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Vela Mercedes

Sabercats

Tigers

The Mercedes (TX) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's neutral non-conference game against Vela (Edinburg, TX) by a score of 56-11.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Vela	-	-	-	-	56
Mercedes	-	-	-	-	11

Final score provided by M. Mata.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Mercedes (24-25)

Vela

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	56	21	58	36	41
1	Gg Betancourt (Sr)	23	8	22	36	45
2	Madison Cantu (Jr)	14	5	13	38	42
5	Kayna Dupree (Jr)	4	2	4	50	50
10	Aurora Guzman (So)	1	0	0
12	Gena Benavidez (Fr)	2	1	2	50	50
14	Jada Alfaro (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20
15	Haylee Cisneros (Sr)	3	1	7	14	21
20	Gabby Jaramillo (Jr)	7	3	5	60	60

Mercedes

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	11	4	36	11	13
2	Anissa Sanchez (Fr)	5	1	14	7	11
3	Brittney Garcia (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
5	Alisha Garcia (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
10	Stephanie Cano (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0
11	Madilyn Noriega (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
22	Khloe Belcher (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
32	Alyna Gonzalez (Jr)	6	3	11	27	27

Vela

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	56	6	20	30	8	20	40	15	38	39
1	Gg Betancourt (Sr)	23	4	9	44	3	7	43	4	13	31
2	Madison Cantu (Jr)	14	1	4	25	3	5	60	4	9	44
5	Kayna Dupree (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	50
10	Aurora Guzman (So)	1	0	0	0	1	4	25	0	0	0
12	Gena Benavidez (Fr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
14	Jada Alfaro (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	20
15	Haylee Cisneros (Sr)	3	1	6	17	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	Gabby Jaramillo (Jr)	7	0	0	0	1	2	50	3	5	60

Mercedes

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	11	1	13	8	2	6	33	3	23	13
2	Anissa Sanchez (Fr)	5	1	7	14	2	4	50	0	7	0
3	Brittney Garcia (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
5	Alisha Garcia (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	Stephanie Cano (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11	Madilyn Noriega (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Khloe Belcher (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Alyna Gonzalez (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	27

Vela

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	56	15	7	22	8	25	2	9	13
1	Gg Betancourt (Sr)	23	2	1	3	2	5	0	2	0
2	Madison Cantu (Jr)	14	2	2	4	0	8	1	1	1
5	Kayna Dupree (Jr)	4	3	1	4	0	2	0	0	3
10	Aurora Guzman (So)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
12	Gena Benavidez (Fr)	2	1	0	1	0	4	0	3	3
14	Jada Alfaro (Sr)	2	3	2	5	1	1	0	1	1
15	Haylee Cisneros (Sr)	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
20	Gabby Jaramillo (Jr)	7	4	0	4	3	3	1	2	4

Mercedes

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	11	17	15	32	1	3	4	36	13
1	Hayden Ledesma (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	0
2	Anissa Sanchez (Fr)	5	3	3	6	0	3	0	2	3
3	Brittney Garcia (Sr)	0	2	3	5	1	0	1	6	4
5	Alisha Garcia (Sr)	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	0
10	Stephanie Cano (Sr)	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	5	0
11	Madilyn Noriega (Fr)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	10	1
12	Y. Gonzales (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	Avie Garza (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
24	Alina Serrano (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
32	Alyna Gonzalez (Jr)	6	8	2	10	0	0	1	2	2

Vela

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.89	2.78	1.92	0.15	31
1	Gg Betancourt (Sr)	1.00	2.50	5.00	0.00	3
2	Madison Cantu (Jr)	0.00	8.00	8.00	1.00	9
5	Kayna Dupree (Jr)	0.00	2.00	0.67	0.00	1
10	Aurora Guzman (So)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	3
12	Gena Benavidez (Fr)	0.00	1.33	1.33	0.00	5
14	Jada Alfaro (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	3
15	Haylee Cisneros (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
20	Gabby Jaramillo (Jr)	1.50	1.50	0.75	0.25	6

Mercedes

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.03	0.08	0.23	0.31	5
1	Hayden Ledesma (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1
2	Anissa Sanchez (Fr)	0.00	1.50	1.00	0.00	2
3	Brittney Garcia (Sr)	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.25	0
5	Alisha Garcia (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0
10	Stephanie Cano (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
13	Avie Garza (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
32	Alyna Gonzalez (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0

Vela's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Mercedes' stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Texas High School Basketball - Vela triumphant over Mercedes

November 7, 2024: Edinburg, TX 78539

The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Vela Sabercats (Edinburg, TX) and the visiting Mercedes Tigers (Mercedes, TX), observed Vela's basketball team overwhelm Mercedes by a margin of 56-11.

The Sabercats (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Veterans Memorial (Brownsville, TX). The Chargers come into the non-league challenge with a 2-0 record. In their last challenge, Veterans Memorial trounced Valley View (Pharr, TX), 68-11, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers battle the Hanna Golden Eagles (Brownsville, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, November 7. Mercedes will attempt to better on its 1-2 season record. The Golden Eagles come into the challenge with a 1-0 record after their 32-26 non-league win over Porter (Brownsville, TX).

Vela vs Mercedes Basketball Game Info

Thu., Nov. 7, 2024 @ 1:30p

The Mercedes (TX) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's neutral non-conference game against Vela (Edinburg, TX) by a score of 56-11.

Rankings & Records

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

Mercedes (24-25)

TX	Section	State Div.
1,151	498	211

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
15-20	7-11	3-7	6-6	6-7	.429	.389	1,178	1,302

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Vela	15.4	14.6	12.4	12.4	11.0	56.0
Mercedes	9.4	6.8	10.0	10.4	-	33.7

Team Stat Comparison

Vela		Mercedes
56.5	Points Per Game	33.5
34.0	Rebounds Per Game	32.3
10.3	Assists Per Game	6.7
15.5	Steals Per Game	9.3
2.0	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Vela		Mercedes	National Avg.
#1 Gg Betancourt15.5	Points Per Game	#2 Anissa Sanchez10.9	4.1
#13 Ava Tovar7.2	Rebounds Per Game	#32 Alyna Gonzalez9.0	2.8
#1 Gg Betancourt2.6	Assists Per Game	#3 Brittney Garcia2.1	0.9
#2 Madison Cantu3.0	Steals Per Game	#2 Anissa Sanchez2.8	1.1
#3 Savanah Rivera1.1	Blocks Per Game	#32 Alyna Gonzalez1.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Vela	7-2		Mercedes	4-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/7/24	Hanna	Vela	(W) 77-21	11/7/24	Mercedes	Hanna	(L) 39-32
11/14/24	Vela	Edison	(W) 76-27	11/14/24	Mercedes	Edison	(W) 45-34
11/14/24	Vela	Nixon	(W) 52-39	11/14/24	Nixon	Mercedes	(L) 45-30
11/22/24	Miller	Vela	(W) 51-36	11/15/24	Miller	Mercedes	(L) 35-27
11/25/24	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo	Vela	(W) 63-19	11/8/24	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo	Mercedes	(W) 31-27
11/26/24	Vela	Donna	(W) 88-29	12/3/24	Donna	Mercedes	(W) 56-47
				1/7/25	Mercedes	Donna	(L) 56-49
12/28/24	Sharyland	Vela	(L) 63-59	11/25/24	Mercedes	Sharyland	(W) 21-18
1/28/25	Vela	Sharyland	(L) 44-35
2/11/25	Harlingen South	Vela	(W) 40-30	12/13/24	Harlingen South	Mercedes	(L) 62-19
				1/17/25	Mercedes	Harlingen South	(L) 36-16

Record Breakdown

Vela (24-25)		Mercedes (24-25)
26-11	Overall	15-20
11-5	League	7-11
5-1	Non-League	7-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
7-2	Common Opponent	4-6
9-5	Home	3-7
12-4	Away	6-6
5-2	Neutral	6-7
2-1	Playoff	0-0
26-11	In-State	15-20
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0