Mesa Grande Academy vs United Christian Academy | Basketball

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Mesa Grande Academy United Christian Academy

Cardinals

Eagles

The United Christian Academy (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Mesa Grande Academy (Calimesa, CA) by a score of 73-35.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mesa Grande Academy	-	-	-	-	35
UCA	-	-	-	-	73

Final score provided by A. Alvarez.

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Game Stats

Mesa Grande Academy (23-24)

Mesa Grande Academy has not entered stats for this game.

United Christian Academy (23-24)

United Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	180	71	26	67	39	45
0	Jaden Hodeib (Sr)	26	12	4	9	44	67
2	Gabe Martinez (Jr)	12	0	0	5	0	0
3	Ryan Basta (Fr)	24	18	7	14	50	54
5	Michael Espino (Jr)	22	11	5	9	56	56
11	Jadon Williams (Jr)	29	20	7	15	47	53
13	Joseph Noriega (Jr)	30	4	2	9	22	22
23	Justin Mettias (So)	20	0	0	1	0	0

United Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	180	71	8	23	35	11	17	65	18	44	41
0	Jaden Hodeib (Sr)	26	12	4	7	57	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	Gabe Martinez (Jr)	12	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3	Ryan Basta (Fr)	24	18	1	4	25	3	4	75	6	10	60
5	Michael Espino (Jr)	22	11	0	1	0	1	3	33	5	8	63
11	Jadon Williams (Jr)	29	20	2	5	40	4	4	100	5	10	50
13	Joseph Noriega (Jr)	30	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	7	29
23	Justin Mettias (So)	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

United Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	180	71	13	32	45	16	23	5	12	16
0	Jaden Hodeib (Sr)	26	12	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	0
2	Gabe Martinez (Jr)	12	0	2	3	5	0	1	0	0	1
3	Ryan Basta (Fr)	24	18	0	2	2	3	4	2	1	2
5	Michael Espino (Jr)	22	11	2	4	6	2	2	0	2	3
11	Jadon Williams (Jr)	29	20	3	5	8	3	11	2	3	2
13	Joseph Noriega (Jr)	30	4	2	12	14	3	0	0	1	3
23	Justin Mettias (So)	20	0	2	3	5	2	1	1	1	2

United Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	1.33	1.92	1.44	0.31	1
0	Jaden Hodeib (Sr)	1.00	0.50	1.00	0.00	0
2	Gabe Martinez (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
3	Ryan Basta (Fr)	3.00	4.00	2.00	1.00	0
5	Michael Espino (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.67	0.00	0
11	Jadon Williams (Jr)	1.00	3.67	5.50	1.00	0
13	Joseph Noriega (Jr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
23	Justin Mettias (So)	2.00	1.00	0.50	0.50	1

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Mesa Grande Academy trounced by United Christian Academy

December 5, 2023: Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730

In Tuesday's non-league match, the host United Christian Academy Eagles basketball team scored a decisive 73-33 triumph over the Mesa Grande Academy Cardinals.

In their next game, the Eagles face the San Luis Obispo Classical Academy Grizzlies (San Luis Obispo, CA) in a non-league match, on Thursday, December 7. United Christian Academy will attempt to move on its 5-5 season record. The Grizzlies enter the match with a 3-5 record after their 59-48 league win over Coastal Christian (Pismo Beach, CA).

With the defeat, Mesa Grande Academy moves to 1-2 on the year. The Cardinals travel to Public Safety Academy (San Bernardino, CA) to face the Phoenix in a Tri-County Premier match on Wednesday, December 6. The Phoenix enter the match with a record of 2-2. Public Safety Academy won 32-19 in their recent non-league match against Desert Mirage (Thermal, CA)

Rankings & Records

Mesa Grande Academy (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
1,299	458	249	58

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
8-11	4-5	3-4	2-3	3-4	.421	.444	844	970

United Christian Academy (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
1,009	367	179	42

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
17-12	7-3	6-2	7-7	4-3	.586	.700	1,794	1,627

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Mesa Grande Academy	10.8	6.0	14.4	10.2	-	44.4
United Christian Academy	11.2	14.0	15.8	15.3	1.0	61.9

Team Stat Comparison

Mesa Grande Academy		United Christian Academy
-	Points Per Game	55.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	19.5
-	Assists Per Game	7.7
-	Steals Per Game	8.2
-	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Mesa Grande Academy		United Christian Academy	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#4 Anthony Basta26.1	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Yupeng Chen9.0	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#4 Anthony Basta2.9	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#11 Jadon Williams3.0	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#4 Anthony Basta1.2	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mesa Grande Academy	0-3		United Christian Academy	4-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/23	Sherman Indian	Mesa Grande Academy	(L) 80-26	1/12/24	Sherman Indian	United Christian Academy	(W) 71-54
				1/18/24	United Christian Academy	Sherman Indian	(W) 48-43
1/9/24	Redlands Adventist Academy	Mesa Grande Academy	(L) 66-42	11/13/23	Redlands Adventist Academy	United Christian Academy	(W) 58-56
1/25/24	The Webb Schools	Mesa Grande Academy	(L) 60-37	11/16/23	United Christian Academy	The Webb Schools	(W) 77-54

Record Breakdown

Mesa Grande Academy (23-24)		United Christian Academy (23-24)
8-11	Overall	17-12
4-5	League	7-3
1-2	Non-League	6-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-3	Common Opponent	4-0
3-4	Home	6-2
2-3	Away	7-7
3-4	Neutral	4-3
0-0	Playoff	0-1
8-11	In-State	17-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0