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Merino Simla

Rams

Cubs

The Simla (CO) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Merino (CO) by a score of 55-47.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merino	9	11	11	16	47
Simla	13	14	14	14	55

Final score provided by D. Bost.

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Game Stats

Simla (23-24)

Merino

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	47	16	55	29	34
1	Jace Curtis (So)	2	1	6	17	17
2	Kaden Piel (Sr)	6	2	4	50	50
10	Reb Heller (Fr)	0	0	4	0	0
13	Tyler Miller (Sr)	14	5	13	38	46
15	Slayter Goss (Sr)	10	2	8	25	31
21	Jaxson Samber (Sr)	14	6	16	38	44
22	Zavier Trenkle (Fr)	1	0	4	0	0

Simla

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	55	22
10	Wyatt Stanko (Jr)	4	2
11	TJ Eurich (Jr)	10	5
13	Caston Cox (Jr)	10	3
14	Jack Zimmerman (Sr)	2	1
15	Brent Bowker (Sr)	7	2
20	Treven Kocerha (Jr)	12	4
33	Tatum Kocerha (Fr)	10	5

Merino

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	47	5	19	26	10		11	36	31
1	Jace Curtis (So)	2						1	6	17
2	Kaden Piel (Sr)	6	0	1	0	2		2	3	67
10	Reb Heller (Fr)	0	0	2	0			0	2	0
13	Tyler Miller (Sr)	14	2	8	25	2		3	5	60
15	Slayter Goss (Sr)	10	1	3	33	5		1	5	20
21	Jaxson Samber (Sr)	14	2	4	50	0	0	4	12	33
22	Zavier Trenkle (Fr)	1	0	1	0	1		0	3	0

Simla

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	2FGM
	Team Totals	55	3	8	19
10	Wyatt Stanko (Jr)	4			2
11	TJ Eurich (Jr)	10			5
13	Caston Cox (Jr)	10	1	3	2
14	Jack Zimmerman (Sr)	2			1
15	Brent Bowker (Sr)	7	1	2	1
20	Treven Kocerha (Jr)	12	1	3	3
33	Tatum Kocerha (Fr)	10			5

Merino

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	47	5	16	21	13	11	1
1	Jace Curtis (So)	2		3	3	3	4	1
2	Kaden Piel (Sr)	6	0	2	2	4	3
10	Reb Heller (Fr)	0	1		1	2
13	Tyler Miller (Sr)	14	1	3	4	1	1	0
15	Slayter Goss (Sr)	10	0	2	2	2	3
21	Jaxson Samber (Sr)	14	2	5	7	1
22	Zavier Trenkle (Fr)	1	1	1	2

Simla

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	55	9	24	33	15	12	7
10	Wyatt Stanko (Jr)	4	1	2	3	5	1
11	TJ Eurich (Jr)	10	0	4	4	1	2
13	Caston Cox (Jr)	10	0	4	4	1	2
14	Jack Zimmerman (Sr)	2	2	3	5
15	Brent Bowker (Sr)	7	1	1	2	2		2
20	Treven Kocerha (Jr)	12	3	4	7	3	5	1
33	Tatum Kocerha (Fr)	10	2	6	8	3	2	4

Misc Totals

Merino has not entered any misc totals stats.

Simla

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Defl
	Team Totals	7
10	Wyatt Stanko (Jr)	1
11	TJ Eurich (Jr)	1
13	Caston Cox (Jr)	1
15	Brent Bowker (Sr)	3
20	Treven Kocerha (Jr)	1

Game Story

Colorado High School Basketball - Simla fells Merino

December 9, 2023: Simla, CO 80835

Simla Cubs (Simla, CO) backers were in high spirits Saturday as they witnessed their basketball squad thwart the visiting Merino Rams (Merino, CO), 55-47 in a non-league bout.

With the win, Simla improves its record to 4-0 on the campaign. The Cubs host Crested Butte (Crested Butte, CO) to confront the Titans in a non-league challenge on Friday, December 15. The Titans come into the challenge with a record of 3-1. Crested Butte lost 74-43 in their recent non-league challenge against Plateau Valley (Collbran, CO)

Next up, the Rams confront the Prairie Mustangs (New Raymer, CO) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 14. Merino will attempt to improve on its 1-1 season record. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a 2-2 record after their 57-18 non-league win over Union Colony Prep (Greeley, CO).

Rankings & Records

Merino (23-24)

CO	Class
30	4

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
22-5	7-1	9-0	4-3	9-2	.815	.875	1,518	1,167

Simla (23-24)

CO	Class
2	1

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
26-1	5-0	12-0	7-0	7-1	.963	1.000	1,754	1,126

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merino	16.3	12.0	13.5	13.6	56.2
Simla	18.3	15.6	15.8	14.9	65.0

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Head-to-Head

Simla won on 12/9/2023

12/9 @ 3:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Merino 9 11 11 16 47
Simla 13 14 14 14 55

The Merino (CO) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's away non-conference game against Simla (CO) by a score of 55-47.
Box score
Simla won last month

3/9 @ 3:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Merino 25 16 16 16 73
Simla 21 15 19 22 77

The Merino (CO) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral playoff game against Simla (CO) by a score of 77-73.
Box score

3/9 @ 3:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merino	25	16	16	16	73
Simla	21	15	19	22	77

Team Stat Comparison

Merino		Simla
55.4	Points Per Game	65.0
29.1	Rebounds Per Game	33.6
14.1	Assists Per Game	16.0
9.5	Steals Per Game	14.5
2.4	Blocks Per Game	3.3

Team Leaders

Merino		Simla	National Avg.
#13 Tyler Miller18.5	Points Per Game	#33 Tatum Kocerha17.3	4.9
#2 Kaden Piel6.4	Rebounds Per Game	#33 Tatum Kocerha7.1	2.6
#2 Kaden Piel3.8	Assists Per Game	#10 Wyatt Stanko4.1	1.0
#2 Kaden Piel2.1	Steals Per Game	#13 Caston Cox2.6	0.8
#15 Slayter Goss0.9	Blocks Per Game	#33 Tatum Kocerha1.1	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merino	6-2		Simla	8-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/15/23	Merino	Akron	(W) 63-32	1/27/24	Akron	Simla	(W) 68-44
2/2/24	Akron	Merino	(W) 35-24
2/23/24	Akron	Merino	(W) 51-46
12/16/23	Merino	Holyoke	(W) 57-53	12/8/23	Holyoke	Simla	(W) 64-45
2/8/24	Merino	Holyoke	(L) 62-57
1/20/24	Stratton	Merino	(W) 63-42	2/9/24	Simla	Stratton	(W) 73-50
1/27/24	Merino	Limon	(L) 62-46	12/2/23	Simla	Limon	(W) 54-41
				1/23/24	Limon	Simla	(W) 56-41
				2/24/24	Simla	Limon	(W) 57-52
				3/8/24	Limon	Simla	(L) 49-42
3/1/24	Evangel Christian Academy	Merino	(W) 54-41	2/13/24	Evangel Christian Academy	Simla	(W) 65-36
				2/20/24	Evangel Christian Academy	Simla	(W) 62-24

Record Breakdown

Merino (23-24)		Simla (23-24)
22-5	Overall	26-1
7-1	League	5-0
7-2	Non-League	11-0
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
6-2	Common Opponent	8-1
9-0	Home	12-0
4-3	Away	7-0
9-2	Neutral	7-1
6-2	Playoff	7-1
22-5	In-State	26-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0