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The Cross County (Stromsburg, NE) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 59-50.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McCool Junction	-	-	-	-	50
Cross County	-	-	-	-	59

Final score provided by J. Blex.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Cross County (24-25)

McCool Junction

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	50	17	41	41	51
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	6	2	9	22	33
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	1	0	2	0	0
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	11	4	14	29	36
24	Mason Strope (Sr)	6	2	3	67	100
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	4	2	3	67	67
42	M. Kouchinin (Sr)	22	7	9	78	89

Cross County

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	21	51	41	49
12	Thatcher Hanson (Sr)	12	5	15	33	40
15	Sawyer Anderson (Jr)	13	4	9	44	50
20	Brock Allen (Sr)	8	3	6	50	58
22	Kole Crawford (Sr)	10	3	3	100	150
24	Langdon Arbuck (Sr)	9	4	11	36	36
32	W. Hengelfelt (Sr)	4	1	6	17	17
33	Carson Scheafer (Sr)	3	1	1	100	150

McCool Junction

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	50	8	25	32	8	10	80	9	16	56
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	6	2	9	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	1	0	1	0	1	2	50	0	1	0
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	11	2	8	25	1	2	50	2	6	33
24	Mason Strope (Sr)	6	2	3	67	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
42	M. Kouchinin (Sr)	22	2	3	67	6	6	100	5	6	83

Cross County

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	8	16	50	9	13	69	13	35	37
12	Thatcher Hanson (Sr)	12	2	5	40	0	1	0	3	10	30
15	Sawyer Anderson (Jr)	13	1	1	100	4	5	80	3	8	38
20	Brock Allen (Sr)	8	1	3	33	1	1	100	2	3	67
22	Kole Crawford (Sr)	10	3	3	100	1	2	50	0	0	0
24	Langdon Arbuck (Sr)	9	0	3	0	1	2	50	4	8	50
32	W. Hengelfelt (Sr)	4	0	0	0	2	2	100	1	6	17
33	Carson Scheafer (Sr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0

McCool Junction

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	50	5	17	22	13	7	2	8	16
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	6	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	2
12	Colby Yates (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	1	3	1	4	2	0	0	0	2
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	11	1	3	4	6	1	0	5	0
24	Mason Strope (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	3
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	3
42	M. Kouchinin (Sr)	22	0	9	9	2	1	1	1	4

Cross County

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	59	13	18	31	11	3	7	12
12	Thatcher Hanson (Sr)	12	0	3	3	2	1	1	0
15	Sawyer Anderson (Jr)	13	3	4	7	1	1	1	1
20	Brock Allen (Sr)	8	4	5	9	4	0	0	3
22	Kole Crawford (Sr)	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
24	Langdon Arbuck (Sr)	9	3	1	4	2	0	3	2
32	W. Hengelfelt (Sr)	4	3	5	8	1	1	2	4
33	Carson Scheafer (Sr)	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

McCool Junction

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.63	0.88	0.44	0.13	10
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.50	0
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	1.20	0.20	1.00	0.00	3
24	Mason Strope (Sr)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	0.00	0.50	0.33	0.00	0
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	2.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	1
42	M. Kouchinin (Sr)	2.00	1.00	0.25	0.25	6

Cross County

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.57	0.43	0.25	8
12	Thatcher Hanson (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	4
15	Sawyer Anderson (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0
20	Brock Allen (Sr)	4.00	0.00	0.00	1
22	Kole Crawford (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
24	Langdon Arbuck (Sr)	0.67	0.00	0.00	1
32	W. Hengelfelt (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.25	1
33	Carson Scheafer (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Cross County victorious over McCool Junction

January 31, 2025: McCool Junction, NE 68401

In Friday's non-league contest, the visiting Cross County Cougars basketball team scored a good 59-50 triumph over the McCool Junction Mustangs.

The Cougars (16-2) will now prepare for their contest against Nebraska Lutheran (Waco, NE). The Knights go into the non-league contest with a 6-8 record. In their last contest, Nebraska Lutheran topped Hampton (Hampton, NE), 59-46, in a non-league contest.

In their next game, the Mustangs battle the East Butler Tigers (Brainard, NE) in a non-league contest, on Tuesday, February 4. McCool Junction will attempt to better on its 14-4 season record. The Tigers go into the contest with a 17-1 record after their 64-59 non-league win over Osceola (Osceola, NE).

MCJHS vs Cross County Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 31, 2025 @ 8:15p

The Cross County (Stromsburg, NE) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 59-50.

Rankings & Records

McCool Junction (24-25)

NE	Class
44	2

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
23-6	9-2	8-2	6-2	.793	1,765	1,381

Cross County (24-25)

NE	Class
43	6

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
26-3	2-0	9-1	11-1	6-1	.897	1.000	1,714	1,128

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McCool Junction	16.7	14.5	15.0	15.1	60.9
Cross County	16.6	15.0	14.8	15.0	59.1

Head-to-Head

Cross County won on 12/5/2024

12/5 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Cross County 18 11 9 17 55
McCool Junction 19 7 10 11 47

The Cross County (Stromsburg, NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 55-47.
Box score
Cross County won on 1/31/2025

1/31 @ 8:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

McCool Junction - - - - 50
Cross County - - - - 59

The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Cross County (Stromsburg, NE) by a score of 59-50.
Box score

12/5 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Cross County	18	11	9	17	55
McCool Junction	19	7	10	11	47

Team Stat Comparison

McCool Junction		Cross County
60.8	Points Per Game	58.9
31.0	Rebounds Per Game	30.1
17.5	Assists Per Game	14.9
9.4	Steals Per Game	10.4
2.4	Blocks Per Game	2.2

Team Leaders

McCool Junction		Cross County	National Avg.
#42 Mapieu Kouchinin20.6	Points Per Game	#32 Wyatt Hengelfelt10.1	4.9
#42 Mapieu Kouchinin11.5	Rebounds Per Game	#32 Wyatt Hengelfelt6.7	2.6
#23 Carson Mcdonald5.3	Assists Per Game	#12 Thatcher Hanson3.5	1.0
#10 Bryson Plock1.7	Steals Per Game	#12 Thatcher Hanson2.6	0.8
#42 Mapieu Kouchinin1.3	Blocks Per Game	#32 Wyatt Hengelfelt0.7	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
McCool Junction	14-2		Cross County	16-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/7/24	McCool Junction	Hampton	(W) 83-47	1/23/25	Hampton	Cross County	(W) 72-28
12/12/24	High Plains	McCool Junction	(W) 54-48	2/8/25	High Plains	Cross County	(W) 64-37
12/17/24	Twin River	McCool Junction	(W) 72-34	1/16/25	Cross County	Twin River	(W) 62-43
1/27/25	McCool Junction	Twin River	(W) 65-53
12/19/24	McCool Junction	Shelby-Rising City	(W) 68-39	12/6/24	Shelby-Rising City	Cross County	(W) 53-28
				1/27/25	Shelby-Rising City	Cross County	(W) 77-45
1/3/25	McCool Junction	Sutton	(L) 68-54	1/9/25	Sutton	Cross County	(W) 58-49
				2/27/25	Sutton	Cross County	(W) 47-43
1/4/25	Heartland	McCool Junction	(W) 60-46	1/11/25	Cross County	Heartland	(W) 58-39
1/21/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	McCool Junction	(W) 74-49	12/20/24	Cross County	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(W) 51-26
2/25/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	McCool Junction	(W) 69-43	1/2/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	Cross County	(W) 73-34
1/23/25	McCool Junction	Osceola	(W) 65-56	1/3/25	Cross County	Osceola	(W) 66-34
2/27/25	Osceola	McCool Junction	(W) 47-44	1/28/25	Cross County	Osceola	(W) 75-37
1/28/25	East Butler	McCool Junction	(W) 53-49	2/11/25	East Butler	Cross County	(W) 67-25
2/4/25	East Butler	McCool Junction	(W) 69-62
2/7/25	McCool Junction	Nebraska Lutheran	(W) 64-38	2/4/25	Cross County	Nebraska Lutheran	(W) 66-39
2/11/25	Exeter-Milligan/Friend	McCool Junction	(L) 68-49	2/21/25	Cross County	Exeter-Milligan/Friend	(W) 61-55
2/14/25	Dorchester	McCool Junction	(W) 70-22	1/21/25	Cross County	Dorchester	(W) 66-6

Record Breakdown

McCool Junction (24-25)		Cross County (24-25)
23-6	Overall	26-3
2-0	League	5-0
16-3	Non-League	17-2
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
14-2	Common Opponent	16-0
9-2	Home	9-1
8-2	Away	11-1
6-2	Neutral	6-1
2-1	Playoff	2-1
23-6	In-State	26-3
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0