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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 44-30.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
East Butler	7	10	7	6	30
McCool Junction	12	15	13	4	44

Final score provided by J. Kriz.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

McCool Junction (24-25)

East Butler

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	30	12	49	24	27
10	Emily Lyons (Fr)	5	2	8	25	31
14	Lillie Kriz (Jr)	6	2	11	18	18
20	Kadence Calahan (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
21	Morgan Havlovic (Sr)	13	5	18	28	31
22	Kourtney Tejral (So)	2	1	4	25	25
33	Madalynn Marsh (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
34	Brittney Buresh (Jr)	4	2	5	40	40

McCool Junction

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	18	60	30	34
10	Kayleigh Betka (Fr)	5	2	6	33	42
12	Leah Dawson (So)	0	0	2	0	0
20	Bailey Hall (Sr)	13	5	11	45	59
22	Claire Brugger (Jr)	16	7	21	33	33
24	Harley Stutzman (So)	5	2	10	20	25
34	Adley Cheek (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
44	D. Wollenburg (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
52	Pieper Epp (So)	1	0	4	0	0

East Butler

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	30	2	15	13	4	12	33	10	34	29
10	Emily Lyons (Fr)	5	1	4	25				1	4	25
14	Lillie Kriz (Jr)	6	0	2	0	2	5	40	2	9	22
20	Kadence Calahan (Jr)	0	0	1	0
21	Morgan Havlovic (Sr)	13	1	3	33	2	4	50	4	15	27
22	Kourtney Tejral (So)	2	0	2	0				1	2	50
33	Madalynn Marsh (Sr)	0	0	2	0				0	0	0
34	Brittney Buresh (Jr)	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	4	50

McCool Junction

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	5	17	29	3	13	23	13	43	30
10	Kayleigh Betka (Fr)	5	1	3	33	0	1	0	1	3	33
12	Leah Dawson (So)	0							0	2	0
20	Bailey Hall (Sr)	13	3	5	60				2	6	33
22	Claire Brugger (Jr)	16	0	6	0	2	9	22	7	15	47
24	Harley Stutzman (So)	5	1	3	33				1	7	14
34	Adley Cheek (Fr)	0							0	1	0
44	D. Wollenburg (Sr)	4				0	1	0	2	5	40
52	Pieper Epp (So)	1				1	2	50	0	4	0

East Butler

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	30	13	17	30	9	16	4	25	17
3	C. Klabenes (Fr)					1	1		4
10	Emily Lyons (Fr)	5	2	1	3	2	1		5	4
14	Lillie Kriz (Jr)	6	3	5	8		4	4	3	3
20	Kadence Calahan (Jr)	0	2	2	4				1
21	Morgan Havlovic (Sr)	13	1	3	4	1	5		4	4
22	Kourtney Tejral (So)	2	1	4	5	3	2		5	2
33	Madalynn Marsh (Sr)	0				2	3		2	1
34	Brittney Buresh (Jr)	4	4	2	6				1	3

McCool Junction

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	44	17	17	34	8	17	3	25
10	Kayleigh Betka (Fr)	5	1	1	2	4	4		8
12	Leah Dawson (So)	0							3
20	Bailey Hall (Sr)	13	1	3	4				3
22	Claire Brugger (Jr)	16	7	9	16	1	8	2	5
24	Harley Stutzman (So)	5	1	2	3		2		4
32	Emma Hall (Fr)		1		1
34	Adley Cheek (Fr)	0				1
44	D. Wollenburg (Sr)	4	5	1	6	2	3	1	1
52	Pieper Epp (So)	1	1	1	2				1

East Butler

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.36	0.64	0.94	0.24	20
3	C. Klabenes (Fr)	0.25	0.25
10	Emily Lyons (Fr)	0.40	0.20	0.25		1
14	Lillie Kriz (Jr)		1.33	1.33	1.33	1
21	Morgan Havlovic (Sr)	0.25	1.25	1.25		10
22	Kourtney Tejral (So)	0.60	0.40	1.00		6
33	Madalynn Marsh (Sr)	1.00	1.50	3.00		1
34	Brittney Buresh (Jr)					1

McCool Junction

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.32	0.68
10	Kayleigh Betka (Fr)	0.50	0.50
22	Claire Brugger (Jr)	0.20	1.60
24	Harley Stutzman (So)		0.50
44	D. Wollenburg (Sr)	2.00	3.00

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - East Butler knocked off by McCool Junction

February 4, 2025: McCool Junction, NE 68401

In Tuesday's non-league test, the McCool Junction Mustangs (McCool Junction, NE) basketball squad knocked off the visiting East Butler Tigers (Brainard, NE), by a score of 44-30.

Next, the Mustangs encounter the Nebraska Lutheran Knights (Waco, NE) in a non-league test, on Friday, February 7. McCool Junction will attempt to improve on its 9-9 season record. The Knights go into the game with a 9-7 record after their 53-39 non-league loss to Dorchester (Dorchester, NE).

With the loss, East Butler falls to 8-11 on the campaign. The Tigers travel to High Plains (Polk, NE) to confront the Storm in a non-league game on Friday, February 7. The Storm go into the game with a record of 14-6. High Plains won 48-45 in their recent non-league game against Meridian (Daykin, NE)

East Butler @ MCJHS Basketball Game Info

Tue., Feb. 4, 2025 @ 6p

The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against East Butler (Brainard, NE) by a score of 44-30.

Rankings & Records

East Butler (24-25)

NE	Class
221	40

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
9-15	7-3	1-9	1-3	.375	958	1,078

McCool Junction (24-25)

NE	Class
199	32

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
10-13	2-3	3-5	6-5	1-3	.435	.400	880	1,030

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
East Butler	8.5	10.9	10.2	9.8	7.0	39.9
McCool Junction	9.7	9.2	9.8	9.7	9.0	38.3

Team Stat Comparison

East Butler		McCool Junction
39.9	Points Per Game	38.3
37.7	Rebounds Per Game	31.8
10.2	Assists Per Game	8.0
11.7	Steals Per Game	10.5
3.7	Blocks Per Game	2.9

Team Leaders

East Butler		McCool Junction	National Avg.
#14 Lillie Kriz13.6	Points Per Game	#14 Natalie Clark14.3	4.1
#14 Lillie Kriz11.0	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Claire Brugger9.7	2.8
#33 Madalynn Marsh2.3	Assists Per Game	#14 Natalie Clark2.7	0.9
#12 Margret Pekarek3.2	Steals Per Game	#22 Claire Brugger3.3	1.1
#14 Lillie Kriz1.8	Blocks Per Game	#22 Claire Brugger1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
East Butler	4-9		McCool Junction	6-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/7/24	East Butler	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(L) 45-37	1/21/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	McCool Junction	(L) 42-36
				1/27/25	McCool Junction	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(L) 45-40
12/14/24	East Butler	Osceola	(L) 42-37	1/23/25	McCool Junction	Osceola	(W) 50-31
1/25/25	Osceola	East Butler	(W) 39-34
12/20/24	Hampton	East Butler	(W) 35-27	12/7/24	McCool Junction	Hampton	(W) 49-33
1/4/25	Twin River	East Butler	(L) 48-41	12/17/24	Twin River	McCool Junction	(W) 43-38
1/28/25	Twin River	East Butler	(L) 55-41
1/14/25	East Butler	Nebraska Lutheran	(L) 55-38	1/30/25	McCool Junction	Nebraska Lutheran	(L) 53-28
				2/7/25	McCool Junction	Nebraska Lutheran	(L) 43-40
1/16/25	East Butler	Dorchester	(L) 39-27	2/14/25	Dorchester	McCool Junction	(L) 46-27
1/23/25	East Butler	Meridian	(W) 42-32	1/9/25	McCool Junction	Meridian	(W) 51-42
1/27/25	Cross County	East Butler	(L) 62-30	12/5/24	Cross County	McCool Junction	(L) 68-29
2/11/25	East Butler	Cross County	(L) 65-18
2/7/25	East Butler	High Plains	(L) 57-39	12/14/24	High Plains	McCool Junction	(W) 54-49
				2/20/25	McCool Junction	High Plains	(L) 46-35
2/13/25	Shelby-Rising City	East Butler	(W) 52-41	12/19/24	McCool Junction	Shelby-Rising City	(W) 53-39

Record Breakdown

East Butler (24-25)		McCool Junction (24-25)
9-15	Overall	10-13
0-1	League	3-3
7-11	Non-League	7-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-9	Common Opponent	6-7
7-3	Home	3-5
1-9	Away	6-5
1-3	Neutral	1-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
9-15	In-State	10-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0