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Safford Needles

Bulldogs S

Mustangs

The Needles (CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Safford (AZ) by a score of 89-58.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Safford	-	-	-	-	58
Needles	-	-	-	-	89

Final score provided by T. Russell.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Safford (25-26)

Safford has not entered stats for this game.

Needles (25-26)

Needles

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	156	89	37	64	58	67
0	Darrell Russell (Sr)	26	32	13	15	87	100
1	Connor Goulet (Sr)	18	8	3	7	43	57
2	J. Rubalcava (Sr)	13	6	2	5	40	60
4	Luke Mills (Sr)	32	28	12	21	57	64
11	Milton Denham (Sr)	9	3	1	3	33	50
22	Dylan Castillo (Sr)	3	0	0	2	0	0
33	J. Blackwell (Sr)	22	0	0	2	0	0
34	M. Burns (Sr)	13	2	1	2	50	50
44	Avery Harvey (Sr)	20	10	5	7	71	71

Needles

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	156	89	12	27	44	3	5	60	25	37	68
0	Darrell Russell (Sr)	26	32	4	6	67	2	2	100	9	9	100
1	Connor Goulet (Sr)	18	8	2	6	33	0	0	0	1	1	100
2	J. Rubalcava (Sr)	13	6	2	3	67	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	Luke Mills (Sr)	32	28	3	9	33	1	3	33	9	12	75
11	Milton Denham (Sr)	9	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Dylan Castillo (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
33	J. Blackwell (Sr)	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
34	M. Burns (Sr)	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
44	Avery Harvey (Sr)	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	71

Needles

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	156	89	16	22	38	22	12	3	7	13
0	Darrell Russell (Sr)	26	32	2	9	11	4	1	3	1	2
1	Connor Goulet (Sr)	18	8	2	2	4	3	3	0	1	1
2	J. Rubalcava (Sr)	13	6	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
4	Luke Mills (Sr)	32	28	2	2	4	10	3	0	2	0
11	Milton Denham (Sr)	9	3	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	0
22	Dylan Castillo (Sr)	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	J. Blackwell (Sr)	22	0	4	1	5	0	1	0	1	2
34	M. Burns (Sr)	13	2	2	3	5	2	2	0	0	4
44	Avery Harvey (Sr)	20	10	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	4

Needles

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	TF
	Team Totals	3.14	1.71	0.92	0.23	1
0	Darrell Russell (Sr)	4.00	1.00	0.50	1.50	0
1	Connor Goulet (Sr)	3.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	0
2	J. Rubalcava (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
4	Luke Mills (Sr)	5.00	1.50	3.00	0.00	0
11	Milton Denham (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
33	J. Blackwell (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0
34	M. Burns (Sr)	2.00	2.00	0.50	0.00	1
44	Avery Harvey (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Safford overwhelmed by Needles

December 12, 2025: Safford, AZ 85546

In Friday's non-league bout, the Needles Mustangs (Needles, CA) basketball team crushed the host Safford Bulldogs (Safford, AZ), by a tally of 89-58.

The Mustangs now possess a 4-1 record. They play next when they travel to River Valley for a non-league bout on Friday, December 12. Needles will play a Dust Devils team coming off a 71-56 non-league win over Tuba City (Tuba City, AZ). The Dust Devils record now stands at 7-0.

In their next game, the Bulldogs encounter the Pima Roughriders (Pima, AZ) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 16. Safford will attempt to improve on its 2-3 season record. The Roughriders come into the challenge with a 6-0 record after their 63-57 non-league win over Fort Thomas (Fort Thomas, AZ).

Safford vs Needles Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 12, 2025 @ 7:30a

Flagstaff Holiday Pepsi Shootout Invitational

The Needles (CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Safford (AZ) by a score of 89-58.

Rankings & Records

Safford (25-26)

AZ	Div.
153	25

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
2-4	1-1	1-1	0-2	.333	368	454

Needles (25-26)

CA	Section	State Div.
9	9	1

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
4-1	0-0	2-0	2-1	.800	368	298

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Safford	12.0	7.5	17.5	10.0	61.3
Needles	10.0	10.5	26.0	22.0	73.6

Team Stat Comparison

Safford		Needles
-	Points Per Game	73.4
-	Rebounds Per Game	38.6
-	Assists Per Game	18.4
-	Steals Per Game	13.4
-	Blocks Per Game	3.4

Team Leaders

Safford		Needles	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#4 Luke Mills22.2	5.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	#0 Darrell Russell11.3	2.9
-	Assists Per Game	#4 Luke Mills6.8	1.1
-	Steals Per Game	#4 Luke Mills3.2	1.0
-	Blocks Per Game	#0 Darrell Russell2.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Safford	0-0		Needles	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
1/8/26	Safford	Snowflake			12/11/25	Snowflake	Needles	(W) 76-52

Record Breakdown

S Safford (25-26)		Needles (25-26)
2-4	Overall	4-1
0-0	League	0-0
2-2	Non-League	2-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	1-0
1-1	Home	0-0
1-1	Away	2-0
0-2	Neutral	2-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
2-3	In-State	0-0
0-1	Out-of-State	4-1