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Piedmont Northgate

Highlanders

Broncos

The Northgate (Walnut Creek, CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home tournament game against Piedmont (CA) by a score of 54-43.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Piedmont	10	18	14	12	54
Northgate	10	10	5	18	43

Final score provided by B. Spencer.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Piedmont (25-26)

Piedmont has not entered stats for this game.

Northgate (25-26)

Northgate

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	43	17	51	33	39
0	Koji Trode (So)	0	0	1	0	0
1	Dax Gordon (Jr)	8	4	6	67	67
2	Rufus Lee (Jr)	9	4	14	29	32
3	Damien Smith (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Mateo Garcia (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0
15	Marko Djurdjic (Fr)	1	0	8	0	0
20	Vadim Golovin (Jr)	4	2	3	67	67
22	Jack Neacsu (Jr)	3	1	3	33	50
24	Colton Merrill (Sr)	10	4	6	67	83
30	Jackson Ramirez (So)	6	2	8	25	38

Northgate

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	43	6	23	26	3	4	75	11	28	39
0	Koji Trode (So)	0	0	1	0
1	Dax Gordon (Jr)	8	0	2	0				4	4	100
2	Rufus Lee (Jr)	9	1	4	25				3	10	30
3	Damien Smith (Sr)	0							0	1	0
10	Mateo Garcia (Sr)	2				2	2	100	0	1	0
15	Marko Djurdjic (Fr)	1	0	4	0	1	2	50	0	4	0
20	Vadim Golovin (Jr)	4	0	1	0				2	2	100
22	Jack Neacsu (Jr)	3	1	3	33
24	Colton Merrill (Sr)	10	2	2	100				2	4	50
30	Jackson Ramirez (So)	6	2	6	33				0	2	0

Northgate

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	43	19	9	18	4	17	14
1	Dax Gordon (Jr)	8	2		2		2	2
2	Rufus Lee (Jr)	9	2	3	5	2	2	2
3	Damien Smith (Sr)	0	2				2
10	Mateo Garcia (Sr)	2	2		1		2
15	Marko Djurdjic (Fr)	1	2		4	1	1	3
20	Vadim Golovin (Jr)	4	2	2	2		4	1
22	Jack Neacsu (Jr)	3	4	3	2			2
23	Everett Schultz (Jr)		1			1	1
24	Colton Merrill (Sr)	10	1		1		2	2
30	Jackson Ramirez (So)	6	1	1	1		1	2

Northgate

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.53	1.06	1.29	0.29
1	Dax Gordon (Jr)		1.00	1.00
2	Rufus Lee (Jr)	1.50	2.50	2.50	1.00
10	Mateo Garcia (Sr)		0.50
15	Marko Djurdjic (Fr)		4.00	1.33	0.33
20	Vadim Golovin (Jr)	0.50	0.50	2.00
22	Jack Neacsu (Jr)			1.00
24	Colton Merrill (Sr)		0.50	0.50
30	Jackson Ramirez (So)	1.00	1.00	0.50

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Piedmont defeats Northgate

December 12, 2025: Walnut Creek, CA 94598

The Piedmont Highlanders (Piedmont, CA) basketball were winner over the host Northgate Broncos (Walnut Creek, CA), 54-43 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Highlanders now possess a 5-2 record. They play next when they travel to Campolindo for a non-league bout on Saturday, December 13. Piedmont will play a Cougars team coming off a 45-36 non-league loss to Granada (Livermore, CA). The Cougars record now stands at 4-2.

With the loss, Northgate falls to 3-3 on the season. The Broncos travel to Las Lomas (Walnut Creek, CA) to encounter the Knights in a non-league test on Saturday, December 13. The Knights come into the test with a record of 2-4. Las Lomas lost 61-29 in their recent non-league test against Woodcreek (Roseville, CA)

Piedmont @ Northgate Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 12, 2025 @ 5:30p

Huber Classic - Acalanes

The Northgate (Walnut Creek, CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home tournament game against Piedmont (CA) by a score of 54-43.

Rankings & Records

Piedmont (25-26)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
242	30	15	8

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	PF	PA
5-3	3-1	2-2	.625	512	419

Northgate (25-26)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
464	63	51	10

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
3-3	2-2	0-0	1-1	.500	348	329

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Piedmont	16.5	14.9	18.6	13.0	8.0	64.0
Northgate	15.7	11.2	15.0	16.2	-	58.0

Team Stat Comparison

Piedmont		Northgate
-	Points Per Game	58.0
-	Rebounds Per Game	20.8
-	Assists Per Game	11.7
-	Steals Per Game	11.8
-	Blocks Per Game	2.7

Team Leaders

Piedmont		Northgate	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#15 Marko Djurdjic11.3	5.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	#20 Vadim Golovin3.5	2.9
-	Assists Per Game	#2 Rufus Lee3.2	1.1
-	Steals Per Game	#2 Rufus Lee3.2	1.0
-	Blocks Per Game	#15 Marko Djurdjic0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Piedmont	0-2		Northgate	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/11/25	Piedmont	Acalanes	(L) 80-77	1/15/26	Acalanes	Northgate
12/13/25	Piedmont	Campolindo	(L) 51-47	1/23/26	Northgate	Campolindo
12/20/25	Piedmont	Campolindo
1/15/26	Berkeley	Piedmont		1/17/26	Berkeley	Northgate
2/6/26	Piedmont	Berkeley
1/22/26	Piedmont	Alameda		12/2/25	Alameda	Northgate	(L) 73-65
2/11/26	Alameda	Piedmont

Record Breakdown

Piedmont (25-26)		Northgate (25-26)
5-3	Overall	3-3
0-0	League	0-0
2-0	Non-League	2-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-2	Common Opponent	0-1
3-1	Home	2-2
2-2	Away	0-0
0-0	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
5-3	In-State	3-3
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0