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Culbertson Poplar

Cowboys C

Indians P

The Poplar (MT) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Culbertson (MT) by a score of 61-57.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Culbertson	12	12	14	19	57
Poplar	16	15	12	18	61

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Game Stats

Culbertson (24-25)

Culbertson

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	57	25	61	41	41
1	Dawson Bergum (Sr)	4	2	7	29	29
2	B. Salvevold (Sr)	11	5	12	42	42
4	Gavin Deen (Sr)	2	1	6	17	17
5	Plenny Williams (So)	12	6	11	55	55
13	Brooks Solem (So)	12	4	9	44	44
15	Mark Kirkaldie (Sr)	16	7	16	44	44

Culbertson

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	57	0	5	0	7	13	54	25	56	45
1	Dawson Bergum (Sr)	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	6	33
2	B. Salvevold (Sr)	11				1	2	50	5	12	42
4	Gavin Deen (Sr)	2							1	6	17
5	Plenny Williams (So)	12	0	2	0	0	1	0	6	9	67
13	Brooks Solem (So)	12				4	5	80	4	9	44
15	Mark Kirkaldie (Sr)	16	0	2	0	2	4	50	7	14	50

Culbertson

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	57	8	18	26	6	6	3	8	17
1	Dawson Bergum (Sr)	4		2	2		1		3	4
2	B. Salvevold (Sr)	11	3	5	8	1			1	4
4	Gavin Deen (Sr)	2	1	1	2	2		2		3
5	Plenny Williams (So)	12		1	1				1	1
13	Brooks Solem (So)	12		4	4	2	4		2	3
15	Mark Kirkaldie (Sr)	16	4	5	9	1	1	1	1	2

Culbertson

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.75	0.75	0.35	0.18
1	Dawson Bergum (Sr)		0.33	0.25
2	B. Salvevold (Sr)	1.00
4	Gavin Deen (Sr)				0.67
13	Brooks Solem (So)	1.00	2.00	1.33
15	Mark Kirkaldie (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.50

Poplar (24-25)

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Game Story

Montana High School Basketball - Poplar nudges Culbertson

January 28, 2025: Poplar, MT 59255

The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Poplar Indians (Poplar, MT) and the visiting Culbertson Cowboys (Culbertson, MT), observed Poplar's basketball team edge Culbertson by a score of 61-57.

The Indians (5-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Harlem (Harlem, MT). The Wildcats come into the B District 2 challenge with a 5-5 record.

In their next game, the Cowboys encounter the Froid/Medicine Lake Redhawks (Medicine Lake, MT) in a C District 2 challenge, on Friday, January 31. Culbertson will attempt to improve on its 7-5 season record. The Redhawks come into the challenge with a 1-7 record after their 59-51 league loss to MonDak [Westby/Grenora] (Westby, MT).

Players of the Game

Culbertson (24-25)

Congratulations to #15 Mark Kirkaldie for being selected the Culbertson Basketball Player of the Game.

Poplar (24-25)

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Culbertson @ Poplar Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 28, 2025 @ 6p

The Poplar (MT) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Culbertson (MT) by a score of 61-57.

Rankings & Records

Culbertson (24-25)

MT	Class
93	31

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
14-10	10-4	7-2	3-5	4-3	.583	.714	1,227	1,169

Poplar (24-25)

MT	Class
33	11

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
10-11	1-6	1-2	1-4	8-5	.476	.143	1,156	1,165

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Culbertson	12.3	13.1	13.5	12.6	51.1
Poplar	16.0	15.0	12.0	18.0	55.0

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Head-to-Head

Poplar won on 12/10/2024

12/10 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Poplar - - - - 65
Culbertson - - - - 39

The Poplar (MT) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against Culbertson (MT) by a score of 65-39.
Box score
Poplar won on 1/28/2025

1/28 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Culbertson 12 12 14 19 57
Poplar 16 15 12 18 61

The Culbertson (MT) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away non-conference game against Poplar (MT) by a score of 61-57.
Box score

12/10 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Poplar	-	-	-	-	65
Culbertson	-	-	-	-	39

Team Stat Comparison

Culbertson		Poplar
50.9	Points Per Game	-
28.1	Rebounds Per Game	-
9.7	Assists Per Game	-
10.1	Steals Per Game	-
3.5	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Culbertson		Poplar	National Avg.
#2 Bridger Salvevold11.4	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#15 Mark Kirkaldie7.7	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#1 Dawson Bergum2.0	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#4 Gavin Deen2.1	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#15 Mark Kirkaldie2.0	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Culbertson	1-1		Poplar	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Fairview	Culbertson	(W) 43-37	1/17/25	Fairview	Poplar	(L) 62-51
2/4/25	Culbertson	Fairview	(L) 43-39	1/18/25	Poplar	Fairview	(L) 62-51
				2/7/25	Poplar	Fairview	(W) 50-46
				2/8/25	Fairview	Poplar

Record Breakdown

C Culbertson (24-25)		P Poplar (24-25)
14-10	Overall	10-11
10-4	League	1-6
1-3	Non-League	4-2
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
1-1	Common Opponent	1-2
7-2	Home	1-2
3-5	Away	1-4
4-3	Neutral	8-5
3-3	Playoff	5-3
14-10	In-State	10-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0