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The Nebraska Lutheran (Waco, NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 64-38.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McCool Junction	18	11	20	15	64
Nebraska Lutheran	9	14	8	7	38

Final score provided by C. Beagle.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Nebraska Lutheran (24-25)

McCool Junction

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	64	25	52	48	54
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	10	4	7	57	57
12	Colby Yates (Fr)	2	0	3	0	0
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	8	3	7	43	57
20	Joey Pedersen (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
22	Jayden Fuehrer (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	22	9	14	64	71
24	Mason Strope (Sr)	6	2	5	40	60
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	6	2	6	33	33
32	Jaysen Fuehrer (So)	0	0	1	0	0
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	6	3	5	60	60
35	Jameson Weiss (Fr)	4	2	2	100	100

Nebraska Lutheran

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	36	14	47	30	33
0	Dylan Hoehler (Sr)	12	5	7	71	71
1	Gio Martin (So)	2	1	2	50	50
2	Weston Koontz (Jr)	1	0	1	0	0
3	Lukas Worster (Sr)	14	5	17	29	35
5	Carson Malchow (Fr)	0	0	7	0	0
11	Bob Papik (Fr)	5	2	10	20	25
12	Jagger Phillips (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
23	Conall Pederson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0

McCool Junction

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	64	6	23	26	8	12	67	19	29	66
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	10	0	2	0	2	2	100	4	5	80
12	Colby Yates (Fr)	2	0	3	0	2	2	100	0	0	0
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	8	2	5	40	0	0	0	1	2	50
20	Joey Pedersen (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Jayden Fuehrer (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	22	2	6	33	2	2	100	7	8	88
24	Mason Strope (Sr)	6	2	5	40	0	2	0	0	0	0
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	6	0	0	0	2	4	50	2	6	33
32	Jaysen Fuehrer (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	60
35	Jameson Weiss (Fr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100

Nebraska Lutheran

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	36	3	15	20	5	8	63	11	32	34
0	Dylan Hoehler (Sr)	12	0	0	0	2	2	100	5	7	71
1	Gio Martin (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
2	Weston Koontz (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	1	0
3	Lukas Worster (Sr)	14	2	4	50	2	2	100	3	13	23
5	Carson Malchow (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11	Bob Papik (Fr)	5	1	8	13	0	0	0	1	2	50
12	Jagger Phillips (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
23	Conall Pederson (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0

McCool Junction

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	64	13	23	36	18	9	3	7	12
0	Casper Mertz (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	10	4	2	6	6	1	0	1	2
12	Colby Yates (Fr)	2	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	0
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	8	3	1	4	4	1	0	0	1
20	Joey Pedersen (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	22	0	7	7	4	3	0	1	2
24	Mason Strope (Sr)	6	0	2	2	1	3	0	1	1
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	6	3	6	9	1	1	2	1	3
32	Jaysen Fuehrer (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	6	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	2
35	Jameson Weiss (Fr)	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

Nebraska Lutheran

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	36	7	15	22	6	3	14	10
0	Dylan Hoehler (Sr)	12	2	2	4	2	0	1	2
1	Gio Martin (So)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
2	Weston Koontz (Jr)	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
3	Lukas Worster (Sr)	14	1	3	4	1	1	7	2
5	Carson Malchow (Fr)	0	0	4	4	1	0	2	3
11	Bob Papik (Fr)	5	0	1	1	1	0	1	0
12	Jagger Phillips (Jr)	2	1	4	5	1	0	3	2
23	Conall Pederson (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
30	Tucker Murray (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

McCool Junction

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	2.57	1.29	0.75	0.25	21
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	6.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	4
12	Colby Yates (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	2
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	4.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	2
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	4.00	3.00	1.50	0.00	6
24	Mason Strope (Sr)	1.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	3
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.33	0.67	2
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
35	Jameson Weiss (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

Nebraska Lutheran

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	0.43	0.21	0.30
0	Dylan Hoehler (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00
2	Weston Koontz (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00
3	Lukas Worster (Sr)	0.14	0.14	0.50
5	Carson Malchow (Fr)	0.50	0.00	0.00
11	Bob Papik (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00
12	Jagger Phillips (Jr)	0.33	0.00	0.00
23	Conall Pederson (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00

Nebraska Lutheran's stats are presented by iScore Basketball ScorekeeperiScore Sports

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Nebraska Lutheran overwhelmed by McCool Junction

February 7, 2025: Waco, NE 68460

In Friday's non-league test, the McCool Junction Mustangs (McCool Junction, NE) basketball squad trounced the host Nebraska Lutheran Knights (Waco, NE), by a final score of 64-38.

Next, the Mustangs clash with the Exeter-Milligan/Friend Bobcats (Exeter, NE) in a non-league test, on Tuesday, February 11. McCool Junction will attempt to upgrade on its 16-4 season record. The Bobcats come into the test with a 18-3 record after their 48-34 non-league loss to Johnson-Brock (Johnson, NE).

The Knights (7-10) will now prepare for their test against Riverside (Cedar Rapids, NE). The Chargers come into the non-league test with a 11-9 record.

MCJHS @ NLHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 7, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Nebraska Lutheran (Waco, NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 64-38.

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

Nebraska Lutheran (24-25)

NE	Class
212	21

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-13	2-1	2-7	4-4	3-2	.409	.667	1,045	1,161

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McCool Junction	16.7	14.5	15.0	15.1	60.9
Nebraska Lutheran	12.6	11.5	11.2	11.4	47.5

Team Stat Comparison

McCool Junction		Nebraska Lutheran
60.8	Points Per Game	47.3
31.0	Rebounds Per Game	27.1
17.5	Assists Per Game	8.5
9.4	Steals Per Game	9.1
2.4	Blocks Per Game	1.7

Team Leaders

McCool Junction		Nebraska Lutheran	National Avg.
#42 Mapieu Kouchinin20.6	Points Per Game	#3 Lukas Worster12.5	4.9
#42 Mapieu Kouchinin11.5	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Lukas Worster6.1	2.6
#23 Carson Mcdonald5.3	Assists Per Game	#3 Lukas Worster1.9	1.0
#10 Bryson Plock1.7	Steals Per Game	#3 Lukas Worster2.9	0.8
#42 Mapieu Kouchinin1.3	Blocks Per Game	#3 Lukas Worster0.7	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
McCool Junction	14-3		Nebraska Lutheran	7-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Cross County	McCool Junction	(L) 55-47	2/4/25	Cross County	Nebraska Lutheran	(L) 66-39
1/31/25	McCool Junction	Cross County	(L) 59-50
12/7/24	McCool Junction	Hampton	(W) 83-47	1/21/25	Nebraska Lutheran	Hampton	(W) 51-44
				1/28/25	Nebraska Lutheran	Hampton	(W) 59-46
				2/24/25	Hampton	Nebraska Lutheran	(W) 64-57
12/12/24	High Plains	McCool Junction	(W) 54-48	1/16/25	High Plains	Nebraska Lutheran	(L) 46-43
12/17/24	Twin River	McCool Junction	(W) 72-34	12/10/24	Nebraska Lutheran	Twin River	(L) 63-50
1/27/25	McCool Junction	Twin River	(W) 65-53
12/19/24	McCool Junction	Shelby-Rising City	(W) 68-39	1/18/25	Nebraska Lutheran	Shelby-Rising City	(W) 42-38
				1/25/25	Nebraska Lutheran	Shelby-Rising City	(L) 57-31
1/9/25	McCool Junction	Meridian	(W) 69-39	12/5/24	Nebraska Lutheran	Meridian	(W) 63-26
1/21/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	McCool Junction	(W) 74-49	1/9/25	Nebraska Lutheran	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(L) 54-47
2/25/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	McCool Junction	(W) 69-43
1/23/25	McCool Junction	Osceola	(W) 65-56	1/7/25	Osceola	Nebraska Lutheran	(L) 56-50
2/27/25	Osceola	McCool Junction	(W) 47-44
1/28/25	East Butler	McCool Junction	(W) 53-49	1/14/25	East Butler	Nebraska Lutheran	(L) 66-24
2/4/25	East Butler	McCool Junction	(W) 69-62
2/11/25	Exeter-Milligan/Friend	McCool Junction	(L) 68-49	12/19/24	Exeter-Milligan/Friend	Nebraska Lutheran	(L) 68-28
2/14/25	Dorchester	McCool Junction	(W) 70-22	2/6/25	Dorchester	Nebraska Lutheran	(W) 66-27
2/21/25	McCool Junction	Giltner	(W) 75-21	12/17/24	Nebraska Lutheran	Giltner	(W) 54-18

Record Breakdown

McCool Junction (24-25)		Nebraska Lutheran (24-25)
23-6	Overall	9-13
2-0	League	2-1
16-3	Non-League	5-10
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
14-3	Common Opponent	7-8
9-2	Home	2-7
8-2	Away	4-4
6-2	Neutral	3-2
2-1	Playoff	1-1
23-6	In-State	8-13
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0