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Justin Garza Merced

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Bears

The Merced (CA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Justin Garza (Fresno, CA) by a score of 60-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Justin Garza	11	8	15	11	45
Merced	13	17	19	11	60

Final score provided by M. Matsuo.

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Game Stats

Merced (24-25)

Justin Garza

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	18	47	38	40
1	Payton Powell (Jr)	6	2	7	29	29
2	Kaden Owens (Sr)	11	5	9	56	56
3	Lee Williams (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
4	M. Oganesyan (So)	2	1	1	100	100
10	Josiah Wilson (Fr)	5	2	7	29	36
12	Tristan Chavez (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
14	C. Greening (Sr)	8	3	12	25	29
15	Carter Cabiero (So)	4	1	1	100	100
22	Alex Barron (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
55	Luke Poulsen (So)	2	1	3	33	33

Merced

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	60	25	48	52	58
1	V. Vasquez (Jr)	7	3	7	43	50
3	Jordan Thomas (Jr)	6	3	8	38	38
4	F. Rubalcava (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
5	Ahmad Jackson (Jr)	5	2	3	67	83
11	Jovian Martinez (Jr)	5	2	6	33	33
12	Aiden Matsuo (Jr)	8	3	4	75	75
20	Nicholas Adams (Jr)	6	3	3	100	100
24	Diego Aguilar (Jr)	21	8	14	57	71

Justin Garza

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	2	10	20	6	9	67	16	37	43
1	Payton Powell (Jr)	6				2	4	50	2	7	29
2	Kaden Owens (Sr)	11				1	1	100	5	9	56
3	Lee Williams (Sr)	4							2	5	40
4	M. Oganesyan (So)	2							1	1	100
10	Josiah Wilson (Fr)	5	1	2	50				1	5	20
12	Tristan Chavez (Sr)	0	0	1	0
14	C. Greening (Sr)	8	1	7	14	1	2	50	2	5	40
15	Carter Cabiero (So)	4				2	2	100	1	1	100
22	Alex Barron (Jr)	2							1	1	100
55	Luke Poulsen (So)	2							1	3	33

Merced

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	60	6	15	40	4	6	67	19	33	58
1	V. Vasquez (Jr)	7	1	4	25				2	3	67
3	Jordan Thomas (Jr)	6	0	1	0				3	7	43
4	F. Rubalcava (Sr)	2	0	1	0				1	2	50
5	Ahmad Jackson (Jr)	5	1	1	100				1	2	50
11	Jovian Martinez (Jr)	5				1	2	50	2	6	33
12	Aiden Matsuo (Jr)	8				2	3	67	3	4	75
20	Nicholas Adams (Jr)	6							3	3	100
24	Diego Aguilar (Jr)	21	4	8	50	1	1	100	4	6	67

Justin Garza

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	44	14	20	35	9	10	3
0	Aaron Gonzales (So)					1
1	Payton Powell (Jr)	6	2	2	4		1
2	Kaden Owens (Sr)	11	4	3	7
3	Lee Williams (Sr)	4	2	1	3	2	2
4	M. Oganesyan (So)	2
10	Josiah Wilson (Fr)	5	2	1	3		1	1
12	Tristan Chavez (Sr)	0		1	1		1
14	C. Greening (Sr)	8	3	7	10	2
15	Carter Cabiero (So)	4		1	2	1	2
22	Alex Barron (Jr)	2					1
55	Luke Poulsen (So)	2	1	4	5	3	2	2

Merced

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	60	3	14	17	9	11
1	V. Vasquez (Jr)	7		1	1	2	2
3	Jordan Thomas (Jr)	6	1		1	1	4
4	F. Rubalcava (Sr)	2		2	2	3
5	Ahmad Jackson (Jr)	5					1
10	D. Betancourt (Sr)						1
11	Jovian Martinez (Jr)	5		3	3
12	Aiden Matsuo (Jr)	8		3	3	1	1
20	Nicholas Adams (Jr)	6	1		1	2	1
24	Diego Aguilar (Jr)	21	1	5	6		1

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Justin Garza knocked off by Merced

December 26, 2024: Fresno, CA 93723

In Thursday's non-league test, the Merced Bears (Merced, CA) basketball squad knocked off the host Justin Garza Guardians (Fresno, CA), by a score of 60-45.

Next, the Bears confront the Pleasant Grove Eagles (Elk Grove, CA) in a non-league game, on Friday, December 27. Merced will attempt to move on its 6-6 season record. The Eagles go into the game with a 5-7 record after their 54-51 non-league win over Lemoore (Lemoore, CA).

With the loss, Justin Garza falls to 7-4 on the campaign. The Guardians travel to Independence (Bakersfield, CA) to confront the Falcons in a non-league game on Friday, December 27. The Falcons go into the game with a record of 8-1. Independence won 48-43 in their recent non-league game against Atascadero (Atascadero, CA)

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Game Start
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Justin Garza won the tip off.

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Halftime
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End of Game
Final
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Players of the Game

Justin Garza (24-25)

Justin Garza has not selected any Players of the Game.

Merced (24-25)

Congratulations to #24 Diego Aguilar for being selected the Merced Basketball Player of the Game.

Justin Garza vs Merced Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 26, 2024 @ 5p

Clovis Elks Tournament

The Merced (CA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Justin Garza (Fresno, CA) by a score of 60-45.

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Rankings & Records

Justin Garza (24-25)

CA	Section
359	25

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
22-8	8-2	9-0	5-5	8-3	.733	.800	1,934	1,643

Merced (24-25)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
273	33	33	13

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
19-10	8-2	6-5	8-3	5-2	.655	.800	1,687	1,431

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Justin Garza	16.4	15.5	16.8	15.3	9.0	-	64.5
Merced	15.2	14.8	13.6	15.0	5.8	3.0	58.2

Team Stat Comparison

Justin Garza		Merced
62.9	Points Per Game	58.1
38.2	Rebounds Per Game	23.6
15.7	Assists Per Game	12.3
13.0	Steals Per Game	10.1
2.7	Blocks Per Game	1.0

Team Leaders

Justin Garza		Merced	National Avg.
#10 Josiah Wilson13.6	Points Per Game	#24 Diego Aguilar11.3	4.9
#2 Kaden Owens8.1	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Jordan Thomas5.8	2.6
#55 Luke Poulsen3.9	Assists Per Game	#3 Jordan Thomas2.6	1.0
#55 Luke Poulsen2.6	Steals Per Game	#3 Jordan Thomas3.0	0.8
#10 Josiah Wilson1.1	Blocks Per Game	#3 Jordan Thomas0.2	0.2

Record Breakdown

Justin Garza (24-25)		Merced (24-25)
22-8	Overall	19-10
8-2	League	8-2
3-2	Non-League	6-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
9-0	Home	6-5
5-5	Away	8-3
8-3	Neutral	5-2
1-1	Playoff	0-1
22-8	In-State	18-9
0-0	Out-of-State	1-1