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El Capitan Central Catholic

Gauchos

Raiders

The Central Catholic (Modesto, CA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against El Capitan (Merced, CA) by a score of 54-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
El Capitan	14	10	11	10	45
Central Catholic	10	16	16	12	54

Final score provided by A. Castillo.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

El Capitan (22-23)

El Capitan has not entered stats for this game.

Central Catholic (22-23)

Central Catholic

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	54	21	47	45	48
1	Malachi Miller (Sr)	10	5	7	71	71
2	Arthur Avila (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50
5	Jaelen Nichols (Sr)	8	2	7	29	29
14	Wesley Payne (Jr)	16	8	16	50	50
23	Jordan Magana (Fr)	15	4	11	36	45
32	X. Velasquez (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50

Central Catholic

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	54	3	9	33	9	13	69	18	38	47
1	Malachi Miller (Sr)	10				0	2	0	5	7	71
2	Arthur Avila (Sr)	3	1	1	100	0	1	0	0	2	0
5	Jaelen Nichols (Sr)	8				4	4	100	2	7	29
14	Wesley Payne (Jr)	16							8	16	50
23	Jordan Magana (Fr)	15	2	8	25	5	6	83	2	3	67
32	X. Velasquez (Sr)	2							1	2	50

Central Catholic

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	54	19	13	32	10	4	14	6
1	Malachi Miller (Sr)	10	5	2	7			2	3
2	Arthur Avila (Sr)	3	1		1	1		2
5	Jaelen Nichols (Sr)	8	5	4	9	6	2	4	1
14	Wesley Payne (Jr)	16	6	5	11	1	2	4	1
23	Jordan Magana (Fr)	15				2		1	1
32	X. Velasquez (Sr)	2	2	2	4

Central Catholic

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.71	0.29	0.67	3
2	Arthur Avila (Sr)	0.50			1
5	Jaelen Nichols (Sr)	1.50	0.50	2.00	2
14	Wesley Payne (Jr)	0.25	0.50	2.00
23	Jordan Magana (Fr)	2.00

Game Story

California High School Basketball - El Capitan beaten by Central Catholic

December 8, 2022: Merced, CA 95348

The Central Catholic Raiders ran past the host El Capitan Gauchos basketball team by a final score of 54-45 in Thursday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Raiders face the Atwater Falcons (Atwater, CA) in a non-league game, on Friday, December 9. Central Catholic will attempt to move on its 3-2 season record. The Falcons enter the game with a 7-0 record after their 63-60 non-league win over Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA).

With the defeat, El Capitan moves to 5-4 on the year. The Gauchos travel to Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA) to face the Cardinals in a non-league game on Friday, December 9. The Cardinals enter the game with a record of 3-3. Santa Cruz lost 63-60 in their recent non-league game against Atwater (Atwater, CA)

El Capitan vs CCHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 8, 2022 @ 8p

Gallo tourney

The Central Catholic (Modesto, CA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against El Capitan (Merced, CA) by a score of 54-45.

Rankings & Records

El Capitan (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
425	50	101	17

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
16-13	8-4	6-3	5-2	5-8	.552	.667	1,640	1,456

Central Catholic (22-23)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
214	27	53	5

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
22-11	8-2	10-3	5-5	7-3	.667	.800	2,024	1,691

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
El Capitan	12.6	14.9	13.6	14.9	5.5	56.6
Central Catholic	17.0	16.3	15.6	14.3	6.5	61.3

El Capitan Videos

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Central Catholic Videos

Team Stat Comparison

El Capitan		Central Catholic
10.9	Points Per Game	60.9
3.3	Rebounds Per Game	31.0
2.2	Assists Per Game	15.0
1.4	Steals Per Game	5.3
0.3	Blocks Per Game	1.1

Team Leaders

El Capitan		Central Catholic	National Avg.
#3 Brody Collins22.3	Points Per Game	#1 Malachi Miller19.7	4.9
#3 Brody Collins6.0	Rebounds Per Game	#1 Malachi Miller8.5	2.6
#11 Angelo Tumonong3.0	Assists Per Game	#5 Jaelen Nichols3.8	1.0
#2 Will Bain2.0	Steals Per Game	#5 Jaelen Nichols1.5	0.8
#2 Will Bain1.0	Blocks Per Game	#14 Wesley Payne0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
El Capitan	4-3		Central Catholic	4-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/22	El Capitan	McNair	(W) 58-45	12/7/22	Central Catholic	McNair	(W) 72-62
12/10/22	Gregori	El Capitan	(W) 70-58	12/20/22	Gregori	Central Catholic	(W) 72-56
12/30/22	East Union	El Capitan	(L) 59-44	1/11/23	East Union	Central Catholic	(L) 76-75
				2/1/23	Central Catholic	East Union	(W) 68-35
1/13/23	Atwater	El Capitan	(L) 55-46	12/2/22	Atwater	Central Catholic	(L) 65-59
2/3/23	El Capitan	Atwater	(L) 73-56	12/9/22	Atwater	Central Catholic	(L) 71-59
1/18/23	El Capitan	Central Valley	(W) 65-35	1/21/23	Central Valley	Central Catholic	(W) 81-49
2/8/23	Central Valley	El Capitan	(W) 60-36

Record Breakdown

El Capitan (22-23)		Central Catholic (22-23)
16-13	Overall	22-11
8-4	League	8-2
4-1	Non-League	5-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-3	Common Opponent	4-3
6-3	Home	10-3
5-2	Away	5-5
5-8	Neutral	7-3
0-1	Playoff	3-2
15-11	In-State	22-11
1-2	Out-of-State	0-0