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River Valley Needles

Dust Devils

Mustangs

The Needles (CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against River Valley (Mohave Valley, AZ) by a score of 68-66.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
River Valley	-	-	-	-	68
Needles	-	-	-	-	66

Final score provided by B. Entner.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

River Valley (25-26)

River Valley has not entered stats for this game.

Needles (25-26)

Needles

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	157	65	25	56	45	50
0	Darrell Russell (Sr)	30	17	5	11	45	55
1	Connor Goulet (Sr)	26	12	5	7	71	86
2	J. Rubalcava (Sr)	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	Luke Mills (Sr)	32	25	10	22	45	48
11	Milton Denham (Sr)	1	0	0	2	0	0
33	J. Blackwell (Sr)	3	0	0	2	0	0
34	M. Burns (Sr)	32	6	3	7	43	43
44	Avery Harvey (Sr)	28	5	2	4	50	63

Needles

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	157	65	6	20	30	9	14	64	19	36	53
0	Darrell Russell (Sr)	30	17	2	5	40	5	7	71	3	6	50
1	Connor Goulet (Sr)	26	12	2	4	50	0	0	0	3	3	100
2	J. Rubalcava (Sr)	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Luke Mills (Sr)	32	25	1	7	14	4	6	67	9	15	60
11	Milton Denham (Sr)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	J. Blackwell (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
34	M. Burns (Sr)	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	43
44	Avery Harvey (Sr)	28	5	1	1	100	0	1	0	1	3	33

Needles

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	157	65	12	27	39	16	15	2	10	13
0	Darrell Russell (Sr)	30	17	3	10	13	1	2	1	3	5
1	Connor Goulet (Sr)	26	12	1	3	4	5	3	0	2	2
2	J. Rubalcava (Sr)	5	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1
4	Luke Mills (Sr)	32	25	1	2	3	6	3	0	4	1
11	Milton Denham (Sr)	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
33	J. Blackwell (Sr)	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
34	M. Burns (Sr)	32	6	4	4	8	1	2	1	0	1
44	Avery Harvey (Sr)	28	5	1	4	5	3	3	0	1	2

Needles

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	TF
	Team Totals	1.60	1.50	1.15	0.15	1
0	Darrell Russell (Sr)	0.33	0.67	0.40	0.20	1
1	Connor Goulet (Sr)	2.50	1.50	1.50	0.00	0
2	J. Rubalcava (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
4	Luke Mills (Sr)	1.50	0.75	3.00	0.00	0
33	J. Blackwell (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
34	M. Burns (Sr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	0
44	Avery Harvey (Sr)	3.00	3.00	1.50	0.00	0

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - River Valley sneaks past Needles

December 12, 2025: Mohave Valley, AZ 86440

The River Valley Dust Devils (Mohave Valley, AZ) basketball edged the visiting Needles Mustangs (Needles, CA), 68-66 in Friday's non-league bout.

Next, the Dust Devils encounter the Kingman Bulldogs (Kingman, AZ) in a 3A West test, on Wednesday, December 17. River Valley will attempt to improve on its 9-1 season record. The Bulldogs come into the test with a 0-5 record after their 52-49 non-league loss to Lee Williams (Kingman, AZ).

The Mustangs (4-1) will now prepare for their test against Winslow (Winslow, AZ). The Bulldogs come into the non-league test with a 6-2 record. In their last test, Winslow was nipped by ALA - Queen Creek (Queen Creek, AZ), 73-49, in a non-league test.

River Valley vs Needles Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 12, 2025 @ 6p

Flagstaff Holiday Pepsi Shootout Invitational

The Needles (CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against River Valley (Mohave Valley, AZ) by a score of 68-66.

Rankings & Records

River Valley (25-26)

AZ	Div.
67	10

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
14-5	5-0	5-0	2-2	7-3	.737	1.000	1,300	965

Needles (25-26)

CA	Section	State Div.
19	19	1

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
6-2	2-0	2-0	2-0	2-2	.750	1.000	578	423

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
River Valley	9.5	14.0	9.5	10.0	68.4
Needles	8.7	12.3	22.7	20.0	72.3

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Team Stat Comparison

River Valley		Needles
7.2	Points Per Game	65.4
1.3	Rebounds Per Game	33.6
2.2	Assists Per Game	16.1
1.5	Steals Per Game	13.1
0.0	Blocks Per Game	2.8

Team Leaders

River Valley		Needles	National Avg.
#10 Dominick Homer27.0	Points Per Game	#4 Luke Mills22.1	5.2
#2 River Lee8.0	Rebounds Per Game	#34 Michael MJ Burns8.9	2.8
#12 Nathaniel Sesma8.0	Assists Per Game	#4 Luke Mills6.6	1.1
#10 Dominick Homer6.0	Steals Per Game	#4 Luke Mills3.6	0.9
#10 Dominick Homer0	Blocks Per Game	#0 Darrell Russell1.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
River Valley	4-2		Needles	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/25	River Valley	Mohave Accelerated	(W) 66-60	12/9/25	Needles	Mohave Accelerated	(W) 60-51
12/3/25	Mohave Accelerated	River Valley	(W) 64-50
12/19/25	Mohave Accelerated	River Valley	(L) 64-45
12/20/25	Mohave Accelerated	River Valley	(W) 56-40
12/20/25	Mohave Accelerated	River Valley	(L) 57-52
12/19/25	Pinecrest Academy Sloan Canyon	River Valley	(W) 85-49	1/1/26	Needles	Pinecrest Academy Sloan Canyon

Record Breakdown

River Valley (25-26)		Needles (25-26)
14-5	Overall	6-2
5-0	League	2-0
2-0	Non-League	2-0
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
4-2	Common Opponent	1-0
5-0	Home	2-0
2-2	Away	2-0
7-3	Neutral	2-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
11-5	In-State	0-0
3-0	Out-of-State	6-2