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Highland Las Cruces

Hornets

Bulldawgs

The Las Cruces (NM) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Highland (Albuquerque, NM) by a score of 66-36.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland	-	-	-	-	36
Las Cruces	-	-	-	-	66

Final score provided by L. Neal.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Las Cruces (24-25)

Highland

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	141	36	16	30	53	58
2	Makiaya Ortiz (Jr)	12	0	0	1	0	0
3	Makayla Lovato (Sr)	7	2	1	1	100	100
4	Ava Cordova (Sr)	5	5	2	4	50	63
5	Alenah Cordova (Fr)	11	5	2	4	50	63
10	Rubi Cruz (Sr)	12	2	1	2	50	50
20	J. Rodriguez (Sr)	16	0	0	1	0	0
23	Breanna Payton (Sr)	23	3	1	2	50	75
25	Rebecca Neal (Jr)	30	6	3	8	38	38
33	N. Rodriguez (So)	25	13	6	7	86	86

Las Cruces

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	66	27	61	44	48
0	Sofia Herrera (Jr)	12	6	14	43	43
1	Bethzy Quinones (Sr)	12	5	13	38	38
2	Danae Pacheco (Sr)	16	6	13	46	62
3	B. Pfaender (So)	1	0	0
4	Zoey Barrio (Fr)	6	2	5	40	40
10	Jaysha Hawkins (Jr)	4	2	5	40	40
14	Keira Gamboa (Jr)	7	3	8	38	44
23	A. Cisneros (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
24	Amari Mitchell (So)	4	1	1	100	100
32	Kali Bundy (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100

Highland

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	141	36	3	7	43	1	3	33	13	23	57
2	Makiaya Ortiz (Jr)	12	0							0	1	0
3	Makayla Lovato (Sr)	7	2							1	1	100
4	Ava Cordova (Sr)	5	5	1	1	100				1	3	33
5	Alenah Cordova (Fr)	11	5	1	3	33				1	1	100
10	Rubi Cruz (Sr)	12	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100
20	J. Rodriguez (Sr)	16	0							0	1	0
23	Breanna Payton (Sr)	23	3	1	2	50
25	Rebecca Neal (Jr)	30	6							3	8	38
33	N. Rodriguez (So)	25	13				1	2	50	6	7	86

Las Cruces

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	66	5	11	45	7	12	58	22	50	44
0	Sofia Herrera (Jr)	12	0	2	0	0	1	0	6	12	50
1	Bethzy Quinones (Sr)	12	0	0	0	2	2	100	5	13	38
2	Danae Pacheco (Sr)	16	4	6	67	0	0	0	2	7	29
3	B. Pfaender (So)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
4	Zoey Barrio (Fr)	6	0	0	0	2	4	50	2	5	40
10	Jaysha Hawkins (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
14	Keira Gamboa (Jr)	7	1	3	33	0	0	0	2	5	40
23	A. Cisneros (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
24	Amari Mitchell (So)	4	0	0	0	2	3	67	1	1	100
32	Kali Bundy (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100

Highland

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	141	36	4	17	21	11	5	8	37	9
2	Makiaya Ortiz (Jr)	12	0		1	1
3	Makayla Lovato (Sr)	7	2					1		3
4	Ava Cordova (Sr)	5	5	1	2	3	2			7	2
5	Alenah Cordova (Fr)	11	5							7	1
10	Rubi Cruz (Sr)	12	2							1	2
20	J. Rodriguez (Sr)	16	0		2	2				4
23	Breanna Payton (Sr)	23	3		4	4	1	1		7
25	Rebecca Neal (Jr)	30	6	2	5	7	8	2	4	5	3
33	N. Rodriguez (So)	25	13	1	3	4		1	4	3	1

Las Cruces

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	66	13	10	23	17	22	11
0	Sofia Herrera (Jr)	12	3	2	5	2	6	2
1	Bethzy Quinones (Sr)	12	1	2	3	7	5	1
2	Danae Pacheco (Sr)	16	3	1	4	0	2	1
3	B. Pfaender (So)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Zoey Barrio (Fr)	6	2	0	2	1	0	1
10	Jaysha Hawkins (Jr)	4	2	4	6	2	4	4
14	Keira Gamboa (Jr)	7	0	1	1	3	3	1
23	A. Cisneros (Sr)	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
24	Amari Mitchell (So)	4	1	0	1	1	1	0
32	Kali Bundy (Jr)	2	1	0	1	0	1	0

Highland

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.30	0.14	0.56	0.89	8
2	Makiaya Ortiz (Jr)					1
3	Makayla Lovato (Sr)		0.33
4	Ava Cordova (Sr)	0.29
20	J. Rodriguez (Sr)					1
23	Breanna Payton (Sr)	0.14	0.14			1
25	Rebecca Neal (Jr)	1.60	0.40	0.67	1.33	4
33	N. Rodriguez (So)		0.33	1.00	4.00	1

Las Cruces

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	1.55	2.00	11
0	Sofia Herrera (Jr)	1.00	3.00	0
1	Bethzy Quinones (Sr)	7.00	5.00	3
2	Danae Pacheco (Sr)	0.00	2.00	2
4	Zoey Barrio (Fr)	1.00	0.00	1
10	Jaysha Hawkins (Jr)	0.50	1.00	2
14	Keira Gamboa (Jr)	3.00	3.00	2
23	A. Cisneros (Sr)	1.00	0.00	1
24	Amari Mitchell (So)	1.00	1.00	0
32	Kali Bundy (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0

Game Story

New Mexico High School Basketball - Las Cruces crushes Highland

December 13, 2024: Albuquerque, NM 87108

The Las Cruces Bulldawgs (Las Cruces, NM) basketball crushed the host Highland Hornets (Albuquerque, NM), 66-36 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Bulldawgs now possess a 4-3 record. They play next when they travel to Organ Mountain for a non-league bout on Saturday, December 14. Las Cruces will play a Knights team coming off a 66-30 non-league loss to Sandia (Albuquerque, NM). The Knights record now stands at 2-2.

With the loss, Highland falls to 1-4 on the campaign. The Hornets travel to Robertson (Las Vegas, NM) to confront the Cardinals in a non-league game on Saturday, December 14. The Cardinals go into the game with a record of 5-1. Robertson lost 52-41 in their recent non-league game against Clovis (Clovis, NM)

Players of the Game

Highland (24-25)

Congratulations to #33 Natalie Rodriguez for being selected the Highland Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Las Cruces (24-25)

Las Cruces has not selected any Players of the Game.

Highland vs Las Cruces Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 13, 2024 @ 5p

Rio Rancho Tourney

The Las Cruces (NM) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Highland (Albuquerque, NM) by a score of 66-36.

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Rankings & Records

Highland (24-25)

NM	Class
51	16

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
14-15	3-5	10-4	4-8	0-3	.483	.375	1,328	1,299

Las Cruces (24-25)

NM	Class
21	12

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
18-10	8-2	7-4	7-6	4-0	.643	.800	1,378	1,062

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland	10.3	10.8	13.0	9.8	45.8
Las Cruces	13.9	14.1	11.6	10.3	49.2

Team Stat Comparison

Highland		Las Cruces
45.8	Points Per Game	49.0
27.7	Rebounds Per Game	22.2
10.4	Assists Per Game	11.5
6.1	Steals Per Game	16.1
3.2	Blocks Per Game	1.1

Team Leaders

Highland		Las Cruces	National Avg.
#25 Rebecca Neal10.6	Points Per Game	#1 Bethzy Quinones13.4	4.1
#25 Rebecca Neal8.7	Rebounds Per Game	#0 Sofia Herrera4.9	2.8
#25 Rebecca Neal2.8	Assists Per Game	#0 Sofia Herrera3.0	0.9
#25 Rebecca Neal1.9	Steals Per Game	#0 Sofia Herrera4.2	1.1
#25 Rebecca Neal1.9	Blocks Per Game	#0 Sofia Herrera0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland	3-2		Las Cruces	3-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/21/24	Highland	Piedra Vista	(L) 50-42	12/28/24	Piedra Vista	Las Cruces	(W) 48-45
1/3/25	Atrisco Heritage Academy	Highland	(W) 60-22	12/6/24	Las Cruces	Atrisco Heritage Academy	(W) 62-18
1/7/25	Kirtland Central	Highland	(L) 63-42	12/12/24	Las Cruces	Kirtland Central	(L) 59-55
1/8/25	Del Norte	Highland	(W) 50-33	12/7/24	Las Cruces	Del Norte	(W) 56-30
1/22/25	Highland	Del Norte	(W) 46-39

Record Breakdown

Highland (24-25)		Las Cruces (24-25)
14-15	Overall	18-10
3-6	League	8-2
7-2	Non-League	6-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-2	Common Opponent	3-1
10-4	Home	7-4
4-8	Away	7-6
0-3	Neutral	4-0
0-1	Playoff	0-1
14-15	In-State	17-8
0-0	Out-of-State	1-2