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Needles Virgin Valley

Mustangs

Bulldogs

The Virgin Valley (Mesquite, NV) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home tournament game against Needles (CA) by a score of 55-46.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Needles	13	15	12	15	55
Virgin Valley	13	6	16	11	46

Final score provided by C. Hurley.

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Game Stats

Virgin Valley (23-24)

Needles

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	160	55	24	54	44	47
0	Darrell Russell (So)	21	5	2	6	33	42
3	Xavier Russell (Jr)	31	7	3	10	30	30
11	Holden Jones (Jr)	17	3	1	5	20	30
12	Paxton Murch (Jr)	16	6	3	6	50	50
13	Luca Walema (Jr)	26	18	9	16	56	56
33	Collin Smith (Sr)	20	4	2	5	40	40
35	Talon Paget (Sr)	29	12	4	6	67	75

Virgin Valley

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	160	43	16	60	27	33
1	Elian Pinto (So)	27	11	3	7	43	50
2	Reece Leavitt (Jr)	29	0	0	11	0	0
3	Rodrigo Lopez (Jr)	9	0	1	5	20	30
10	Stockton Humes (Jr)	5	0	0	1	0	0
11	Corban Waite (Fr)	27	8	2	8	25	38
20	Drake Wakefield (Sr)	19	9	3	9	33	50
30	Destry Tobler (Jr)	17	5	2	4	50	50
34	Cameron Wright (Sr)	3	0	0	1	0	0
35	Cameron Spilker (Sr)	24	10	5	14	36	36

Needles

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	160	55	3	12	25	4	6	67	21	42	50
0	Darrell Russell (So)	21	5	1	3	33	0	0	0	1	3	33
3	Xavier Russell (Jr)	31	7	0	2	0	1	2	50	3	8	38
11	Holden Jones (Jr)	17	3	1	4	25	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Paxton Murch (Jr)	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	50
13	Luca Walema (Jr)	26	18	0	1	0	0	1	0	9	15	60
33	Collin Smith (Sr)	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
35	Talon Paget (Sr)	29	12	1	2	50	3	3	100	3	4	75

Virgin Valley

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	160	43	7	36	19	7	8	88	9	24	38
1	Elian Pinto (So)	27	11	1	3	33	4	4	100	2	4	50
2	Reece Leavitt (Jr)	29	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3	Rodrigo Lopez (Jr)	9	0	1	5	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Stockton Humes (Jr)	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Corban Waite (Fr)	27	8	2	7	29	2	2	100	0	1	0
20	Drake Wakefield (Sr)	19	9	3	9	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Destry Tobler (Jr)	17	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	4	50
34	Cameron Wright (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35	Cameron Spilker (Sr)	24	10	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	9	56

Needles

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	160	55	14	30	44	17	9	3	21	11
0	Darrell Russell (So)	21	5	1	3	4	1	3	0	3	1
3	Xavier Russell (Jr)	31	7	0	10	10	5	3	0	0	1
11	Holden Jones (Jr)	17	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
12	Paxton Murch (Jr)	16	6	2	1	3	2	2	1	2	3
13	Luca Walema (Jr)	26	18	2	4	6	4	0	0	7	3
33	Collin Smith (Sr)	20	4	2	2	4	0	0	2	2	1
35	Talon Paget (Sr)	29	12	7	10	17	4	0	0	6	2

Virgin Valley

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	160	43	26	12	15	3	13	12
1	Elian Pinto (So)	27	11	2	4	8	0	4	1
2	Reece Leavitt (Jr)	29	0	8	4	3	0	4	4
3	Rodrigo Lopez (Jr)	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
10	Stockton Humes (Jr)	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	Corban Waite (Fr)	27	8	5	3	2	0	3	1
20	Drake Wakefield (Sr)	19	9	3	0	0	0	0	1
30	Destry Tobler (Jr)	17	5	5	0	1	1	0	0
34	Cameron Wright (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Cameron Spilker (Sr)	24	10	3	1	0	2	1	2

Needles

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.81	0.43	0.82	0.27	12
0	Darrell Russell (So)	0.33	1.00	3.00	0.00	4
3	Xavier Russell (Jr)	5.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	4
11	Holden Jones (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
12	Paxton Murch (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.67	0.33	3
13	Luca Walema (Jr)	0.57	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
33	Collin Smith (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0
35	Talon Paget (Sr)	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

Virgin Valley

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.92	1.15	1.25	0.25
1	Elian Pinto (So)	1.00	2.00	8.00	0.00
2	Reece Leavitt (Jr)	1.00	0.75	0.75	0.00
3	Rodrigo Lopez (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.33	0.00
11	Corban Waite (Fr)	1.00	0.67	2.00	0.00
30	Destry Tobler (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
35	Cameron Spilker (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00

Game Story

Nevada High School Basketball - Virgin Valley topped by Needles

December 29, 2023: Mesquite, NV 89027

The Virgin Valley Bulldogs basketball team (Mesquite, NV), dropped 55-46 in Friday's non-league battle with the visiting Needles Mustangs (Needles, CA)

The Mustangs now sport a 15-0 record. They put it on the line next when they host Lake Mead Academy for a 2A Southern battle on Saturday, January 6. Needles will battle a Eagles team coming off a 52-49 non-league win over Lincoln County (Panaca, NV). The Eagles record now stands at 11-3.

The Bulldogs (8-5) will now prepare for their battle against Democracy Prep Agassi Campus (Las Vegas, NV). The Blue Knights come into the 3A Southern - Desert battle with a 5-3 record. In their last battle, Democracy Prep Agassi Campus dropped by Saugus (Saugus, CA), 79-57, in a non-league battle.

Players of the Game

Needles (23-24)

Congratulations to #35 Talon Paget for being selected the Needles Basketball Player of the Game.

Virgin Valley (23-24)

Virgin Valley has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Needles (23-24)

CA	State Div.
19	1

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
29-2	15-1	11-0	14-1	4-1	.935	.938	2,198	1,303

Virgin Valley (23-24)

NV	Div.
40	9

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
14-11	6-4	10-5	3-5	1-1	.560	.600	1,447	1,335

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Needles	20.2	18.0	19.1	13.8	6.0	70.9
Virgin Valley	15.8	13.6	14.3	14.1	-	57.9

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Team Stat Comparison

Needles		Virgin Valley
70.9	Points Per Game	55.6
40.2	Rebounds Per Game	31.2
18.3	Assists Per Game	10.8
14.2	Steals Per Game	10.3
4.8	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Needles		Virgin Valley	National Avg.
#3 Xavier Russell19.1	Points Per Game	#35 Cameron Spilker10.2	4.9
#13 Luca Walema8.4	Rebounds Per Game	#20 Beaux Garrett9.0	2.6
#11 Holden Jones3.7	Assists Per Game	#0 Parker Jensen3.0	1.0
#0 Darrell Russell3.4	Steals Per Game	#1 Elian Pinto2.6	0.8
#13 Luca Walema1.2	Blocks Per Game	#35 Cameron Spilker0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Needles	8-2		Virgin Valley	4-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/8/23	White Pine	Needles	(W) 73-37	12/28/23	White Pine	Virgin Valley	(W) 73-40
1/26/24	Needles	White Pine	(W) 86-48
12/15/23	Lincoln County	Needles	(W) 62-41	12/29/23	Lincoln County	Virgin Valley	(W) 48-32
1/27/24	Needles	Lincoln County	(W) 85-43	1/19/24	Virgin Valley	Lincoln County	(W) 61-58
2/16/24	Lincoln County	Needles	(W) 55-48
12/27/23	Needles	Sports Leadership & Management	(W) 62-56	12/2/23	Virgin Valley	Sports Leadership & Management	(W) 65-54
				1/9/24	Sports Leadership & Management	Virgin Valley	(L) 69-68
12/29/23	Lake Mead Academy	Needles	(W) 84-72	12/1/23	Lake Mead Academy	Virgin Valley	(L) 66-49
1/6/24	Lake Mead Academy	Needles	(W) 58-55
2/10/24	Needles	Lake Mead Academy	(L) 69-48
2/17/24	Needles	Lake Mead Academy	(L) 63-60

Record Breakdown

Needles (23-24)		Virgin Valley (23-24)
29-2	Overall	14-11
15-1	League	6-4
2-0	Non-League	2-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
8-2	Common Opponent	4-2
11-0	Home	10-5
14-1	Away	3-5
4-1	Neutral	1-1
3-1	Playoff	0-1
0-0	In-State	14-9
29-2	Out-of-State	0-2