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Lowell Balboa

Cardinals

Buccaneers

The Balboa (San Francisco, CA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Lowell (San Francisco, CA) by a score of 64-27.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lowell	8	19	13	24	64
Balboa	6	10	7	4	27

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Balboa (25-26)

Lowell

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	116	62	23	61	38	43
1	Anderson Wu (Sr)	7	1	0	1	0	0
2	Tyko Mellquist (Jr)	16	11	3	13	23	27
3	S. Esperanzate (Jr)	3	0	0	0
5	B. Parker-tam (So)	12	6	3	9	33	33
10	Miles Smith (Sr)	17	7	2	5	40	50
11	Jalen Ly (Sr)	20	23	9	21	43	55
12	Noah Hong (Sr)	15	7	3	3	100	100
15	W. Chen-Harding (So)	2	0	0	1	0	0
21	Brent Khin (Jr)	4	0	0	1	0	0
22	Dylan Wong (So)	2	0	0	0
23	Finn Bland (Jr)	13	6	3	6	50	50
32	Vidas Mattis (Jr)	1	0	0	1	0	0
34	S. Ainsworth (Jr)	4	1	0	0

Balboa

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	27	11	40	28	29
2	Joshua Bartolo (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
3	Gene Cuares (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
4	Max McGovern (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
5	Alan Ly (Sr)	5	2	8	25	25
10	Shant Dorsey (Sr)	8	4	4	100	100
11	Keone Tran (Sr)	3	1	5	20	30
12	R. Thien-Jones (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
14	Eli Stone (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
15	Matteo Byrd (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20
20	Raydell Walker (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
22	Devin Mercado (Sr)	2	0	0
24	Robert Stargen (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
32	Donovan DeSousa (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
33	Mekai Smith (Sr)	3	1	2	50	50

Lowell

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	116	62	7	23	30	9	13	69	16	38	42
1	Anderson Wu (Sr)	7	1	0	1	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
2	Tyko Mellquist (Jr)	16	11	1	6	17	4	4	100	2	7	29
3	S. Esperanzate (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	B. Parker-tam (So)	12	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	7	43
10	Miles Smith (Sr)	17	7	1	2	50	2	2	100	1	3	33
11	Jalen Ly (Sr)	20	23	5	12	42	0	0	0	4	9	44
12	Noah Hong (Sr)	15	7	0	0	0	1	3	33	3	3	100
15	W. Chen-Harding (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Brent Khin (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Dylan Wong (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Finn Bland (Jr)	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	50
32	Vidas Mattis (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	S. Ainsworth (Jr)	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0

Balboa

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	27	1	15	7	4	8	50	10	25	40
2	Joshua Bartolo (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Gene Cuares (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
4	Max McGovern (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
5	Alan Ly (Sr)	5	0	3	0	1	2	50	2	5	40
10	Shant Dorsey (Sr)	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	100
11	Keone Tran (Sr)	3	1	5	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	R. Thien-Jones (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0
14	Eli Stone (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Matteo Byrd (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
20	Raydell Walker (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Devin Mercado (Sr)	2	0	0	0	2	2	100	0	0	0
24	Robert Stargen (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	Donovan DeSousa (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	Mekai Smith (Sr)	3	0	0	0	1	1	100	1	2	50

Lowell

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	116	62	19	20	12	11	4	13	12
1	Anderson Wu (Sr)	7	1	3		0	1	0	0	0
2	Tyko Mellquist (Jr)	16	11	1		3	0	1	2	2
3	S. Esperanzate (Jr)	3	0	0		0	0	1	1	0
5	B. Parker-tam (So)	12	6	2		2	2	1	0	1
10	Miles Smith (Sr)	17	7	1		2	1	0	1	1
11	Jalen Ly (Sr)	20	23	3	6	2	5	0	3	1
12	Noah Hong (Sr)	15	7	3	7	2	2	0	2	5
15	W. Chen-Harding (So)	2	0	1		0	0	0	1	0
21	Brent Khin (Jr)	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
22	Dylan Wong (So)	2	0	0		1	0	0	1	0
23	Finn Bland (Jr)	13	6	5	7	0	0	1	0	2
32	Vidas Mattis (Jr)	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
34	S. Ainsworth (Jr)	4	1	0		0	0	0	2	0

Balboa

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	27	2	11	13	2	5	4	20	14
2	Joshua Bartolo (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	Gene Cuares (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Max McGovern (Jr)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
5	Alan Ly (Sr)	5	0	2	2	1	1	0	4	0
10	Shant Dorsey (Sr)	8	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	0
11	Keone Tran (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	R. Thien-Jones (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	3
15	Matteo Byrd (Sr)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
20	Raydell Walker (Jr)	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1
21	Lorenzo Manna (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	1
22	Devin Mercado (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
32	Donovan DeSousa (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3
33	Mekai Smith (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	3

Lowell

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.92	0.85	0.92	0.33
1	Anderson Wu (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
2	Tyko Mellquist (Jr)	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.50
3	S. Esperanzate (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
5	B. Parker-tam (So)	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
10	Miles Smith (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
11	Jalen Ly (Sr)	0.67	1.67	5.00	0.00
12	Noah Hong (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.40	0.00
22	Dylan Wong (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	Finn Bland (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50

Balboa

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.10	0.25	0.36	0.29	1
5	Alan Ly (Sr)	0.25	0.25	1.00	0.00	0
10	Shant Dorsey (Sr)	0.33	0.33	1.00	1.00	0
20	Raydell Walker (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
21	Lorenzo Manna (Sr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	1.00	0
22	Devin Mercado (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0
33	Mekai Smith (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	0

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Game Recap: Lowell @ Balboa Boys Varsity Basketball 3:08

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California High School Basketball - Lowell overwhelms Balboa

January 8, 2026: San Francisco, CA 94112

The Lowell Cardinals basketball team scored 64 points and limited the host Balboa Buccaneers to 27 in the Cardinals league triumph on Thursday.

The Cardinals now have a 9-8 record. They play next when they travel to Mission for a Academic 1 game on Monday, January 12. Lowell will clash with a Bears squad coming off a 79-53 league loss to Washington (San Francisco, CA). The Bears record now stands at 2-7.

The Buccaneers (6-8) will now prepare for their outing against KIPP SF College Prep (San Francisco, CA). The Phoenix enter the Academic 2 outing with a 5-6 record. In their last outing, KIPP SF College Prep routed Wallenberg (San Francisco, CA), 67-61, in a non-league outing.

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Lowell @ Balboa Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 8, 2026 @ 5:30p

The Balboa (San Francisco, CA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Lowell (San Francisco, CA) by a score of 64-27.

Rankings & Records

Lowell (25-26)

CA	Section	Sec. Div.
480	2	2

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
16-13	8-3	6-4	7-5	3-4	.552	.727	1,551	1,419

Balboa (25-26)

CA	Section	Sec. Div.
863	7	1

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
8-15	3-8	4-5	3-8	1-2	.348	.273	1,056	1,215

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Lowell	13.3	11.0	11.4	15.7	8.0	53.5
Balboa	11.6	12.0	11.8	11.5	6.5	45.9

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Head-to-Head

Lowell won on 1/8/2026

1/8 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Lowell 8 19 13 24 64
Balboa 6 10 7 4 27

The Lowell (San Francisco, CA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Balboa (San Francisco, CA) by a score of 64-27.
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Lowell won on 2/3/2026

2/3 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Balboa - - - - 42
Lowell - - - - 50

The Balboa (San Francisco, CA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Lowell (San Francisco, CA) by a score of 50-42.
Box score

2/3 @ 5:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Balboa	-	-	-	-	42
Lowell	-	-	-	-	50

Team Stat Comparison

Lowell		Balboa
7.3	Points Per Game	45.9
2.1	Rebounds Per Game	23.4
1.7	Assists Per Game	5.0
1.5	Steals Per Game	10.7
0.3	Blocks Per Game	3.7

Team Leaders

Lowell		Balboa	National Avg.
#11 Jalen Ly13.6	Points Per Game	#5 Alan Ly13.4	4.8
#12 Noah Hong5.4	Rebounds Per Game	#33 Mekai Smith6.3	2.5
#10 Miles Smith2.2	Assists Per Game	#5 Alan Ly1.1	1.0
#11 Jalen Ly2.6	Steals Per Game	#5 Alan Ly2.8	0.8
#40 Mauricio Ramirez0.5	Blocks Per Game	#21 Lorenzo Manna1.5	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Lowell	9-5		Balboa	4-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/9/25	Wallenberg	Lowell	(W) 61-42	1/15/26	Wallenberg	Balboa	(L) 63-57
12/12/25	Wallenberg	Lowell	(W) 56-45
1/26/26	Lowell	Wallenberg	(W) 61-41
12/11/25	El Camino	Lowell	(L) 40-39	1/28/26	Balboa	El Camino	(L) 59-36
12/13/25	Lick-Wilmerding	Lowell	(W) 56-48	12/11/25	Balboa	Lick-Wilmerding	(W) 47-45
				1/3/26	Balboa	Lick-Wilmerding	(L) 74-45
12/15/25	Galileo	Lowell	(W) 57-42	12/12/25	Balboa	Galileo	(L) 52-30
1/30/26	Lowell	Galileo	(W) 54-40	1/23/26	Balboa	Galileo	(W) 50-49
1/5/26	Lowell	KIPP SF College Prep	(L) 55-53	1/12/26	Balboa	KIPP SF College Prep	(L) 52-36
2/5/26	KIPP SF College Prep	Lowell	(L) 60-48
2/24/26	KIPP SF College Prep	Lowell	(W) 64-53
1/12/26	Lowell	Mission	(W) 70-52	12/15/25	Balboa	Mission	(W) 54-43
				1/30/26	Mission	Balboa	(W) 66-53
1/15/26	Lowell	Lincoln	(W) 68-45	1/5/26	Balboa	Lincoln	(L) 68-27
2/26/26	Lowell	Lincoln	(L) 63-58	2/5/26	Lincoln	Balboa	(L) 65-48
1/23/26	Lowell	Washington	(L) 40-34	12/9/25	Washington	Balboa	(L) 59-50
				1/26/26	Balboa	Washington	(L) 55-48

Record Breakdown

Lowell (25-26)		Balboa (25-26)
16-13	Overall	8-15
8-3	League	3-8
3-4	Non-League	4-5
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
9-5	Common Opponent	4-9
6-4	Home	4-5
7-5	Away	3-8
3-4	Neutral	1-2
2-2	Playoff	0-0
16-13	In-State	8-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0