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Americas Franklin

Trail Blazers

Cougars

The Franklin (El Paso, TX) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Americas (El Paso, TX) by a score of 56-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Americas	-	-	-	-	45
Franklin	-	-	-	-	56

Final score provided by A. Castillo.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Franklin (24-25)

Americas

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	43	19	56	34	37
1	CHRISTIAN BACA (Sr)	8	4	12	33	33
2	ANDRE HERNANDEZ (Jr)	5	2	5	40	50
3	JOSH PICHARDO (Jr)	5	1	11	9	14
4	COBY HELPLEY (So)	3	1	4	25	38
10	BRADY DUGGAN (Sr)	2	1	6	17	17
22	MATT MAGDALENO (Sr)	4	2	4	50	50
24	ETHAN SALINAS (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
32	JORDAN HIGH (Sr)	6	3	4	75	75
34	AMIEL MORALES (Jr)	10	5	9	56	56

Franklin

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	56	20	48	42	47
10	Dawson Jones (Jr)	14	4	10	40	60
11	Colton Byrd (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
13	Darion Mitchell (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
14	RJ Belk (Jr)	7	2	6	33	42
20	Luis Martinez (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
21	Zander Jones (Sr)	8	2	4	50	50
22	Hayden Brack (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
23	Santiago Gaytan (So)	17	8	10	80	80
32	Jayden Villa (So)	5	2	3	67	67
33	Avion Colon (Jr)	3	1	2	50	50

Americas

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	43	3	17	18	2	2	100	16	39	41
1	CHRISTIAN BACA (Sr)	8	0	1	0				4	11	36
2	ANDRE HERNANDEZ (Jr)	5	1	1	100				1	4	25
3	JOSH PICHARDO (Jr)	5	1	8	13	2	2	100	0	3	0
4	COBY HELPLEY (So)	3	1	2	50				0	2	0
10	BRADY DUGGAN (Sr)	2	0	4	0				1	2	50
22	MATT MAGDALENO (Sr)	4	0	1	0				2	3	67
24	ETHAN SALINAS (Jr)	0							0	1	0
32	JORDAN HIGH (Sr)	6							3	4	75
34	AMIEL MORALES (Jr)	10							5	9	56

Franklin

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	56	5	19	26	11	17	65	15	29	52
10	Dawson Jones (Jr)	14	4	9	44	2	2	100	0	1	0
11	Colton Byrd (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Darion Mitchell (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	RJ Belk (Jr)	7	1	3	33	2	2	100	1	3	33
20	Luis Martinez (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	Zander Jones (Sr)	8	0	1	0	4	4	100	2	3	67
22	Hayden Brack (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
23	Santiago Gaytan (So)	17	0	0	0	1	4	25	8	10	80
32	Jayden Villa (So)	5	0	0	0	1	1	100	2	3	67
33	Avion Colon (Jr)	3	0	0	0	1	4	25	1	2	50

Americas

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	43	19	13	32	4	10	2	20	16
1	CHRISTIAN BACA (Sr)	8	8	2	10	1	2		3	0
2	ANDRE HERNANDEZ (Jr)	5		3	3	1	1		2	1
3	JOSH PICHARDO (Jr)	5	1	1	2	1	3		5	2
4	COBY HELPLEY (So)	3	2		2	1			1	2
10	BRADY DUGGAN (Sr)	2							1	1
22	MATT MAGDALENO (Sr)	4	1	3	4		4		2	5
24	ETHAN SALINAS (Jr)	0	2	2	4			1	2	1
32	JORDAN HIGH (Sr)	6	2	1	3				3	4
34	AMIEL MORALES (Jr)	10	3	1	4			1	1

Franklin

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	56	13	16	29	11	7	1	16	10
10	Dawson Jones (Jr)	14	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	1
11	Colton Byrd (Sr)	0	1	2	3	2	3	0	2	1
14	RJ Belk (Jr)	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
20	Luis Martinez (Jr)	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	0
21	Zander Jones (Sr)	8	2	0	2	3	1	0	5	1
22	Hayden Brack (Jr)	2	0	5	5	0	0	1	2	3
23	Santiago Gaytan (So)	17	6	3	9	1	1	0	4	1
32	Jayden Villa (So)	5	1	2	3	2	1	0	2	3
33	Avion Colon (Jr)	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Americas

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.20	0.50	0.63	0.13	7
1	CHRISTIAN BACA (Sr)	0.33	0.67	2.00		3
2	ANDRE HERNANDEZ (Jr)	0.50	0.50	1.00		1
3	JOSH PICHARDO (Jr)	0.20	0.60	1.50
4	COBY HELPLEY (So)	1.00
22	MATT MAGDALENO (Sr)		2.00	0.80		3
24	ETHAN SALINAS (Jr)				1.00

Franklin

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.69	0.44	0.70	0.10	24
10	Dawson Jones (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
11	Colton Byrd (Sr)	1.00	1.50	3.00	0.00	6
13	Darion Mitchell (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
14	RJ Belk (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
20	Luis Martinez (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	4
21	Zander Jones (Sr)	0.60	0.20	1.00	0.00	4
22	Hayden Brack (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	2
23	Santiago Gaytan (So)	0.25	0.25	1.00	0.00	1
32	Jayden Villa (So)	1.00	0.50	0.33	0.00	1

Game Story

Texas High School Basketball - Americas bested by Franklin

December 28, 2024: El Paso, TX 79936

Franklin Cougars (El Paso, TX) supporters left the game happy Saturday as they witnessed their basketball squad run past the host Americas Trail Blazers (El Paso, TX), 56-45 in a non-league match.

With the victory, Franklin advances its record to 12-9 on the year. The Cougars travel to Eastlake (El Paso, TX) to meet the Falcons in a 6A Region I District 1 match on Friday, January 3. The Falcons enter the match with a record of 14-5. Eastlake won 33-28 in their recent non-league match against Midland (Midland, TX)

The Trail Blazers now own a 10-10 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Horizon for a 5A Region I District 2 match on Friday, January 3. Americas will meet a Scorpions squad coming off a 63-30 league loss to El Dorado (El Paso, TX). The Scorpions record now stands at 5-13.

Players of the Game

Americas (24-25)

Congratulations to #2 ANDRE HERNANDEZ for being selected the Americas Basketball Player of the Game.

Franklin (24-25)

Franklin has not selected any Players of the Game.

Americas vs Franklin Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 28, 2024 @ 11a

Franklin Holiday Tournament

The Franklin (El Paso, TX) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Americas (El Paso, TX) by a score of 56-45.

Rankings & Records

Americas (24-25)

TX	Section	State Div.
422	106	106

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
21-11	12-0	10-4	9-3	2-4	.656	1.000	1,727	1,322

Franklin (24-25)

TX	Section	State Div.
386	100	150

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-15	6-7	6-4	7-4	4-7	.531	.462	1,634	1,617

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	OT3	Final
Americas	13.0	13.0	12.8	11.4	10.0	-	-	54.0
Franklin	6.8	14.2	11.2	12.2	4.7	2.0	5.0	51.1

Team Stat Comparison

Americas		Franklin
53.5	Points Per Game	50.9
22.7	Rebounds Per Game	25.2
11.3	Assists Per Game	11.3
10.1	Steals Per Game	8.9
1.3	Blocks Per Game	1.4

Team Leaders

Americas		Franklin	National Avg.
#3 JOSH PICHARDO15.2	Points Per Game	#21 Zander Jones10.6	4.9
#22 MATT MAGDALENO4.6	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Hayden Brack6.6	2.6
#1 CHRISTIAN BACA2.9	Assists Per Game	#24 Eddie Garcia2.8	1.0
#1 CHRISTIAN BACA3.0	Steals Per Game	#21 Zander Jones1.6	0.8
#24 ETHAN SALINAS0.6	Blocks Per Game	#22 Hayden Brack0.6	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Americas	10-6		Franklin	9-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/8/24	Americas	Permian	(L) 70-43	11/22/24	Permian	Franklin	(W) 63-61
12/13/24	Permian	Americas	(L) 41-40
11/11/24	Americas	Burges	(W) 59-50	12/13/24	Franklin	Burges	(W) 55-51
11/14/24	Burges	Americas	(W) 48-41
11/19/24	Eastwood	Americas	(L) 43-29	12/17/24	Franklin	Eastwood	(L) 57-41
				1/21/25	Eastwood	Franklin	(L) 71-45
11/22/24	Americas	Socorro	(W) 58-19	12/20/24	Socorro	Franklin	(W) 40-37
12/26/24	Socorro	Americas	(W) 70-27	1/24/25	Franklin	Socorro	(W) 53-48
12/3/24	Chapin	Americas	(L) 53-46	12/10/24	Chapin	Franklin	(L) 55-53
12/10/24	Americas	Coronado	(L) 37-24	1/14/25	Coronado	Franklin	(W) 57-49
12/27/24	Coronado	Americas	(L) 50-48	2/7/25	Franklin	Coronado	(W) 41-37
				2/14/25	Franklin	Coronado	(L) 42-41
1/7/25	Parkland	Americas	(W) 61-24	11/11/24	Parkland	Franklin	(W) 63-44
1/31/25	Americas	Parkland	(W) 44-33
1/10/25	Americas	Hanks	(W) 67-40	11/19/24	Franklin	Hanks	(W) 42-40
2/4/25	Hanks	Americas	(W) 58-42
1/17/25	El Dorado	Americas	(W) 55-40	11/8/24	Franklin	El Dorado	(W) 51-47
2/11/25	Americas	El Dorado	(W) 59-53	12/27/24	El Dorado	Franklin	(L) 57-49

Record Breakdown

Americas (24-25)		Franklin (24-25)
21-11	Overall	17-15
12-0	League	6-7
3-7	Non-League	7-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
10-6	Common Opponent	9-5
10-4	Home	6-4
9-3	Away	7-4
2-4	Neutral	4-7
0-1	Playoff	0-0
21-11	In-State	15-15
0-0	Out-of-State	2-0