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Taft Avenal

Wildcats

Buccaneers

The Avenal (CA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's neutral tournament game against Taft (CA) by a score of 64-37.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Taft	-	-	-	-	64
Avenal	-	-	-	-	37

Final score provided by J. Murillo.

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Game Stats

Taft (24-25)

Taft

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	167	64	26	61	43	46
10	Hunter Melton (So)	14	5	2	3	67	83
11	Tristen Wade (Sr)	29	13	6	15	40	43
12	Nick Andrade (Jr)	34	21	8	18	44	44
14	Thomas Williams (Sr)	2	0	0	0
15	Josh Cundiff (Sr)	15	0	0	2	0	0
20	David Magana (Sr)	20	2	1	4	25	25
21	Ernie Laulu (Sr)	31	21	8	16	50	56
22	W. Hernandez (Sr)	2	0	0	1	0	0
23	Carver Johns (Sr)	16	2	1	2	50	50
33	Efrain Ortiz (Sr)	2	0	0	0
34	Isaac Rhoten (So)	2	0	0	0

Taft

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	167	64	4	20	20	8	12	67	22	41	54
10	Hunter Melton (So)	14	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	1	100
11	Tristen Wade (Sr)	29	13	1	5	20	0	0	0	5	10	50
12	Nick Andrade (Jr)	34	21	0	7	0	5	6	83	8	11	73
14	Thomas Williams (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Josh Cundiff (Sr)	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20	David Magana (Sr)	20	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
21	Ernie Laulu (Sr)	31	21	2	5	40	3	6	50	6	11	55
22	W. Hernandez (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Carver Johns (Sr)	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
33	Efrain Ortiz (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Isaac Rhoten (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Taft

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	167	64	18	22	40	19	7	5	8	17
10	Hunter Melton (So)	14	5	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	2
11	Tristen Wade (Sr)	29	13	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0
12	Nick Andrade (Jr)	34	21	4	3	7	2	2	0	2	2
14	Thomas Williams (Sr)	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
15	Josh Cundiff (Sr)	15	0	2	2	4	4	0	1	1	0
20	David Magana (Sr)	20	2	1	3	4	6	0	0	0	4
21	Ernie Laulu (Sr)	31	21	7	5	12	2	3	3	0	1
22	W. Hernandez (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
23	Carver Johns (Sr)	16	2	1	4	5	1	2	1	2	3
33	Efrain Ortiz (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
34	Isaac Rhoten (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Taft

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	2.38	0.88	0.41	0.29	6
10	Hunter Melton (So)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
11	Tristen Wade (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
12	Nick Andrade (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	2
15	Josh Cundiff (Sr)	4.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0
20	David Magana (Sr)	6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
21	Ernie Laulu (Sr)	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	0
23	Carver Johns (Sr)	0.50	1.00	0.67	0.33	1
33	Efrain Ortiz (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

Avenal (24-25)

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Game Story

California High School Basketball - Taft overwhelms Avenal

December 5, 2024: Taft, CA 93268

The Taft Wildcats basketball team scored 64 points and limited the visiting Avenal Buccaneers to 37 in the Wildcats non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Wildcats now possess a 2-1 record. They play next when they travel to Edison for a non-league match on Wednesday, December 11. Taft will face a Tigers squad coming off a 85-64 non-league loss to Centennial (Bakersfield, CA). The Tigers record now stands at 0-3.

The Buccaneers now own a 2-4 record. They put it on the line next when they host Riverdale Christian for a non-league match on Wednesday, December 11. Avenal will face a Ambassadors squad coming off a 92-24 non-league loss to Kings Christian (Lemoore, CA). The Ambassadors record now stands at 1-1.

Taft vs Avenal Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 5, 2024 @ 4:30p

Farmersville Tournament

The Avenal (CA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's neutral tournament game against Taft (CA) by a score of 64-37.

Rankings & Records

Taft (24-25)

CA	Section
817	69

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
16-13	7-5	6-4	4-5	6-4	.552	.583	1,724	1,585

Avenal (24-25)

CA	Section
1,271	111

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
9-18	3-7	5-9	3-5	1-4	.333	.300	969	1,329

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Taft	6.0	15.0	9.0	29.0	59.4
Avenal	8.1	10.5	7.1	8.8	35.9

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Team Stat Comparison

Taft		Avenal
58.9	Points Per Game	-
32.9	Rebounds Per Game	-
12.9	Assists Per Game	-
9.4	Steals Per Game	-
3.0	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Taft		Avenal	National Avg.
#21 Ernie Laulu19.5	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#21 Ernie Laulu8.0	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#20 David Magana4.6	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#21 Ernie Laulu2.4	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#21 Ernie Laulu1.8	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taft	2-1		Avenal	1-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/15/25	Dos Palos	Taft	(W) 74-55	1/10/25	Avenal	Dos Palos	(W) 47-43
				1/28/25	Dos Palos	Avenal	(L) 46-41
2/19/25	Kings Christian	Taft	(W) 58-46	12/6/24	Avenal	Kings Christian	(L) 59-26
				1/27/25	Kings Christian	Avenal	(L) 64-43
2/21/25	Chowchilla	Taft	(L) 66-59	12/17/24	Chowchilla	Avenal	(L) 54-24

Record Breakdown

Taft (24-25)		Avenal (24-25)
16-13	Overall	9-18
7-5	League	3-7
1-2	Non-League	4-7
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-1	Common Opponent	1-4
6-4	Home	5-9
4-5	Away	3-5
6-4	Neutral	1-4
2-1	Playoff	0-0
16-13	In-State	9-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0