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Yuba City Rio Linda

Honkers

Knights

The Rio Linda (CA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Yuba City (CA) by a score of 61-46.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Yuba City	16	10	21	14	61
Rio Linda	12	13	7	14	46

Final score provided by T. Evans.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Rio Linda (23-24)

Yuba City

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	61	24	52	46	55
1	Saleem Rafiq (Sr)	16	7	14	50	57
2	Felix Matta (Sr)	3	1	4	25	38
4	Alex Saavedra (Jr)	16	6	12	50	67
5	A. Medina (Sr)	9	3	10	30	35
10	Arshdeep Grewal (Sr)	5	2	3	67	83
25	X. Armstrong (So)	8	4	6	67	67
32	L. Epperson (So)	3	1	3	33	33
34	Haiden Mann (Sr)	1

Rio Linda

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	45	18	49	37	42
1	Rodney Shead (Sr)	9	3	13	23	35
2	D. Williams (Sr)	10	5	11	45	45
4	Matai Climo (Fr)	3	1	3	33	50
12	Noah Wolford (Jr)	11	4	9	44	50
14	N. Kelley-Bryant (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
15	Jarai Gray (Sr)	7	3	6	50	50
20	M. Martin (Sr)	5	2	4	50	50

Yuba City

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	61	9	23	39	4	7	57	15	29	52
1	Saleem Rafiq (Sr)	16	2	4	50				5	10	50
2	Felix Matta (Sr)	3	1	3	33				0	1	0
4	Alex Saavedra (Jr)	16	4	9	44				2	3	67
5	A. Medina (Sr)	9	1	6	17	2	2	100	2	4	50
10	Arshdeep Grewal (Sr)	5	1	1	100				1	2	50
25	X. Armstrong (So)	8				0	1	0	4	6	67
32	L. Epperson (So)	3				1	2	50	1	3	33
34	Haiden Mann (Sr)	1				1	2	50

Rio Linda

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	45	5	18	28	4	7	57	13	31	42
1	Rodney Shead (Sr)	9	3	9	33	0	0	0	0	4	0
2	D. Williams (Sr)	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	8	63
4	Matai Climo (Fr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Noah Wolford (Jr)	11	1	3	33	2	3	67	3	6	50
14	N. Kelley-Bryant (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	Jarai Gray (Sr)	7	0	0	0	1	2	50	3	6	50
20	M. Martin (Sr)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	4	50

Yuba City

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	61	8	26	34	14	9	1	18
1	Saleem Rafiq (Sr)	16	2	4	6	6	2		4
2	Felix Matta (Sr)	3	1	3	4		1		2
4	Alex Saavedra (Jr)	16		2	2	2			3
5	A. Medina (Sr)	9	1	4	5	5	3	1	7
10	Arshdeep Grewal (Sr)	5		6	6	1	2		1
25	X. Armstrong (So)	8	3	6	9
32	L. Epperson (So)	3	1	1	2		1
34	Haiden Mann (Sr)	1							1

Rio Linda

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	45	6	19	25	3	5	6	13
1	Rodney Shead (Sr)	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	4
2	D. Williams (Sr)	10	0	3	3	1	2	3	2
4	Matai Climo (Fr)	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	0
12	Noah Wolford (Jr)	11	1	4	5	0	1	0	1
14	N. Kelley-Bryant (Jr)	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2
15	Jarai Gray (Sr)	7	3	5	8	1	0	0	2
20	M. Martin (Sr)	5	2	3	5	0	0	0	2

Yuba City

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr
	Team Totals	0.78	0.50	2
1	Saleem Rafiq (Sr)	1.50	0.50
2	Felix Matta (Sr)		0.50
4	Alex Saavedra (Jr)	0.67
5	A. Medina (Sr)	0.71	0.43	2
10	Arshdeep Grewal (Sr)	1.00	2.00

Rio Linda

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	0.50	0.83	0.39
1	Rodney Shead (Sr)	0.00	0.50	0.25
2	D. Williams (Sr)	0.33	0.67	1.00
4	Matai Climo (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00
12	Noah Wolford (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00
14	N. Kelley-Bryant (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.50
15	Jarai Gray (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Rio Linda succumbs to Yuba City

December 30, 2023: Yuba City, CA 95991

The Yuba City Honkers topped the visiting Rio Linda Knights basketball team by a final score of 61-46 in Saturday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Honkers face the Placer Hillmen (Auburn, CA) in a non-league game, on Wednesday, January 3. Yuba City will attempt to move on its 7-7 season record. The Hillmen enter the game with a 15-2 record after their 74-66 non-league loss to Del Oro (Loomis, CA).

With the defeat, Rio Linda moves to 4-11 on the year. The Knights travel to Casa Roble (Orangevale, CA) to face the Rams in a Golden Empire League game on Tuesday, January 2. The Rams enter the game with a record of 10-5. Casa Roble won 65-55 in their recent non-league game against Rock Academy (San Diego, CA)

Players of the Game

Yuba City (23-24)

Congratulations to #25 Xavier Armstrong for being selected the Yuba City Basketball Player of the Game.

Rio Linda (23-24)

Congratulations to #2 Darius Williams for being selected the Rio Linda Basketball Player of the Game.

Yuba City vs Rio Linda Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 30, 2023 @ 4p

The Rio Linda (CA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Yuba City (CA) by a score of 61-46.

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Rankings & Records

Yuba City (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
777	102	143	29

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
8-20	1-11	4-10	0-7	4-3	.286	.083	1,595	1,821

Rio Linda (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
923	120	225	27

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
12-17	8-4	6-4	3-8	3-5	.414	.667	1,752	1,781

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Yuba City	13.8	13.7	15.8	13.7	11.0	57.0
Rio Linda	14.6	14.6	12.9	17.1	3.0	60.4

Head-to-Head

Yuba City won on 11/28/2023

11/28 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Rio Linda 19 9 13 16 57
Yuba City 18 18 19 7 62

The Rio Linda (CA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away non-conference game against Yuba City (CA) by a score of 62-57.
Box score
Yuba City won on 12/30/2023

12/30 @ 4p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Yuba City 16 10 21 14 61
Rio Linda 12 13 7 14 46

The Yuba City (CA) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Rio Linda (CA) by a score of 61-46.
Box score

11/28 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Rio Linda	19	9	13	16	57
Yuba City	18	18	19	7	62

Team Stat Comparison

Yuba City		Rio Linda
56.8	Points Per Game	59.2
21.9	Rebounds Per Game	31.1
8.4	Assists Per Game	10.2
5.4	Steals Per Game	8.0
0.7	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

Yuba City		Rio Linda	National Avg.
#1 Saleem Rafiq14.3	Points Per Game	#3 Kevin Smith 15.6	4.9
#25 Xavier Armstrong4.2	Rebounds Per Game	#13 Rhamad Williams11.3	2.6
#1 Saleem Rafiq2.6	Assists Per Game	#3 Kevin Smith 3.6	1.0
#5 Anthony Medina 1.4	Steals Per Game	#12 Noah Wolford 2.3	0.8
#25 Xavier Armstrong0.3	Blocks Per Game	#3 Kevin Smith 1.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Yuba City	2-5		Rio Linda	3-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/18/23	Casa Roble	Yuba City	(L) 77-52	1/2/24	Rio Linda	Casa Roble	(L) 77-59
				1/23/24	Casa Roble	Rio Linda	(L) 70-65
12/19/23	Pioneer	Yuba City	(W) 77-65	1/8/24	Rio Linda	Pioneer	(L) 62-60
				1/29/24	Pioneer	Rio Linda	(W) 76-64
12/28/23	Yuba City	Mesa Verde	(W) 67-23	1/16/24	Rio Linda	Mesa Verde	(W) 66-34
				2/6/24	Mesa Verde	Rio Linda	(W) 59-50
1/16/24	Roseville	Yuba City	(L) 64-45	12/6/23	Roseville	Rio Linda	(L) 69-66
2/5/24	Yuba City	Roseville	(L) 63-47
1/22/24	Yuba City	River Valley	(L) 57-47	12/2/23	River Valley	Rio Linda	(L) 71-60
2/9/24	River Valley	Yuba City	(L) 70-64

Record Breakdown

Yuba City (23-24)		Rio Linda (23-24)
8-20	Overall	12-17
1-11	League	8-4
3-4	Non-League	1-6
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
2-5	Common Opponent	3-5
4-10	Home	6-4
0-7	Away	3-8
4-3	Neutral	3-5
0-0	Playoff	0-1
8-20	In-State	12-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0