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The Grand Island Lutheran (Grand Island, NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Palmer (NE) by a score of 52-23.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Palmer	-	-	-	-	23
GILHS	-	-	-	-	52

Final score provided by B. Penny.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Palmer (24-25)

Palmer has not entered stats for this game.

Grand Island Lutheran (24-25)

Grand Island Lutheran

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	21	66	32	35
2	Aubree Fosket (Jr)	3	1	5	20	20
3	Ella Francl (So)	4	2	10	20	20
4	Ema Marie Koch (Jr)	13	5	13	38	46
5	Chloe Keasling (Jr)	10	5	11	45	45
11	Lauren Smith (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Abby VanBibber (So)	7	3	8	38	38
13	Abigail Uden (So)	7	2	10	20	20
14	Aiva Peterson (So)	0	0	1	0	0
15	Aubrey Reynolds (So)	8	3	7	43	57

Grand Island Lutheran

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	4	28	14	6	13	46	17	38	45
2	Aubree Fosket (Jr)	3	0	2	0	1	2	50	1	3	33
3	Ella Francl (So)	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	6	33
4	Ema Marie Koch (Jr)	13	2	10	20	1	2	50	3	3	100
5	Chloe Keasling (Jr)	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	10	50
11	Lauren Smith (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Abby VanBibber (So)	7	0	1	0	1	2	50	3	7	43
13	Abigail Uden (So)	7	0	4	0	3	6	50	2	6	33
14	Aiva Peterson (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	Aubrey Reynolds (So)	8	2	5	40	0	0	0	1	2	50

Grand Island Lutheran

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	52	14	25	39	11	16	5
2	Aubree Fosket (Jr)	3	1	1	2	3	2	1
3	Ella Francl (So)	4	3	6	9	3	2
4	Ema Marie Koch (Jr)	13	1	4	5	0	0	0
5	Chloe Keasling (Jr)	10	1	4	5	2	2
11	Lauren Smith (Fr)	0	2	4	6	2	5
12	Abby VanBibber (So)	7	3	2	5		2	2
13	Abigail Uden (So)	7	3	2	5	1	1
14	Aiva Peterson (So)	0	0	1	1		1
15	Aubrey Reynolds (So)	8	0	1	1		1	2

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Heartland Lutheran overwhelms Palmer

February 6, 2025: Grand Island, NE 68803

The Heartland Lutheran Red Hornets basketball team scored 52 points and limited the visiting Palmer Tigers to 23 in the Red Hornets non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Red Hornets now possess a 10-11 record. They play next when they travel to Fullerton for a non-league game on Saturday, February 8. Heartland Lutheran will confront a Warriors team coming off a 50-20 non-league loss to Pleasanton (Pleasanton, NE). The Warriors record now stands at 7-12.

The Tigers now own a 6-11 record. They put it on the line next when they host Cedar Bluffs for a non-league match on Tuesday, February 11. Palmer will face a Wildcats squad coming off a 43-38 non-league win over Newman Grove/St. Edward (Newman Grove, NE). The Wildcats record now stands at 11-10.

Palmer @ GILHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 6, 2025 @ 6p

The Grand Island Lutheran (Grand Island, NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Palmer (NE) by a score of 52-23.

Rankings & Records

Palmer (24-25)

NE	Class
267	42

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
6-14	1-2	1-7	4-5	1-2	.300	.333	556	806

Grand Island Lutheran (24-25)

NE	Class
220	27

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
11-13	1-0	4-2	5-8	2-3	.458	1.000	872	938

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Palmer	7.5	6.4	7.2	8.2	27.8
Grand Island Lutheran	8.3	8.7	8.7	6.6	36.3

Head-to-Head

Grand Island Lutheran won on 1/21/2025

1/21 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Palmer - - - - 25
GILHS - - - - 61

The Palmer (NE) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's neutral tournament game against Grand Island Lutheran (Grand Island, NE) by a score of 61-25.
Box score
Grand Island Lutheran won on 2/6/2025

2/6 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Palmer - - - - 23
GILHS - - - - 52

The Palmer (NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against Grand Island Lutheran (Grand Island, NE) by a score of 52-23.
Box score

1/21 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Palmer	-	-	-	-	25
GILHS	-	-	-	-	61

Team Stat Comparison

Palmer		Grand Island Lutheran
-	Points Per Game	36.6
-	Rebounds Per Game	27.4
-	Assists Per Game	6.6
-	Steals Per Game	12.1
-	Blocks Per Game	1.1

Team Leaders

Palmer		Grand Island Lutheran	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#4 Ema Marie Koch8.9	4.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Ella Francl8.2	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#3 Ella Francl2.5	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#3 Ella Francl3.5	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#12 Abby VanBibber0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Palmer	4-9		Grand Island Lutheran	7-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Central Valley	Palmer	(L) 38-16	1/25/25	Grand Island Lutheran	Central Valley	(W) 46-44
				1/30/25	Central Valley	Grand Island Lutheran	(L) 36-26
12/6/24	Palmer	Archangels Catholic	(L) 68-10	12/7/24	Grand Island Lutheran	Archangels Catholic	(L) 69-22
				1/24/25	Grand Island Lutheran	Archangels Catholic	(L) 49-20
12/10/24	Palmer	Harvard	(W) 44-19	12/21/24	Harvard	Grand Island Lutheran	(W) 55-25
12/19/24	Newman Grove/St. Edward	Palmer	(W) 42-34	1/16/25	Grand Island Lutheran	Newman Grove/St. Edward	(W) 58-33
12/30/24	Palmer	Newman Grove/St. Edward	(W) 43-36
1/9/25	Palmer	Elba	(W) 28-27	2/4/25	Grand Island Lutheran	Elba	(W) 77-40
2/17/25	Elba	Palmer	(L) 44-22
1/14/25	Palmer	High Plains	(L) 66-32	12/5/24	High Plains	Grand Island Lutheran	(L) 49-22
1/16/25	Fullerton	Palmer	(L) 36-21	2/8/25	Grand Island Lutheran	Fullerton	(W) 39-27
1/28/25	Burwell	Palmer	(L) 59-25	2/14/25	Grand Island Lutheran	Burwell	(L) 41-33
1/31/25	Riverside	Palmer	(L) 39-30	1/9/25	Grand Island Lutheran	Riverside	(W) 37-36
2/4/25	Palmer	Hampton	(L) 2-0	12/12/24	Hampton	Grand Island Lutheran	(W) 50-34
2/13/25	Nebraska Christian	Palmer	(L) 48-24	12/14/24	Grand Island Lutheran	Nebraska Christian	(L) 59-27

Record Breakdown

Palmer (24-25)		Grand Island Lutheran (24-25)
6-14	Overall	11-13
1-2	League	1-1
5-10	Non-League	8-10
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
4-9	Common Opponent	7-6
1-7	Home	4-2
4-5	Away	5-8
1-2	Neutral	2-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
6-14	In-State	11-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0