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The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against East Butler (Brainard, NE) by a score of 69-62.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
East Butler	15	12	22	13	62
McCool Junction	20	16	13	20	69

Final score provided by J. Wurtz.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

East Butler (24-25)

East Butler has not entered stats for this game.

McCool Junction (24-25)

McCool Junction

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	69	25	48	52	65
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	14	5	9	56	78
12	Colby Yates (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	5	2	3	67	83
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	30	12	21	57	67
24	Mason Strope (Sr)	8	2	3	67	100
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	1	0	0
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	2	1	7	14	14
35	Jameson Weiss (Fr)	3	1	1	100	150
42	M. Kouchinin (Sr)	6	2	2	100	100

McCool Junction

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	69	12	24	50	7	13	54	13	24	54
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	14	4	7	57	0	0	0	1	2	50
12	Colby Yates (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	1	100
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	30	4	9	44	2	7	29	8	12	67
24	Mason Strope (Sr)	8	2	3	67	2	2	100	0	0	0
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	14
35	Jameson Weiss (Fr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	M. Kouchinin (Sr)	6	0	0	0	2	2	100	2	2	100

McCool Junction

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	69	13	13	26	20	10	3	10	16
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	14	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	2
12	Colby Yates (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	5	1	2	3	5	2	0	0	1
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	30	0	4	4	5	1	0	2	1
24	Mason Strope (Sr)	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	1	9	0	9	4	2	2	2	3
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	2	3	3	6	0	3	1	3	5
35	Jameson Weiss (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
42	M. Kouchinin (Sr)	6	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0

McCool Junction

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	2.00	1.00	0.63	0.19	18
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.00	2
12	Colby Yates (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	5.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	2.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	3
24	Mason Strope (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	2.00	1.00	0.67	0.67	3
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.60	0.20	6
35	Jameson Weiss (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
42	M. Kouchinin (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	2

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - East Butler tipped by McCool Junction

February 4, 2025: McCool Junction, NE 68401

The McCool Junction Mustangs nipped the visiting East Butler Tigers basketball squad by a final score of 69-62 in Tuesday's non-league outing.

Next, the Mustangs clash with the Nebraska Lutheran Knights (Waco, NE) in a non-league outing, on Friday, February 7. McCool Junction will attempt to upgrade on its 15-4 season record. The Knights enter the outing with a 7-9 record after their 66-27 non-league win over Dorchester (Dorchester, NE).

The Tigers (17-2) will now prepare for their outing against High Plains (Polk, NE). The Storm enter the non-league outing with a 13-5 record. In their last outing, High Plains got by Meridian (Daykin, NE), 58-33, in a non-league outing.

East Butler @ MCJHS Basketball Game Info

Tue., Feb. 4, 2025 @ 7:30p

The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against East Butler (Brainard, NE) by a score of 69-62.

Rankings & Records

East Butler (24-25)

NE	Class
109	7

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
20-6	10-1	8-4	2-1	.769	1,486	1,044

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

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
East Butler	21.8	13.8	13.1	10.0	8.0	57.2
McCool Junction	16.7	14.5	15.0	15.1	-	60.9

Head-to-Head

McCool Junction won on 1/28/2025

1/28 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

East Butler - - - - 49
McCool Junction - - - - 53

The East Butler (Brainard, NE) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's neutral tournament game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 53-49.
Box score
McCool Junction won on 2/4/2025

2/4 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

East Butler 15 12 22 13 62
McCool Junction 20 16 13 20 69

The East Butler (Brainard, NE) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away non-conference game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 69-62.
Box score

1/28 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
East Butler	-	-	-	-	49
McCool Junction	-	-	-	-	53

Team Stat Comparison

East Butler		McCool Junction
57.1	Points Per Game	60.8
32.7	Rebounds Per Game	31.0
14.6	Assists Per Game	17.5
9.1	Steals Per Game	9.4
5.3	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

East Butler		McCool Junction	National Avg.
#20 Brody Johnson15.0	Points Per Game	#42 Mapieu Kouchinin20.6	4.9
#20 Brody Johnson12.0	Rebounds Per Game	#42 Mapieu Kouchinin11.5	2.6
#4 Owen Obbink3.4	Assists Per Game	#23 Carson Mcdonald5.3	1.0
#1 Grant Kozisek2.8	Steals Per Game	#10 Bryson Plock1.7	0.8
#20 Brody Johnson3.7	Blocks Per Game	#42 Mapieu Kouchinin1.3	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
East Butler	11-2		McCool Junction	12-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/7/24	East Butler	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(W) 51-43	1/21/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	McCool Junction	(W) 74-49
1/27/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	East Butler	(W) 62-38	2/25/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	McCool Junction	(W) 69-43
12/14/24	East Butler	Osceola	(W) 59-56	1/23/25	McCool Junction	Osceola	(W) 65-56
1/31/25	East Butler	Osceola	(W) 64-59	2/27/25	Osceola	McCool Junction	(W) 47-44
12/20/24	Hampton	East Butler	(W) 71-26	12/7/24	McCool Junction	Hampton	(W) 83-47
12/28/24	High Plains	East Butler	(W) 57-50	12/12/24	High Plains	McCool Junction	(W) 54-48
2/7/25	East Butler	High Plains	(W) 56-26
1/4/25	Twin River	East Butler	(W) 62-30	12/17/24	Twin River	McCool Junction	(W) 72-34
				1/27/25	McCool Junction	Twin River	(W) 65-53
1/14/25	East Butler	Nebraska Lutheran	(W) 66-24	2/7/25	McCool Junction	Nebraska Lutheran	(W) 64-38
1/16/25	East Butler	Dorchester	(W) 2-0 (F)	2/14/25	Dorchester	McCool Junction	(W) 70-22
1/23/25	East Butler	Meridian	(W) 67-38	1/9/25	McCool Junction	Meridian	(W) 69-39
2/11/25	East Butler	Cross County	(L) 67-25	12/5/24	Cross County	McCool Junction	(L) 55-47
				1/31/25	McCool Junction	Cross County	(L) 59-50
2/21/25	East Butler	Shelby-Rising City	(L) 59-55	12/19/24	McCool Junction	Shelby-Rising City	(W) 68-39

Record Breakdown

East Butler (24-25)		McCool Junction (24-25)
20-6	Overall	23-6
1-1	League	2-0
15-4	Non-League	16-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
11-2	Common Opponent	12-2
10-1	Home	9-2
8-4	Away	8-2
2-1	Neutral	6-2
0-0	Playoff	2-1
20-6	In-State	23-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0