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Highland Taft

Scots

Wildcats

The Taft (CA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Highland (Bakersfield, CA) by a score of 61-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland	14	20	18	9	61
Taft	7	15	20	11	53

Final score provided by C. Dials.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Taft (22-23)

Highland

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	167	58	16	43	37	42
0	Dvon Bennett (Sr)	9	2	1	1	100	100
1	Zack Ornelas (Sr)	31	7	2	6	33	33
2	Mondo Castruita (Jr)	19	9	3	6	50	58
3	F. Cuadras (Sr)	11	2	0	2	0	0
5	Lance Haworth (Jr)	32	20	5	14	36	46
10	Joseph Turner (Jr)	21	3	1	1	100	100
12	Aaron Torres (Sr)	13	5	1	7	14	14
23	Karam Safa (Jr)	20	4	2	4	50	50
33	Paul Garcia (Jr)	0	1	0	0
35	Wesley Tolbert (Jr)	9	5	1	1	100	100
40	Kiah Jackson (Sr)	2	0	0	0

Taft

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	19	63	30	33
5	S. Sutherland (Sr)	1	0	3	0	0
13	Chase Phillips (Jr)	9	4	8	50	50
15	George Burney (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
20	Baylin Statler (Jr)	10	3	16	19	19
21	Ernie Laulu (So)	2	1	7	14	14
22	Blaine Neudorf (Jr)	23	8	17	47	56
23	Zack O'Dell (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33
33	Ty Smith (Sr)	4	1	5	20	20

Highland

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	167	58	4	7	57	22	30	73	12	36	33
0	Dvon Bennett (Sr)	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
1	Zack Ornelas (Sr)	31	7	0	0	0	3	4	75	2	6	33
2	Mondo Castruita (Jr)	19	9	1	2	50	2	2	100	2	4	50
3	F. Cuadras (Sr)	11	2	0	0	0	2	4	50	0	2	0
5	Lance Haworth (Jr)	32	20	3	4	75	7	9	78	2	10	20
10	Joseph Turner (Jr)	21	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	1	100
12	Aaron Torres (Sr)	13	5	0	0	0	3	4	75	1	7	14
23	Karam Safa (Jr)	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	50
33	Paul Garcia (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
35	Wesley Tolbert (Jr)	9	5	0	0	0	3	3	100	1	1	100
40	Kiah Jackson (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Taft

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	3	10	30	12	26	46	16	53	30
5	S. Sutherland (Sr)	1				1	2	50	0	3	0
13	Chase Phillips (Jr)	9	0	3	0	1	2	50	4	5	80
15	George Burney (Sr)	0							0	1	0
20	Baylin Statler (Jr)	10	0	1	0	4	6	67	3	15	20
21	Ernie Laulu (So)	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	5	20
22	Blaine Neudorf (Jr)	23	3	4	75	4	11	36	5	13	38
23	Zack O'Dell (Sr)	4							2	6	33
33	Ty Smith (Sr)	4				2	4	50	1	5	20

Highland

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	167	58	5	24	29	10	7	1	14	22
0	Dvon Bennett (Sr)	9	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	3
1	Zack Ornelas (Sr)	31	7	0	4	4	3	3	0	4	2
2	Mondo Castruita (Jr)	19	9	0	3	3	1	0	1	1	3
3	F. Cuadras (Sr)	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
5	Lance Haworth (Jr)	32	20	1	4	5	2	0	0	3	3
10	Joseph Turner (Jr)	21	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
12	Aaron Torres (Sr)	13	5	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	3
23	Karam Safa (Jr)	20	4	2	3	5	2	1	0	2	2
33	Paul Garcia (Jr)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
35	Wesley Tolbert (Jr)	9	5	1	3	4	0	2	0	1	3
40	Kiah Jackson (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Taft

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	53	19	17	36	8	8	5	11
5	S. Sutherland (Sr)	1	2	2	4	2	2	1
10	Danny Buddell (Sr)							1
13	Chase Phillips (Jr)	9	4	3	7			1	1
15	George Burney (Sr)	0					2		3
20	Baylin Statler (Jr)	10	1	1	2	3			4
21	Ernie Laulu (So)	2	3	3	6	1	1		1
22	Blaine Neudorf (Jr)	23	1	7	8		2	1
23	Zack O'Dell (Sr)	4	1		1	1			1
33	Ty Smith (Sr)	4	7	1	8	1	1	1	1

Highland

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.71	0.50	0.32	0.05
0	Dvon Bennett (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
1	Zack Ornelas (Sr)	0.75	0.75	1.50	0.00
2	Mondo Castruita (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.33
3	F. Cuadras (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
5	Lance Haworth (Jr)	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	Aaron Torres (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	Karam Safa (Jr)	1.00	0.50	0.50	0.00
35	Wesley Tolbert (Jr)	0.00	2.00	0.67	0.00

Taft

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.73	0.73
15	George Burney (Sr)		0.67
20	Baylin Statler (Jr)	0.75
21	Ernie Laulu (So)	1.00	1.00
23	Zack O'Dell (Sr)	1.00
33	Ty Smith (Sr)	1.00	1.00

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Game Story

California High School Basketball - Taft succumbs to Highland

December 10, 2022: Bakersfield, CA 93306

The Highland Scots topped the visiting Taft Wildcats basketball team by a final score of 61-53 in Saturday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Scots face the Arvin Bears (Arvin, CA) in a non-league game, on Tuesday, December 13. Highland will attempt to move on its 6-5 season record.

With the defeat, Taft moves to 1-5 on the year. The Wildcats travel to South (Bakersfield, CA) to face the Spartans in a non-league game on Wednesday, December 14. The Spartans enter the game with a record of 7-3.

Highland vs Taft Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 10, 2022 @ 12:30p

Lloyd Williams Tourney

The Taft (CA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Highland (Bakersfield, CA) by a score of 61-53.

Rankings & Records

Highland (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
839	74	94	13

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
15-16	2-6	5-5	4-4	6-7	.484	.250	1,553	1,556

Taft (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
743	61	65	6

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
16-15	7-5	6-5	5-3	5-7	.516	.583	1,743	1,792

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Highland	10.0	12.8	14.2	11.0	-	50.1
Taft	14.5	14.0	13.0	13.3	5.0	56.2

Head-to-Head

Highland won on 12/10/2022

12/10 @ 12:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Highland 14 20 18 9 61
Taft 7 15 20 11 53

The Highland (Bakersfield, CA) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Taft (CA) by a score of 61-53.
Box score
Taft won on 2/24/2023

2/24 @ 12p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Taft 14 8 9 12 43
Highland 9 9 12 11 41

The Taft (CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral playoff game against Highland (Bakersfield, CA) by a score of 43-41.
Box score

2/24 @ 12p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Taft	14	8	9	12	43
Highland	9	9	12	11	41

Team Stat Comparison

Highland		Taft
38.6	Points Per Game	56.2
23.4	Rebounds Per Game	40.2
8.5	Assists Per Game	11.2
7.7	Steals Per Game	8.5
0.9	Blocks Per Game	4.6

Team Leaders

Highland		Taft	National Avg.
#5 Lance Haworth14.3	Points Per Game	#22 Blaine Neudorf16.3	4.9
#5 Lance Haworth5.2	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Blaine Neudorf9.3	2.6
#1 Zack Ornelas3.2	Assists Per Game	#20 Baylin Statler2.1	1.0
#1 Zack Ornelas2.8	Steals Per Game	#22 Blaine Neudorf1.8	0.8
#23 Karam Safa0.3	Blocks Per Game	#13 Chase Phillips1.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland	1-3		Taft	3-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/15/22	Highland	Wasco	(W) 43-36	1/28/23	Taft	Wasco	(W) 64-56
				2/7/23	Wasco	Taft	(W) 71-55
12/5/22	Lindsay	Highland	(L) 42-38	12/28/22	Lindsay	Taft	(W) 49-39
12/9/22	Highland	South	(L) 62-23	12/14/22	Taft	South	(L) 50-44
12/17/22	Kennedy	Highland	(L) 59-50	1/3/23	Taft	Kennedy	(L) 72-66
				1/25/23	Kennedy	Taft	(L) 67-63

Record Breakdown

Highland (22-23)		Taft (22-23)
15-16	Overall	16-15
2-6	League	7-5
5-3	Non-League	0-2
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
1-3	Common Opponent	3-3
5-5	Home	6-5
4-4	Away	5-3
6-7	Neutral	5-7
3-1	Playoff	4-1
15-16	In-State	16-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0