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The Golden Valley (Merced, CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Venture Academy (Stockton, CA) by a score of 57-49.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Venture Academy	-	-	-	-	57
Golden Valley	-	-	-	-	49

Final score provided by D. Lockwood.

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Game Stats

Venture Academy (24-25)

Venture Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	57	21	32	66	72
1	J. Lewis-Muhammad (Jr)	15	4	7	57	57
3	Jayden Akuva (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
10	Delonnie Bague (Jr)	4	1	1	100	100
13	Jeston Barnett (Jr)	3	1	2	50	50
23	Jamarion Benton (Sr)	3	1	1	100	100
24	Jayden Fakhouri (Sr)	30	13	17	76	88

Venture Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	57	4	8	50	11	15	73	17	24	71
1	J. Lewis-Muhammad (Jr)	15	0	1	0	7	9	78	4	6	67
3	Jayden Akuva (Jr)	2	0	1	0				1	3	33
10	Delonnie Bague (Jr)	4				2	2	100	1	1	100
13	Jeston Barnett (Jr)	3				1	1	100	1	2	50
23	Jamarion Benton (Sr)	3				1	2	50	1	1	100
24	Jayden Fakhouri (Sr)	30	4	6	67	0	1	0	9	11	82

Venture Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	57	27	8	4	2	5
1	J. Lewis-Muhammad (Jr)	15	4	3	1
3	Jayden Akuva (Jr)	2	2	2	1		1
10	Delonnie Bague (Jr)	4	5				1
13	Jeston Barnett (Jr)	3	2
21	Lee Wiggins (Jr)		2
23	Jamarion Benton (Sr)	3	3
24	Jayden Fakhouri (Sr)	30	9	3	2	2	3

Venture Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.60	0.80
3	Jayden Akuva (Jr)	2.00	1.00
24	Jayden Fakhouri (Sr)	1.00	0.67

Golden Valley (24-25)

Golden Valley has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Venture Academy defeats Golden Valley

December 20, 2024: Stockton, CA 95206

The Venture Academy Mustangs (Stockton, CA) basketball were winner over the visiting Golden Valley Cougars (Merced, CA), 57-49 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Mustangs now possess a 7-1 record. They play next when they travel to Elk Grove for a non-league bout on Saturday, December 21. Venture Academy will play a Thundering Herd team coming off a 78-40 non-league win over Bradshaw Christian (Sacramento, CA). The Thundering Herd record now stands at 8-1.

With the loss, Golden Valley falls to 9-4 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Bradshaw Christian (Sacramento, CA) to play the The Pride in a non-league bout on Saturday, December 21. The The Pride go into the bout with a record of 3-5. Bradshaw Christian lost 78-40 in their recent non-league bout against Elk Grove (Elk Grove, CA)

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Players of the Game

Venture Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #24 Jayden Fakhouri for being selected the Venture Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Golden Valley (24-25)

Golden Valley has not selected any Players of the Game.

VA vs Golden Valley Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 20, 2024 @ 7:30p

Joe Bowers Memorial

The Golden Valley (Merced, CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Venture Academy (Stockton, CA) by a score of 57-49.

Rankings & Records

Venture Academy (24-25)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
364	47	24	4

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
22-9	10-0	8-0	5-2	9-7	.710	1.000	2,095	1,466

Golden Valley (24-25)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
292	37	37	16

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
21-8	8-2	7-2	8-4	6-2	.724	.800	1,640	1,516

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Venture Academy	31.0	13.3	17.0	10.2	-	-	67.6
Golden Valley	12.5	12.7	14.2	15.5	6.0	14.0	56.6

Team Stat Comparison

Venture Academy		Golden Valley
60.8	Points Per Game	-
26.6	Rebounds Per Game	-
10.9	Assists Per Game	-
9.0	Steals Per Game	-
2.9	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Venture Academy		Golden Valley	National Avg.
#14 Kwasi Moses16.2	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#24 Jayden Fakhouri7.3	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#2 Rylan Nguyen2.9	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#14 Kwasi Moses3.2	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#13 Jeston Barnett1.7	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Venture Academy	1-0		Golden Valley	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
2/19/25	Liberty Ranch	Venture Academy	(W) 57-43		12/10/24	Liberty Ranch	Golden Valley	(W) 67-46

Record Breakdown

Venture Academy (24-25)		Golden Valley (24-25)
22-9	Overall	21-8
10-0	League	8-2
2-2	Non-League	8-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-0	Common Opponent	1-0
8-0	Home	7-2
5-2	Away	8-4
9-7	Neutral	6-2
2-2	Playoff	0-1
22-9	In-State	21-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0