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Smith Center Ellis

Redmen

Railroaders

The Ellis (KS) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home tournament game against Smith Center (KS) by a score of 41-38.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Smith Center	-	-	-	-	41
Ellis	-	-	-	-	38

Final score provided by S. KSHSAA.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Ellis (24-25)

Smith Center

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	159	41	18	47	38	40
1	Ellie Pruden (Fr)	7	0	0	1	0	0
11	Alexis Koelsch (So)	30	7	3	8	38	44
12	Kayln Ifland (So)	32	18	8	14	57	57
14	Danni Archer (Fr)	28	4	2	2	100	100
23	Kaylee Weltmer (Fr)	32	4	2	7	29	29
33	Leah Mckelvey (So)	30	8	3	15	20	23

Ellis

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	38	14	34	41	44
12	Addison Kohl (Sr)	16	5	11	45	55
20	Jocelyn Eck (So)	0	0	1	0	0
22	Isabella Eck (Sr)	13	5	16	31	31
23	Taylor Kohl (So)	1	0	1	0	0
25	Natalee North (Sr)	8	4	5	80	80

Smith Center

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	159	41	2	14	14	3	6	50	16	33	48
1	Ellie Pruden (Fr)	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Alexis Koelsch (So)	30	7	1	5	20	0	0	0	2	3	67
12	Kayln Ifland (So)	32	18	0	0	0	2	4	50	8	14	57
14	Danni Archer (Fr)	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
23	Kaylee Weltmer (Fr)	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	29
33	Leah Mckelvey (So)	30	8	1	8	13	1	2	50	2	7	29

Ellis

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	38	2	6	33	8	12	67	12	28	43
12	Addison Kohl (Sr)	16	2	3	67	4	4	100	3	8	38
20	Jocelyn Eck (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Isabella Eck (Sr)	13	0	3	0	3	4	75	5	13	38
23	Taylor Kohl (So)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	1	0
25	Natalee North (Sr)	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	5	80

Smith Center

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	159	41	7	9	16	4	17	14	10
1	Ellie Pruden (Fr)	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
11	Alexis Koelsch (So)	30	7	0	2	2	1	6	2	0
12	Kayln Ifland (So)	32	18	2	2	4	0	6	4	3
14	Danni Archer (Fr)	28	4	1	1	2	2	3	3	1
23	Kaylee Weltmer (Fr)	32	4	3	3	6	1	1	2	3
33	Leah Mckelvey (So)	30	8	1	0	1	0	1	3	3

Ellis

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	38	6	22	28	8	6	1	22	12
2	Evelyn Merriman (So)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	Addison Kohl (Sr)	16	1	3	4	2	1	0	7	2
20	Jocelyn Eck (So)	0	0	4	4	1	1	0	3	1
21	R. Aschenbrenner (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
22	Isabella Eck (Sr)	13	3	5	8	3	0	0	7	3
23	Taylor Kohl (So)	1	0	2	2	2	2	0	3	1
25	Natalee North (Sr)	8	2	7	9	0	2	1	1	4

Smith Center

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.29	1.21	1.70	17	1
1	Ellie Pruden (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0
11	Alexis Koelsch (So)	0.50	3.00	6.00	5	0
12	Kayln Ifland (So)	0.00	1.50	2.00	6	0
14	Danni Archer (Fr)	0.67	1.00	3.00	2	1
23	Kaylee Weltmer (Fr)	0.50	0.50	0.33	2	0
33	Leah Mckelvey (So)	0.00	0.33	0.33	1	0

Ellis

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.36	0.27	0.50	0.08	1	8
12	Addison Kohl (Sr)	0.29	0.14	0.50	0.00	1	0
20	Jocelyn Eck (So)	0.33	0.33	1.00	0.00	0	0
22	Isabella Eck (Sr)	0.43	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
23	Taylor Kohl (So)	0.67	0.67	2.00	0.00	0	3
25	Natalee North (Sr)	0.00	2.00	0.50	0.25	0	3

Game Story

Kansas High School Basketball - Ellis can't get by Smith Center

January 21, 2025: Ellis, KS 67637

The Ellis Railroaders basketball squad (Ellis, KS), was nudged 41-38 in Tuesday's league battle with the visiting Smith Center Redmen (Smith Center, KS)

With the victory, Smith Center advances its record to 4-5 on the year. The Redmen travel to Hoxie (Hoxie, KS) to meet the Indians in a Mid-Continent battle on Friday, January 24. The Indians enter the battle with a record of 9-1. Hoxie won 65-35 in their recent league battle against Russell (Russell, KS)

The Railroaders now own a 5-5 record. They put it on the line next when they host Russell for a Mid-Continent battle on Thursday, January 23. Ellis will meet a Broncos squad coming off a 65-35 league loss to Hoxie (Hoxie, KS). The Broncos record now stands at 3-7.

Smith Center @ Ellis Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 21, 2025 @ 6p

MCL TOURNAMENT

The Ellis (KS) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home tournament game against Smith Center (KS) by a score of 41-38.

Rankings & Records

Smith Center (24-25)

KS	Class
187	31

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
7-15	4-6	4-4	2-10	1-1	.318	.400	890	1,022

Ellis (24-25)

KS	Class
205	28

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-12	4-8	4-6	3-5	2-1	.429	.333	839	932

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Smith Center	9.6	11.2	10.4	7.8	40.5
Ellis	10.3	9.4	10.9	8.0	40.0

Head-to-Head

Ellis won on 1/10/2025

1/10 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Smith Center 15 8 11 0 34
Ellis 17 10 12 10 49

The Smith Center (KS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Ellis (KS) by a score of 49-34.
Box score
Smith Center won on 1/21/2025

1/21 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Smith Center - - - - 41
Ellis - - - - 38

The Smith Center (KS) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away tournament game against Ellis (KS) by a score of 41-38.
Box score

1/10 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Smith Center	15	8	11	0	34
Ellis	17	10	12	10	49

Team Stat Comparison

Smith Center		Ellis
40.1	Points Per Game	31.8
26.1	Rebounds Per Game	20.6
7.8	Assists Per Game	7.7
10.0	Steals Per Game	5.3
1.5	Blocks Per Game	1.8

Team Leaders

Smith Center		Ellis	National Avg.
#12 Kayln Ifland10.3	Points Per Game	#25 Natalee North13.9	4.1
#23 Kaylee Weltmer7.5	Rebounds Per Game	#25 Natalee North8.0	2.8
#12 Kayln Ifland2.2	Assists Per Game	#12 Addison Kohl3.5	0.9
#12 Kayln Ifland2.8	Steals Per Game	#22 Isabella Eck1.9	1.1
#23 Kaylee Weltmer0.5	Blocks Per Game	#25 Natalee North1.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Smith Center	4-9		Ellis	3-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/24	Plainville	Smith Center	(W) 64-22	2/20/25	Ellis	Plainville	(W) 43-20
12/14/24	Smith Center	Phillipsburg	(L) 56-25	12/17/24	Ellis	Phillipsburg	(L) 57-20
1/25/25	Smith Center	Phillipsburg	(L) 48-33
1/31/25	Smith Center	Phillipsburg	(L) 40-34
3/5/25	Smith Center	Phillipsburg	(L) 44-23
12/20/24	Smith Center	Oakley	(L) 55-42	2/14/25	Oakley	Ellis	(L) 65-34
1/14/25	Russell	Smith Center	(W) 61-53	1/23/25	Russell	Ellis	(L) 64-47
				2/3/25	Ellis	Russell	(L) 54-39
1/24/25	Smith Center	Hoxie	(L) 61-37	2/17/25	Hoxie	Ellis	(L) 48-23
2/4/25	Smith Center	Hoxie	(L) 60-25
1/28/25	Hill City	Smith Center	(W) 45-16	12/6/24	Hill City	Ellis	(W) 42-24
2/7/25	Thomas More Prep-Marian	Smith Center	(L) 47-46	1/16/25	Ellis	Thomas More Prep-Marian	(L) 66-33
2/14/25	Smith Center	Norton	(L) 45-34	1/25/25	Norton	Ellis	(L) 52-41
				1/31/25	Norton	Ellis	(L) 33-31
2/21/25	Trego	Smith Center	(W) 44-29	2/7/25	Trego	Ellis	(W) 40-29

Record Breakdown

Smith Center (24-25)		Ellis (24-25)
7-15	Overall	9-12
4-6	League	4-8
0-4	Non-League	3-1
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
4-9	Common Opponent	3-8
4-4	Home	4-6
2-10	Away	3-5
1-1	Neutral	2-1
1-1	Playoff	0-1
7-14	In-State	9-12
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0