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Escondido Valley Center

Cougars

Jaguars

The Valley Center (CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Escondido (CA) by a score of 49-43.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Escondido	7	11	15	10	43
Valley Center	16	13	7	13	49

Final score provided by J. Bickford.

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Game Stats

Valley Center (24-25)

Escondido

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	43
3	Danny Valadez (Sr)	17
4	Evan Foote (Sr)	2
5	Davian Russell (Sr)	4
21	Max Killian (Fr)	6
23	M. Pollard (Jr)	2
32	Nathan James (Sr)	12

Valley Center

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	190	49	18	48	38	42
1	Lincoln Zetmeir (Sr)	28	24	9	17	53	56
3	Mitchell Stehly (So)	28	5	2	7	29	29
5	B. Mitchell (Jr)	19	2	1	2	50	50
10	D. Hotchkiss (Sr)	29	9	3	10	30	35
21	Tyler Hammes (Jr)	2
22	Jonathan Teter (Fr)	26	5	2	5	40	50
23	Caden Wilcox (Jr)	2
24	Ali Khalil (Sr)	12	0	0	1	0	0
33	Daniel Stehly (Sr)	20
34	D. Villalobos (Jr)	24	4	1	6	17	25

Escondido

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	43
3	Danny Valadez (Sr)	17
4	Evan Foote (Sr)	2
5	Davian Russell (Sr)	4
21	Max Killian (Fr)	6
23	M. Pollard (Jr)	2
32	Nathan James (Sr)	12

Valley Center

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	190	49	4	17	24	9	15	60	14	31	45
1	Lincoln Zetmeir (Sr)	28	24	1	4	25	5	9	56	8	13	62
3	Mitchell Stehly (So)	28	5				1	2	50	2	7	29
5	B. Mitchell (Jr)	19	2							1	2	50
10	D. Hotchkiss (Sr)	29	9	1	4	25	2	2	100	2	6	33
21	Tyler Hammes (Jr)	2
22	Jonathan Teter (Fr)	26	5	1	3	33				1	2	50
23	Caden Wilcox (Jr)	2
24	Ali Khalil (Sr)	12	0							0	1	0
33	Daniel Stehly (Sr)	20
34	D. Villalobos (Jr)	24	4	1	6	17	1	2	50

Escondido

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	43
3	Danny Valadez (Sr)	17
4	Evan Foote (Sr)	2
5	Davian Russell (Sr)	4
21	Max Killian (Fr)	6
23	M. Pollard (Jr)	2
32	Nathan James (Sr)	12

Valley Center

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	190	49	3	20	23	14	13	3	9	17
1	Lincoln Zetmeir (Sr)	28	24	1	2	3	3	3		3	2
3	Mitchell Stehly (So)	28	5	1	1	2	5	2		3	1
5	B. Mitchell (Jr)	19	2	1	2	3	3				2
10	D. Hotchkiss (Sr)	29	9		8	8	2		1	1	4
21	Tyler Hammes (Jr)	2									1
22	Jonathan Teter (Fr)	26	5		3	3		4	2		2
23	Caden Wilcox (Jr)	2
24	Ali Khalil (Sr)	12	0					1
33	Daniel Stehly (Sr)	20			1	1		3		1	3
34	D. Villalobos (Jr)	24	4		3	3	1			1	2

Misc Totals

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Valley Center

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.56	1.44	0.77	0.18	1
1	Lincoln Zetmeir (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.50		1
3	Mitchell Stehly (So)	1.67	0.67	2.00
10	D. Hotchkiss (Sr)	2.00			0.25
22	Jonathan Teter (Fr)			2.00	1.00
33	Daniel Stehly (Sr)		3.00	1.00
34	D. Villalobos (Jr)	1.00

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Escondido can't hold off Valley Center

February 7, 2025: Valley Center, CA 92082

Valley Center Jaguars (Valley Center, CA) supporters left the game happy Friday as they witnessed their basketball squad hold off the visiting Escondido Cougars (Escondido, CA), 49-43 in a league match.

With the victory, Valley Center advances its record to 8-17 on the year. The Jaguars travel to Fallbrook (Fallbrook, CA) to face the Warriors in a North County - Valley match on Tuesday, February 11. The Warriors enter the match with a record of 16-9. Fallbrook lost 71-45 in their recent league match against Ramona (Ramona, CA)

The Cougars now own a 14-9 record. They put it on the line next when they host San Pasqual for a North County - Valley match on Tuesday, February 11. Escondido will face a Golden Eagles squad coming off a 72-28 league loss to Rancho Bernardo (San Diego, CA). The Golden Eagles record now stands at 2-22.

Players of the Game

Escondido (24-25)

Escondido has not selected any Players of the Game.

Valley Center (24-25)

Congratulations to #24 Ali Khalil for being selected the Valley Center Basketball Player of the Game.

Escondido @ Valley Center Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 7, 2025 @ 7p

The Valley Center (CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Escondido (CA) by a score of 49-43.

Rankings & Records

Escondido (24-25)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
821	70	42	5

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
16-12	2-8	7-6	8-6	1-0	.571	.200	1,560	1,468

Valley Center (24-25)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
1,006	82	107	16

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
9-20	4-6	3-7	5-8	1-5	.310	.400	1,684	1,940

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Escondido	11.3	11.8	13.0	15.4	3.0	55.7
Valley Center	15.7	13.2	15.2	14.0	-	58.1

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Head-to-Head

Valley Center won on 1/28/2025

1/28 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Valley Center 23 10 24 16 73
Escondido 12 7 10 15 44

The Valley Center (CA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Escondido (CA) by a score of 73-44.
Box score
Valley Center won on 2/7/2025

2/7 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Escondido 7 11 15 10 43
Valley Center 16 13 7 13 49

The Escondido (CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Valley Center (CA) by a score of 49-43.
Box score

1/28 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Valley Center	23	10	24	16	73
Escondido	12	7	10	15	44

Team Stat Comparison

Escondido		Valley Center
53.7	Points Per Game	56.3
14.7	Rebounds Per Game	26.9
3.4	Assists Per Game	12.1
5.7	Steals Per Game	8.8
1.5	Blocks Per Game	1.1

Team Leaders

Escondido		Valley Center	National Avg.
#24 Maddox Mendoza15.4	Points Per Game	#1 Lincoln Zetmeir29.9	4.9
#24 Maddox Mendoza5.8	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Dustin Hotchkiss6.8	2.6
#3 Danny Valadez0.8	Assists Per Game	#3 Mitchell Stehly4.5	1.0
#24 Maddox Mendoza1.5	Steals Per Game	#1 Lincoln Zetmeir1.8	0.8
#24 Maddox Mendoza1.4	Blocks Per Game	#22 Jonathan Teter0.6	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Escondido	5-6		Valley Center	4-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/30/24	Kearny	Escondido	(W) 66-54	12/20/24	Valley Center	Kearny	(L) 82-60
12/2/24	Escondido	Classical Academy	(W) 52-39	1/10/25	Valley Center	Classical Academy	(W) 62-55
1/10/25	Escondido	Orange Glen	(W) 63-41	12/14/24	Valley Center	Orange Glen	(W) 97-20
1/14/25	Escondido	Fallbrook	(W) 68-64	1/21/25	Fallbrook	Valley Center	(L) 82-63
1/30/25	Fallbrook	Escondido	(L) 70-64	2/11/25	Valley Center	Fallbrook	(L) 91-58
1/17/25	Escondido	Rancho Bernardo	(L) 62-45	1/14/25	Valley Center	Rancho Bernardo	(L) 75-35
2/4/25	Rancho Bernardo	Escondido	(L) 80-33	1/31/25	Rancho Bernardo	Valley Center	(L) 84-69
1/21/25	Escondido	San Pasqual	(W) 45-25	1/24/25	San Pasqual	Valley Center	(W) 74-42
2/11/25	San Pasqual	Escondido	(L) 67-48	2/13/25	Valley Center	San Pasqual	(W) 45-39
1/24/25	Ramona	Escondido	(L) 66-58	1/17/25	Valley Center	Ramona	(L) 94-66
2/14/25	Escondido	Ramona	(L) 87-41	2/4/25	Ramona	Valley Center	(L) 87-60

Record Breakdown

Escondido (24-25)		Valley Center (24-25)
16-12	Overall	9-20
2-8	League	4-6
11-3	Non-League	3-7
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
5-6	Common Opponent	4-7
7-6	Home	3-7
8-6	Away	5-8
1-0	Neutral	1-5
2-1	Playoff	0-1
16-12	In-State	9-20
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0