West Mesa vs Highland | Girls JV Basketball

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West Mesa Highland

Mustangs

Hornets

The Highland (Albuquerque, NM) JV basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against West Mesa (Albuquerque, NM) by a score of 37-31.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
West Mesa	10	14	5	8	37
Highland	3	9	5	14	31

Final score provided by S. Coulter.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup

Game Stats

West Mesa (22-23)

West Mesa has not entered stats for this game.

Highland (22-23)

Highland

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	29	11
3	Makayla Lavoto (So)	1
14	Makaiya Ortiz (Fr)	10	4
15	Breanna Payton (So)	17	7
23	Kimberly Silva (So)	1

Highland

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	29	1	6	16	38	10
3	Makayla Lavoto (So)	1		1	2	50
10	Mary Gutierrez (So)	0		0	3	0
14	Makaiya Ortiz (Fr)	10		2	2	100	4
15	Breanna Payton (So)	17	1	2	6	33	6
23	Kimberly Silva (So)	1		1	3	33

Highland

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	29
3	Makayla Lavoto (So)	1
14	Makaiya Ortiz (Fr)	10
15	Breanna Payton (So)	17
23	Kimberly Silva (So)	1

Game Story

New Mexico High School Basketball - Highland nipped by West Mesa

December 17, 2022: Albuquerque, NM 87108

The West Mesa Mustangs tipped the host Highland Hornets basketball team by a final score of 37-31 in Saturday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Mustangs face the Manzano Monarchs (Albuquerque, NM) in a non-league game, on Tuesday, December 20. West Mesa will attempt to move on its 1-2 season record. The Monarchs enter the game with a 1-3 record after their 34-33 non-league loss to Valley (Albuquerque, NM).

With the defeat, Highland moves to 4-2 on the year. The Hornets host La Cueva (Albuquerque, NM) to face the Bears in a non-league game on Thursday, January 5. The Bears enter the game with a record of 2-0.

Players of the Game

West Mesa (22-23)

West Mesa has not selected any Players of the Game.

Highland (22-23)

Congratulations to #15 Breanna Payton for being selected the Highland Girls JV Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

West Mesa (22-23)

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	PF	PA
10-9	6-4	4-5	.526	743	683

Highland (22-23)

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
10-5	3-0	5-5	5-0	.667	1.000	684	476

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
West Mesa	6.7	11.3	8.3	14.8	39.1
Highland	12.0	10.8	10.8	11.1	45.6

Team Stat Comparison

West Mesa		Highland
-	Points Per Game	44.4
-	Rebounds Per Game	6.6
-	Assists Per Game	2.5
-	Steals Per Game	5.1
-	Blocks Per Game	0.1

Team Leaders

West Mesa		Highland	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#15 Breanna Payton16.1	3.6
-	Rebounds Per Game	#44 Layla Robertson1.8	2.4
-	Assists Per Game	#15 Breanna Payton1.5	0.6
-	Steals Per Game	#15 Breanna Payton1.7	1.3
-	Blocks Per Game	#23 Kimberly Silva0.1	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
West Mesa	5-2		Highland	5-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/22	West Mesa	Volcano Vista	(L) 35-26	2/6/23	Volcano Vista	Highland	(L) 58-34
12/20/22	West Mesa	Manzano	(W) 46-43	1/13/23	Manzano	Highland	(W) 57-27
1/5/23	Cibola	West Mesa		11/29/22	Cibola	Highland	(L) 51-48
1/13/23	Belen	West Mesa	(W) 33-7	1/20/23	Belen	Highland	(W) 42-23
				2/7/23	Highland	Belen	(W) 47-27
1/18/23	West Mesa	La Cueva	(L) 24-22	1/5/23	La Cueva	Highland	(L) 48-24
2/3/23	La Cueva	West Mesa	(W) 49-45
1/21/23	West Mesa	Valley	(W) 77-44	12/16/22	Highland	Valley	(W) 57-45
2/2/23	Del Norte	West Mesa	(W) 61-23	1/10/23	Highland	Del Norte	(W) 58-14

Record Breakdown

West Mesa (22-23)		Highland (22-23)
10-9	Overall	10-5
0-0	League	3-0
10-9	Non-League	7-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
5-2	Common Opponent	5-3
6-4	Home	5-5
4-5	Away	5-0
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
10-9	In-State	10-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0