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The Linfield Christian (Temecula, CA) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Murrieta Mesa (Murrieta, CA) by a score of 74-69.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murrieta Mesa	16	16	14	23	69
Linfield Christian	16	18	16	24	74

Final score provided by E. Cox.

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Game Stats

Linfield Christian (24-25)

Murrieta Mesa

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	69	25	52	48	57
0	Jesse Townley (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
1	Ray Riley (So)	19	6	14	43	61
4	Micah Lizarraga (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
5	Jaden Merritt (Sr)	16	7	7	100	107
11	Zach Macdonald (Sr)	5	2	4	50	50
15	Dayne Lumsden (So)	6	2	5	40	50
20	Luke Siefkin (Jr)	13	4	5	80	90
23	A. Contreras (Jr)	8	3	5	60	70
30	Andrei Aguilera (So)	2	1	6	17	17

Linfield Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	74	24	44	55	72
1	Xavier Cox (Sr)	23	8	12	67	92
3	Ariel Hever (So)	7	2	4	50	75
5	Daniel Crawford (Sr)	20	6	12	50	67
15	Julius Brower (Sr)	22	7	14	50	61
24	Trace Foley (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0

Murrieta Mesa

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	69	9	23	39	10	16	63	16	29	55
0	Jesse Townley (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1	Ray Riley (So)	19	5	11	45	2	2	100	1	3	33
4	Micah Lizarraga (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Jaden Merritt (Sr)	16	1	1	100	1	3	33	6	6	100
11	Zach Macdonald (Sr)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	4	50
15	Dayne Lumsden (So)	6	1	2	50	1	1	100	1	3	33
20	Luke Siefkin (Jr)	13	1	1	100	4	6	67	3	4	75
23	A. Contreras (Jr)	8	1	1	100	1	2	50	2	4	50
30	Andrei Aguilera (So)	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	33

Linfield Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	74	15	28	54	11	16	69	9	16	56
1	Xavier Cox (Sr)	23	6	10	60	1	2	50	2	2	100
3	Ariel Hever (So)	7	2	4	50	1	2	50	0	0	0
5	Daniel Crawford (Sr)	20	4	9	44	4	4	100	2	3	67
15	Julius Brower (Sr)	22	3	4	75	5	8	63	4	10	40
24	Trace Foley (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Murrieta Mesa

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	69	5	10	15	11	11	2	15
0	Jesse Townley (Jr)	0	2	1	3	2	1	0	3
1	Ray Riley (So)	19	0	0	0	0	4	0	2
4	Micah Lizarraga (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
5	Jaden Merritt (Sr)	16	1	1	2	0	2	2	1
11	Zach Macdonald (Sr)	5	2	1	3	0	1	0	4
15	Dayne Lumsden (So)	6	0	4	4	1	0	0	0
20	Luke Siefkin (Jr)	13	0	3	3	2	2	0	2
23	A. Contreras (Jr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Andrei Aguilera (So)	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	2

Linfield Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	74	5	14	19	16	7	1	18	16
1	Xavier Cox (Sr)	23	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	4
3	Ariel Hever (So)	7	0	2	2	4	1	0	2	4
5	Daniel Crawford (Sr)	20	1	4	5	2	2	0	7	4
15	Julius Brower (Sr)	22	0	5	5	7	2	1	5	2
20	G. Lawrence (So)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
22	Ben Artiga (Sr)	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
24	Trace Foley (Fr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Murrieta Mesa

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr
	Team Totals	0.73	0.73	1
0	Jesse Townley (Jr)	0.67	0.33
1	Ray Riley (So)	0.00	2.00	1
4	Micah Lizarraga (Jr)	1.00	0.00
5	Jaden Merritt (Sr)	0.00	2.00
11	Zach Macdonald (Sr)	0.00	0.25
15	Dayne Lumsden (So)	1.00	0.00
20	Luke Siefkin (Jr)	1.00	1.00
30	Andrei Aguilera (So)	2.50	0.50

Linfield Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.89	0.39	0.44	0.06	2	9
1	Xavier Cox (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2	1
3	Ariel Hever (So)	2.00	0.50	0.25	0.00	0	3
5	Daniel Crawford (Sr)	0.29	0.29	0.50	0.00	0	1
15	Julius Brower (Sr)	1.40	0.40	1.00	0.50	0	1
20	G. Lawrence (So)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0	0
22	Ben Artiga (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2

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Game Story

California High School Basketball - Linfield Christian nips Murrieta Mesa

December 4, 2024: Temecula, CA 92592

In Wednesday's non-league contest, the host Linfield Christian Lions basketball team scored a close 74-69 triumph over the Murrieta Mesa Rams.

The Lions (5-4) will now prepare for their contest against La Costa Canyon (Carlsbad, CA). The Mavericks go into the non-league contest with a 2-2 record. In their last contest, La Costa Canyon nipped Dana Hills (Dana Point, CA), 71-38, in a non-league contest.

In their next game, the Rams battle the Colony Titans (Ontario, CA) in a non-league contest, on Monday, December 9. Murrieta Mesa will attempt to better on its 3-5 season record. The Titans go into the contest with a 2-4 record after their 43-42 non-league win over Silverado (Victorville, CA).

Players of the Game

Murrieta Mesa (24-25)

Murrieta Mesa has not selected any Players of the Game.

Linfield Christian (24-25)

Congratulations to #1 Xavier Cox for being selected the Linfield Christian Basketball Player of the Game.

Murrieta Mesa @ LCHS Basketball Game Info

Wed., Dec. 4, 2024 @ 7:30p

The Linfield Christian (Temecula, CA) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Murrieta Mesa (Murrieta, CA) by a score of 74-69.

Rankings & Records

Murrieta Mesa (24-25)

CA	Section
540	232

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
9-19	2-8	3-6	2-6	4-7	.321	.200	1,592	1,696

Linfield Christian (24-25)

CA	Section
334	144

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
16-13	7-1	6-4	8-2	2-7	.552	.875	1,569	1,526

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Murrieta Mesa	13.4	16.3	12.8	14.0	-	56.9
Linfield Christian	14.3	13.6	13.0	12.4	9.0	54.1

Team Stat Comparison

Murrieta Mesa		Linfield Christian
56.6	Points Per Game	54.1
25.5	Rebounds Per Game	22.7
10.0	Assists Per Game	12.9
10.1	Steals Per Game	6.6
5.4	Blocks Per Game	0.7

Team Leaders

Murrieta Mesa		Linfield Christian	National Avg.
#1 Ray Riley11.4	Points Per Game	#5 Daniel Crawford16.0	4.9
#5 Jaden Merritt5.5	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Daniel Crawford7.4	2.6
#3 Kian Hendricks3.5	Assists Per Game	#15 Julius Brower4.9	1.0
#3 Kian Hendricks2.4	Steals Per Game	#2 Luke Bohmer2.3	0.8
#5 Jaden Merritt4.2	Blocks Per Game	#22 Ben Artiga0.3	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Murrieta Mesa	1-3		Linfield Christian	0-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/10/25	Murrieta Valley	Murrieta Mesa	(W) 64-57	12/20/24	Murrieta Valley	Linfield Christian	(L) 72-45
1/29/25	Murrieta Mesa	Murrieta Valley	(L) 50-39
1/17/25	Vista Murrieta	Murrieta Mesa	(L) 62-51	12/17/24	Vista Murrieta	Linfield Christian	(L) 68-62
2/4/25	Murrieta Mesa	Vista Murrieta	(L) 73-56

Record Breakdown

Murrieta Mesa (24-25)		Linfield Christian (24-25)
9-19	Overall	16-13
2-8	League	7-1
0-3	Non-League	4-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-3	Common Opponent	0-2
3-6	Home	6-4
2-6	Away	8-2
4-7	Neutral	2-7
0-0	Playoff	1-1
9-18	In-State	16-11
0-1	Out-of-State	0-2