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Palo Verde Valley Coachella Valley

Yellow Jackets

Mighty Arabs

The Coachella Valley (Thermal, CA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Palo Verde Valley (Blythe, CA) by a score of 43-39.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Palo Verde Valley	11	10	14	8	43
Coachella Valley	12	13	6	8	39

Final score provided by J. Espinoza.

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Game Stats

Coachella Valley (23-24)

Palo Verde Valley

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	43	16	49	33	38
2	Rudy Armstrong (Sr)	12	4	10	40	45
4	Ezekiel Gibson (Sr)	5	2	8	25	31
10	Logan Donnelley (Jr)	6	3	8	38	38
15	Yasias Green (So)	3	1	3	33	33

Coachella Valley

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals		39
	Franky Aguirre (Jr)		6
	Israel Garcia (Jr)		7
	Joe Beltran (Jr)		6
	John Beltran (Sr)		5
	Miguel Lopez (Sr)		4
	S. Beltran (Sr)		6
	Victor Obeso (So)		5

Palo Verde Valley

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	43	5	16	31	6	18	33	11	33	33
2	Rudy Armstrong (Sr)	12	1	2	50	3	10	30	3	8	38
4	Ezekiel Gibson (Sr)	5	1	3	33				1	5	20
10	Logan Donnelley (Jr)	6	0	2	0				3	6	50
15	Yasias Green (So)	3	0	1	0	1	2	50	1	2	50

Coachella Valley

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals		39
	Franky Aguirre (Jr)		6
	Israel Garcia (Jr)		7
	Joe Beltran (Jr)		6
	John Beltran (Sr)		5
	Miguel Lopez (Sr)		4
	S. Beltran (Sr)		6
	Victor Obeso (So)		5

Palo Verde Valley

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	43	15	20	35	8	19	10
2	Rudy Armstrong (Sr)	12	6	5	11	2	7	1
4	Ezekiel Gibson (Sr)	5	1	2	3	2	7	3
10	Logan Donnelley (Jr)	6	2	2	4		2	2
15	Yasias Green (So)	3	0	6	6	1	1

Coachella Valley

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals		39
	Franky Aguirre (Jr)		6
	Israel Garcia (Jr)		7
	Joe Beltran (Jr)		6
	John Beltran (Sr)		5
	Miguel Lopez (Sr)		4
	S. Beltran (Sr)		6
	Victor Obeso (So)		5

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Coachella Valley tipped by Palo Verde Valley

December 9, 2023: Blythe, CA 92225

The Palo Verde Valley Yellow Jackets basketball team scored 43 points and held the visiting Coachella Valley Mighty Arabs to 39 in the Yellow Jackets non-league triumph on Saturday.

The Yellow Jackets now sport a 2-4 record. They put it on the line next when they host Holtville for a non-league contest on Tuesday, December 12.

The Mighty Arabs (1-9) will now prepare for their contest against Yucca Valley (Yucca Valley, CA). The Trojans enter the Desert Valley contest with a 3-4 record. In their last contest, Yucca Valley nudged Twentynine Palms (Twentynine Palms, CA), 84-45, in a league contest.

Rankings & Records

Palo Verde Valley (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
978	85	174	15

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
8-15	1-7	1-8	4-6	3-1	.348	.125	1,134	1,237

Coachella Valley (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
1,126	403	167	40

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
11-19	7-7	7-5	3-6	1-8	.367	.500	1,619	1,664

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Palo Verde Valley	12.4	13.1	11.6	10.1	-	49.3
Coachella Valley	14.2	13.4	13.8	12.6	7.0	54.0

Team Stat Comparison

Palo Verde Valley		Coachella Valley
49.2	Points Per Game	53.9
27.9	Rebounds Per Game	-
6.4	Assists Per Game	-
8.0	Steals Per Game	0.1
5.4	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Palo Verde Valley		Coachella Valley	National Avg.
#2 Rudy Armstrong15.1	Points Per Game	Franky Aguirre12.9	4.9
#2 Rudy Armstrong9.6	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#4 Ezekiel Gibson1.9	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#4 Ezekiel Gibson2.2	Steals Per Game	Daniel Romero0.1	0.8
#4 Ezekiel Gibson2.9	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Palo Verde Valley	3-5		Coachella Valley	1-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/13/23	Rancho Mirage	Palo Verde Valley	(L) 58-46	12/27/23	Rancho Mirage	Coachella Valley	(L) 58-41
12/8/23	Palo Verde Valley	Rancho Mirage	(L) 60-55
11/17/23	Calipatria	Palo Verde Valley	(L) 55-42	11/14/23	Coachella Valley	Calipatria	(L) 54-29
11/21/23	Palo Verde Valley	Xavier Prep	(W) 70-54	12/30/23	Coachella Valley	Xavier Prep	(L) 57-45
12/27/23	Palo Verde Valley	Xavier Prep	(W) 64-55
12/29/23	Palo Verde Valley	Desert Hot Springs	(W) 65-16	1/3/24	Desert Hot Springs	Coachella Valley	(W) 62-35
				1/26/24	Coachella Valley	Desert Hot Springs	(L) 60-51
1/9/24	Calexico	Palo Verde Valley	(L) 58-38	12/29/23	Calexico	Coachella Valley	(L) 51-33
1/25/24	Palo Verde Valley	Calexico	(L) 61-37

Record Breakdown

Palo Verde Valley (23-24)		Coachella Valley (23-24)
8-15	Overall	11-19
1-7	League	7-7
3-5	Non-League	1-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-5	Common Opponent	1-5
1-8	Home	7-5
4-6	Away	3-6
3-1	Neutral	1-8
0-1	Playoff	2-1
8-15	In-State	11-19
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0