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Las Cruces La Cueva

Bulldawgs

Bears

The La Cueva (Albuquerque, NM) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Las Cruces (NM) by a score of 38-36.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Las Cruces	17	5	11	3	36
La Cueva	11	8	13	6	38

Final score provided by E. Orell.

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Game Stats

Las Cruces (24-25)

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La Cueva (24-25)

La Cueva

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	38	12	38	32	36
0	Maddox Taylor (So)	8	0	5	0	0
2	Tre Cowles (Sr)	2	1	7	14	14
3	Drew Bramlett (So)	10	3	6	50	67
4	Jojo Sanchez (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Hunter Butler (Jr)	11	5	11	45	45
23	Chase Roberts (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
25	Tony Trujillo (Jr)	7	3	5	60	70

La Cueva

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	38	3	15	20	11	17	65	9	23	39
0	Maddox Taylor (So)	8	0	3	0	8	12	67	0	2	0
2	Tre Cowles (Sr)	2	0	6	0	0	2	0	1	1	100
3	Drew Bramlett (So)	10	2	2	100	2	2	100	1	4	25
4	Jojo Sanchez (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Hunter Butler (Jr)	11	0	1	0	1	1	100	5	10	50
23	Chase Roberts (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25	Tony Trujillo (Jr)	7	1	2	50	0	0	0	2	3	67

La Cueva

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	38	11	18	29	5	13	7	16	15
0	Maddox Taylor (So)	8	1	1	2	0	3	0	4	1
2	Tre Cowles (Sr)	2	1	3	4	0	3	3	2	1
3	Drew Bramlett (So)	10	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	3
4	Jojo Sanchez (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
12	Hunter Butler (Jr)	11	4	7	11	0	1	0	2	4
13	Tyler Colburn (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	Trey Cooke (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
23	Chase Roberts (Jr)	0	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	2
25	Tony Trujillo (Jr)	7	2	3	5	3	5	0	3	1

La Cueva

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.31	0.81	0.87	0.47	5	1
0	Maddox Taylor (So)	0.00	0.75	3.00	0.00	1	0
2	Tre Cowles (Sr)	0.00	1.50	3.00	3.00	1	0
3	Drew Bramlett (So)	1.00	0.50	0.33	0.33	1	1
4	Jojo Sanchez (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0
12	Hunter Butler (Jr)	0.00	0.50	0.25	0.00	1	0
23	Chase Roberts (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0
25	Tony Trujillo (Jr)	1.00	1.67	5.00	0.00	1	0

Game Story

New Mexico High School Basketball - Las Cruces can't hold off La Cueva

December 14, 2024: Las Cruces, NM 88001

La Cueva Bears (Albuquerque, NM) boosters left the game satisfied Saturday as they witnessed their basketball squad nudge the host Las Cruces Bulldawgs (Las Cruces, NM), 38-36 in a non-league match.

With the victory, La Cueva upgrades its record to 2-4 on the year. The Bears travel to Atrisco Heritage Academy (Albuquerque, NM) to face the Jaguars in a non-league match on Thursday, December 19. The Jaguars enter the match with a record of 6-2. Atrisco Heritage Academy won 64-55 in their recent non-league match against Organ Mountain (Las Cruces, NM)

The Bulldawgs now sport a 2-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Deming for a non-league match on Tuesday, December 17. Las Cruces will face a Wildcats squad coming off a 57-48 non-league loss to Alamogordo (Alamogordo, NM). The Wildcats record now stands at 0-6.

Players of the Game

Las Cruces (24-25)

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La Cueva (24-25)

Congratulations to #12 Hunter Butler for being selected the La Cueva Basketball Player of the Game.

Las Cruces vs La Cueva Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 14, 2024 @ 1:15p

The La Cueva (Albuquerque, NM) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Las Cruces (NM) by a score of 38-36.

Rankings & Records

Las Cruces (24-25)

NM	Class
23	15

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
16-13	8-2	7-3	7-7	2-3	.552	.800	1,594	1,496

La Cueva (24-25)

NM	Class
12	8

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-11	8-2	7-3	8-7	4-1	.633	.800	1,937	1,776

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Las Cruces	13.0	13.8	13.1	13.0	10.0	-	55.0
La Cueva	16.8	12.1	18.3	17.8	6.0	12.0	64.6

Team Stat Comparison

Las Cruces		La Cueva
-	Points Per Game	64.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	31.2
-	Assists Per Game	12.1
-	Steals Per Game	8.2
-	Blocks Per Game	3.2

Team Leaders

Las Cruces		La Cueva	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#12 Hunter Butler15.1	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Hunter Butler6.3	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#3 Drew Bramlett3.1	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#25 Tony Trujillo1.5	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#12 Hunter Butler0.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Las Cruces	1-7		La Cueva	4-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/24	Las Cruces	Atrisco Heritage Academy	(L) 88-76	12/19/24	La Cueva	Atrisco Heritage Academy	(L) 77-68
12/12/24	Las Cruces	Atrisco Heritage Academy	(L) 67-53	1/10/25	La Cueva	Atrisco Heritage Academy	(W) 79-66
12/13/24	Clovis	Las Cruces	(W) 53-50	1/14/25	Clovis	La Cueva	(W) 95-69
12/20/24	Cleveland	Las Cruces	(L) 62-59	1/8/25	La Cueva	Cleveland	(L) 69-50
				1/16/25	La Cueva	Cleveland	(W) 66-64
12/21/24	Las Cruces	Sandia	(L) 82-66	1/25/25	Sandia	La Cueva	(W) 80-74
				2/7/25	La Cueva	Sandia	(L) 67-64
				3/1/25	La Cueva	Sandia	(L) 52-43
1/27/25	Las Cruces	Organ Mountain	(L) 54-40	12/12/24	La Cueva	Organ Mountain	(L) 65-43
2/13/25	Organ Mountain	Las Cruces	(L) 48-45
3/1/25	Las Cruces	Organ Mountain	(L) 59-43

Record Breakdown

Las Cruces (24-25)		La Cueva (24-25)
16-13	Overall	19-11
8-2	League	8-2
7-6	Non-League	3-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-7	Common Opponent	4-5
7-3	Home	7-3
7-7	Away	8-7
2-3	Neutral	4-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
15-11	In-State	19-11
1-2	Out-of-State	0-0