Basketball Recap: Yuba City Falls Despite Big Games from Alex Saavedra and Abhimanyu Mehta

By Team Reports Feb 15, 2025, 10:33am

Basketball Recap: Yuba City Honkers vs. Nevada Union Miners

Yuba City suffered their closest defeat since December 19, 2024 on Friday. They fell just short of the Nevada Union Miners by a score of 52-49. The Honkers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Abhimanyu Mehta

Steals

02/14/25 @ Nevada Union2
02/05/25 @ Twelve Bridges1
01/23/25 @ Placer1
01/21/25 vs Del Campo1
01/02/25 vs Del Oro1
+ 4 more games

Abhimanyu Mehta and Alex Saavedra certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Mehta went 7-for-15 on his way to 16 points and six rebounds, while Saavedra went 5-for-10 en route to 14 points. What's more, Mehta also posted two steals, the most he's had since back in December of 2024. Another player making a difference was Jay Rai, who earned six points.

Yuba City's loss dropped their record down to 9-19. As for Nevada Union, their victory bumped their record up to 16-12.

As of now, neither Yuba City nor Nevada Union have any future games scheduled.

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