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Murrieta Mesa Downey

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The Downey (CA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Murrieta Mesa (Murrieta, CA) by a score of 64-59.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murrieta Mesa	17	19	12	16	64
Downey	14	19	12	14	59

Final score provided by T. Ellis.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Downey (23-24)

Murrieta Mesa

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	64	20	45	44	53
0	Julio Osuna (Sr)	7	1	2	50	75
5	Zion Brown (Sr)	8	3	5	60	70
5	W. Van soest (Sr)	26	8	17	47	65
10	W. Requieron (Sr)	13	5	10	50	50
13	Nathan Diorio (Sr)	2	1	6	17	17
13	Jaden Merritt (Jr)	4	1	2	50	50
24	Zach McDonald (Jr)	4	1	3	33	33

Downey

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	20	53	38	45
0	Frank Ibarra (Jr)	10	3	6	50	75
11	E. Cheatham (Jr)	11	4	11	36	41
12	Johan Perez (Sr)	3	0	4	0	0
13	Emilio Jaimes (Jr)	4	2	9	22	22
21	Shane Costello (So)	9	3	7	43	43
22	Andrew Ramirez (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
30	Tyler Harris (Jr)	22	8	15	53	67

Murrieta Mesa

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	64	8	18	44	16	21	76	12	27	44
0	Julio Osuna (Sr)	7	1	2	50	4	4	100	0	0	0
5	Zion Brown (Sr)	8	1	1	100	1	2	50	2	4	50
5	W. Van soest (Sr)	26	6	13	46	4	5	80	2	4	50
10	W. Requieron (Sr)	13	0	0	0	3	4	75	5	10	50
13	Nathan Diorio (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
13	Jaden Merritt (Jr)	4	0	0	0	2	2	100	1	2	50
24	Zach McDonald (Jr)	4	0	0	0	2	4	50	1	3	33

Downey

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	8	22	36	11	14	79	12	31	39
0	Frank Ibarra (Jr)	10	3	6	50	1	2	50
11	E. Cheatham (Jr)	11	1	3	33	2	2	100	3	8	38
12	Johan Perez (Sr)	3	0	2	0	3	4	75	0	2	0
13	Emilio Jaimes (Jr)	4	0	2	0				2	7	29
21	Shane Costello (So)	9	0	3	0	3	4	75	3	4	75
22	Andrew Ramirez (Jr)	0							0	1	0
30	Tyler Harris (Jr)	22	4	6	67	2	2	100	4	9	44

Murrieta Mesa

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	64	4	15	19	16	6	4	9
0	Julio Osuna (Sr)	7	0	0	0	4	1	0	5
5	Zion Brown (Sr)	8	0	5	5	2	1	1	0
5	W. Van soest (Sr)	26	1	1	2	2	2	0	1
10	W. Requieron (Sr)	13	1	0	1	4	0	0	1
13	Nathan Diorio (Sr)	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	2
13	Jaden Merritt (Jr)	4	1	5	6	1	0	3	0
24	Zach McDonald (Jr)	4	1	3	4	1	1	0	0

Downey

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	59	10	18	28	18	7	1	15	21
0	Frank Ibarra (Jr)	10	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
5	Max Cardenas (So)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	E. Cheatham (Jr)	11	3	0	3	6	1	0	4	2
12	Johan Perez (Sr)	3	0	1	1	6	1	0	2	5
13	Emilio Jaimes (Jr)	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	5
21	Shane Costello (So)	9	1	4	5	1	1	0	1	2
22	Andrew Ramirez (Jr)	0	1	3	4	2	1	1	1	4
30	Tyler Harris (Jr)	22	4	8	12	1	0	0	4	3

Murrieta Mesa

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.78	0.67
0	Julio Osuna (Sr)	0.80	0.20
5	Zion Brown (Sr)	2.00	1.00
5	W. Van soest (Sr)	2.00	2.00
10	W. Requieron (Sr)	4.00	0.00
13	Nathan Diorio (Sr)	1.00	0.50
13	Jaden Merritt (Jr)	1.00	0.00
24	Zach McDonald (Jr)	1.00	1.00

Downey

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	1.20	0.47	0.33	0.05	1
0	Frank Ibarra (Jr)	0.00	1.00	2.00	0.00	1
11	E. Cheatham (Jr)	1.50	0.25	0.50	0.00	0
12	Johan Perez (Sr)	3.00	0.50	0.20	0.00	0
13	Emilio Jaimes (Jr)	2.00	1.00	0.20	0.00	0
21	Shane Costello (So)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0
22	Andrew Ramirez (Jr)	2.00	1.00	0.25	0.25	0
30	Tyler Harris (Jr)	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Murrieta Mesa nips Downey

December 16, 2023: Murrieta, CA 92562

Murrieta Mesa Rams (Murrieta, CA) backers were pleased Saturday as they saw their basketball squad hold off the visiting Downey Vikings (Downey, CA), 64-59 in a non-league bout.

With the victory, Murrieta Mesa upgrades its record to 6-4 on the campaign. The Rams host Norco (Norco, CA) to play the Cougars in a non-league bout on Monday, December 18. The Cougars come into the bout with a record of 8-6. Norco won 66-49 in their recent non-league bout against Citrus Valley (Redlands, CA)

Next up, the Vikings play the Lapwai Wildcats (Lapwai, ID) in a non-league bout, on Thursday, December 28. Downey will attempt to upgrade on its 6-7 season record. The Wildcats come into the bout with a 5-1 record after their 57-52 non-league loss to Baker (Baker City, OR).

Players of the Game

Murrieta Mesa (23-24)

Murrieta Mesa has not selected any Players of the Game.

Downey (23-24)

Congratulations to #11 Elijah "EJ" Cheatham for being selected the Downey Basketball Player of the Game.

Murrieta Mesa vs Downey Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 16, 2023 @ 12p

The Downey (CA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Murrieta Mesa (Murrieta, CA) by a score of 64-59.

Rankings & Records

Murrieta Mesa (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
384	179	83	36

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
12-16	2-8	3-6	1-8	8-2	.429	.200	1,748	1,642

Downey (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
497	212	134	40

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
10-18	1-7	4-3	1-5	5-10	.357	.125	1,566	1,664

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Murrieta Mesa	12.5	14.6	15.8	16.9	10.0	62.4
Downey	13.1	14.8	13.9	13.6	8.5	55.9

Team Stat Comparison

Murrieta Mesa		Downey
62.3	Points Per Game	55.9
23.3	Rebounds Per Game	25.0
15.1	Assists Per Game	13.9
4.6	Steals Per Game	7.8
4.3	Blocks Per Game	1.0

Team Leaders

Murrieta Mesa		Downey	National Avg.
#5 Weston Van soest15.1	Points Per Game	#30 Tyler Harris18.1	4.9
#5 Zion Brown5.4	Rebounds Per Game	#30 Tyler Harris9.6	2.6
#10 Warren Requieron5.2	Assists Per Game	#11 Elijah "EJ" Cheatham2.8	1.0
#5 Zion Brown0.9	Steals Per Game	#0 Frank Ibarra1.3	0.8
#13 Jaden Merritt2.1	Blocks Per Game	#30 Tyler Harris0.5	0.3

Record Breakdown

Murrieta Mesa (23-24)		Downey (23-24)
12-16	Overall	10-18
2-8	League	1-7
2-3	Non-League	4-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
3-6	Home	4-3
1-8	Away	1-5
8-2	Neutral	5-10
0-0	Playoff	0-0
12-16	In-State	10-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-3