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Meridian McCool Junction

Mustangs

The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Meridian (Daykin, NE) by a score of 58-28.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	6	1	8	13	28
McCool Junction	23	16	7	12	58

Final score provided by A. VanWesten.

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Game Stats

McCool Junction (23-24)

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	28	8	43	19	20
1	Kendall Filipi (Fr)	2	0	1	0	0
2	K. Niederklein (Sr)	5	1	4	25	25
3	Jaala Stewart (Sr)	4	1	8	13	13
11	Braxtyn Rut (Jr)	3	1	4	25	38
15	M. Hofstetter (Jr)	4	1	2	50	50
20	Saege Barnell (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
25	Kymber Schwisow (Sr)	1	0	7	0	0
31	Jaylee Sobotka (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
34	Ana Dimas (Sr)	5	2	9	22	22

McCool Junction

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	58	21	55	38	45
14	Kaeli Meehan (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
20	Shelby Bandt (Sr)	7	3	8	38	38
22	Claire Brugger (So)	9	4	8	50	50
24	Briann Stutzman (Sr)	11	3	14	21	32
30	Mckenna Yates (Sr)	21	7	11	64	86
34	Natalie Clark (Fr)	2	0	3	0	0
40	Sara Weisheit (Sr)	6	3	6	50	50
44	Harley Stutzman (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
52	Pieper Epp (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	28	1	12	8	11	21	52	7	31	23
1	Kendall Filipi (Fr)	2				2	2	100	0	1	0
2	K. Niederklein (Sr)	5	0	1	0	3	3	100	1	3	33
3	Jaala Stewart (Sr)	4	0	3	0	2	2	100	1	5	20
11	Braxtyn Rut (Jr)	3	1	1	100				0	3	0
15	M. Hofstetter (Jr)	4				2	6	33	1	2	50
20	Saege Barnell (Jr)	2	0	1	0				1	2	50
25	Kymber Schwisow (Sr)	1	0	2	0	1	4	25	0	5	0
31	Jaylee Sobotka (Jr)	2				0	2	0	1	5	20
34	Ana Dimas (Sr)	5	0	4	0	1	2	50	2	5	40

McCool Junction

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	58	8	20	40	8	10	80	13	35	37
14	Kaeli Meehan (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
20	Shelby Bandt (Sr)	7	0	0	0	1	2	50	3	8	38
22	Claire Brugger (So)	9	0	0	0	1	2	50	4	8	50
24	Briann Stutzman (Sr)	11	3	10	30	2	2	100	0	4	0
30	Mckenna Yates (Sr)	21	5	8	63	2	2	100	2	3	67
34	Natalie Clark (Fr)	2	0	0	0	2	2	100	0	3	0
40	Sara Weisheit (Sr)	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	75
44	Harley Stutzman (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
52	Pieper Epp (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	28	12	22	34	1	8	1	22	11
1	Kendall Filipi (Fr)	2	1	1	2
2	K. Niederklein (Sr)	5	1	2	3			1	1	2
3	Jaala Stewart (Sr)	4	1	1	2		2		4	1
10	Olivia Schafer		1		1
11	Braxtyn Rut (Jr)	3	1	2	3		1
15	M. Hofstetter (Jr)	4	1	3	4		3		4	2
20	Saege Barnell (Jr)	2	1		1	1			3
25	Kymber Schwisow (Sr)	1	1	3	4				1	4
31	Jaylee Sobotka (Jr)	2	3	8	11		1		5
34	Ana Dimas (Sr)	5	1	2	3		1		4	2

McCool Junction

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	58	8	20	28	13	12	5	13	17
14	Kaeli Meehan (Sr)	2	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	3
20	Shelby Bandt (Sr)	7	1	2	3	0	3	1	2	2
22	Claire Brugger (So)	9	3	3	6	2	2	2	1	1
24	Briann Stutzman (Sr)	11	0	3	3	2	1	0	2	3
30	Mckenna Yates (Sr)	21	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
34	Natalie Clark (Fr)	2	2	1	3	5	1	0	2	4
40	Sara Weisheit (Sr)	6	0	5	5	3	4	1	1	2
44	Harley Stutzman (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
52	Pieper Epp (Fr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.05	0.36	0.73	0.09
2	K. Niederklein (Sr)				0.50
3	Jaala Stewart (Sr)		0.50	2.00
15	M. Hofstetter (Jr)		0.75	1.50
20	Saege Barnell (Jr)	0.33
31	Jaylee Sobotka (Jr)		0.20
34	Ana Dimas (Sr)		0.25	0.50

McCool Junction

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	0.92	0.71	0.29	19
14	Kaeli Meehan (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
20	Shelby Bandt (Sr)	0.00	1.50	1.50	0.50	5
22	Claire Brugger (So)	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3
24	Briann Stutzman (Sr)	1.00	0.50	0.33	0.00	1
30	Mckenna Yates (Sr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	1.00	5
34	Natalie Clark (Fr)	2.50	0.50	0.25	0.00	0
40	Sara Weisheit (Sr)	3.00	4.00	2.00	0.50	4

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Meridian ripped by McCool Junction

January 4, 2024: McCool Junction, NE 68401

The McCool Junction Mustangs basketball team scored 58 points and held the visiting Meridian Mustangs to 28 in the Mustangs non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Mustangs now sport a 8-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to St. Mary's for a non-league contest on Saturday, January 6. McCool Junction will battle a Cardinals team coming off a 57-42 non-league win over Elgin/Pope John (Elgin, NE). The Cardinals record now stands at 8-2.

The Mustangs (6-5) will now prepare for their contest against Shelby-Rising City (Shelby, NE). The Huskies enter the non-league contest with a 5-4 record. In their last contest, Shelby-Rising City was routed by Clarkson/Leigh (Clarkson, NE), 65-31, in a non-league contest.

Rankings & Records

Meridian (23-24)

NE	Class
156	14

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
12-10	1-1	5-2	6-6	1-2	.545	.500	909	807

McCool Junction (23-24)

NE	Class
48	5

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
20-4	3-0	10-0	6-1	4-3	.833	1.000	1,374	905

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	11.4	10.5	10.1	8.6	41.3
McCool Junction	16.5	14.7	14.4	12.2	57.3

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Head-to-Head

McCool Junction won on 1/4/2024

1/4 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Meridian 6 1 8 13 28
McCool Junction 23 16 7 12 58

The Meridian (Daykin, NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 58-28.
Box score
McCool Junction won on 1/22/2024

1/22 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Meridian 6 15 8 0 29
McCool Junction 19 15 16 11 61

The Meridian (Daykin, NE) varsity basketball team lost Monday's neutral tournament game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 61-29.
Box score

1/22 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	6	15	8	0	29
McCool Junction	19	15	16	11	61

Team Stat Comparison

Meridian		McCool Junction
41.3	Points Per Game	57.3
28.4	Rebounds Per Game	19.5
10.9	Assists Per Game	7.8
13.8	Steals Per Game	12.8
1.5	Blocks Per Game	2.8

Team Leaders

Meridian		McCool Junction	National Avg.
#34 Ana Dimas10.0	Points Per Game	#30 Mckenna Yates19.8	4.2
#31 Jaylee Sobotka8.8	Rebounds Per Game	#32 Ella Clark3.8	2.8
#3 Jaala Stewart3.2	Assists Per Game	#30 Mckenna Yates3.2	0.9
#34 Ana Dimas3.8	Steals Per Game	#30 Mckenna Yates3.3	1.1
#15 McKenzie Hofstetter0.4	Blocks Per Game	#30 Mckenna Yates0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Meridian	7-3		McCool Junction	11-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/1/23	Dorchester	Meridian	(W) 49-34	1/23/24	Dorchester	McCool Junction	(W) 51-31
				2/9/24	McCool Junction	Dorchester	(W) 49-34
12/2/23	Meridian	Nebraska Lutheran	(W) 44-36	2/2/24	Nebraska Lutheran	McCool Junction	(W) 72-37
12/8/23	Cross County	Meridian	(L) 57-31	11/30/23	McCool Junction	Cross County	(L) 57-47
				1/26/24	Cross County	McCool Junction	(W) 44-37
12/19/23	Meridian	Hampton	(W) 56-23	12/2/23	Hampton	McCool Junction	(W) 79-34
1/6/24	Meridian	Shelby-Rising City	(L) 37-28	12/15/23	Shelby-Rising City	McCool Junction	(W) 62-40
1/20/24	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	Meridian	(W) 40-31	2/5/24	McCool Junction	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(W) 62-23
2/6/24	Meridian	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(W) 47-29	2/13/24	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	McCool Junction	(W) 60-33
1/26/24	Meridian	East Butler	(W) 61-25	1/30/24	McCool Junction	East Butler	(W) 77-35
1/30/24	Meridian	High Plains	(W) 64-44	12/7/23	McCool Junction	High Plains	(W) 61-24
2/2/24	Osceola	Meridian	(L) 50-35	1/18/24	Osceola	McCool Junction	(W) 54-35

Record Breakdown

Meridian (23-24)		McCool Junction (23-24)
12-10	Overall	20-4
2-1	League	4-0
9-5	Non-League	10-2
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
7-3	Common Opponent	11-1
5-2	Home	10-0
6-6	Away	6-1
1-2	Neutral	4-3
0-0	Playoff	2-1
12-10	In-State	20-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0