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Merced Escalon

Bears

Cougars

The Escalon (CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Merced (CA) by a score of 47-43.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merced	-	-	-	-	43
Escalon	-	-	-	-	47

Final score provided by J. Dalpogetti.

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Game Stats

Escalon (23-24)

Merced

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	43	17	35	49	54
0	Aryanna Giddens (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
1	Emilia Gomez (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
2	Jada Davis (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50
10	A. Steverson (Fr)	12	4	7	57	57
12	Amiya Brown (So)	13	5	8	63	81
24	Makiiyah Sims (Jr)	11	5	9	56	56

Escalon

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	47
1	Sammy Lang (Sr)	18
3	Madison Babasa (So)	2
11	Arianna Velasco (Fr)	21
20	Chloe Farley (Sr)	5
30	A. Hohenwarter (Jr)	1

Merced

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	43	4	9	44	5	11	45	13	26	50
0	Aryanna Giddens (Sr)	2				0	2	0	1	4	25
1	Emilia Gomez (Sr)	2	0	2	0				1	2	50
2	Jada Davis (Sr)	3	1	3	33
10	A. Steverson (Fr)	12				4	7	57	4	7	57
12	Amiya Brown (So)	13	3	4	75				2	4	50
24	Makiiyah Sims (Jr)	11				1	2	50	5	9	56

Escalon

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	47
1	Sammy Lang (Sr)	18
3	Madison Babasa (So)	2
11	Arianna Velasco (Fr)	21
20	Chloe Farley (Sr)	5
30	A. Hohenwarter (Jr)	1

Merced

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	43	4	16	20	8	14	5
0	Aryanna Giddens (Sr)	2		1	1	1	3
1	Emilia Gomez (Sr)	2	1	3	4		3
2	Jada Davis (Sr)	3		3	3	2	2
10	A. Steverson (Fr)	12	2	5	7	3	3	4
12	Amiya Brown (So)	13		2	2	2	3
24	Makiiyah Sims (Jr)	11	1	2	3			1

Escalon

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	47
1	Sammy Lang (Sr)	18
3	Madison Babasa (So)	2
11	Arianna Velasco (Fr)	21
20	Chloe Farley (Sr)	5
30	A. Hohenwarter (Jr)	1

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Escalon nips Merced

December 8, 2023: Merced, CA 95344

Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Escalon Cougars (Escalon, CA) and the host Merced Bears (Merced, CA), saw Escalon's basketball squad hold off Merced by a count of 47-43.

With the victory, Escalon upgrades its record to 7-0 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Orestimba (Newman, CA) to play the Warriors in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, December 12. The Warriors come into the challenge with a record of 3-4. Orestimba lost 54-34 in their recent non-league challenge against Sierra (Manteca, CA)

Next up, the Bears play the Los Banos Tigers (Los Banos, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, December 11. Merced will attempt to upgrade on its 6-3 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 4-1 record after their 50-19 non-league win over Livingston (Livingston, CA).

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Rankings & Records

Merced (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
531	60	100	17

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
16-13	6-6	7-5	6-6	3-2	.552	.500	1,330	1,215

Escalon (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
195	19	17	4

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
28-4	10-2	12-3	7-0	9-1	.875	.833	1,762	1,069

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Merced	10.2	11.1	10.4	15.5	6.0	45.9
Escalon	14.6	11.9	13.8	14.1	-	55.1

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Team Stat Comparison

Merced		Escalon
44.7	Points Per Game	54.4
23.8	Rebounds Per Game	24.7
7.3	Assists Per Game	7.9
12.7	Steals Per Game	15.0
4.8	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Merced		Escalon	National Avg.
#10 Averie Steverson16.2	Points Per Game	#1 Sammy Lang14.9	4.2
#10 Averie Steverson9.1	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Macie Vickers6.1	2.8
#2 Jada Davis2.0	Assists Per Game	#11 Arianna Velasco3.1	0.9
#2 Jada Davis2.9	Steals Per Game	#1 Sammy Lang4.7	1.1
#10 Averie Steverson4.0	Blocks Per Game	#11 Arianna Velasco0.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merced	7-0		Escalon	7-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/23	Merced	Ceres	(W) 35-29	1/2/24	Ceres	Escalon	(W) 44-27
12/1/23	Ripon	Merced	(W) 45-19	1/11/24	Ripon	Escalon	(W) 65-29
				2/1/24	Escalon	Ripon	(W) 52-24
12/7/23	Merced	Johansen	(W) 42-24	12/1/23	Escalon	Johansen	(W) 65-23
12/16/23	Merced	Livingston	(W) 43-22	1/16/24	Escalon	Livingston	(W) 73-26
12/28/23	Livingston	Merced	(W) 48-24	2/2/24	Livingston	Escalon	(W) 45-23
1/8/24	Central Valley	Merced	(W) 50-12	12/22/23	Central Valley	Escalon	(W) 48-19
1/25/24	Merced	Central Valley	(W) 67-21

Record Breakdown

Merced (23-24)		Escalon (23-24)
16-13	Overall	28-4
6-6	League	10-2
4-3	Non-League	6-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
7-0	Common Opponent	7-0
7-5	Home	12-3
6-6	Away	7-0
3-2	Neutral	9-1
0-1	Playoff	3-2
16-13	In-State	28-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0