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Needles Bagdad

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Sultans

The Bagdad (AZ) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home tournament game against Needles (CA) by a score of 89-18.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Needles	-	-	-	-	89
Bagdad	-	-	-	-	18

Final score provided by T. Russell.

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Game Stats

Needles (23-24)

Needles

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	137	89	37	63	59	67
0	Darrell Russell (So)	8	12	5	9	56	61
2	Aaron Pixler (Sr)	5	3	1	5	20	30
3	Xavier Russell (Jr)	18	18	8	14	57	61
5	A. Armendarez (Sr)	10	13	5	8	63	81
11	Holden Jones (Jr)	20	8	3	7	43	57
12	Paxton Murch (Jr)	11	2	1	1	100	100
13	Luca Walema (Jr)	16	9	4	6	67	75
33	Collin Smith (Sr)	20	10	5	6	83	83
35	Talon Paget (Sr)	13	7	3	5	60	70
44	Barrios Holmes (Sr)	16	7	2	2	100	125

Needles

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	137	89	11	24	46	4	8	50	26	39	67
0	Darrell Russell (So)	8	12	1	2	50	1	1	100	4	7	57
2	Aaron Pixler (Sr)	5	3	1	5	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Xavier Russell (Jr)	18	18	1	5	20	1	2	50	7	9	78
5	A. Armendarez (Sr)	10	13	3	4	75	0	0	0	2	4	50
11	Holden Jones (Jr)	20	8	2	5	40	0	0	0	1	2	50
12	Paxton Murch (Jr)	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
13	Luca Walema (Jr)	16	9	1	1	100	0	0	0	3	5	60
33	Collin Smith (Sr)	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	83
35	Talon Paget (Sr)	13	7	1	1	100	0	0	0	2	4	50
44	Barrios Holmes (Sr)	16	7	1	1	100	2	5	40	1	1	100

Needles

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	137	89	18	21	39	18	17	2	9	5
0	Darrell Russell (So)	8	12	2	5	7	2	2	1	0	0
2	Aaron Pixler (Sr)	5	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
3	Xavier Russell (Jr)	18	18	2	3	5	3	4	0	1	0
5	A. Armendarez (Sr)	10	13	2	0	2	2	1	0	1	0
11	Holden Jones (Jr)	20	8	1	3	4	4	3	0	1	0
12	Paxton Murch (Jr)	11	2	2	2	4	1	1	0	1	1
13	Luca Walema (Jr)	16	9	3	2	5	4	1	0	5	1
33	Collin Smith (Sr)	20	10	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
35	Talon Paget (Sr)	13	7	3	3	6	0	1	1	0	0
44	Barrios Holmes (Sr)	16	7	2	2	4	1	2	0	0	2

Needles

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	2.00	1.89	3.40	0.40	25
0	Darrell Russell (So)	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	3
2	Aaron Pixler (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	2
3	Xavier Russell (Jr)	3.00	4.00	4.00	0.00	5
5	A. Armendarez (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	2
11	Holden Jones (Jr)	4.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	4
12	Paxton Murch (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	2
13	Luca Walema (Jr)	0.80	0.20	1.00	0.00	2
33	Collin Smith (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
35	Talon Paget (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2
44	Barrios Holmes (Sr)	1.00	2.00	1.00	0.00	2

Bagdad (23-24)

Bagdad has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Bagdad ripped by Needles

November 30, 2023: Bagdad, AZ 86321

In Thursday's non-league match, the visiting Needles Mustangs basketball team scored a decisive 89-18 triumph over the Bagdad Sultans.

In their next game, the Mustangs meet the Fredonia Lynx (Fredonia, AZ) in a non-league match, on Thursday, November 30. Needles will attempt to move on its 2-0 season record. The Lynx enter the match with a 1-2 record after their 69-47 non-league win over Shonto Prep (Shonto, AZ).

With the defeat, Bagdad moves to 1-3 on the year. The Sultans travel to Ash Fork (Ash Fork, AZ) to meet the Spartans in a non-league match on Saturday, December 2. The Spartans enter the match with a record of 4-4. Ash Fork lost 36-30 in their recent non-league match against Ray (Kearny, AZ)

Players of the Game

Needles (23-24)

Congratulations to #3 Xavier Russell for being selected the Needles Basketball Player of the Game.

Bagdad (23-24)

Bagdad has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Needles (23-24)

CA	State Div.
19	1

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
29-2	15-1	11-0	14-1	4-1	.935	.938	2,198	1,303

Bagdad (23-24)

AZ	Div.
340	31

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	PF	PA
6-16	2-4	1-9	4-6	1-1	.273	.333	713	1,039

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Needles	20.2	18.0	19.1	13.8	6.0	70.9
Bagdad	9.0	8.8	10.8	5.0	-	32.4

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Team Stat Comparison

Needles		Bagdad
70.9	Points Per Game	-
40.2	Rebounds Per Game	-
18.3	Assists Per Game	-
14.2	Steals Per Game	-
4.8	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Needles		Bagdad	National Avg.
#3 Xavier Russell19.1	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#13 Luca Walema8.4	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#11 Holden Jones3.7	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#0 Darrell Russell3.4	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#13 Luca Walema1.2	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Needles	1-0		Bagdad	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
11/30/23	Needles	Fredonia	(W) 79-21		11/30/23	Bagdad	Fredonia	(W) 27-25

Record Breakdown

Needles (23-24)		Bagdad (23-24)
29-2	Overall	6-16
15-1	League	2-4
2-0	Non-League	3-8
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-0	Common Opponent	1-0
11-0	Home	1-9
14-1	Away	4-6
4-1	Neutral	1-1
3-1	Playoff	0-0
0-0	In-State	4-15
29-2	Out-of-State	2-1