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Hoover Morse

Cardinals

Tigers

The Morse (San Diego, CA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's neutral tournament game against Hoover (San Diego, CA) in overtime by a score of 58-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Hoover	11	14	11	13	2	51
Morse	11	7	17	14	9	58

Final score provided by A. Bryant.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Hoover (25-26)

Hoover has not entered stats for this game.

Morse (25-26)

Morse

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	58	22	64	34	38
0	Eldren Vergara (So)	5	2	7	29	36
1	Abdi Cali (Sr)	0	0	6	0	0
2	J. Wells-Shorts (So)	12	5	14	36	39
3	Jacob Garingo (Sr)	3	1	5	20	30
4	Camaron Wright (Fr)	9	4	7	57	57
11	Alex Rivera (Sr)	4	1	2	50	50
20	Cameron Perez (So)	5	1	5	20	20
24	K. Palpallatoc (Jr)	8	4	7	57	57
30	Jaden Irasusta (Sr)	12	4	11	36	45

Morse

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	58	5	18	28	9	12	75	17	46	37
0	Eldren Vergara (So)	5	1	4	25				1	3	33
1	Abdi Cali (Sr)	0	0	1	0				0	5	0
2	J. Wells-Shorts (So)	12	1	1	100	1	2	50	4	13	31
3	Jacob Garingo (Sr)	3	1	3	33				0	2	0
4	Camaron Wright (Fr)	9				1	2	50	4	7	57
11	Alex Rivera (Sr)	4				2	2	100	1	2	50
20	Cameron Perez (So)	5	0	1	0	3	4	75	1	4	25
24	K. Palpallatoc (Jr)	8	0	1	0				4	6	67
30	Jaden Irasusta (Sr)	12	2	7	29	2	2	100	2	4	50

Morse

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	58	21	13	11	5	16
0	Eldren Vergara (So)	5	3		1		2
1	Abdi Cali (Sr)	0	2	1		1	1
2	J. Wells-Shorts (So)	12	4	3	2		3
3	Jacob Garingo (Sr)	3			1
4	Camaron Wright (Fr)	9	6	3	2		4
11	Alex Rivera (Sr)	4	3	3	1		4
20	Cameron Perez (So)	5		3	2	1	1
24	K. Palpallatoc (Jr)	8	3		2	3	1
30	Jaden Irasusta (Sr)	12

Morse

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.81	0.69
0	Eldren Vergara (So)		0.50
1	Abdi Cali (Sr)	1.00
2	J. Wells-Shorts (So)	1.00	0.67
4	Camaron Wright (Fr)	0.75	0.50
11	Alex Rivera (Sr)	0.75	0.25
20	Cameron Perez (So)	3.00	2.00
24	K. Palpallatoc (Jr)		2.00

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Hoover can't get by Morse

December 9, 2025: San Diego, CA 92115

The Hoover Cardinals basketball squad (San Diego, CA), was nudged 58-51 in Tuesday's non-league battle with the visiting Morse Tigers (San Diego, CA)

With the victory, Morse advances its record to 8-0 on the year. The Tigers travel to O'Farrell Charter (San Diego, CA) to meet the Falcons in a non-league battle on Friday, December 12. The Falcons enter the battle with a record of 1-9. O'Farrell Charter lost 55-45 in their recent non-league battle against Santana (Santee, CA)

The Cardinals now own a 3-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Grossmont for a non-league challenge on Friday, December 12. Hoover will encounter a Foothillers team coming off a 47-43 non-league loss to Patrick Henry (San Diego, CA). The Foothillers record now stands at 2-4.

Players of the Game

Hoover (25-26)

Hoover has not selected any Players of the Game.

Morse (25-26)

Congratulations to #2 Jerrell Wells-Shorts for being selected the Morse Basketball Player of the Game.

Hoover vs Morse Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 9, 2025 @ 7p

Championship Game

The Morse (San Diego, CA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's neutral tournament game against Hoover (San Diego, CA) in overtime by a score of 58-51.

Rankings & Records

Hoover (25-26)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
396	38	51	8

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
4-3	2-2	2-0	0-1	.571	401	357

Morse (25-26)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
104	8	9	1

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
9-0	5-0	2-0	2-0	1.000	595	355

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Hoover	10.8	15.0	14.0	11.8	2.0	57.3
Morse	14.1	12.3	16.7	22.0	9.0	66.1

Head-to-Head

Morse won this week

12/9 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final

Hoover 11 14 11 13 2 51
Morse 11 7 17 14 9 58

The Hoover (San Diego, CA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's neutral tournament game against Morse (San Diego, CA) in overtime by a score of 58-51.
Box score
Game on 1/28/2026
The Hoover (San Diego, CA) varsity basketball team has an away non-conference game @ Morse (San Diego, CA) on Wednesday, January 28 @ 6:30p.
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Team Stat Comparison

Hoover		Morse
-	Points Per Game	65.4
-	Rebounds Per Game	26.9
-	Assists Per Game	12.4
-	Steals Per Game	11.6
-	Blocks Per Game	1.6

Team Leaders

Hoover		Morse	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#30 Jaden Irasusta14.8	5.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Kobi Palpallatoc5.5	2.9
-	Assists Per Game	#11 Alex Rivera4.1	1.1
-	Steals Per Game	#4 Camaron Wright2.0	1.0
-	Blocks Per Game	#24 Kobi Palpallatoc1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hoover	3-0		Morse	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/25	Hoover	Chula Vista	(W) 75-40	12/8/25	Chula Vista	Morse	(W) 68-22
12/20/25	Hoover	Chula Vista		1/17/26	Morse	Chula Vista
12/8/25	Hoover	Valhalla	(W) 60-45	12/19/25	Valhalla	Morse
12/12/25	Grossmont	Hoover	(W) 58-45	11/22/25	Grossmont	Morse	(W) 52-44
1/17/26	Hoover	Mar Vista		12/3/25	Morse	Mar Vista	(W) 60-54

Record Breakdown

Hoover (25-26)		Morse (25-26)
4-3	Overall	9-0
0-0	League	0-0
3-2	Non-League	7-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-0	Common Opponent	3-0
2-2	Home	5-0
2-0	Away	2-0
0-1	Neutral	2-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
4-3	In-State	9-0
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0