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The Niobrara/Verdigre (Niobrara, NE) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's neutral conference game against Elgin/Pope John (Elgin, NE) by a score of 56-44.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Elgin/Pope John	10	9	14	11	44
Niobrara/Verdigre	17	16	7	16	56

Final score provided by T. Runnels.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Elgin/Pope John (24-25)

Elgin/Pope John has not entered stats for this game.

Niobrara/Verdigre (24-25)

Niobrara/Verdigre

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	1	56	20	65	31	35
2	Taylen Stark (Jr)		8	4	18	22	22
3	Kaydence Jones (Fr)	1
4	Delani Runnels (So)		17	7	16	44	53
11	Chloe Hanzlik (Sr)		0	0	6	0	0
15	Amber Sucha (So)		3	1	1	100	100
24	Eve Kucera (Sr)		17	5	16	31	31
30	Allison Sucha (Sr)		11	3	8	38	50

Niobrara/Verdigre

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	1	56	5	22	23	11	15	73	15	43	35
2	Taylen Stark (Jr)		8	0	8	0	0	0	0	4	10	40
3	Kaydence Jones (Fr)	1
4	Delani Runnels (So)		17	3	7	43	0	0	0	4	9	44
11	Chloe Hanzlik (Sr)		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	Amber Sucha (So)		3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	1	100
24	Eve Kucera (Sr)		17	0	0	0	7	8	88	5	16	31
30	Allison Sucha (Sr)		11	2	3	67	3	5	60	1	5	20

Niobrara/Verdigre

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	1	56	20	35	55	9	8	2	21	15
2	Taylen Stark (Jr)		8	3	3	6	1	2	1	1	3
3	Kaydence Jones (Fr)	1
4	Delani Runnels (So)		17	2	8	10	3	1	0	7	2
11	Chloe Hanzlik (Sr)		0	4	3	7	4	1	0	1	2
13	Maura Hoferer (Fr)		0	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	0
15	Amber Sucha (So)		3	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	3
24	Eve Kucera (Sr)		17	4	12	16	0	3	0	6	3
30	Allison Sucha (Sr)		11	5	6	11	1	0	0	5	2

Niobrara/Verdigre

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.43	0.38	0.53	0.13	1	6
2	Taylen Stark (Jr)	1.00	2.00	0.67	0.33	0	1
4	Delani Runnels (So)	0.43	0.14	0.50	0.00	0	1
11	Chloe Hanzlik (Sr)	4.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0	0
15	Amber Sucha (So)	0.00	1.00	0.33	0.33	0	0
24	Eve Kucera (Sr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	0.00	0	2
30	Allison Sucha (Sr)	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	2

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Niobrara/Verdigre thwarts Elgin/Pope John

February 19, 2025: Elgin, NE 68636

The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Niobrara/Verdigre Cougars (Niobrara, NE) and the host Elgin/Pope John Wolfpack (Elgin, NE), observed Niobrara/Verdigre's basketball team knock off Elgin/Pope John by a score of 56-44.

The Cougars (17-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Elkhorn Valley (Tilden, NE). The Falcons come into the non-league challenge with a 24-0 record. In their last challenge, Elkhorn Valley prevailed over Wisner-Pilger (Wisner, NE), 57-44, in a non-league challenge.

Players of the Game

Elgin/Pope John (24-25)

Elgin/Pope John has not selected any Players of the Game.

Niobrara/Verdigre (24-25)

Congratulations to #4 Delani Runnels for being selected the Niobrara/Verdigre Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

EPJHS (CO-OP) vs NVHS (CO-OP) Basketball Game Info

Wed., Feb. 19, 2025 @ 6p

The Niobrara/Verdigre (Niobrara, NE) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's neutral conference game against Elgin/Pope John (Elgin, NE) by a score of 56-44.

Rankings & Records

Elgin/Pope John (24-25)

NE	Class
93	21

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
18-6	2-1	8-3	7-1	3-2	.750	.667	1,204	899

Niobrara/Verdigre (24-25)

NE	Class
112	27

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-9	3-1	7-3	5-5	5-1	.654	.750	1,150	935

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Elgin/Pope John	18.1	11.8	11.1	9.2	-	50.2
Niobrara/Verdigre	12.9	9.9	11.5	10.9	4.0	44.2

Head-to-Head

Elgin/Pope John won on 12/6/2024

12/6 @ 6:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

NVHS (CO-OP) 11 8 4 9 32
Elgin/Pope John 10 4 8 11 33

The Niobrara/Verdigre (Niobrara, NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against Elgin/Pope John (Elgin, NE) by a score of 33-32.
Box score
Niobrara/Verdigre won on 2/19/2025

2/19 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Elgin/Pope John 10 9 14 11 44
NVHS (CO-OP) 17 16 7 16 56

The Elgin/Pope John (Elgin, NE) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral conference game against Niobrara/Verdigre (Niobrara, NE) by a score of 56-44.
Box score

12/6 @ 6:15p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
NVHS (CO-OP)	11	8	4	9	32
Elgin/Pope John	10	4	8	11	33

Team Stat Comparison

Elgin/Pope John		Niobrara/Verdigre
50.3	Points Per Game	44.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	32.1
-	Assists Per Game	8.1
-	Steals Per Game	13.5
-	Blocks Per Game	2.5

Team Leaders

Elgin/Pope John		Niobrara/Verdigre	National Avg.
#5 Braelyn Martinsen12.0	Points Per Game	#4 Delani Runnels14.6	4.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	#30 Allison Sucha9.2	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#4 Delani Runnels2.2	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#2 Taylen Stark3.6	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#15 Amber Sucha1.2	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Elgin/Pope John	11-4		Niobrara/Verdigre	11-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/10/24	Neligh-Oakdale	Elgin/Pope John	(W) 61-46	1/7/25	Niobrara/Verdigre	Neligh-Oakdale	(W) 67-31
12/14/24	Elgin/Pope John	Wausa	(W) 57-16	1/6/25	Wausa	Niobrara/Verdigre	(W) 44-19
				1/9/25	Wausa	Niobrara/Verdigre	(W) 43-31
12/17/24	Elkhorn Valley	Elgin/Pope John	(L) 70-36	1/17/25	Elkhorn Valley	Niobrara/Verdigre	(L) 2-0 (F)
				2/20/25	Niobrara/Verdigre	Elkhorn Valley	(L) 54-38
12/21/24	Boyd County	Elgin/Pope John	(W) 61-20	2/14/25	Niobrara/Verdigre	Boyd County	(W) 52-30
				2/18/25	Boyd County	Niobrara/Verdigre	(W) 58-23
12/30/24	Creighton	Elgin/Pope John	(W) 64-38	12/21/24	Niobrara/Verdigre	Creighton	(W) 42-28
1/3/25	North Central	Elgin/Pope John	(W) 49-47	1/21/25	North Central	Niobrara/Verdigre	(L) 48-32
2/4/25	Elgin/Pope John	North Central	(W) 60-37	2/8/25	North Central	Niobrara/Verdigre	(W) 54-37
1/9/25	St. Mary's	Elgin/Pope John	(L) 38-33	12/10/24	Niobrara/Verdigre	St. Mary's	(L) 49-34
2/8/25	St. Mary's	Elgin/Pope John	(L) 49-34	2/4/25	St. Mary's	Niobrara/Verdigre	(L) 52-49
1/11/25	Elgin/Pope John	Bloomfield	(W) 46-39	12/14/24	Bloomfield	Niobrara/Verdigre	(W) 56-47
1/17/25	Stuart	Elgin/Pope John	(W) 51-36	12/5/24	Stuart	Niobrara/Verdigre	(W) 48-39
1/24/25	West Holt	Elgin/Pope John	(L) 50-45	2/11/25	West Holt	Niobrara/Verdigre	(L) 48-37
2/1/25	Chambers/Wheeler Central	Elgin/Pope John	(W) 65-34	1/28/25	Niobrara/Verdigre	Chambers/Wheeler Central	(W) 52-28
2/11/25	Elgin/Pope John	Chambers/Wheeler Central	(W) 60-32
2/13/25	Elgin/Pope John	Randolph	(W) 58-18	1/14/25	Randolph	Niobrara/Verdigre	(W) 55-2

Record Breakdown

Elgin/Pope John (24-25)		Niobrara/Verdigre (24-25)
18-6	Overall	17-9
2-1	League	3-1
12-4	Non-League	10-6
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
11-4	Common Opponent	11-6
8-3	Home	7-3
7-1	Away	5-5
3-2	Neutral	5-1
0-0	Playoff	0-1
18-6	In-State	17-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0