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The Samueli Academy (Santa Ana, CA) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against Saddleback (Santa Ana, CA) by a score of 42-24.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Saddleback	-	-	-	-	42
Samueli Academy	-	-	-	-	24

Final score provided by G. Cecil.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Saddleback (22-23)

Saddleback has not entered stats for this game.

Samueli Academy (22-23)

Samueli Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	24	10
12	M. Olivares (Sr)	4	2
20	Kennedy Cortez (Fr)	11	4
22	G. Medrano (So)	8	4
23	Ashley Melendez (Sr)	1

Samueli Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	2FGM
	Team Totals	24	1	3	9
12	M. Olivares (Sr)	4			2
20	Kennedy Cortez (Fr)	11	1	2	3
22	G. Medrano (So)	8			4
23	Ashley Melendez (Sr)	1		1

Samueli Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	24
12	M. Olivares (Sr)	4
20	Kennedy Cortez (Fr)	11
22	G. Medrano (So)	8
23	Ashley Melendez (Sr)	1

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Saddleback over Samueli Academy

January 2, 2023: Santa Ana, CA 92706

Fans at Monday's non-league challenge between the Saddleback Roadrunners (Santa Ana, CA) and the host Samueli Academy Firewolves (Santa Ana, CA), saw Saddleback's basketball squad overcome Samueli Academy by a tally of 42-24.

With the victory, Saddleback improves its record to 8-11 on the campaign. The Roadrunners host Costa Mesa (Costa Mesa, CA) to confront the Mustangs in a Orange Coast challenge on Tuesday, January 3. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a record of 5-11. Costa Mesa won 36-13 in their recent non-league challenge against Bolsa Grande (Garden Grove, CA)

Next up, the Firewolves confront the Varsity Opponent (, ) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 6. Samueli Academy will attempt to improve on its 6-5 season record.

Players of the Game

Saddleback (22-23)

Saddleback has not selected any Players of the Game.

Samueli Academy (22-23)

Congratulations to #20 Kennedy Cortez for being selected the Samueli Academy Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Saddleback @ SA Basketball Game Info

Mon., Jan. 2, 2023 @ 5:30p

The Samueli Academy (Santa Ana, CA) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against Saddleback (Santa Ana, CA) by a score of 42-24.

Rankings & Records

Saddleback (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
830	305	160	35

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
10-18	3-9	3-6	4-8	3-4	.357	.250	857	1,010

Samueli Academy (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
996	358	168	42

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
12-7	9-0	6-4	6-3	.632	1.000	834	531

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Saddleback	6.8	12.8	9.0	6.5	30.6
Samueli Academy	13.2	8.9	10.2	9.0	43.9

Team Stat Comparison

Saddleback		Samueli Academy
-	Points Per Game	43.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	26.2
-	Assists Per Game	6.9
-	Steals Per Game	14.1
-	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Saddleback		Samueli Academy	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#22 Genavivie Medrano11.6	4.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	#30 Leilanie Rufino7.6	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#23 Ashley Melendez3.0	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#23 Ashley Melendez4.1	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#12 Milagros Olivares0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Saddleback	2-1		Samueli Academy	1-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/22/22	Saddleback	Bolsa Grande	(W) 39-17	12/20/22	Samueli Academy	Bolsa Grande	(W) 52-11
12/22/22	Estancia	Saddleback	(W) 40-20	1/7/23	Samueli Academy	Estancia	(L) 57-47
1/24/23	Saddleback	Estancia	(L) 35-27

Record Breakdown

Saddleback (22-23)		Samueli Academy (22-23)
10-18	Overall	12-7
3-9	League	9-0
4-4	Non-League	3-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-1	Common Opponent	1-1
3-6	Home	6-4
4-8	Away	6-3
3-4	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-1
10-17	In-State	10-7
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0