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Pioneer Vela

Diamondbacks

Sabercats

The Vela (Edinburg, TX) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Pioneer (Mission, TX) by a score of 52-40.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Pioneer	-	-	-	-	52
Vela	-	-	-	-	40

Final score provided by N. Villarreal-Sandoval.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Vela (24-25)

Pioneer

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	19	53	36	43
0	N. Gonzalez (So)	7	3	5	60	70
3	Danica Gonzalez (So)	2	1	5	20	20
11	Shelby Garza (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
12	A. Fleischmann (Sr)	9	3	8	38	38
13	V. Cranford (Jr)	12	4	9	44	67
22	Pearl Bentley (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
23	Ebonie Chatman (So)	10	4	13	31	35
30	K. Garcia (Sr)	12	4	9	44	56

Vela

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	40	14	48	29	33
1	Gg Betancourt (Sr)	15	5	13	38	38
2	Madison Cantu (Jr)	7	2	11	18	27
3	Savanah Rivera (So)	6	2	5	40	40
10	Aurora Guzman (So)	10	4	7	57	71
11	Renee Cruz (So)	0	0	2	0	0
13	Ava Tovar (Sr)	2	1	7	14	14
15	Haylee Cisneros (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
20	Gabby Jaramillo (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0

Pioneer

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	8	19	42	6	10	60	11	34	32
0	N. Gonzalez (So)	7	1	1	100	0	0	0	2	4	50
3	Danica Gonzalez (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	20
11	Shelby Garza (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	A. Fleischmann (Sr)	9	0	1	0	3	3	100	3	7	43
13	V. Cranford (Jr)	12	4	7	57	0	2	0	0	2	0
22	Pearl Bentley (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Ebonie Chatman (So)	10	1	5	20	1	2	50	3	8	38
30	K. Garcia (Sr)	12	2	3	67	2	3	67	2	6	33

Vela

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	40	4	24	17	8	15	53	10	24	42
1	Gg Betancourt (Sr)	15	0	6	0	5	6	83	5	7	71
2	Madison Cantu (Jr)	7	2	8	25	1	3	33	0	3	0
3	Savanah Rivera (So)	6	0	0	0	2	4	50	2	5	40
10	Aurora Guzman (So)	10	2	4	50	0	0	0	2	3	67
11	Renee Cruz (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Ava Tovar (Sr)	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	4	25
15	Haylee Cisneros (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Gabby Jaramillo (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pioneer

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	52	17	15	32	14	13	2	17	9
0	N. Gonzalez (So)	7	4	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
3	Danica Gonzalez (So)	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	2
11	Shelby Garza (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	A. Fleischmann (Sr)	9	6	5	11	1	5	1	4	2
13	V. Cranford (Jr)	12	1	2	3	2	0	0	4	1
22	Pearl Bentley (Jr)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
23	Ebonie Chatman (So)	10	3	3	6	2	1	1	3	3
30	K. Garcia (Sr)	12	2	1	3	7	6	0	3	1

Vela

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	40	14	14	28	6	11	5	17	18
1	Gg Betancourt (Sr)	15	3	1	4	1	2	1	4	5
2	Madison Cantu (Jr)	7	0	3	3	2	3	1	1	4
3	Savanah Rivera (So)	6	1	3	4	1	2	2	5	2
10	Aurora Guzman (So)	10	2	2	4	0	1	0	1	2
11	Renee Cruz (So)	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0
13	Ava Tovar (Sr)	2	4	4	8	1	1	0	3	2
14	Jada Alfaro (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1
15	Haylee Cisneros (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2
20	Gabby Jaramillo (Jr)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Pioneer

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.82	0.77	1.44	0.22	14
0	N. Gonzalez (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
3	Danica Gonzalez (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
12	A. Fleischmann (Sr)	0.25	1.25	2.50	0.50	5
13	V. Cranford (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
22	Pearl Bentley (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
23	Ebonie Chatman (So)	0.67	0.33	0.33	0.33	3
30	K. Garcia (Sr)	2.33	2.00	6.00	0.00	3

Vela

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.35	0.65	0.61	0.28	14
1	Gg Betancourt (Sr)	0.25	0.50	0.40	0.20	4
2	Madison Cantu (Jr)	2.00	3.00	0.75	0.25	3
3	Savanah Rivera (So)	0.20	0.40	1.00	1.00	1
10	Aurora Guzman (So)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	1
11	Renee Cruz (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
13	Ava Tovar (Sr)	0.33	0.33	0.50	0.00	1
14	Jada Alfaro (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0
15	Haylee Cisneros (Sr)	1.00	2.00	1.00	0.00	1

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Game Story

Texas High School Basketball - Vela knocked off by Pioneer

January 7, 2025: Edinburg, TX 78539

In Tuesday's league test, the Pioneer Diamondbacks (Mission, TX) basketball squad knocked off the host Vela Sabercats (Edinburg, TX), by a score of 52-40.

Next, the Diamondbacks encounter the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial Wolverines (Alamo, TX) in a 5A Region IV District 31 test, on Friday, January 10. Pioneer will attempt to improve on its 19-9 season record. The Wolverines come into the test with a 1-12 record after their 79-12 league loss to Rowe (McAllen, TX).

The Sabercats (19-8) will now prepare for their test against Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial (Alamo, TX). The Wolverines come into the 5A Region IV District 31 test with a 1-12 record.

Pioneer @ Vela Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 7, 2025 @ 6p

Double Header

The Vela (Edinburg, TX) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Pioneer (Mission, TX) by a score of 52-40.

Rankings & Records

Pioneer (24-25)

TX	Section	State Div.
351	151	78

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
27-10	15-1	7-2	13-0	7-8	.730	.938	2,021	1,388

Vela (24-25)

TX	Section	State Div.
380	168	89

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
26-11	11-5	9-5	12-4	5-2	.703	.688	2,072	1,358

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Pioneer	16.6	12.8	16.8	7.4	2.0	54.6
Vela	15.4	14.6	12.4	12.4	11.0	56.0

Head-to-Head

Vela won on 12/3/2024

12/3 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Vela 15 9 14 10 48
Pioneer 14 12 10 4 40

The Vela (Edinburg, TX) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Pioneer (Mission, TX) by a score of 48-40.
Box score
Pioneer won on 1/7/2025

1/7 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Pioneer - - - - 52
Vela - - - - 40

The Pioneer (Mission, TX) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Vela (Edinburg, TX) by a score of 52-40.
Box score

12/3 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Vela	15	9	14	10	48
Pioneer	14	12	10	4	40

Team Stat Comparison

Pioneer		Vela
54.6	Points Per Game	56.5
37.9	Rebounds Per Game	34.0
17.4	Assists Per Game	10.3
15.3	Steals Per Game	15.5
3.4	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

Pioneer		Vela	National Avg.
#23 Ebonie Chatman19.0	Points Per Game	#1 Gg Betancourt15.5	4.1
#12 Anika Fleischmann11.8	Rebounds Per Game	#13 Ava Tovar7.2	2.8
#30 Kassandra Garcia8.1	Assists Per Game	#1 Gg Betancourt2.6	0.9
#30 Kassandra Garcia5.0	Steals Per Game	#2 Madison Cantu3.0	1.1
#12 Anika Fleischmann1.9	Blocks Per Game	#3 Savanah Rivera1.1	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Pioneer	16-1		Vela	12-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/24	Pioneer	Harlingen South	(W) 58-32	2/11/25	Harlingen South	Vela	(W) 40-30
11/23/24	Pioneer	Rowe	(L) 44-33	12/31/24	Vela	Rowe	(W) 51-49
12/28/24	Rowe	Pioneer	(W) 33-31	1/31/25	Rowe	Vela	(L) 46-43
1/28/25	Pioneer	Rowe	(W) 57-39
12/6/24	Pioneer	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial	(W) 67-13	12/10/24	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial	Vela	(W) 91-11
1/10/25	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial	Pioneer	(W) 68-23	1/14/25	Vela	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial	(W) 83-13
12/10/24	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North	Pioneer	(W) 48-35	11/9/24	Vela	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North	(L) 47-40
1/14/25	Pioneer	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North	(W) 67-42	11/16/24	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North	Vela	(L) 41-37
				12/13/24	Vela	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North	(L) 42-33
				1/17/25	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North	Vela	(W) 66-54
12/13/24	Pioneer	McAllen Memorial	(W) 51-45	12/17/24	McAllen Memorial	Vela	(W) 57-52
1/17/25	McAllen Memorial	Pioneer	(W) 41-21	1/21/25	Vela	McAllen Memorial	(W) 48-42
12/17/24	McAllen	Pioneer	(W) 54-28	12/20/24	Vela	McAllen	(W) 60-31
1/20/25	Pioneer	McAllen	(W) 48-24	1/24/25	McAllen	Vela	(W) 44-27
12/20/24	Pioneer	Sharyland	(W) 47-33	12/28/24	Sharyland	Vela	(L) 63-59
1/24/25	Sharyland	Pioneer	(W) 44-26	1/28/25	Vela	Sharyland	(L) 44-35
12/31/24	Pioneer	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest	(W) 74-5	1/3/25	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest	Vela	(W) 80-21
1/31/25	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest	Pioneer	(W) 77-14	2/4/25	Vela	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest	(W) 82-15
2/11/25	Donna	Pioneer	(W) 79-28	11/26/24	Vela	Donna	(W) 88-29

Record Breakdown

Pioneer (24-25)		Vela (24-25)
27-10	Overall	26-11
15-1	League	11-5
3-1	Non-League	5-1
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
16-1	Common Opponent	12-6
7-2	Home	9-5
13-0	Away	12-4
7-8	Neutral	5-2
1-1	Playoff	2-1
27-10	In-State	26-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0