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Merced Ceres

Bears

Bulldogs

The Ceres (CA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Merced (CA) by a score of 63-43.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merced	20	14	15	14	63
Ceres	8	15	10	10	43

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Game Stats

Ceres (23-24)

Merced

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	56	19	49	39	44
2	Julian Gomez (Sr)	11	3	4	75	113
3	Roman Buendia (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33
4	Keaton Hillyer (So)	14	6	15	40	47
10	D. Betancourt (Jr)	2	0	2	0	0
11	A. Grosbeier (Sr)	4	2	4	50	50
12	Aiden Matsuo (So)	5	2	3	67	67
15	Jordan Thomas (So)	9	3	7	43	43
22	F. Rubalcava (Jr)	2	0	2	0	0
33	D. Marshall (Sr)	5	1	6	17	17

Ceres

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	43	18	54	33	34
0	AJ Brown (Sr)	5	2	6	33	33
1	Carey Mastin (Fr)	4	1	5	20	30
2	Aiden Maines (Jr)	1	0	5	0	0
11	Myles Vath (So)	11	5	14	36	36
13	Gurman Dhaliwal (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
24	Ezekial Lopez (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
33	Manuel Ortega (Jr)	4	2	8	25	25
44	Saragun Singh (So)	4	2	2	100	100

Merced

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	56	5	18	28	13	18	72	14	31	45
2	Julian Gomez (Sr)	11	3	4	75	2	2	100
3	Roman Buendia (Sr)	4	0	3	0				2	3	67
4	Keaton Hillyer (So)	14	2	7	29				4	8	50
10	D. Betancourt (Jr)	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	1	0
11	A. Grosbeier (Sr)	4							2	4	50
12	Aiden Matsuo (So)	5	0	1	0	1	2	50	2	2	100
15	Jordan Thomas (So)	9				3	6	50	3	7	43
22	F. Rubalcava (Jr)	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	1	0
33	D. Marshall (Sr)	5	0	1	0	3	4	75	1	5	20

Ceres

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	43	1	13	8	6	15	40	17	41	41
0	AJ Brown (Sr)	5	0	2	0	1	3	33	2	4	50
1	Carey Mastin (Fr)	4	1	3	33	1	2	50	0	2	0
2	Aiden Maines (Jr)	1	0	3	0	1	4	25	0	2	0
11	Myles Vath (So)	11	0	3	0	1	2	50	5	11	45
13	Gurman Dhaliwal (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
24	Ezekial Lopez (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	Manuel Ortega (Jr)	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	33
44	Saragun Singh (So)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100

Merced

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	56	26	15	19
2	Julian Gomez (Sr)	11			2
3	Roman Buendia (Sr)	4	2		3
4	Keaton Hillyer (So)	14	2	3	6
10	D. Betancourt (Jr)	2
11	A. Grosbeier (Sr)	4	2
12	Aiden Matsuo (So)	5	2	1	2
15	Jordan Thomas (So)	9	9	3	4
22	F. Rubalcava (Jr)	2	4	3	1
33	D. Marshall (Sr)	5	5	5	1

Ceres

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	43	11	23	34	11	10	4	31
0	AJ Brown (Sr)	5	1	2	3	0	1	1	4
1	Carey Mastin (Fr)	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	3
2	Aiden Maines (Jr)	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	3
11	Myles Vath (So)	11	3	2	5	4	2	0	4
13	Gurman Dhaliwal (Sr)	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	2
23	Tremond Karriem (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
24	Ezekial Lopez (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
33	Manuel Ortega (Jr)	4	2	5	7	3	3	2	8
44	Saragun Singh (So)	4	1	2	3	1	0	1	3

Misc Totals

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Ceres

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.36	0.32
0	AJ Brown (Sr)	0.00	0.25
1	Carey Mastin (Fr)	0.33	0.67
2	Aiden Maines (Jr)	0.33	0.00
11	Myles Vath (So)	1.00	0.50
23	Tremond Karriem (Jr)	0.00	1.00
33	Manuel Ortega (Jr)	0.38	0.38
44	Saragun Singh (So)	0.33	0.00

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Merced fells Ceres

December 5, 2023: Ceres, CA 95307

Merced Bears (Merced, CA) backers were in high spirits Tuesday as they witnessed their basketball squad thwart the host Ceres Bulldogs (Ceres, CA), 63-43 in a non-league bout.

With the win, Merced upgrades its record to 3-4 on the season. The Bears host Los Banos (Los Banos, CA) to play the Tigers in a non-league bout on Tuesday, December 12. The Tigers go into the bout with a record of 2-2. Los Banos lost 60-58 in their recent non-league bout against Pacheco (Los Banos, CA)

Next up, the Bulldogs play the Central Valley Hawks (Ceres, CA) in a non-league bout, on Friday, December 8. Ceres will attempt to upgrade on its 3-3 season record. The Hawks go into the bout with a 2-2 record after their 56-46 non-league loss to Hughson (Hughson, CA).

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Halftime
34 - 23 The scorer has checked in. Merced 34, Ceres 23

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Game Attendance
Halftime
Attendance About 100

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34 - 23

Start of 3rd Quarter
Ceres3rd Quarter
Ceres' ball.

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34 - 23

End of 3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
Merced 34, Ceres 23

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End of Game
Final
Merced 34, Ceres 23

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Merced @ Ceres Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 5, 2023 @ 7:30p

The Ceres (CA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Merced (CA) by a score of 63-43.

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Rankings & Records

Merced (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
494	57	104	20

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
15-13	7-5	6-1	4-7	5-5	.536	.583	1,619	1,380

Ceres (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
714	94	134	27

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
17-11	10-4	8-4	7-5	2-2	.607	.714	1,684	1,615

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Merced	12.5	14.5	14.4	15.6	-	57.8
Ceres	16.3	14.4	16.5	14.1	12.0	60.1

Team Stat Comparison

Merced		Ceres
56.3	Points Per Game	56.6
22.8	Rebounds Per Game	30.3
12.4	Assists Per Game	10.3
12.1	Steals Per Game	10.4
1.0	Blocks Per Game	1.3

Team Leaders

Merced		Ceres	National Avg.
#1 Aiden Cervantes12.9	Points Per Game	#33 Manuel Ortega16.4	4.9
#15 Jordan Thomas5.3	Rebounds Per Game	#33 Manuel Ortega7.5	2.6
#33 Donovan Marshall2.2	Assists Per Game	#1 Carey Mastin5.2	1.0
#1 Aiden Cervantes2.4	Steals Per Game	#1 Carey Mastin2.6	0.8
#1 Aiden Cervantes0.3	Blocks Per Game	#33 Manuel Ortega0.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merced	3-0		Ceres	4-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/12/23	Los Banos	Merced	(W) 58-25	1/12/24	Ceres	Los Banos	(W) 68-58
				2/2/24	Los Banos	Ceres	(W) 64-55
1/8/24	Merced	Central Valley	(W) 75-46	12/8/23	Ceres	Central Valley	(W) 68-41
1/26/24	Central Valley	Merced	(W) 77-36	12/29/23	Central Valley	Ceres	(W) 72-47

Record Breakdown

Merced (23-24)		Ceres (23-24)
15-13	Overall	17-11
7-5	League	10-4
3-2	Non-League	5-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-0	Common Opponent	4-0
6-1	Home	8-4
4-7	Away	7-5
5-5	Neutral	2-2
0-0	Playoff	0-1
14-11	In-State	17-11
1-2	Out-of-State	0-0