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Granite Hills Taft

Grizzlies

Wildcats

The Taft (CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Granite Hills (Porterville, CA) by a score of 48-44.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Granite Hills	-	-	-	-	48
Taft	-	-	-	-	44

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Granite Hills (24-25)

Granite Hills has not entered stats for this game.

Taft (24-25)

Taft

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	167	42	18	51	35	37
5	Joe Weber (So)	23	4	2	2	100	100
10	Hunter Melton (So)	3	0	0	0
11	Tristen Wade (Sr)	17	2	1	3	33	33
12	Nick Andrade (Jr)	30	2	1	10	10	10
15	Josh Cundiff (Sr)	13	2	1	4	25	25
20	David Magana (Sr)	26	6	3	10	30	30
21	Ernie Laulu (Sr)	32	20	8	20	40	45
23	Carver Johns (Sr)	22	6	2	2	100	100
34	Isaac Rhoten (So)	1	0	0	0

Taft

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	167	42	2	14	14	4	12	33	16	37	43
5	Joe Weber (So)	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
10	Hunter Melton (So)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Tristen Wade (Sr)	17	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	100
12	Nick Andrade (Jr)	30	2	0	4	0	0	4	0	1	6	17
15	Josh Cundiff (Sr)	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	25
20	David Magana (Sr)	26	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	9	33
21	Ernie Laulu (Sr)	32	20	2	7	29	2	3	67	6	13	46
23	Carver Johns (Sr)	22	6	0	0	0	2	2	100	2	2	100
34	Isaac Rhoten (So)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Taft

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	167	42	10	27	37	9	12	6	22	17
5	Joe Weber (So)	23	4	0	9	9	0	1	0	3	1
10	Hunter Melton (So)	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	Tristen Wade (Sr)	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
12	Nick Andrade (Jr)	30	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	7	1
15	Josh Cundiff (Sr)	13	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0
20	David Magana (Sr)	26	6	4	5	9	3	0	1	2	4
21	Ernie Laulu (Sr)	32	20	2	6	8	1	3	1	3	5
23	Carver Johns (Sr)	22	6	3	4	7	2	6	3	3	1
34	Isaac Rhoten (So)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Taft

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.41	0.55	0.71	0.35	17
5	Joe Weber (So)	0.00	0.33	1.00	0.00	2
12	Nick Andrade (Jr)	0.29	0.29	2.00	0.00	3
15	Josh Cundiff (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1
20	David Magana (Sr)	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.25	6
21	Ernie Laulu (Sr)	0.33	1.00	0.60	0.20	2
23	Carver Johns (Sr)	0.67	2.00	6.00	3.00	3

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Taft held off by Granite Hills

December 6, 2024: Taft, CA 93268

In Friday's non-league test, the Granite Hills Grizzlies (Porterville, CA) basketball squad got by the host Taft Wildcats (Taft, CA), by a score of 48-44.

Next, the Grizzlies encounter the Farmersville Aztecs (Farmersville, CA) in a non-league test, on Saturday, December 7. Granite Hills will attempt to improve on its 4-3 season record. The Aztecs come into the test with a 2-2 record after their 55-40 non-league loss to East Bakersfield (Bakersfield, CA).

The Wildcats (2-2) will now prepare for their test against Edison (Fresno, CA). The Tigers come into the non-league test with a 0-3 record. In their last test, Edison was nipped by Centennial (Bakersfield, CA), 85-64, in a non-league test.

Granite Hills vs Taft Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 6, 2024 @ 3p

The Taft (CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Granite Hills (Porterville, CA) by a score of 48-44.

Rankings & Records

Granite Hills (24-25)

CA	Section
629	49

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
22-11	5-3	7-5	9-4	6-2	.667	.625	1,808	1,518

Taft (24-25)

CA	Section
817	69

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
16-13	7-5	6-4	4-5	6-4	.552	.583	1,724	1,585

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Granite Hills	12.3	13.3	11.7	11.6	54.8
Taft	6.0	15.0	9.0	29.0	59.4

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Team Stat Comparison

Granite Hills		Taft
-	Points Per Game	58.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	32.9
-	Assists Per Game	12.9
-	Steals Per Game	9.4
-	Blocks Per Game	3.0

Team Leaders

Granite Hills		Taft	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#21 Ernie Laulu19.5	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#21 Ernie Laulu8.0	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#20 David Magana4.6	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#21 Ernie Laulu2.4	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#21 Ernie Laulu1.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Granite Hills	5-2		Taft	3-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/24	Granite Hills	McFarland	(L) 64-49	1/7/25	McFarland	Taft	(L) 76-59
12/19/24	McFarland	Granite Hills	(L) 77-58	1/30/25	Taft	McFarland	(L) 81-44
12/5/24	Kings Christian	Granite Hills	(W) 50-39	2/19/25	Kings Christian	Taft	(W) 58-46
12/18/24	Granite Hills	Kings Christian	(W) 53-52
12/5/24	Granite Hills	Kern Valley	(W) 46-34	12/7/24	Kern Valley	Taft	(W) 70-37
1/22/25	Granite Hills	Lindsay	(W) 70-29	12/27/24	Taft	Lindsay	(W) 91-48
2/7/25	Lindsay	Granite Hills	(W) 58-33

Record Breakdown

Granite Hills (24-25)		Taft (24-25)
22-11	Overall	16-13
5-3	League	7-5
5-4	Non-League	1-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
5-2	Common Opponent	3-2
7-5	Home	6-4
9-4	Away	4-5
6-2	Neutral	6-4
3-1	Playoff	2-1
22-11	In-State	16-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0