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Murrieta Mesa Hillcrest

Rams

Trojans

The Hillcrest (Riverside, CA) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against Murrieta Mesa (Murrieta, CA) by a score of 49-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murrieta Mesa	12	12	11	14	49
Hillcrest	8	14	8	15	45

Final score provided by J. Wood.

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Game Stats

Hillcrest (22-23)

Murrieta Mesa

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	49	18	60	30	35
0	James Di Miceli (Sr)	3	1	9	11	11
3	Okezie Achara (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0
3	Gage Cassidy (Jr)	10	4	7	57	64
5	Ryan Kreyling (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
5	W. Van soest (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
9	Hunter Kennedy (Jr)	17	6	14	43	54
11	Amari Hodges (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
13	Nate Diorio (Jr)	5	2	10	20	25
14	Ajani Reid (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20

Hillcrest

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	45	15	44	34	35
0	Mckel Shedrick (So)	9	4	8	50	56
1	Ruben Sevilla (Sr)	6	0	5	0	0
2	Matt Espinoza (Jr)	5	2	5	40	40
11	Dennis Evans (Sr)	23	8	15	53	53
23	Darius Jones (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	Nate Bowden (So)	0	0	7	0	0
30	Jacob Lillard (So)	2	1	3	33	33

Murrieta Mesa

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	49	6	31	19	7	18	39	12	29	41
0	James Di Miceli (Sr)	3	0	4	0	1	2	50	1	5	20
3	Okezie Achara (Sr)	2	0	2	0	2	2	100	0	0	0
3	Gage Cassidy (Jr)	10	1	1	100	1	2	50	3	6	50
5	Ryan Kreyling (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
5	W. Van soest (Jr)	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	100
9	Hunter Kennedy (Jr)	17	3	9	33	2	3	67	3	5	60
10	Warren Requiron (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
11	Amari Hodges (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	50
13	Nate Diorio (Jr)	5	1	8	13	0	2	0	1	2	50
14	Ajani Reid (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	20

Hillcrest

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	45	1	9	11	14	20	70	14	35	40
0	Mckel Shedrick (So)	9	1	3	33				3	5	60
1	Ruben Sevilla (Sr)	6	0	2	0	6	6	100	0	3	0
2	Matt Espinoza (Jr)	5				1	3	33	2	5	40
11	Dennis Evans (Sr)	23	0	1	0	7	10	70	8	14	57
23	Darius Jones (Jr)	0							0	1	0
24	Nate Bowden (So)	0	0	1	0				0	6	0
30	Jacob Lillard (So)	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	100

Murrieta Mesa

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	49	23	11	34	5	7	2	6
0	James Di Miceli (Sr)	3	3	1	4	2	0	1	1
3	Okezie Achara (Sr)	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
3	Gage Cassidy (Jr)	10	6	2	8	0	2	0	1
5	Ryan Kreyling (Sr)	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0
5	W. Van soest (Jr)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
9	Hunter Kennedy (Jr)	17	2	4	6	2	0	0	2
11	Amari Hodges (Sr)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
13	Nate Diorio (Jr)	5	1	1	2	0	2	0	1
14	Ajani Reid (Sr)	2	5	1	6	0	1	0	0

Hillcrest

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	45	14	14	28	10	3	8	10	14
0	Mckel Shedrick (So)	9								3
1	Ruben Sevilla (Sr)	6		1	1	5	1		5	1
2	Matt Espinoza (Jr)	5	4	2	6	1	1			1
5	Jaedyn Sarpy (Sr)			2	2
11	Dennis Evans (Sr)	23	5	6	11	1	1	7	3	3
22	Leo Cruz (Jr)								1	2
23	Darius Jones (Jr)	0	1		1				1	3
24	Nate Bowden (So)	0	2	2	4	3				1
30	Jacob Lillard (So)	2	2	1	3			1

Murrieta Mesa

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.83	1.17
0	James Di Miceli (Sr)	2.00	0.00
3	Okezie Achara (Sr)	1.00	1.00
3	Gage Cassidy (Jr)	0.00	2.00
5	Ryan Kreyling (Sr)	0.00	1.00
9	Hunter Kennedy (Jr)	1.00	0.00
13	Nate Diorio (Jr)	0.00	2.00
14	Ajani Reid (Sr)	0.00	1.00

Hillcrest

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	1.00	0.30	0.21	0.57	1
1	Ruben Sevilla (Sr)	1.00	0.20	1.00		1
2	Matt Espinoza (Jr)			1.00
11	Dennis Evans (Sr)	0.33	0.33	0.33	2.33

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Murrieta Mesa edges Hillcrest

November 16, 2022: Riverside, CA 92503

The Murrieta Mesa Rams (Murrieta, CA) basketball nipped the host Hillcrest Trojans (Riverside, CA), 49-45 in Wednesday's non-league test.

The Rams (1-0) will now prepare for their test against Hemet (Hemet, CA). The Bulldogs go into the non-league test with a 1-0 record. In their last test, Hemet got by Temecula Prep (Winchester, CA), 75-43, in a non-league test.

The Trojans now own a 1-1 record. They play next when they travel to Rancho Verde for a non-league test on Friday, November 18.

Check In
0 - 0 The scorer has checked in. Murrieta Mesa 0, Hillcrest 0

Posted @ 5:31p
Game Attendance
Attendance Hundreds

Posted @ 5:31p
Commentary
John Wood is your Hillcrest reporter for tonight.

Posted @ 6:29p
Commentary
John Wood is your Hillcrest reporter for tonight.

Posted @ 6:40p
Commentary
JV game just finished. Murrieta Mesa came out on top 64 to 42.

Posted @ 6:49p
0 - 0

Game Start
Hillcrest1st Quarter
Hillcrest won the tip off.

Posted @ 7:03p
Commentary
1st Quarter

Hillcrest Center Dennis Evans is drawing plenty of attention.

Posted @ 7:10p
0 - 0

End of 1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
Murrieta Mesa 0, Hillcrest 0

Posted @ 7:15p
12 - 0

Score Correction
Murrieta Mesa2nd Quarter
Score correction for Murrieta Mesa in Q2. Murrieta Mesa 12, Hillcrest 0

Posted @ 7:16p
12 - 8

Score Correction
Hillcrest2nd Quarter
Score correction for Hillcrest in Q2. Murrieta Mesa 12, Hillcrest 8

Posted @ 7:16p
12 - 10

Score Alert
Hillcrest2nd Quarter
Hillcrest - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 12, Hillcrest 10

Posted @ 7:19p
14 - 10

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa2nd Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 14, Hillcrest 10

Posted @ 7:19p
14 - 11

Score Alert
Hillcrest2nd Quarter
Hillcrest - makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 14, Hillcrest 11

Posted @ 7:19p
16 - 11

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa2nd Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 16, Hillcrest 11

Posted @ 7:19p
16 - 12

Score Alert
Hillcrest2nd Quarter
Hillcrest - makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 16, Hillcrest 12

Posted @ 7:20p
16 - 13

Score Alert
Hillcrest2nd Quarter
Hillcrest - makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 16, Hillcrest 13

Posted @ 7:20p
19 - 13

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa2nd Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 19, Hillcrest 13

Posted @ 7:20p
22 - 13

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa2nd Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 22, Hillcrest 13

Posted @ 7:22p
22 - 14

Score Alert
Hillcrest2nd Quarter
Hillcrest - makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 22, Hillcrest 14

Posted @ 7:24p
22 - 16

Score Alert
Hillcrest2nd Quarter
Hillcrest - #11 Dennis Evans makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 22, Hillcrest 16

Posted @ 7:24p
22 - 19

Score Alert
Hillcrest2nd Quarter
Hillcrest - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 22, Hillcrest 19

Posted @ 7:25p
24 - 19

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa2nd Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 24, Hillcrest 19

Posted @ 7:29p
24 - 20

Score Alert
Hillcrest2nd Quarter
Hillcrest - #11 Dennis Evans makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 24, Hillcrest 20

Posted @ 7:31p
24 - 22

Score Alert
Hillcrest2nd Quarter
Hillcrest - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 24, Hillcrest 22

Posted @ 7:31p
24 - 22

Halftime
Halftime
Murrieta Mesa 24, Hillcrest 22

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Posted @ 7:32p
Commentary
Halftime
Murrieta built an early lead by hitting some threes, offensive rebounding and hustle. Hillcrest crawled back into the game as they woke up.

Posted @ 7:35p
24 - 22

Start of 3rd Quarter
Hillcrest3rd Quarter
Hillcrest's ball.

Posted @ 7:44p
24 - 24

Score Alert
Hillcrest3rd Quarter
Hillcrest - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 24, Hillcrest 24

Posted @ 7:44p
24 - 26

Score Alert
Hillcrest3rd Quarter
Hillcrest - #11 Dennis Evans makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 24, Hillcrest 26

Posted @ 7:44p
25 - 26

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa3rd Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 25, Hillcrest 26

Posted @ 7:45p
25 - 28

Score Alert
Hillcrest3rd Quarter
Hillcrest - #11 Dennis Evans makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 25, Hillcrest 28

Posted @ 7:47p
Commentary
3rd Quarter
Evans of Hillcrest with a slam dunk follow to take a 3 point lead.

Posted @ 7:48p
28 - 28

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa3rd Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 28, Hillcrest 28

Posted @ 7:49p
30 - 28

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa3rd Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 30, Hillcrest 28

Posted @ 7:50p
31 - 28

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa3rd Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 31, Hillcrest 28

Posted @ 7:51p
33 - 28

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa3rd Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 33, Hillcrest 28

Posted @ 7:53p
35 - 28

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa3rd Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 35, Hillcrest 28

Posted @ 7:55p
35 - 30

Score Alert
Hillcrest3rd Quarter
Hillcrest - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 35, Hillcrest 30

Posted @ 7:57p
35 - 30

End of 3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
Murrieta Mesa 35, Hillcrest 30

Posted @ 7:58p
35 - 32

Score Alert
Hillcrest4th Quarter
Hillcrest - #11 Dennis Evans makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 35, Hillcrest 32

Posted @ 8:02p
35 - 34

Score Alert
Hillcrest4th Quarter
Hillcrest - #11 Dennis Evans makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 35, Hillcrest 34

Posted @ 8:02p
35 - 35

Score Alert
Hillcrest4th Quarter
Hillcrest - #1 Ruben Sevilla makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 35, Hillcrest 35

Posted @ 8:03p
35 - 36

Score Alert
Hillcrest4th Quarter
Hillcrest - #1 Ruben Sevilla makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 35, Hillcrest 36

Posted @ 8:04p
35 - 36

Timeout Alert
Murrieta Mesa4th Quarter ~6 minutes to go
Timeout Murrieta Mesa. Murrieta Mesa 35, Hillcrest 36

Posted @ 8:05p
35 - 38

Score Alert
Hillcrest4th Quarter
Hillcrest - #0 Mckel Shedrick makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 35, Hillcrest 38

Posted @ 8:06p
38 - 38

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa4th Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - #2 makes a 3pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 38, Hillcrest 38

Posted @ 8:08p
38 - 40

Score Alert
Hillcrest4th Quarter
Hillcrest - #11 Dennis Evans makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 38, Hillcrest 40

Posted @ 8:08p
38 - 40

Timeout Alert
Hillcrest4th Quarter ~4 minutes to go
Timeout Hillcrest. Murrieta Mesa 38, Hillcrest 40

Posted @ 8:08p
Commentary
4th Quarter
Murrieta hit a deep 3 to tie it. Evans answered with a dunk to regain the lead.

Posted @ 8:09p
40 - 40

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa4th Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 40, Hillcrest 40

Posted @ 8:11p
Commentary
4th Quarter
Murrieta hit a deep 3 to tie it. Evans answered with a dunk to regain the lead.

Posted @ 8:12p
40 - 41

Score Alert
Hillcrest4th Quarter
Hillcrest - #2 Matt Espinoza makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 40, Hillcrest 41

Posted @ 8:12p
42 - 41

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa4th Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 42, Hillcrest 41

Posted @ 8:12p
42 - 42

Score Alert
Hillcrest4th Quarter
Hillcrest - #11 Dennis Evans makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 42, Hillcrest 42

Posted @ 8:13p
42 - 43

Score Alert
Hillcrest4th Quarter
Hillcrest - #11 Dennis Evans makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 42, Hillcrest 43

Posted @ 8:13p
43 - 43

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa4th Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - #15 makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 43, Hillcrest 43

Posted @ 8:14p
43 - 43

Timeout Alert
Murrieta Mesa4th Quarter Under a minute
Timeout Murrieta Mesa. Murrieta Mesa 43, Hillcrest 43

Posted @ 8:16p
45 - 43

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa4th Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 45, Hillcrest 43

Posted @ 8:18p
45 - 43

Timeout Alert
Hillcrest4th Quarter Under a minute
Timeout Hillcrest. Murrieta Mesa 45, Hillcrest 43

Posted @ 8:18p
45 - 43

Timeout Alert
Murrieta Mesa4th Quarter Under a minute
Timeout Murrieta Mesa. Murrieta Mesa 45, Hillcrest 43

Posted @ 8:19p
Commentary
4th Quarter
Hillcrest turnover. Murrieta balk 23 seconds left. Both teams shooting double bonus on a foul.

Posted @ 8:21p
45 - 43

Foul Alert
Hillcrest4th Quarter Under a minute
Foul on Hillcrest. Murrieta Mesa 45, Hillcrest 43

Posted @ 8:21p
47 - 43

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa4th Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Murrieta Mesa 47, Hillcrest 43

Posted @ 8:22p
47 - 44

Score Alert
Hillcrest4th Quarter
Hillcrest - makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 47, Hillcrest 44

Posted @ 8:23p
47 - 45

Score Alert
Hillcrest4th Quarter
Hillcrest - makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 47, Hillcrest 45

Posted @ 8:23p
47 - 45

Timeout Alert
Murrieta Mesa4th Quarter Under a minute
Timeout Murrieta Mesa. Murrieta Mesa 47, Hillcrest 45

Posted @ 8:23p
48 - 45

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa4th Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 48, Hillcrest 45

Posted @ 8:29p
49 - 45

Score Alert
Murrieta Mesa4th Quarter
Murrieta Mesa - makes a Free Throw. Murrieta Mesa 49, Hillcrest 45

Posted @ 8:29p
49 - 45

End of Game
Final
Murrieta Mesa 49, Hillcrest 45

Posted @ 8:32p

Murrieta Mesa @ Hillcrest Basketball Game Info

Wed., Nov. 16, 2022 @ 6:30p

The Hillcrest (Riverside, CA) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against Murrieta Mesa (Murrieta, CA) by a score of 49-45.

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Rankings & Records

Murrieta Mesa (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
386	180	109	20

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
16-13	6-4	5-5	4-5	7-3	.552	.600	1,700	1,655

Hillcrest (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
262	127	69	12

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
17-14	9-1	6-3	6-1	5-10	.548	.900	1,924	1,665

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Murrieta Mesa	12.8	12.2	15.7	13.8	11.0	58.6
Hillcrest	14.1	15.3	14.6	14.7	7.0	62.1

Team Stat Comparison

Murrieta Mesa		Hillcrest
58.1	Points Per Game	61.5
27.2	Rebounds Per Game	30.7
10.6	Assists Per Game	15.6
7.2	Steals Per Game	6.3
2.7	Blocks Per Game	6.8

Team Leaders

Murrieta Mesa		Hillcrest	National Avg.
#9 Hunter Kennedy14.3	Points Per Game	#0 Mckel Shedrick16.9	4.9
#14 Ajani Reid4.9	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Dennis Evans10.6	2.6
#9 Hunter Kennedy3.3	Assists Per Game	#1 Ruben Sevilla4.5	1.0
#5 Ryan Kreyling 1.4	Steals Per Game	#23 Darius Jones1.2	0.8
#3 Okezie Achara0.7	Blocks Per Game	#11 Dennis Evans5.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Murrieta Mesa	2-1		Hillcrest	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/22	Citrus Valley	Murrieta Mesa	(W) 70-62	11/14/22	Citrus Valley	Hillcrest	(W) 64-55
12/13/22	Murrieta Mesa	Rancho Verde	(L) 68-48	11/18/22	Hillcrest	Rancho Verde	(L) 65-56
12/30/22	Arlington	Murrieta Mesa	(W) 60-47	1/18/23	Hillcrest	Arlington	(W) 61-52
				2/2/23	Arlington	Hillcrest	(L) 72-71

Record Breakdown

Murrieta Mesa (22-23)		Hillcrest (22-23)
16-13	Overall	17-14
6-4	League	9-1
3-2	Non-League	2-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-1	Common Opponent	2-2
5-5	Home	6-3
4-5	Away	6-1
7-3	Neutral	5-10
0-1	Playoff	2-1
16-13	In-State	15-14
0-0	Out-of-State	2-0