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Montezuma-Cortez Palisade

Panthers

Bulldogs

The Palisade (CO) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home tournament game against Montezuma-Cortez (Cortez, CO) by a score of 78-63.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Montezuma-Cortez	19	16	15	13	63
Palisade	9	21	30	18	78

Final score provided by C. Hitchcock.

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Game Stats

Palisade (23-24)

Montezuma-Cortez

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	63	26	65	40	44
0	Gael Garcia (Sr)	4	1	2	50	50
2	Caidin Leonard (Jr)	21	7	16	44	59
3	Trey Hall (Fr)	12	6	10	60	60
3	Easton Hartsoe (Sr)	8	3	8	38	38
4	Tay Wheat (Jr)	8	4	16	25	25
10	Trace Hartsoe (So)	6	3	6	50	50
15	Ridge Hathale (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
21	Wyatt Oliver (So)	2	1	5	20	20

Palisade

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	160	78	32	55	58	64
1	Hunter Howard (So)	27	15	7	11	64	64
2	Gunnar Stafford (Jr)	8	0	0	2	0	0
3	Carter Hayward (Fr)	21	12	5	8	63	75
4	Julian Garza (Jr)	7	0	0	2	0	0
5	Layne Ruppelius (Jr)	18	12	4	6	67	83
11	Fred Moore (Sr)	20	13	6	8	75	75
13	LJ Ballenger (Jr)	21	11	3	7	43	50
15	Cyrus Lawrence (Sr)	14	7	3	4	75	88
55	Dashawn Jackson (Fr)	7	4	2	3	67	67
	Skylar Woods (Jr)	17	4	2	4	50	50

Montezuma-Cortez

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	63	5	19	26	6	6	100	21	46	46
0	Gael Garcia (Sr)	4	0	0	0	2	2	100	1	2	50
2	Caidin Leonard (Jr)	21	5	9	56	2	2	100	2	7	29
3	Trey Hall (Fr)	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	9	67
3	Easton Hartsoe (Sr)	8	0	0	0	2	2	100	3	8	38
4	Tay Wheat (Jr)	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	4	10	40
10	Trace Hartsoe (So)	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	75
15	Ridge Hathale (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
21	Wyatt Oliver (So)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	25

Palisade

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	160	78	6	14	43	8	12	67	26	41	63
1	Hunter Howard (So)	27	15	0	1	0	1	2	50	7	10	70
2	Gunnar Stafford (Jr)	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Carter Hayward (Fr)	21	12	2	3	67	0	0	0	3	5	60
4	Julian Garza (Jr)	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	Layne Ruppelius (Jr)	18	12	2	2	100	2	4	50	2	4	50
11	Fred Moore (Sr)	20	13	0	0	0	1	2	50	6	8	75
13	LJ Ballenger (Jr)	21	11	1	3	33	4	4	100	2	4	50
15	Cyrus Lawrence (Sr)	14	7	1	2	50	0	0	0	2	2	100
55	Dashawn Jackson (Fr)	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
	Skylar Woods (Jr)	17	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	67

Montezuma-Cortez

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	63	14	14	28	19	7	17	15
0	Gael Garcia (Sr)	4	2	1	3	0	0	2	2
2	Caidin Leonard (Jr)	21	0	3	3	5	3	3	1
3	Trey Hall (Fr)	12	2	5	7	3	1	2	0
3	Easton Hartsoe (Sr)	8	3	2	5	2	1	3	3
4	Tay Wheat (Jr)	8	1	3	4	6	2	3	2
10	Trace Hartsoe (So)	6	1	0	1	2	0	3	3
10	Raul Soto (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
15	Ridge Hathale (Jr)	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	1
21	Wyatt Oliver (So)	2	2	0	2	1	0	1	1

Palisade

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	160	78	5	21	26	22	10	4	17	11
1	Hunter Howard (So)	27	15	2	6	8	5	3	3	5	3
2	Gunnar Stafford (Jr)	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
3	Carter Hayward (Fr)	21	12	0	1	1	4	2	0	1	0
4	Julian Garza (Jr)	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
5	Layne Ruppelius (Jr)	18	12	1	1	2	1	1	0	4	2
11	Fred Moore (Sr)	20	13	0	4	4	1	1	1	2	0
13	LJ Ballenger (Jr)	21	11	0	4	4	5	2	0	1	2
15	Cyrus Lawrence (Sr)	14	7	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	0
55	Dashawn Jackson (Fr)	7	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	1
	Skylar Woods (Jr)	17	4	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	0

Montezuma-Cortez

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.12	0.41	0.47	1	7
0	Gael Garcia (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0
2	Caidin Leonard (Jr)	1.67	1.00	3.00	0	1
3	Trey Hall (Fr)	1.50	0.50	1.00	0	1
3	Easton Hartsoe (Sr)	0.67	0.33	0.33	0	1
4	Tay Wheat (Jr)	2.00	0.67	1.00	0	2
10	Trace Hartsoe (So)	0.67	0.00	0.00	0	1
21	Wyatt Oliver (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0	1

Palisade

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.29	0.59	0.91	0.36	10
1	Hunter Howard (So)	1.00	0.60	1.00	1.00	3
2	Gunnar Stafford (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
3	Carter Hayward (Fr)	4.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0
4	Julian Garza (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
5	Layne Ruppelius (Jr)	0.25	0.25	0.50	0.00	3
11	Fred Moore (Sr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	1.00	2
13	LJ Ballenger (Jr)	5.00	2.00	1.00	0.00	1
15	Cyrus Lawrence (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
	Skylar Woods (Jr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

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Game Story

Colorado High School Basketball - Montezuma-Cortez topped by Palisade

December 14, 2023: Palisade, CO 81526

The Montezuma-Cortez Panthers basketball team (Cortez, CO), dropped 78-63 in Thursday's non-league battle with the host Palisade Bulldogs (Palisade, CO)

The Bulldogs now possess a 4-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Grand Junction for a non-league battle on Friday, December 15. Palisade will battle a Tigers team coming off a 43-42 non-league win over Mead (Longmont, CO). The Tigers record now stands at 5-2.

The Panthers (3-3) will now prepare for their battle against Mead (Longmont, CO). The Mavericks come into the non-league battle with a 4-2 record. In their last battle, Mead dropped by Grand Junction (Grand Junction, CO), 43-42, in a non-league battle.

Players of the Game

Montezuma-Cortez (23-24)

Montezuma-Cortez has not selected any Players of the Game.

Palisade (23-24)

Congratulations to #1 Hunter Howard for being selected the Palisade Basketball Player of the Game.

MCHS @ Palisade Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 14, 2023 @ 7:30p

Palisade Winter Classic

The Palisade (CO) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home tournament game against Montezuma-Cortez (Cortez, CO) by a score of 78-63.

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Rankings & Records

Montezuma-Cortez (23-24)

CO	Class
199	24

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
8-14	4-6	2-4	5-5	1-5	.364	.400	1,153	1,358

Palisade (23-24)

CO	Class
170	41

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
10-14	3-3	3-7	4-4	3-3	.417	.500	1,367	1,329

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Montezuma-Cortez	11.5	15.0	15.9	16.0	52.4
Palisade	12.8	12.8	14.6	15.9	57.0

Team Stat Comparison

Montezuma-Cortez		Palisade
50.6	Points Per Game	57.0
27.3	Rebounds Per Game	25.6
11.6	Assists Per Game	14.5
7.7	Steals Per Game	8.6
2.4	Blocks Per Game	1.5

Team Leaders

Montezuma-Cortez		Palisade	National Avg.
#3 Trey Hall11.5	Points Per Game	#1 Hunter Howard13.0	4.9
#3 Easton Hartsoe5.1	Rebounds Per Game	#33 Zack Anderson6.0	2.6
#4 Tay Wheat3.4	Assists Per Game	#1 Hunter Howard3.4	1.0
#4 Tay Wheat2.2	Steals Per Game	#1 Hunter Howard2.3	0.8
#3 Trey Hall0.9	Blocks Per Game	#1 Hunter Howard0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Montezuma-Cortez	0-1		Palisade	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
2/13/24	Montezuma-Cortez	Mancos	(L) 72-59		12/8/23	Mancos	Palisade	(W) 63-49

Record Breakdown

Montezuma-Cortez (23-24)		Palisade (23-24)
8-14	Overall	10-14
4-6	League	3-3
1-2	Non-League	3-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	1-0
2-4	Home	3-7
5-5	Away	4-4
1-5	Neutral	3-3
1-2	Playoff	0-1
5-12	In-State	10-14
3-2	Out-of-State	0-0