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The St. Joseph Academy (San Marcos, CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Santa Cruz (CA) by a score of 52-40.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Santa Cruz	15	7	12	6	40
St. Joseph Academy	12	19	13	8	52

Final score provided by T. Trowbridge.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

St. Joseph Academy (23-24)

Santa Cruz

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	40	13	57	23	25
1	Linneah Keence (Sr)	3	1	4	25	25
2	Siena Koenig (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
4	Tiera Oconnor (Jr)	2	1	7	14	14
5	Mia Pedemonte (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Ava Lord (Sr)	10	3	7	43	43
11	Bianca Anaya (Sr)	1	0	7	0	0
12	Lily Conn (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
14	Kina Espinosa (So)	9	2	4	50	50
23	N. Espinosa (Sr)	11	4	19	21	26

St. Joseph Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	22	66	33	39
1	Pamela Torres (So)	12	5	16	31	38
2	Myri Parsons (Jr)	4	2	9	22	22
11	Madelyn Kara (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
12	Luciana Aguilar (Jr)	22	10	23	43	48
13	Nancy Chavez (Fr)	9	3	10	30	45
21	Angie Beath (Jr)	3	1	6	17	25

Santa Cruz

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	40	2	22	9	12	18	67	11	35	31
1	Linneah Keence (Sr)	3	0	1	0	1	2	50	1	3	33
2	Siena Koenig (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Tiera Oconnor (Jr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	20
5	Mia Pedemonte (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Ava Lord (Sr)	10	0	0	0	4	5	80	3	7	43
11	Bianca Anaya (Sr)	1	0	5	0	1	1	100	0	2	0
12	Lily Conn (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
14	Kina Espinosa (So)	9	0	0	0	5	8	63	2	4	50
23	N. Espinosa (Sr)	11	2	11	18	1	2	50	2	8	25

St. Joseph Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	8	25	32	0	2	0	14	41	34
1	Pamela Torres (So)	12	2	5	40	0	2	0	3	11	27
2	Myri Parsons (Jr)	4	0	3	0				2	6	33
11	Madelyn Kara (Jr)	2							1	2	50
12	Luciana Aguilar (Jr)	22	2	6	33				8	17	47
13	Nancy Chavez (Fr)	9	3	9	33				0	1	0
21	Angie Beath (Jr)	3	1	2	50				0	4	0

Santa Cruz

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	40	15	21	36	5	11	1	22	9
1	Linneah Keence (Sr)	3	2	3	5	0	1	0	2	1
2	Siena Koenig (Sr)	0	1	2	3	2	0	0	3	1
4	Tiera Oconnor (Jr)	2	0	3	3	0	3	0	6	0
5	Mia Pedemonte (Jr)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	Ava Lord (Sr)	10	5	3	8	0	0	1	2	3
11	Bianca Anaya (Sr)	1	1	2	3	0	3	0	1	1
12	Lily Conn (Sr)	4	2	2	4	0	1	0	1	1
14	Kina Espinosa (So)	9	1	3	4	1	1	0	4	0
23	N. Espinosa (Sr)	11	1	3	4	2	2	0	3	2

St. Joseph Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF
	Team Totals	52	15	20	35	12	20	2	15
1	Pamela Torres (So)	12	3	2	5	5	2	1	3
2	Myri Parsons (Jr)	4	3	1	4	1	4		2
11	Madelyn Kara (Jr)	2	1		1		2		3
12	Luciana Aguilar (Jr)	22	4	9	13	3	6	1	3
13	Nancy Chavez (Fr)	9	1	5	6	2	2		3
21	Angie Beath (Jr)	3	3	3	6	1	4		1

Santa Cruz

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.23	0.50	1.22	0.11	2
1	Linneah Keence (Sr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	0.00	0
2	Siena Koenig (Sr)	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
4	Tiera Oconnor (Jr)	0.00	0.50	3.00	0.00	0
10	Ava Lord (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	1
11	Bianca Anaya (Sr)	0.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	0
12	Lily Conn (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
14	Kina Espinosa (So)	0.25	0.25	1.00	0.00	0
23	N. Espinosa (Sr)	0.67	0.67	1.00	0.00	1

St. Joseph Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.33	0.13	16
1	Pamela Torres (So)	0.67	0.33	3
2	Myri Parsons (Jr)	2.00		3
11	Madelyn Kara (Jr)	0.67		1
12	Luciana Aguilar (Jr)	2.00	0.33	6
13	Nancy Chavez (Fr)	0.67		3
21	Angie Beath (Jr)	4.00

Santa Cruz's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Santa Cruz knocked off by St. Joseph Academy

December 29, 2023: Santa Cruz, CA 95060

The St. Joseph Academy Crusaders basketball team scored 52 points and held the host Santa Cruz Cardinals to 40 in the Crusaders non-league triumph on Friday.

The Crusaders now sport a 7-8 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Rancho Buena Vista for a non-league contest on Saturday, December 30. St. Joseph Academy will meet a Longhorns team coming off a 58-43 non-league win over Chaparral (Temecula, CA). The Longhorns record now stands at 8-8.

The Cardinals (8-5) will now prepare for their contest against Mira Mesa (San Diego, CA). The Marauders enter the non-league contest with a 6-8 record. In their last contest, Mira Mesa ran past Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo, CA), 49-44, in a non-league contest.

Santa Cruz vs SJA Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 29, 2023 @ 4:30p

The St. Joseph Academy (San Marcos, CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Santa Cruz (CA) by a score of 52-40.

Rankings & Records

Santa Cruz (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
303	27	82	6

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
21-7	10-0	11-2	6-2	4-3	.750	1.000	1,346	929

St. Joseph Academy (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
515	35	127	20

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
12-16	4-5	3-3	5-10	4-3	.429	.444	1,177	1,297

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Santa Cruz	12.6	11.2	13.9	11.1	48.1
St. Joseph Academy	13.0	9.9	10.2	9.8	42.0

Team Stat Comparison

Santa Cruz		St. Joseph Academy
46.1	Points Per Game	41.8
37.5	Rebounds Per Game	24.6
10.7	Assists Per Game	8.0
12.1	Steals Per Game	11.0
2.4	Blocks Per Game	2.6

Team Leaders

Santa Cruz		St. Joseph Academy	National Avg.
#4 Tiera Oconnor10.6	Points Per Game	#12 Luciana Aguilar12.7	4.2
#14 Kina Espinosa7.1	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Luciana Aguilar7.6	2.8
#23 Natalia Espinosa2.6	Assists Per Game	#12 Luciana Aguilar2.7	0.9
#4 Tiera Oconnor3.7	Steals Per Game	#12 Luciana Aguilar3.7	1.1
#4 Tiera Oconnor1.2	Blocks Per Game	#12 Luciana Aguilar1.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Santa Cruz	2-0		St. Joseph Academy	1-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
12/27/23	Santa Cruz	San Dieguito Academy	(W) 43-36		12/28/23	San Dieguito Academy	St. Joseph Academy	(L) 39-29
12/28/23	Santa Cruz	Trabuco Hills	(W) 44-23		12/27/23	Trabuco Hills	St. Joseph Academy	(W) 53-36

Record Breakdown

Santa Cruz (23-24)		St. Joseph Academy (23-24)
21-7	Overall	12-16
11-1	League	4-5
6-4	Non-League	2-7
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-0	Common Opponent	1-1
11-2	Home	3-3
6-2	Away	5-10
4-3	Neutral	4-3
1-1	Playoff	0-1
21-7	In-State	12-16
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0