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Golden Valley Linden

Cougars

Lions

The Linden (CA) JV basketball team lost Thursday's neutral tournament game against Golden Valley (Merced, CA) by a score of 53-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Golden Valley	-	-	-	-	53
Linden	-	-	-	-	51

Final score provided by A. Ramos.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Golden Valley (25-26)

Golden Valley has not entered stats for this game.

Linden (25-26)

Linden

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	0	46	17	41	41	50
3	Gavin Riley (So)		0	0	2	0	0
4	Max Martinez (So)		7	3	6	50	58
5	Evan Busalacchi (So)		9	3	9	33	39
11	Raphael Perez (So)		7	3	10	30	35
12	Gage Wickie (So)		23	9	15	60	77
14	Brady Weber (So)		5	1	3	33	33
15	Wyatt Savage (Fr)		2	1	6	17	17

Linden

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	0	46	7	18	39	5	10	50	10	23	43
3	Gavin Riley (So)		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Max Martinez (So)		7	1	2	50	0	0	0	2	4	50
5	Evan Busalacchi (So)		9	1	4	25	2	2	100	2	5	40
11	Raphael Perez (So)		7	1	4	25	0	0	0	2	6	33
12	Gage Wickie (So)		23	5	7	71	0	4	0	4	8	50
14	Brady Weber (So)		5	0	0	0	3	4	75	1	3	33
15	Wyatt Savage (Fr)		2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	33

Linden

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	0	46	12	14	26	8	15	2	4
4	Max Martinez (So)		7	2	4	6	0	0	0	0
5	Evan Busalacchi (So)		9	1	0	1	3	3	0	4
11	Raphael Perez (So)		7	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
12	Gage Wickie (So)		23	0	0	0	2	3	0	0
14	Brady Weber (So)		5	2	3	5	2	5	2	0
15	Wyatt Savage (Fr)		2	5	5	10	1	2	0	0
23	X. Fernandez (So)		0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0
24	Andrew O'Brion (Jr)		0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0

Linden

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	2.00	3.75	15.00	2.00	8
5	Evan Busalacchi (So)	0.75	0.75	3.00	0.00	1
11	Raphael Perez (So)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0
12	Gage Wickie (So)	2.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	1
14	Brady Weber (So)	2.00	5.00	5.00	2.00	6
15	Wyatt Savage (Fr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0
23	X. Fernandez (So)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Linden can't hold off Golden Valley

December 4, 2025: Merced, CA 95341

Golden Valley Cougars (Merced, CA) supporters left the game satisfied Thursday as they witnessed their basketball squad nudge the visiting Linden Lions (Linden, CA), 53-51 in a non-league match.

With the victory, Golden Valley advances its record to 1-1 on the year. The Cougars travel to Escalon (Escalon, CA) to face the Cougars in a non-league match on Tuesday, December 9. The Cougars enter the match with a record of 3-1. Escalon won 60-55 in their recent non-league match against Liberty Ranch (Galt, CA)

The Lions now own a 1-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Ripon for a non-league match on Friday, December 5. Linden will face a Indians squad coming off a 59-40 non-league win over Patterson (Patterson, CA). The Indians record now stands at 2-1.

Golden Valley vs Linden Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 4, 2025 @ 7p

The Linden (CA) JV basketball team lost Thursday's neutral tournament game against Golden Valley (Merced, CA) by a score of 53-51.

Rankings & Records

Golden Valley (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
5-1	1-1	2-0	2-0	.833	333	298

Linden (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
3-4	0-0	2-3	1-1	.429	299	385

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Golden Valley	16.0	15.5	10.5	14.5	55.5
Linden	10.0	15.0	11.3	12.0	42.7

Team Stat Comparison

Golden Valley		Linden
-	Points Per Game	27.8
-	Rebounds Per Game	12.8
-	Assists Per Game	4.8
-	Steals Per Game	8.2
-	Blocks Per Game	0.8

Team Leaders

Golden Valley		Linden	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#12 Gage Wickie13.0	4.6
-	Rebounds Per Game	#15 Wyatt Savage4.5	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#5 Evan Busalacchi1.8	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#12 Gage Wickie2.3	1.2
-	Blocks Per Game	#14 Brady Weber1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Golden Valley	0-0		Linden	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/5/26	Summerville	Golden Valley	1/22/26	Linden	Summerville
			2/12/26	Summerville	Linden
1/7/26	Galt	Golden Valley	1/5/26	Galt	Linden
2/2/26	Golden Valley	Venture Academy	12/10/25	Linden	Venture Academy	(L) 76-35

Record Breakdown

Golden Valley (25-26)		Linden (25-26)
5-1	Overall	3-4
0-0	League	0-0
2-1	Non-League	1-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-0	Common Opponent	0-1
1-1	Home	0-0
2-0	Away	2-3
2-0	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
5-1	In-State	3-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0