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MacArthur Vela

Brahmas

Sabercats

The Vela (Edinburg, TX) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home tournament game against MacArthur (San Antonio, TX) by a score of 49-39.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MacArthur	5	13	19	12	49
Vela	15	8	6	10	39

Final score provided by T. Torru.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Vela (23-24)

MacArthur

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	47	15	46	33	42
1	Faith Thomas	6	2	5	40	60
3	Anaya Whitby	3	0	0
5	Lyah Neira (Sr)	23	8	22	36	45
22	Lyndzie Wiley (Sr)	1	0	2	0	0
23	Isabel Toifl (Sr)	9	3	7	43	64
24	Saely Garcia	3	1	8	13	13
33	Z. Zarb-cousin (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50

Vela

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	38	16	61	26	29
1	Gg Betancourt (Jr)	8	3	12	25	25
2	Madison Cantu (So)	0	0	2	0	0
13	Ava Tovar (Jr)	5	2	10	20	20
15	Laura Guizar (Sr)	2	1	6	17	17
20	G. Tijerina (Sr)	5	2	5	40	50
33	Janai Coleman	14	6	23	26	30

MacArthur

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	47	9	21	43	8	17	47	6	25	24
1	Faith Thomas	6	2	3	67	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	Anaya Whitby	3	0	0	0	3	4	75	0	0	0
5	Lyah Neira (Sr)	23	4	9	44	3	5	60	4	13	31
22	Lyndzie Wiley (Sr)	1	0	1	0	1	6	17	0	1	0
23	Isabel Toifl (Sr)	9	3	6	50	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	Saely Garcia	3	0	2	0	1	2	50	1	6	17
33	Z. Zarb-cousin (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50

Vela

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	38	3	21	14	3	17	18	13	40	33
1	Gg Betancourt (Jr)	8	0	3	0	2	6	33	3	9	33
2	Madison Cantu (So)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
13	Ava Tovar (Jr)	5	0	1	0	1	2	50	2	9	22
15	Laura Guizar (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	4	25
20	G. Tijerina (Sr)	5	1	4	25	0	0	0	1	1	100
33	Janai Coleman	14	2	10	20	0	2	0	4	13	31

MacArthur

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	47	9	24	33	8	4	2	17	12
1	Faith Thomas	6	2	4	6	1	0	0	2	1
3	Anaya Whitby	3	0	9	9	1	0	0	1	2
5	Lyah Neira (Sr)	23	2	1	3	2	1	0	9	1
22	Lyndzie Wiley (Sr)	1	2	6	8	2	0	1	1	2
23	Isabel Toifl (Sr)	9	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	3
24	Saely Garcia	3	0	1	1	1	3	0	2	2
33	Z. Zarb-cousin (Jr)	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	1

Vela

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	38	22	19	41	8	9	1	19	21
1	Gg Betancourt (Jr)	8	4	2	6	1	2	0	6	4
2	Madison Cantu (So)	0	1	1	2	3	3	0	2	1
5	Kiara Quiroga (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
10	Kaitlyn Liendo (Sr)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
13	Ava Tovar (Jr)	5	9	4	13	0	2	0	2	4
15	Laura Guizar (Sr)	2	4	1	5	0	0	0	2	1
20	G. Tijerina (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
33	Janai Coleman	14	3	11	14	1	2	1	5	4

MacArthur

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.47	0.24	0.33	0.17	2	4
1	Faith Thomas	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0
3	Anaya Whitby	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
5	Lyah Neira (Sr)	0.22	0.11	1.00	0.00	1	0
22	Lyndzie Wiley (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0	1
23	Isabel Toifl (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
24	Saely Garcia	0.50	1.50	1.50	0.00	0	2
33	Z. Zarb-cousin (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0

Vela

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.42	0.47	0.43	0.05	12
1	Gg Betancourt (Jr)	0.17	0.33	0.50	0.00	7
2	Madison Cantu (So)	1.50	1.50	3.00	0.00	1
5	Kiara Quiroga (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
10	Kaitlyn Liendo (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
13	Ava Tovar (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	1
33	Janai Coleman	0.20	0.40	0.50	0.25	3

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Game Story

Texas High School Basketball - MacArthur thwarts Vela

November 9, 2023: Edinburg, TX 78539

The MacArthur Brahmas (San Antonio, TX) basketball knocked off the host Vela Sabercats (Edinburg, TX), 49-39 in Thursday's non-league test.

The Brahmas (2-2) will now prepare for their test against Marshall (San Antonio, TX). The Rams go into the non-league test with a 4-0 record. In their last test, Marshall notched a victory over Rio Grande City (Rio Grande City, TX), 70-54, in a non-league test.

The Sabercats now own a 1-1 record. They play next when they travel to Veterans Memorial for a non-league test on Thursday, November 9. Vela will encounter a Patriots squad coming off a 63-48 non-league loss to Alamo Heights (San Antonio, TX). The Patriots record now stands at 1-1.

MacArthur @ Vela Basketball Game Info

Thu., Nov. 9, 2023 @ 4:30p

The Vela (Edinburg, TX) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home tournament game against MacArthur (San Antonio, TX) by a score of 49-39.

Rankings & Records

MacArthur (23-24)

TX	Section	State Div.
342	62	65

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
25-12	15-1	10-2	11-5	4-5	.676	.938	2,041	1,472

Vela (23-24)

TX	Section	State Div.
295	53	59

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
32-6	16-2	9-3	12-0	11-3	.842	.889	2,146	1,247

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
MacArthur	13.8	11.2	15.1	13.8	7.0	8.0	55.2
Vela	14.2	13.4	13.9	10.9	8.0	-	56.5

Head-to-Head

MacArthur won on 11/9/2023

11/9 @ 4:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

MacArthur 5 13 19 12 49
Vela 15 8 6 10 39

The MacArthur (San Antonio, TX) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away tournament game against Vela (Edinburg, TX) by a score of 49-39.
Box score
Vela won on 11/18/2023

11/18 @ 11a Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

MacArthur - - - - 50
Vela - - - - 62

The MacArthur (San Antonio, TX) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's away tournament game against Vela (Edinburg, TX) by a score of 62-50.
Box score

11/18 @ 11a	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MacArthur	-	-	-	-	50
Vela	-	-	-	-	62

Team Stat Comparison

MacArthur		Vela
54.7	Points Per Game	56.4
34.3	Rebounds Per Game	34.5
11.5	Assists Per Game	10.6
11.1	Steals Per Game	13.1
1.4	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

MacArthur		Vela	National Avg.
#5 Lyah Neira16.0	Points Per Game	#33 Janai Coleman20.0	4.2
#12 Ellie Lee7.6	Rebounds Per Game	#33 Janai Coleman9.7	2.8
#5 Lyah Neira4.6	Assists Per Game	#1 Gg Betancourt2.8	0.9
#12 Ellie Lee3.1	Steals Per Game	#33 Janai Coleman3.4	1.1
#3 Anaya Whitby0.5	Blocks Per Game	#33 Janai Coleman1.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
MacArthur	1-2		Vela	2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/3/23	East Central	MacArthur	(L) 56-37	11/17/23	Vela	East Central	(L) 52-45
11/7/23	MacArthur	LEE	(L) 73-46	11/10/23	LEE	Vela	(W) 64-59
11/28/23	Veterans Memorial	MacArthur	(W) 71-17	11/9/23	Veterans Memorial	Vela	(W) 70-20

Record Breakdown

MacArthur (23-24)		Vela (23-24)
25-12	Overall	32-6
15-1	League	16-2
2-3	Non-League	3-0
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
1-2	Common Opponent	2-1
10-2	Home	9-3
11-5	Away	12-0
4-5	Neutral	11-3
1-1	Playoff	2-1
24-12	In-State	32-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0