists Per Game	#25 Rebecca Neal2.8	0.9
#23 Monique Sena4.1	Steals Per Game	#25 Rebecca Neal1.9	1.1
#4 Alicia Charlie0.9	Blocks Per Game	#25 Rebecca Neal1.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
West Mesa	7-3		Highland	6-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/26/24	Rio Rancho	West Mesa	(L) 67-42	12/12/24	Highland	Rio Rancho	(L) 71-31
12/6/24	West Mesa	Valencia	(L) 54-37	1/31/25	Highland	Valencia	(L) 54-35
				2/19/25	Valencia	Highland	(L) 54-50
				2/27/25	Highland	Valencia	(L) 51-35
				3/7/25	Highland	Valencia	(L) 59-33
12/10/24	West Mesa	St. Pius X	(L) 54-45	2/4/25	Highland	St. Pius X	(L) 57-47
				2/21/25	St. Pius X	Highland	(L) 52-32
12/20/24	West Mesa	Valley	(W) 73-22	1/17/25	Highland	Valley	(W) 61-18
12/21/24	Cibola	West Mesa	(W) 48-40	12/9/24	Highland	Cibola	(L) 46-42
				1/11/25	Highland	Cibola	(W) 51-47
1/8/25	West Mesa	Atrisco Heritage Academy	(W) 61-37	1/3/25	Atrisco Heritage Academy	Highland	(W) 60-22
1/31/25	West Mesa	Atrisco Heritage Academy	(W) 57-44
2/19/25	Atrisco Heritage Academy	West Mesa	(W) 81-28
1/16/25	West Mesa	Manzano	(W) 65-44	12/4/24	Manzano	Highland	(W) 47-39
2/1/25	Del Norte	West Mesa	(W) 47-43	1/8/25	Del Norte	Highland	(W) 50-33
				1/22/25	Highland	Del Norte	(W) 46-39

Record Breakdown

West Mesa (24-25)		Highland (24-25)
16-12	Overall	14-15
4-4	League	3-6
6-4	Non-League	7-2
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
7-3	Common Opponent	6-8
7-5	Home	10-4
7-7	Away	4-8
2-0	Neutral	0-3
0-0	Playoff	0-1
16-12	In-State	14-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0