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Telluride Nucla

Miners

Mustangs

The Nucla (CO) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home tournament game against Telluride (CO) by a score of 40-38.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Telluride	11	11	13	5	40
Nucla	14	9	8	7	38

Final score provided by A. Dubroff.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Nucla (23-24)

Telluride

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	40	12
0	Townes Merritt (Sr)	4	2
1	Sam Herman (Jr)	4	1
4	Cash Livermore (Sr)	6	1
5	Will Metheny (Sr)	6	2
11	Jay Ellison (Sr)	8	2
13	Grayson Berry (Sr)	12	4

Nucla

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	38	14	34	41	46
1	Daniel Zunich (Fr)	2	1	2	50	50
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	14	5	10	50	65
11	Brycen Rummel (So)	6	3	10	30	30
14	Slade Gillen (Jr)	12	4	10	40	40
21	Joseph Casillas (Sr)	4	1	2	50	50

Telluride

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	40	6	10	15	67	6
0	Townes Merritt (Sr)	4					2
1	Sam Herman (Jr)	4	1	1	2	50
4	Cash Livermore (Sr)	6	1	3	4	75
5	Will Metheny (Sr)	6	2
11	Jay Ellison (Sr)	8	1	3	4	75	1
13	Grayson Berry (Sr)	12	1	3	5	60	3

Nucla

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	38	3	16	19	7	10	70	11	18	61
1	Daniel Zunich (Fr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	14	3	7	43	1	2	50	2	3	67
11	Brycen Rummel (So)	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	3	4	75
14	Slade Gillen (Jr)	12	0	2	0	4	6	67	4	8	50
21	Joseph Casillas (Sr)	4	0	0	0	2	2	100	1	2	50

Telluride

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	40
0	Townes Merritt (Sr)	4
1	Sam Herman (Jr)	4
4	Cash Livermore (Sr)	6
5	Will Metheny (Sr)	6
11	Jay Ellison (Sr)	8
13	Grayson Berry (Sr)	12

Nucla

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	38	4	19	23	7	6	7
0	Owen Dinsmore (Sr)	0	1	2	3	0	2	0
1	Daniel Zunich (Fr)	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	14	0	4	4	2	2	2
11	Brycen Rummel (So)	6	0	7	7	2	1	1
14	Slade Gillen (Jr)	12	2	5	7	1	1	2
21	Joseph Casillas (Sr)	4	1	1	2	0	0	0

Misc Totals

Telluride has not entered any misc totals stats.

Nucla

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.00	0.86
0	Owen Dinsmore (Sr)	0.00	2.00
1	Daniel Zunich (Fr)	1.00	0.00
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	1.00	1.00
11	Brycen Rummel (So)	2.00	1.00
14	Slade Gillen (Jr)	0.50	0.50

Game Story

Colorado High School Basketball - Telluride nudges Nucla

December 16, 2023: Nucla, CO 81424

In Saturday's non-league outing, the Telluride Miners (Telluride, CO) basketball squad edged the host Nucla Mustangs (Nucla, CO), by a margin of 40-38.

The Miners (4-3) will now prepare for their outing against Ridgway (Ridgway, CO). The Demons go into the 2A/1A San Juan Basin outing with a 1-2 record.

The Mustangs now own a 4-1 record. They play next when they host Ouray for a 2A/1A San Juan Basin bout on Saturday, January 6. Nucla will play a Trojans squad coming off a 51-47 non-league loss to Caprock Academy (Grand Junction, CO). The Trojans record now stands at 3-4.

Telluride @ Nucla Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 16, 2023 @ 6p

The Nucla (CO) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home tournament game against Telluride (CO) by a score of 40-38.

Rankings & Records

Telluride (23-24)

CO	Class
171	19

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
15-8	7-2	4-2	9-3	2-3	.652	.778	1,196	1,114

Nucla (23-24)

CO	Class
164	15

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
15-8	6-2	5-4	5-3	5-1	.652	.750	1,266	1,174

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Telluride	10.5	11.8	12.7	12.4	-	52.0
Nucla	13.2	13.4	14.7	13.3	8.0	55.0

Head-to-Head

Telluride won on 12/16/2023

12/16 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Telluride 11 11 13 5 40
Nucla 14 9 8 7 38

The Telluride (CO) varsity basketball team won Saturday's away tournament game against Nucla (CO) by a score of 40-38.
Box score
Telluride won on 1/25/2024

1/25 @ 4:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Telluride - - - - 53
Nucla - - - - 42

The Telluride (CO) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Nucla (CO) by a score of 53-42.
Box score
Nucla won on 2/9/2024

2/9 @ 4p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Nucla 21 16 12 12 61
Telluride 10 14 16 15 55

The Nucla (CO) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Telluride (CO) by a score of 61-55.
Box score

1/25 @ 4:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Telluride	-	-	-	-	53
Nucla	-	-	-	-	42

2/9 @ 4p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Nucla	21	16	12	12	61
Telluride	10	14	16	15	55

Team Stat Comparison

Telluride		Nucla
50.4	Points Per Game	55.0
-	Rebounds Per Game	28.2
-	Assists Per Game	13.6
-	Steals Per Game	9.5
-	Blocks Per Game	3.0

Team Leaders

Telluride		Nucla	National Avg.
#0 Townes Merritt15.4	Points Per Game	#2 Steele Arnold16.1	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Brycen Rummel7.2	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#11 Brycen Rummel5.0	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#11 Brycen Rummel3.7	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#11 Brycen Rummel1.1	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Telluride	10-3		Nucla	7-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/8/23	Telluride	Plateau Valley	(L) 58-39	2/13/24	Plateau Valley	Nucla	(L) 76-50
12/12/23	Telluride	Ouray	(W) 55-37	1/6/24	Nucla	Ouray	(L) 65-55
2/13/24	Ouray	Telluride	(W) 69-53	2/7/24	Ouray	Nucla	(W) 64-35
12/15/23	Telluride	Dove Creek	(W) 34-23	1/11/24	Nucla	Dove Creek	(W) 51-42
2/12/24	Telluride	Dove Creek	(W) 42-27	2/16/24	Dove Creek	Nucla	(W) 66-47
				2/23/24	Dove Creek	Nucla	(W) 55-42
1/10/24	Telluride	Ridgway	(W) 56-42	1/16/24	Ridgway	Nucla	(W) 57-37
2/1/24	Ridgway	Telluride	(W) 78-57	2/15/24	Nucla	Ridgway	(W) 61-60
2/23/24	Ridgway	Telluride	(W) 56-35
1/12/24	Telluride	Dolores	(W) 48-29	1/19/24	Nucla	Dolores	(W) 62-47
2/6/24	Dolores	Telluride	(W) 59-47
1/19/24	Mancos	Telluride	(W) 53-49	2/1/24	Nucla	Mancos	(L) 75-55
2/17/24	Telluride	Mancos	(L) 64-55
2/24/24	Telluride	Mancos	(L) 54-51

Record Breakdown

Telluride (23-24)		Nucla (23-24)
15-8	Overall	15-8
7-2	League	6-2
4-3	Non-League	3-4
2-1	Head to Head	1-2
10-3	Common Opponent	7-3
4-2	Home	5-4
9-3	Away	5-3
2-3	Neutral	5-1
2-2	Playoff	3-1
15-8	In-State	14-8
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0