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White Pine Needles

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The Needles (CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against White Pine (Ely, NV) by a score of 73-37.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
White Pine	6	12	12	7	37
Needles	22	20	23	8	73

Final score provided by T. Russell.

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Game Stats

Needles (23-24)

White Pine

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	37	15	45	33	37
1	Darrin Starkey (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
3	Brennon Allen (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
5	Jackson Hart (Sr)	3	1	4	25	38
10	M. Nicholes (Jr)	7	3	12	25	29
12	Thomas Griffin (Sr)	2	1	6	17	17
15	Zephen Nicholes (Jr)	0	0	4	0	0
23	Ryan Walker (Sr)	5	2	4	50	63
35	Mo VanTassell (Jr)	10	4	8	50	50
54	Matt Thompson (So)	8	3	3	100	100

Needles

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	159	73	29	65	45	52
0	Darrell Russell (So)	19	11	5	14	36	39
2	Aaron Pixler (Sr)	4	3	1	3	33	50
3	Xavier Russell (Jr)	19	21	8	17	47	56
5	A. Armendarez (Sr)	17	8	3	5	60	80
11	Holden Jones (Jr)	17	9	4	8	50	56
12	Paxton Murch (Jr)	14	3	1	4	25	38
13	Luca Walema (Jr)	10	4	0	1	0	0
33	Collin Smith (Sr)	24	6	3	5	60	60
35	Talon Paget (Sr)	22	4	2	5	40	40
44	Barrios Holmes (Sr)	13	4	2	3	67	67

White Pine

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	37	3	10	30	4	11	36	12	35	34
1	Darrin Starkey (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Brennon Allen (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
5	Jackson Hart (Sr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	M. Nicholes (Jr)	7	1	3	33	0	2	0	2	9	22
12	Thomas Griffin (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	17
15	Zephen Nicholes (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
23	Ryan Walker (Sr)	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	2	50
35	Mo VanTassell (Jr)	10	0	0	0	2	6	33	4	8	50
54	Matt Thompson (So)	8	0	0	0	2	2	100	3	3	100

Needles

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	159	73	9	29	31	6	10	60	20	36	56
0	Darrell Russell (So)	19	11	1	5	20	0	0	0	4	9	44
2	Aaron Pixler (Sr)	4	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	Xavier Russell (Jr)	19	21	3	7	43	2	2	100	5	10	50
5	A. Armendarez (Sr)	17	8	2	4	50	0	0	0	1	1	100
11	Holden Jones (Jr)	17	9	1	5	20	0	2	0	3	3	100
12	Paxton Murch (Jr)	14	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	Luca Walema (Jr)	10	4	0	1	0	4	4	100	0	0	0
33	Collin Smith (Sr)	24	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	60
35	Talon Paget (Sr)	22	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	3	67
44	Barrios Holmes (Sr)	13	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	100

White Pine

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	37	12	22	34	10	9	3	36	8
1	Darrin Starkey (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	Brennon Allen (Sr)	2	1	3	4	0	2	0	2	1
5	Jackson Hart (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
10	M. Nicholes (Jr)	7	1	3	4	1	2	2	7	1
12	Thomas Griffin (Sr)	2	2	1	3	3	1	1	5	0
15	Zephen Nicholes (Jr)	0	4	4	8	1	3	0	7	1
23	Ryan Walker (Sr)	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	8	1
35	Mo VanTassell (Jr)	10	4	5	9	1	0	0	3	3
54	Matt Thompson (So)	8	0	5	5	3	0	0	2	0

Needles

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	159	73	15	18	33	21	27	7	16	11
0	Darrell Russell (So)	19	11	1	1	2	3	7	1	2	2
2	Aaron Pixler (Sr)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Xavier Russell (Jr)	19	21	3	2	5	2	6	2	4	1
5	A. Armendarez (Sr)	17	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1
11	Holden Jones (Jr)	17	9	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0
12	Paxton Murch (Jr)	14	3	1	2	3	2	3	0	3	0
13	Luca Walema (Jr)	10	4	2	2	4	4	3	1	1	3
33	Collin Smith (Sr)	24	6	5	6	11	1	2	1	2	3
35	Talon Paget (Sr)	22	4	3	4	7	3	2	2	2	1
44	Barrios Holmes (Sr)	13	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0

White Pine

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.28	0.25	1.13	0.38	2	13
3	Brennon Allen (Sr)	0.00	1.00	2.00	0.00	0	1
5	Jackson Hart (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1	0
10	M. Nicholes (Jr)	0.14	0.29	2.00	2.00	0	4
12	Thomas Griffin (Sr)	0.60	0.20	1.00	1.00	0	2
15	Zephen Nicholes (Jr)	0.14	0.43	3.00	0.00	1	2
23	Ryan Walker (Sr)	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
35	Mo VanTassell (Jr)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
54	Matt Thompson (So)	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1

Needles

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	1.31	1.69	2.46	0.64	40	1
0	Darrell Russell (So)	1.50	3.50	3.50	0.50	10	0
3	Xavier Russell (Jr)	0.50	1.50	6.00	2.00	8	0
5	A. Armendarez (Sr)	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0
11	Holden Jones (Jr)	3.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	5	0
12	Paxton Murch (Jr)	0.67	1.00	3.00	0.00	5	0
13	Luca Walema (Jr)	4.00	3.00	1.00	0.33	5	0
33	Collin Smith (Sr)	0.50	1.00	0.67	0.33	3	1
35	Talon Paget (Sr)	1.50	1.00	2.00	2.00	3	0
44	Barrios Holmes (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0

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Recap Video

White Pine vs Needles Game Highlights - Dec. 8, 2023 1:31

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Needles routs White Pine

December 8, 2023: Needles, CA 92363

In Friday's league outing, the Needles Mustangs (Needles, CA) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting White Pine Bobcats (Ely, NV), by a margin of 73-37.

The Mustangs (7-0) will now prepare for their outing against Founders Classical Academy (Las Vegas, NV). The Centurions go into the 2A Southern outing with a 3-4 record. In their last outing, Founders Classical Academy smashed Adelson (Las Vegas, NV), 76-52, in a league outing.

The Bobcats now own a 1-4 record. They play next when they travel to Laughlin for a 2A Southern outing on Saturday, December 9. White Pine will clash with a Cougars squad coming off a 64-54 league loss to Awaken Christian (Las Vegas, NV). The Cougars record now stands at 0-4.

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Players of the Game

White Pine (23-24)

Congratulations to #54 Matt Thompson for being selected the White Pine Basketball Player of the Game.

Needles (23-24)

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

Rankings & Records

White Pine (23-24)

NV	Div.
77	9

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
12-17	9-7	5-4	6-6	1-7	.414	.562	1,398	1,662

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

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
White Pine	12.7	12.1	11.8	8.4	-	48.2
Needles	20.1	17.8	19.2	14.2	6.0	70.9

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Head-to-Head

Needles won on 12/8/2023

12/8 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

White Pine 6 12 12 7 37
Needles 22 20 23 8 73

The White Pine (Ely, NV) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Needles (CA) by a score of 73-37.
Box score
Needles won on 1/26/2024

1/26 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Needles 16 19 32 19 86
White Pine 14 10 14 10 48

The Needles (CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against White Pine (Ely, NV) by a score of 86-48.
Box score

1/26 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Needles	16	19	32	19	86
White Pine	14	10	14	10	48

Team Stat Comparison

White Pine		Needles
39.6	Points Per Game	70.9
24.3	Rebounds Per Game	40.2
6.9	Assists Per Game	18.3
4.8	Steals Per Game	14.2
1.4	Blocks Per Game	4.8

Team Leaders

White Pine		Needles	National Avg.
#35 Mo VanTassell11.5	Points Per Game	#3 Xavier Russell19.1	4.9
#35 Mo VanTassell4.8	Rebounds Per Game	#13 Luca Walema8.4	2.6
#10 McCaul Nicholes1.6	Assists Per Game	#11 Holden Jones3.7	1.0
#15 Zephen Nicholes1.2	Steals Per Game	#0 Darrell Russell3.4	0.8
#12 Thomas Griffin0.7	Blocks Per Game	#13 Luca Walema1.2	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
White Pine	10-7		Needles	16-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/9/23	White Pine	Laughlin	(W) 55-54	12/5/23	Laughlin	Needles	(W) 83-44
1/19/24	Laughlin	White Pine	(W) 67-55	2/2/24	Needles	Laughlin	(W) 102-32
12/12/23	White Pine	Lincoln County	(L) 62-39	12/15/23	Lincoln County	Needles	(W) 62-41
1/16/24	Lincoln County	White Pine	(L) 80-56	1/27/24	Needles	Lincoln County	(W) 85-43
				2/16/24	Lincoln County	Needles	(W) 55-48
12/15/23	Lake Mead Academy	White Pine	(L) 77-45	12/29/23	Lake Mead Academy	Needles	(W) 84-72
2/2/24	White Pine	Lake Mead Academy	(L) 69-48	1/6/24	Lake Mead Academy	Needles	(W) 58-55
2/16/24	White Pine	Lake Mead Academy	(L) 77-45	2/10/24	Needles	Lake Mead Academy	(L) 69-48
				2/17/24	Needles	Lake Mead Academy	(L) 63-60
12/28/23	White Pine	Virgin Valley	(L) 73-40	12/29/23	Needles	Virgin Valley	(W) 55-46
1/2/24	White Pine	Adelson	(W) 62-19	1/11/24	Adelson	Needles	(W) 80-23
1/18/24	Adelson	White Pine	(W) 60-51	1/23/24	Needles	Adelson	(W) 90-21
1/5/24	GV Christian	White Pine	(W) 61-41	1/12/24	Needles	GV Christian	(W) 63-30
2/3/24	White Pine	GV Christian	(W) 42-41	2/6/24	GV Christian	Needles	(W) 81-47
1/12/24	White Pine	Founders Classical Academy	(W) 58-49	12/9/23	Needles	Founders Classical Academy	(W) 76-19
1/27/24	Founders Classical Academy	White Pine	(W) 37-29	1/30/24	Founders Classical Academy	Needles	(W) 77-24
1/13/24	White Pine	Awaken Christian	(L) 63-57	12/12/23	Needles	Awaken Christian	(W) 72-51
2/9/24	Awaken Christian	White Pine	(W) 54-45	1/18/24	Awaken Christian	Needles	(W) 82-32
2/15/24	Awaken Christian	White Pine	(W) 62-54

Record Breakdown

White Pine (23-24)		Needles (23-24)
12-17	Overall	29-2
9-7	League	15-1
1-1	Non-League	2-0
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
10-7	Common Opponent	16-2
5-4	Home	11-0
6-6	Away	14-1
1-7	Neutral	4-1
1-1	Playoff	3-1
11-12	In-State	0-0
0-3	Out-of-State	29-2