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The Mesa Verde (Citrus Heights, CA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home tournament game against Victory Christian (Carmichael, CA) by a score of 59-54.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Victory Christian	17	19	10	13	59
Mesa Verde	9	18	22	5	54

Final score provided by T. Harvey.

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Game Stats

Mesa Verde (24-25)

Victory Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	59
0	Max Moisesyenko (Sr)	6
1	Luke Smith (So)	14
3	Ben Milward (So)	26
13	Daniel Kapelkin (Jr)	13

Mesa Verde

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	54	21	40	53	65
1	Elijah Colon (So)	12	4	6	67	100
2	Gabe McGuire (Jr)		0	2	0	0
4	Antonio Borja (Sr)	3	1	1	100	150
5	Jayden Colon (Jr)	13	6	6	100	108
11	Lino Pierini (Sr)	3	1	2	50	75
12	E. Iglesias (Sr)	7	3	11	27	32
21	Will Dickinson (Sr)		0	1	0	0
22	Jayden Walton (Sr)	6	2	6	33	50
23	Alex Demchuk (Jr)	4	2	2	100	100
24	Ricky Ward (Jr)	6	2	3	67	67

Victory Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	59
0	Max Moisesyenko (Sr)	6
1	Luke Smith (So)	14
3	Ben Milward (So)	26
13	Daniel Kapelkin (Jr)	13

Mesa Verde

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	54	10	28	36	2	3	67	11	12	92
1	Elijah Colon (So)	12	4	6	67	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Gabe McGuire (Jr)		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Antonio Borja (Sr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Jayden Colon (Jr)	13	1	1	100	0	1	0	5	5	100
11	Lino Pierini (Sr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	E. Iglesias (Sr)	7	1	8	13	0	0	0	2	3	67
21	Will Dickinson (Sr)		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Jayden Walton (Sr)	6	2	6	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Alex Demchuk (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
24	Ricky Ward (Jr)	6	0	1	0	2	2	100	2	2	100

Victory Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	59
0	Max Moisesyenko (Sr)	6
1	Luke Smith (So)	14
3	Ben Milward (So)	26
13	Daniel Kapelkin (Jr)	13

Mesa Verde

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	54	3	8	11	1	5	1	2	14
1	Elijah Colon (So)	12	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	3
2	Gabe McGuire (Jr)		0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2
4	Antonio Borja (Sr)	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
5	Jayden Colon (Jr)	13	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	4
11	Lino Pierini (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
12	E. Iglesias (Sr)	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
22	Jayden Walton (Sr)	6	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
23	Alex Demchuk (Jr)	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	Ricky Ward (Jr)	6	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1

Misc Totals

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Mesa Verde

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.50	2.50	0.36	0.07
1	Elijah Colon (So)	0.00	0.50	0.33	0.00
2	Gabe McGuire (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.00
5	Jayden Colon (Jr)	0.00	2.00	0.50	0.00
24	Ricky Ward (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

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Game Story

California High School Basketball - Victory Christian nips Mesa Verde

December 19, 2024: Citrus Heights, CA 95621

In Thursday's non-league contest, the visiting Victory Christian Vikings basketball team scored a close 59-54 triumph over the Mesa Verde Mavericks.

The Vikings (5-2) will now prepare for their contest against Aspire Alexander Twilight Secondary Academy (Sacramento, CA). The Lions go into the non-league contest with a 6-3 record. In their last contest, Aspire Alexander Twilight Secondary Academy was tipped by Encina (Sacramento, CA), 45-31, in a non-league contest.

In their next game, the Mavericks battle the Esparto Spartans (Esparto, CA) in a non-league contest, on Saturday, December 21. Mesa Verde will attempt to better on its 1-8 season record. The Spartans go into the contest with a 0-6 record after their 91-9 league loss to Elite (Vallejo, CA).

Players of the Game

Victory Christian (24-25)

Congratulations to #3 Ben Milward for being selected the Victory Christian Basketball Player of the Game.

Mesa Verde (24-25)

Mesa Verde has not selected any Players of the Game.

VCHS @ Mesa Verde Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 19, 2024 @ 6:30p

Small School Challenge

The Mesa Verde (Citrus Heights, CA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home tournament game against Victory Christian (Carmichael, CA) by a score of 59-54.

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Rankings & Records

Victory Christian (24-25)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
1,076	136	21	6

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
18-9	9-5	9-5	8-3	1-1	.667	.643	1,502	1,362

Mesa Verde (24-25)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
1,247	158	131	29

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
8-19	6-8	4-5	3-7	1-7	.296	.429	1,177	1,396

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Victory Christian	13.3	16.2	11.8	13.0	55.6
Mesa Verde	9.7	11.5	11.4	11.3	43.6

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Team Stat Comparison

Victory Christian		Mesa Verde
55.6	Points Per Game	21.4
-	Rebounds Per Game	3.4
-	Assists Per Game	0.3
-	Steals Per Game	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	0.1

Team Leaders

Victory Christian		Mesa Verde	National Avg.
#1 Luke Smith22.9	Points Per Game	#1 Elijah Colon7.6	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#13 Mathew Garcia2.3	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#13 Mathew Garcia0.2	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#1 Elijah Colon0.8	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#24 Ricky Ward0.1	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Victory Christian	3-0		Mesa Verde	5-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/22/24	Lindhurst	Victory Christian	(W) 62-55	12/28/24	Lindhurst	Mesa Verde	(L) 48-35
				1/21/25	Lindhurst	Mesa Verde	(W) 63-20
				2/11/25	Mesa Verde	Lindhurst	(W) 66-53
12/14/24	Leroy Greene Academy	Victory Christian	(W) 54-51	11/26/24	Leroy Greene Academy	Mesa Verde	(W) 50-37
12/21/24	San Juan	Victory Christian	(W) 41-30	1/3/25	Mesa Verde	San Juan	(W) 40-36
				1/27/25	San Juan	Mesa Verde	(W) 53-24

Record Breakdown

Victory Christian (24-25)		Mesa Verde (24-25)
18-9	Overall	8-19
9-5	League	6-8
6-1	Non-League	0-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-0	Common Opponent	5-1
9-5	Home	4-5
8-3	Away	3-7
1-1	Neutral	1-7
0-1	Playoff	0-0
18-9	In-State	8-19
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0