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The St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs, CA) JV basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Valley Christian (Cerritos, CA) by a score of 37-30.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Valley Christian	10	9	7	4	30
St. Paul	7	14	6	10	37

Final score provided by A. Brown.

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Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Valley Christian (23-24)

Valley Christian has not entered stats for this game.

St. Paul (23-24)

St. Paul

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	37
1	Justin Penzella (Fr)	2
3	E. Gallardo Jr. (So)	8
11	G. Castaneda (So)	5
12	Ace Taylor (Fr)	12
32	Ethan Mori (Fr)	8
34	Luis Gonzalez (Fr)	2

St. Paul

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	37
1	Justin Penzella (Fr)	2
3	E. Gallardo Jr. (So)	8
11	G. Castaneda (So)	5
12	Ace Taylor (Fr)	12
32	Ethan Mori (Fr)	8
34	Luis Gonzalez (Fr)	2

St. Paul

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	37
1	Justin Penzella (Fr)	2
3	E. Gallardo Jr. (So)	8
11	G. Castaneda (So)	5
12	Ace Taylor (Fr)	12
32	Ethan Mori (Fr)	8
34	Luis Gonzalez (Fr)	2

Game Story

California High School Basketball - St. Paul nudges Valley Christian

December 29, 2023: Cerritos, CA 90703

In Friday's non-league outing, the St. Paul Swordsmen (Santa Fe Springs, CA) basketball squad edged the host Valley Christian Defenders (Cerritos, CA), by a count of 37-30.

The Swordsmen (12-0) will now prepare for their outing against Etiwanda (Etiwanda, CA). The Eagles go into the non-league outing with a 11-2 record. In their last outing, Etiwanda held off Bishop Amat (La Puente, CA), 71-30, in a non-league outing.

The Defenders now hold a 0-2 record. They play next when they travel to Heritage Christian for a outing on Tuesday, January 2. Valley Christian will clash with a Warriors squad coming off a 48-44 non-league loss to Viewpoint (Calabasas, CA). The Warriors record now stands at 9-8.

Players of the Game

Valley Christian (23-24)

Valley Christian has not selected any Players of the Game.

St. Paul (23-24)

Congratulations to #11 Gabriel Castaneda for being selected the St. Paul JV Basketball Player of the Game.

VCHS vs St. Paul Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 29, 2023 @ 3p

The St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs, CA) JV basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Valley Christian (Cerritos, CA) by a score of 37-30.

Rankings & Records

Valley Christian (23-24)

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
0-7	0-4	0-4	0-2	0-1	.000	.000	265	378

St. Paul (23-24)

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
15-14	3-7	4-4	4-5	7-5	.517	.300	1,398	1,470

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Valley Christian	10.0	9.0	7.0	4.0	37.9
St. Paul	13.4	11.1	12.2	13.2	48.2

Team Stat Comparison

Valley Christian		St. Paul
-	Points Per Game	35.5

Team Leaders

Valley Christian		St. Paul	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#2 Kenneth Marshall14.7	4.5

Record Breakdown

Valley Christian (23-24)		St. Paul (23-24)
0-7	Overall	15-14
0-4	League	3-7
0-1	Non-League	5-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
0-4	Home	4-4
0-2	Away	4-5
0-1	Neutral	7-5
0-0	Playoff	0-0
0-7	In-State	15-14
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0