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The Samueli Academy (Santa Ana, CA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Saint Joseph (Lakewood, CA) by a score of 44-35.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Saint Joseph	17	7	9	11	44
Samueli Academy	10	7	8	10	35

Final score provided by J. Jefferson.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Saint Joseph (22-23)

Samueli Academy (22-23)

Saint Joseph

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	18	58	31	33
1	P. Palacio (Jr)	4	1	4	25	25
2	Olivia Coates (Jr)	4	1	7	14	21
10	Sophia Velonza (Jr)	3	1	9	11	11
21	Olivia Martinez (Fr)	13	6	13	46	50
22	Talia Mazzotta (So)	2	1	2	50	50
23	Christina Ayon (Sr)	9	4	11	36	36
24	Grace Hentges (So)	9	4	11	36	36
32	M. Bezuayeho (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0

Samueli Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	35	16
12	M. Olivares (Sr)	8	4
20	Kennedy Cortez (Fr)	6	3
22	G. Medrano (So)	13	5
23	Ashley Melendez (Sr)	4	2
30	Leilanie Rufino (Jr)	4	2

Saint Joseph

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	2	12	17	6	18	33	16	46	35
1	P. Palacio (Jr)	4	0	1	0	2	7	29	1	3	33
2	Olivia Coates (Jr)	4	1	2	50	1	2	50	0	5	0
10	Sophia Velonza (Jr)	3	0	4	0	1	3	33	1	5	20
21	Olivia Martinez (Fr)	13	1	4	25	0	0	0	5	9	56
22	Talia Mazzotta (So)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	50
23	Christina Ayon (Sr)	9	0	0	0	1	2	50	4	11	36
24	Grace Hentges (So)	9	0	1	0	1	2	50	4	10	40
32	M. Bezuayeho (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Samueli Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	2FGM
	Team Totals	35	3	13
12	M. Olivares (Sr)	8		4
20	Kennedy Cortez (Fr)	6		3
22	G. Medrano (So)	13	3	2
23	Ashley Melendez (Sr)	4		2
30	Leilanie Rufino (Jr)	4		2

Saint Joseph

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	44	15	28	43	12	3	4	16	14
1	P. Palacio (Jr)	4	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	4
2	Olivia Coates (Jr)	4	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	4
10	Sophia Velonza (Jr)	3	1	3	4	6	1	1	5	0
21	Olivia Martinez (Fr)	13	6	7	13	2	1	2	4	3
22	Talia Mazzotta (So)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	Christina Ayon (Sr)	9	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	2
24	Grace Hentges (So)	9	5	12	17	0	0	0	4	1
32	M. Bezuayeho (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Samueli Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	35	17	19	36	8	13	6
2	J. Hernandez (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
12	M. Olivares (Sr)	8	5	5	10	2	1	2
13	Janai Bullock (Fr)	0		1	1	0	2	1
20	Kennedy Cortez (Fr)	6	2	4	6	0	3	1
22	G. Medrano (So)	13	0	2	2	0	2	0
23	Ashley Melendez (Sr)	4	4	2	6	3	3	2
25	Losa Leuta (So)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
30	Leilanie Rufino (Jr)	4	6	5	11	1	0	0

Saint Joseph

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.75	0.19	0.21	0.29
1	P. Palacio (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.25
2	Olivia Coates (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.25	0.00
10	Sophia Velonza (Jr)	1.20	0.20	1.00	1.00
21	Olivia Martinez (Fr)	0.50	0.25	0.33	0.67
32	M. Bezuayeho (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Misc Totals

Samueli Academy has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Samueli Academy thwarted by Saint Joseph

November 17, 2022: Santa Ana, CA 92706

The Samueli Academy Firewolves basketball team (Santa Ana, CA), dropped 44-35 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting Saint Joseph Jesters (Lakewood, CA)

The Jesters now possess a 2-0 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Bellflower for a non-league battle on Tuesday, November 22.

The Firewolves (1-1) will now prepare for their battle against Vistamar (El Segundo, CA). The Vikings come into the non-league battle with a 1-0 record.

Players of the Game

Saint Joseph (22-23)

Saint Joseph has not selected any Players of the Game.

Samueli Academy (22-23)

Congratulations to #22 Genavivie Medrano for being selected the Samueli Academy Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Saint Joseph @ SA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Nov. 17, 2022 @ 6p

The Samueli Academy (Santa Ana, CA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Saint Joseph (Lakewood, CA) by a score of 44-35.

Rankings & Records

Saint Joseph (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
666	255	70	24

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
15-8	5-3	8-3	5-3	2-2	.652	.625	942	678

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
Saint Joseph	12.6	9.9	11.7	8.2	41.0
Samueli Academy	13.2	8.9	10.2	9.0	43.9

Team Stat Comparison

Saint Joseph		Samueli Academy
41.0	Points Per Game	43.9
39.3	Rebounds Per Game	26.2
9.6	Assists Per Game	6.9
11.8	Steals Per Game	14.1
3.6	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Saint Joseph		Samueli Academy	National Avg.
#23 Christina Ayon9.2	Points Per Game	#22 Genavivie Medrano11.6	4.1
#21 Olivia Martinez9.7	Rebounds Per Game	#30 Leilanie Rufino7.6	2.8
#10 Sophia Velonza3.9	Assists Per Game	#23 Ashley Melendez3.0	0.9
#21 Olivia Martinez2.7	Steals Per Game	#23 Ashley Melendez4.1	1.1
#24 Grace Hentges1.6	Blocks Per Game	#12 Milagros Olivares0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Saint Joseph	2-0		Samueli Academy	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/22	Calvary Chapel	Saint Joseph	(W) 44-12	11/15/22	Samueli Academy	Calvary Chapel	(W) 44-24
12/20/22	Saint Joseph	Calvary Chapel	(W) 55-19	12/15/22	Calvary Chapel	Samueli Academy	(W) 41-13
				1/12/23	Calvary Chapel	Samueli Academy	(W) 40-10

Record Breakdown

Saint Joseph (22-23)		Samueli Academy (22-23)
15-8	Overall	12-7
5-3	League	9-0
8-2	Non-League	3-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-0	Common Opponent	3-0
8-3	Home	6-4
5-3	Away	6-3
2-2	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-1
15-8	In-State	10-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0